It was a blustering December day,-^-no snow to lay the dust or to allay the cold with its bright reflections; and Winter himself seemed shivering, despoiled of his ermine cloakIn that very spirit in which some people seek out the worst side of human nature, the wind careered about,- picked up all the dust and straws it could find, and showered them upon the heads of innocent and well dressed people. Not exclusively, to be sure,-the wind was impartial in its bestowings; but if mischief may be measured by the trouble it gives and the effects it leaves behind it, then did " the upper ten " get more than their share that day. It mattered little to the chimney-sweeps that their caps were stuck with dry leaves, and their brown blankets flung about in every fantastical way-a la Don and a la Boreas,-the carters had no veils to blow off; and if now and then a rowdy's hat flew into the middle of the street, nobody pitied him andTable of Contents L-A Voluntary from ??? Wind, ?* 6; II-Gold Stick in Waiting, , , ? 8; JIL-Love in* the Market, - IT; IV-Quaker Lilies, 20; V-The Last Day op December, , 36; VI-??? First of January, 44; VIL-A Night View, 62; VIIL-Miss Morsel's Second Breakfast, , 63; IX-The Butterflies of 1812, 72; X-From the War Hawk, 82; XL-Little Kindnesses, 91; XII-Confusion, - ??; XIIL-' Into ??? Shadow-Out of the Sun,' 121; XIV-"What Sort of Sunshine it was, 132 XV-Lady Hume's Blush, 144; XVL-This Gentleman's Cousin, Sm, 153; XVII-Yankees abroad, 166; XVIH,-Patriotic Candles, 174; XIX-??? Secret Society of Medicine, 181; XX-Work by Firelight, « -202; XXL-The Morning's Fresh Breath, 215; XXLT-A Day at ??? Quaeerage, 227 XXIII-Op Peace, 230; XXrV-The Burden op ??? Spring Winds, 249 XXV,-The Old Thirteen/ 258; XX VL-Meadow-Sweet, , , 210 XXVTL-Mother Baystate and Her