Speaker, No. 2. CONTENTS. Page. The Union and its Results, _Edward Everett_, 5 Our Country's Future, _Id._ 7 The Statesman's Labors, _Id._ 9 True Immortality, _Id._ 11 Let the Childless Weep, _Metta Victoria Victor_, 13 Our Country's Greatest Glory, _Bishop Whipple_, 15 The Union a Household, _Id._ 16 Independence Bell, 17 The Scholar's Dignity, _George E. Pugh_, 18 The Cycles of Progress, _Id._ 21 A Christmas Chant, _Alfred Domett_, 23 Stability of Christianity, _Rev. T. H. Stockton_, 24 The True Higher Law, _Id._ 25 The One Great Need, _Id._ 27 The Ship and the Bird, _Owen Meredith_, 28 Tecumseh's Speech to the Creek Warriors, 29 Territorial Expansion, _S. S. Cox_, 30 Martha Hopkins, _Phoebe Cary_, 32 The Bashful Man's Story, 35 The Matter-of-fact Man, _Anon._ 38 Rich and Poor, _Joseph Barber_, 39 Seeing the Eclipse, _Anon._ 41 Beauties of the Law, 42 Ge-lang! git-up, _New Orleans Delta_, 44 The Rats of Life, _Charles T. Congdon_, 45 The Creownin' Glory of the United States, _Knick. Mag._ 46 Three Fools, _C. H. Spurgeon_, 47 Washington, _Bocock_, 48 The Same, _Id._ 50 The Same, _Id._ 52 Our Great Inheritance, _John J. Crittenden_, 54 Eulogium on Henry Clay, _Lincoln_, 55 Ohio, _Bancroft_, 56 Oliver Hazard Perry, _Id._ 57 Our Domain, _Id._ 59 Systems of Belief, _Rev. W. H. Milburn_, 60 The Indian Chief, 62 The Independent Farmer, _W. W. Fosdick_, 63 Mrs. Grammar's Ball, _Anon._ 64 How the Money Comes, 66 The Future of the Fashions, _Punch_, 67 Loyalty to Liberty our only Hope, _Bishop Whipple_, 68 Our Country First, Last, and Always, _Id._ 69