Oh, for a way to impart Beauty, no matter how hard! Like unto nature, whose art Never once dreams of reward. —Madison Cawein, in Lippincott’s Magazine. INDEX. Volume X—June, 1901, to December, 1901, Inclusive. PAGE A Ad Vesperam (Poem) (Mary Grant O’Sheridan), 96 Agate (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 35 Animal Torpedo, An (Andrew Janes Miller), 226 Aspiration (Sonnet) (Madison Cawein), 236 Autumn Evening, An (Poem) (Walter Thornbury), 145 B Ballade (Poem) (Angelo Poliziano, 1454-1494), 73 Bear, The Polar (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 143 Beryl (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 122 Bird Incident, A (Mary Noland), 181 Bird Note, A (A Story of a Robin) (Berton Mercer), 72 Bird of Consolation, The (Belle Paxson Drury), 203 Bird, The Outraged (Fannie Skelton Bissell), 175 Birds, A Libel on the (L. P. Veneen), 120 Birds, The Return of the (Poem) (William Cullen Bryant), 7 Buffalo, The American (Illustration), 26 Butterfly, Neva’s (Grace T. Thompson), 207 C Camel, The (Illustration) (John Ainslie), 228 Canoe-Birch, The (Poem) (George Bancroft Griffith), 48 Chat, Mr., The Punchinello (Nell Kimberly McElhone), 31 Christmas in Bunnyville (Jessie Juliet Knox), 214 Clematis, The Wild (Poem) (Jenny Terrill Ruprecht), 84 Cocoa (Illustration) (Albert Schneider), 44 Cormorant, Brandt’s (Illustration) (Seth Mindwell), 23 Cornfield, An Afternoon in the (Mary Grant O’Sheridan), 5 Corn Song, The (Poem) (John Greenleaf Whittier), 104 D Dainty Lover, A (A Story of a Bird) (Louise Jamison), 72 Dishrag Vines (Lee McCrae), 156 Duck, The Autobiography of a (Louise Jamison), 138 E Each in its Own Way (Poem) (Selected), 68 Elephant, The Indian (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 83 Ermine, The (M. A. Hoyt), 222 Evergreens, A Plea for the Young (Poem) (Eliza Woodworth), 198