Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Kathryn Lybarger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [Note: The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber. Footnotes and Transcriber's notes will be found at the end of the text.] LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE. _DECEMBER, 1885._ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page A TOBACCO PLANTATION by PHILIP A. BRUCE. 533 SCENES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S LIFE IN BRUSSELS by THEO. WOLFE. 542 COOKHAM DEAN by MARGARET BERTHA WRIGHT. 549 BIRDS OF A TEXAN WINTER by EDWARD C. BRUCE. 558 THE FERRYMAN'S FEE by MARGARET VANDEGRIFT. 566 "WHAT DO I WISH FOR YOU?" by CARLOTTA PERRY. 580 LETTERS AND REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES READE by KINAHAN CORNWALLIS. 581 IN A SUPPRESSED TUSCAN MONASTERY by KATE JOHNSON MATSON. 591 THE SUBSTITUTE by JAMES PAYN. 601 NEW YORK LIBRARIES by CHARLES BURR TODD. 611 THE DRAMA IN THE NURSERY by NORMAN PEARSON. 623 OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP. "The Man Who Laughs." by C.P.W. 627 Why We Forget Names by XENOS CLARK. 629 A Reminiscence of Harriet Martineau by F.C.M. 631 LITERATURE OF THE DAY. 633 Illustrated Books. 634 A TOBACCO PLANTATION.