THE HOUSE OF ELMORE. BY F. W. ROBINSON 123 DAWN. BY H. RIDER HAGGARD 135 HUDSON'S BAY. BY R. M. BALLANTYNE 151 THE PREMIER AND THE PAINTER. BY I. ZANGWILL 163 THE WESTERN AVERNUS. BY MORLEY ROBERTS 181 A LIFE'S ATONEMENT. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY 193 A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS. BY MARIE CORELLI 206 ON THE STAGE AND OFF. BY JEROME K. JEROME 221 CAVALRY LIFE. By 'JOHN STRANGE WINTER' (MRS. ARTHUR STANNARD) 239 CALIFORNIAN VERSE. BY BRET HARTE 257 DEAD MAN'S ROCK. BY 'Q.' 269 UNDERTONES AND IDYLS AND LEGENDS OF INVERBURN. BY ROBERT BUCHANAN 283 TREASURE ISLAND. BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 297 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE JEROME K. JEROME _Frontispiece_ WALTER BESANT 2 JAMES RICE 5 JULIA 7 MR. BESANT'S STUDY 9 THE OYSTER SHOP 12 A BOOK PLATE 13 A WICKED SISTER 16 JAMES PAYN 17 IT 'TOOK OFF' FROM HIS SHOULDER 18 MR. PAYN'S STUDY 19 COUNT GOTSUCHAKOFF 21 'WOULD YOU MIND JUST READING A BIT OF IT?' 22 THE SERVANT CAME TO PUT COALS ON THE FIRE 23 MR. PAYN'S OFFICE AT WATERLOO PLACE 24 KILLED BY LIONS 25 CLARK RUSSELL 28 CLARK RUSSELL AS A MIDSHIPMAN OF SEVENTEEN 29 I WAS A CHILD OF THIRTEEN 30 NEATBY 31 ANCHORED IN THE DOWNS 32 SOME OF THE CREW 33 THE MAGISTRATES 34 THE WRECK OF THE 'GROSVENOR' 35 MRS. CLARK RUSSELL 37