Some Educational Extremes. A YANKEE SCHOOLMISTRESS, by _Mrs. H. G. Rowe_; a Maine village school of 1800, and how Aunt Polly Shedd taught history and civics. “CAP’N BOS’ARD’S WIFE’S SCHOOL,” by _Mrs. Frances A. Humphrey_; an amusing record of an Old Colony dame-school. A NEW ENGLAND SUMMIT, by _Frona M. Brooks_; how the Harvard Annex girls live and study. The Quest of the Whipping-Boy. By _Georgiana Washington_. An extravaganza chronicling the suppositious adventures of an American school-girl, who, inspired by the “happy thought” of the early English kings in providing a Whipping-Boy to be punished for the sins of their young princes, set out on a journey to find a victim willing to bear all the consequences of the shortcomings of a seminary-full of modern school-girls. Longfellow’s Boyhood. Also, LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN. Two articles by _Rev. Samuel Longfellow_. Reminiscences of the beloved “children’s poet,” as a child himself, and his relations with his own children and with other children through life. This beautiful paper for all children will appear in the Christmas number. An Old House. By _H. L. Bradley_. Another Longfellow article, to appear in the New Year’s number. It describes the quaint old Longfellow house in Portland, where the poet wrote his first poems, and to which American boys and girls make pilgrimages. Many illustrations from photographs and drawings. A “Lend-a-Hand” Group. A HELPING HAND, by _Mrs. James T. Fields_. A LIVELIHOOD FOR GIRLS, by _Margaret Sidney_. THE BOSTON GIRLS’ FRIENDLY SOCIETY, by _Mrs. Henry Whitman_. FROM THE ANNALS OF THE S. P. C. C., by _Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells_. Associated Charities Story: KITTY’S GINGERBREAD STORE, and JACK’S ANIMALS, by _Mrs. Margaret Storer Warner_. Flowers I have Met. By _Grant Allen_. An interesting record of observations upon plants and flowers along New England and Canadian roadsides and fields, made by the eminent English scientist during his recent visit to America. Also animal papers. Child Life in London. FROM HYDE PARK TO WHITEHALL. By _Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Pennell_, with many drawings by _Joseph Pennell_, the distinguished etcher. Both author and artist are now in London making special studies for this article. The True Story of William Tell. By _Sarah Loring Bailey_. An historical and mythological research made at Altorf, Switzerland. Several interesting illustrations from photographs of localities, statues, etc. Washington and his Playmates. By _Wm. F. Carne_, author of “Washington as a Burgher.” Interesting new material gathered from Virginia records, letters and recollections. Important illustrations. The Luck of Edenhall. By _Amanda B. Harris_. The literary history of that famous fairy glass, so celebrated in ballad and story, together with the authentic family traditions and a correct description, kindly furnished to WIDE AWAKE by the present family owners of this goblet of romance—the Musgraves of Edenhall, Cumberland, England.