Harper's Magazine: December 1909

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December 1909

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

2-12	Fiction The Salem wolf By Howard Pyle PDF IMAGES
13-18	Article Some reminiscences of Charles Darwin By James Bryce, Viscount Bryce SEE ALSO: Biography; Biologists; Darwin, Charles; Natural selection; Religion and science PDF IMAGES
19-26	Fiction The three experiences of le Vieux By Arthur Sherburne Hardy PDF IMAGES
27-40	Article Young By William Gilmore Beymer SEE ALSO: Career as Confederate guerrilla; Career in secret service; Confederate States of America; Gilmor, Harry; Young, Henry Harrison; Military leadership; Sheridan, Philip Henry; Portraits; Secret service; Underground movements PDF IMAGES
41-51	Fiction The knife and the naked chalk By Rudyard Kipling PDF IMAGES
51	Poem “O wind, a-blowing all day long” By Mildred Howells PDF IMAGES
52-59	Article The energy of radium By Frederick Soddy SEE ALSO: Experiments; Measurement; Radioactivity; Radium PDF IMAGES
59	Poem Villanelle of city and country By Zoë Akins PDF IMAGES
60-69	Fiction Home By Keene Abbott PDF IMAGES
70-71	Fiction A fable By Mark Twain PDF IMAGES
71	Poem A certain day By Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford PDF IMAGES
72-83	Article A hilltop in Paris By Bessie Dean Cooper SEE ALSO: Latin Quarter (Paris, France); Literary journeys; Paris (France) PDF IMAGES
83	Poem Drawn blinds By Ethel M. Hewitt PDF IMAGES
84-94	Fiction A local colorist By Annie Trumbull Slosson PDF IMAGES
95-105	Fiction Jemima of the seventh floor By Ruth McEnery Stuart PDF IMAGES
106-114	Article The water-life around Singapore By W.J. (William James) Aylward SEE ALSO: Boats and boating; Commerce; Shipyards; Singapore PDF IMAGES
115-125	Fiction The enemy By Margarita Spalding Gerry PDF IMAGES
126-128	Fiction The Mother-Bird By William Dean Howells PDF IMAGES
128	Poem The ice of the North By Margaret Ridgely Partridge PDF IMAGES
129-138	Article The art of Harold Speed By Charles Henry Caffin SEE ALSO: Criticism and interpretation; Speed, Harold; Royal Academy (London, England); Technique PDF IMAGES
139-148	Fiction The doubt By Leila Burton Wells PDF IMAGES
148	Poem Salvage By Ellen M.H. (Ellen Maria Huntington) Gates PDF IMAGES
149-151	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By William Dean Howells SEE ALSO: Criticism; Criticism and interpretation; English fiction; Eliot, George; Meredith, George PDF IMAGES
152-154	Editor's study/Article Editor's study SEE ALSO: Nash, Henry S. (Henry Sylvester); The atoning life (Book); War; War and civilization PDF IMAGES
155-157	Editor's drawer/Poem Diversions of the Re-echo Club By Carolyn Wells PDF IMAGES
157	Editor's drawer/Poem An innocuous war-whoop PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Her soft spot SEE ALSO: African American women; Wife abuse PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Ain't it SEE ALSO: Elephants; Ivory industry; Landladies; Piano keys; Training PDF IMAGES
158	Editor's drawer/Joke Sure enough SEE ALSO: Explosions; Smoking in the workplace PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Giving him a chance SEE ALSO: Burglars; Firearms accidents PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Sex differences (Psychology) in children PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Her qualification SEE ALSO: Kindergarten; Tooth loss PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A definition SEE ALSO: Antonius, Marcus; Oratory—Humor PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Protection SEE ALSO: Control; Insect pests; Mourning customs PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Looking for a name SEE ALSO: Directories; Telephone PDF IMAGES
159	Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Giraffe; School discipline PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem His philosophy By Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick) Nesbit PDF IMAGES
160	Editor's drawer/Cartoon In Egypt SEE ALSO: Caricatures and cartoons; Egypt; Washington, George; Great Sphinx (Egypt) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke He prefers the old SEE ALSO: Inventions; Natural history museums PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A natural inference SEE ALSO: Catechisms; Credulity PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke The editorial “we” SEE ALSO: Remarriage; Stepfamilies PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A proper precaution SEE ALSO: Brothers and sisters; Infants (Newborn); Sex preselection PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Marked down SEE ALSO: Deals; Prices; Sepulchral monuments; Sons PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A double accomplishment SEE ALSO: Humor; Mistaken identity; Henry, Patrick; Patrick, Saint PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon The nasal twang SEE ALSO: Elephants; Nose PDF IMAGES
161	Editor's drawer/Cartoon He convinced her father of his ability to support her before asking for her hand SEE ALSO: Marriage proposals; Poker players PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem In the country By Marie Louise Tompkins PDF IMAGES
162	Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: German American women; Sandplay PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Familiar names SEE ALSO: Aquarium fishes PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Hired help SEE ALSO: African American women cooks; Episcopal Church; Master and servant PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Too personal SEE ALSO: Milk; Overweight women; Short men; Traffic accidents; Transportation PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Unappreciative SEE ALSO: Butlers PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke His text SEE ALSO: Children of clergy; Christian giving; Cookies; Methodists PDF IMAGES