July 1886

Articles

• The Labor Question

  “The organization of labor has hitherto been in the hands of unfit men, with too few exceptions. The leaders have been selfish, narrow-minded, or ignorant. The true way to utilize the strength of united labor is to develop the individual power of the members.”

  George Frederic Parsons

• The New Portfolio: A Prospective Visit

  Oliver Wendell Holmes

• In the Clouds

  Charles Egbert Craddock

• Two American Novels

• Needlework in Art

• The Contributors' Club

• Books of the Month

• At Variance

  Cara W. Bronson

• French and English: First Paper

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton

• The Golden Justice

  William Henry Bishop

• Ouida

  Harriet Waters Preston

• The Princess Casamassima: Book Fourth

  Henry James

• At the Grave of a Suicide

  Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

• Failure of American Credit After the Revolutionary War

  John Fiske

• Sibyl the Savage

  L. W. Champney

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