Esther, from the Old Testament.
The history of Ali Baba and the forty robbers, from "The Arabian nights."
Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving.
The Gold-bug, by E.A. Poe.
A Christmas carol, by C. Dickens.
The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne.
Rab and his friends, by J. Brown.
The outcasts of Poker Flat, by B. Harte.-Markheim, by R.L. Stevenson.
The necklace, by G. de Maupassant.
The man who would be king, by R. Kipling.
The gift of the magi, by O. Henry.
