Volume 26
November 1905
edit- Number 1
- (facing p.1): Colored illustration for With the Night Mail
- (p.1): Carl Schurz - Reminiscences of a Long Life
- (p.18): F. H. Lancaster - An Eye for an Eye
- (p.23): Rudyard Kipling - With the Night Mail
- (p.35): Jean Webster - Mrs. Carter as Fate
- (p.47): Ray Stannard Baker - The Railroad Rate
- (p.60): Samuel Hopkins Adams - The Substitute
- (p.67): Basil King - The Last Love-Feast
- (p.78): Empeigh Merwyn - Portrait of a Friend of Mine
- (p.80): Florence Wilkinson - The Fugitives
- (p.81): Charles F. Lummis - Pioneer Transportation in America, Part II
- (p.94): James M. Stradling - The Lottery of Death
- (p.102): Mrs. Wilson Woodrow - The Sportin' Blood of Zenith
- (p.111): A Great Creative Artist - Christian Citzenship
- (p.112): Responses to Lincoln Steffens
December 1905
edit- Number 2
- (p.114): William Allen White - Folk
- (p.132): Florence Wilkinson - The Cloud and the Mountain
- (p.133): Anne O'Hagan - The Courtship of the Boss
- (p.144): Jack London - Love of Life
- (p.158): Carl Schurz - Reminiscences of a Long Life, continued
- (p.172): May McHenry - The Deepwater Debate
- (p.179): Ray Stannard Baker - Railroad Rebates
- (p.194): W. B. Yeats - Never Give All the Heart
- (p.195): Adeline Knapp - Thunder and Calamity
- (p.201): Jean Webster - A Parable for Husbands
- (p.207): Mabel Mahin - A Lullaby
- (p.208): Herminie Templeton - The Ashes of Old Wishes
- (p.220): S. S. McClure - Editorial: Charles Evand Hughes
- (p.223): Charles D. Williams - The Final Test of Christianity
January 1906
edit- Number 3
- (p.230): Portrait of Mark Fagan
- (p.231): Henry Beach Needham - Theodore Roosevelt—An Outdoor Man
- (p.253): Elmore Elliott Peake - The Heart of Eric
- (p.261): George Randolph Chester - Quarantined Rivals
- (p.274): Myra Williams Jarrell - Ellis Johnson's Book
- (p.278): Moira O'Neill - The Ould Tunes
- (p.279): Carl Schurz - Reminiscences of a Long Life, continued
- (p.292): Stewart Edward White - Arizona Nights, Part I: Uncle Jim's Yarn: The Indian Story
- (p.297): Lincoln Steffens - A Servant of God and the People
- (p.309): Ellis Parker Butler - The Lady Across the Aisle
- (p.317): A. E. Housman - Song (from A Shropshire Lad)
- (p.318): Ray Stannard Baker - Railroads on Trial
- (p.331): Louise Imogen Guiney - A Colloquy
- (p.332): Harry Irving Greene - Why Riffles Deserted
- (p.337): S. S. McClure - Editorial: The Advantages of the Poor Man's Child
- (p.339): S. S. McClure - Editorial: The Durable Satisfactions of Life
February 1906
edit- Number 4
- (p.342): Illustration for Old Bernstein and "De Great Fiddle"
- (p.343): Anthony Fiala - Two Years in the Arctic
- (p.358): Marion Hill - The Day of Precious Penalties
- (p.367): Carl Schurz - Reminiscences of a Long Life, continued
- (p.380): Florence Wilkinson - The Railway Yard
- (p.381): Ernest Poole - Old Bernstein and "De Great Fiddle"
- (p.385): Ralph D. Paine - The Praying Skipper
- (p.397): Wallace Irwin - Song for a Cracked Voice
- (p.398): Ray Stannard Baker - Railroads on Trial
- (p.411): Mabel Mahin - A Question
- (p.412): Stewart Edward White - Arizona Nights Part II: Windy Bill's Yarn: The Emigrant Story
- (p.420): Lincoln Steffens - The Gentleman from Essex
- (p.434): Lloyd Osbourne - Wild Waters
- (p.447): S. S. McClure - Editorial: Judge Not
- (p.448): S. S. McClure - Editorial: An Apostle of Applied Christianity
- (p.450): S. S. McClure - Editorial:Manufacturing Public Opinion
March 1906
edit- Number 5
- (facing p.453): Illustration for Arizona Nights
- (p.453): Ida M. Tarbell - Commercial Machiavellianism
- (p.463): Herbert Trench - The Crocus
- (p.464): Harvey J. O'Higgins - The Exiles
- (p.470): Florence Wilkinson - Beyond the Spectrum
- (p.471): Anthony Fiala - Two Years in the Arctic, continued
- (p.485): Samuel Hopkins Adams - A Matter of Principle
- (p.495): Witter Bynner - The Marionettes
- (p.496): Clara Morris - Looking Backward
- (p.500): Carl Schurz - Reminiscences of a Long Life, continued
- (p.514): Paul Kester - In the Night
- (p.515): Stewart Edward White - Arizona Nights Part III: The Cattleman's Yarn: The Remittance Man's Story
- (p.523): Ralph D. Paine - The Last Pilot Schooner
- (p.535): Ray Stannard Baker - Railroads on Trial, continued
- (p.549): Alice Brown - A Grief Deferred
- (p.559): Mary Talbot Campbell - A Small Person
- (p.561): Jeannette Cooper - A Retributive Trip
- (p.564): A. E. Housman - A Song (from A Shropshire Lad)
April 1906
edit- Number
- (p.566): Mary Stewart Cutting - A Symphony in Coal
- (p.579): Carl Schurz - Reminiscences of a Long Life, continued
- (p.594): Jeannette Cooper - Identifying Anne
- (p.601): James Hopper - The Struggles and Triumph of Isidro de los Maestros
- (p.610): L. B. Bridgman - Give Courage, Lord!
- (p.611): Woods Hutchinson - Some Diet Delusions
- (p.623): Joseph C. Lincoln - Two Pairs of Shoes
- (p.633): Fred L. Boalt - The Snitcher
- (p.636): Clara Morris - A Hunt for a Play
- (p.646): Stewart Edward White - Arizona Nights Part IV: The Ranch foreman's Yarn: The Cattle Rustler's Story
- (p.654): Moira O'Neill - On the Ranch
- (p.655): Perceval Gibbon - Witte: A Great Man Facing Failure
- (p.663): Marion Couthouy Smith - Song of the Souls That Failed
- (p.664): Mary Moss - Mr. Nickerson's Star
- (p.672): Ray Stannard Baker - Editorial: Some of the Difficulties Encountered in Investigating the Railroad Problem
- (p.674): Editorial: An Uplifting Story
- (p.675): Editorial Announcements