December 1895
edit- Number 1 Project Gutenberg
- (p.1) portrait of G. Bargellini's Madonna and Child
- (p.2) portrait of Abraham Lincoln in 1858
- (p.3) Ida M. Tarbell - Abraham Lincoln, continued
- (p.23) Anthony Hope - The Love of the Prince of Glottenberg
- (p.33) Will H. Low - Madonna and Child in Art
- (p.48) Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Chapters from a Life
- (p.58) Robert Barr - The Understudy
- (p.66) Frank Pope Humphrey - The Heroine of a Famous Song. The True Story of "Annie Laurie."
- (p.71) Ella Higginson - A Point of Knucklin' Down
- (p.75): Sir Robert Ball - The Sun's Heat
- (p.80) Robert Harborough Sherard - Hall Caine. Story of his Life and Work, Derived from Conversations.
- (p.96) Collins Shackelford - Neighbor King
- (p.103) Cy Warman - Through the Dardenelles
- (p.109): letters from various notable people, including Woodrow Wilson regarding The Earliest Portrait of Lincoln that appeared with the November issue.
January 1896
edit- Number 2 Project Gutenberg
- (p.114): newly published portrait of Abraham Lincoln in 1861
- (p.115) Ida M. Tarbell - Abraham Lincoln continued
- (p.137) Cleveland Moffett - Eugene Field and his Child Friends
- (p.140) Eugene Field - Poems of Childhood. Includes
- (p.145) Will H. Low - A Century of Painting
- (p.159) Murat Halstead - The Defeat of Blaine for the Presidency
- (p.172) Frank B. Gessner - The New Statue of William Henry Harrison
- (p.175) Herbert D. Ward - The Silent Witness
- (p.187): Sir Robert Ball - The Sun's Light
- (p.191) Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Chapters from a Life, continued
- (p.198) Anthony Hope - The Wager of the Marquis de Mérosailles
- (p.206): letters and commentaries regarding Miss Tarbell's Life of Lincoln
February 1896
edit- Number 3 Project Gutenberg
- (pp.210-212): three portraits of Lincoln
- (p.213) Ida M. Tarbell - Abraham Lincoln continued
- (p.240): letter of Grace Bedell Billings regarding Lincoln's beard.
- (p.241) Ian Maclaren - A Government Official
- (p.247) Harry Perry Robinson - The Fastest Railroad Run ever Made
- (p.256) Will H. Low - A Century of Painting, continued
- (p.269) Murat Halstead - The Tragedy of Garfield's Administration. Personal Reminiscences and Records of Conversations
- (p.280) Anthony Hope - The Victory of the Grand Duke of Mittenheim
- (p.293) Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Chapters from a Life, continued
- (p.300) Robert Louis Stevenson — The Touchstone
- (p.304) Magazine Notes
March 1896
edit- Number 4 Project Gutenberg
- (p.306) Ida M. Tarbell - Abraham Lincoln continued
- (p.326) Rudyard Kipling - The Ship that Found Herself
- (p.337) Will H. Low - A Century of Painting, continued
- (p.353) Eugene Field - Cy and I
- (p.354) John Hay - A Young Hero. Personal Reminiscences of Colonel E. E. Ellsworth
- (p.361) Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Chapters from a Life, continued
- (p.369) Robert Louis Stevenson - Lost Youth
- (p.370) Julia D. Whiting - The Divided House
- (p.379) Cleveland Moffett - Scientific Kite-Flying
- (p.393) Author:Robert Barr - A Dramatic Point
- (p.399): Editorial Notes
April 1896
edit- Number 5 Project Gutenberg
- (p.401) H. J. W. Dam - The New Marvel in Photography (re x-rays)
- (p.415) Cleveland Moffett - The Röntgen Rays in America
- (p.421) "Q" - The Householders
- (p.428) Ida M. Tarbell - Abraham Lincoln|McClure's Magazine/Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln continued
- (p.449) Anthony Hope - "Phroso." A Tale of Brave Deeds and Perilous Vantures
- (p.465) Will H. Low - A Century of Painting, continued
- (p.481) Rudyard Kipling - "Soldier and Sailor Too"
- (p.483) Mrs. E. V. Wilson - Rachel
- (p.490) Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Chapters from a Life, continued
- (p.496): Editorial Notes
May 1896
edit- Number 6 Project Gutenberg
- (p.497) Will H. Low - A Century of Painting, continued
- (p.513) Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Chapters from a Life, continued
- (p.518) Ella Higginson - Four-Leaf Clover
- (p.519) James T. McKay - A Leap in the Dark
- (p.526) Ida M. Tarbell - Abraham Lincoln continued
- (p.545) Anthony Hope - "Phroso." A Tale of Brave Deeds and Perilous Vantures continued
- (p.560) Garrett P. Serviss - Climbing Mont Blanc in a Blizzard
- (p.573) Mary Stewart Cutting - Fairy Gold
- (p.579) W. W. Keen - The Use of Röntgen X Rays in Surgery
- (p.589) Cy Warman - Catching a Runaway Engine
- (p.590) Cleveland Moffett - Partridge's Statue of General Grant
- (p.592): Two Recent Tributes to Lincoln