Signed J A McN. Essay describing an experience and challenge of climbing a mountain. The end of this essay includes a sentence to the young ladies of Brownsville Female Academy about the importance of writing their compositions.

Signed J H T. Essay from the point of view of a looking glass, tracing it from a shop to a home.

Signed M L B. Essay from the point of view of a pencil, used at a school and lost in the street.

Signed M L B. Essay from the point of view of a quill, remembering its journey from goose to its loss.

Signed M L B. Paragraph on the evils of theater.

Signed J A McN. Essay from the point of a view of a lion traveling the world from Africa to Brownsville, Tennessee.

Signed M L B. Story of a trip to the moon, the beings there and the return to Brownsville.

Signed J A McN. Essay about the sin of vanity.

Signed M L B. Description of a night in the winter.

Signed M L B. Memories of growing up in Virginia and of a friend there.

Signed J H T. Description of the life and virtues of the farmer.

Signed J H T. Written from the point of view of a squirrel who traveled in search of a new home and ends up as a pet.

Signed J H T. Description of the life and virtues of the mechanic.

Signed J A McN. Short, subjective account in praise of America.

Signed J H T. Written from the point of view of a hair pin from its creation to its loss in the street.

Signed J A McN. Account of a northern winter evening by a writer who has not experienced one.

Signed J H T. Description of the writer imagines love and a warning against fickle lovers.

Signed J H Towne. Description of various people and of nature in the evening.

Signed J H T. Description of the Mississippi River and its importance to various groups of people.

Signed J A McN. Description of a meadow and the pleasure and escape it provides.