Committee Members
Editor: Margaret Taylor
Old Girls' Editor: Edith Lang
Secretary: Ruth Lamb
Treasurer: Nita Woodhouse
Form representatives:
Seniors: Fanny Ledsham
Upper VI: Lily Woodhouse
Lower VI: Gertrude Dawes
Upper V: Dorothy Cornish
Middle V: Annie Truscote
Lower V: Marion Alcock
Intermediate: Maud Williamson
Upper IV: Jessie Headridge
Middle IV: Mabel Swindells
Lower IV A: Augusta de Jong
Lower IV B: Janet Harlow
Upper III: Ada Corbett
Middle III: Norah Wahltuch
Lower III: Lilian Hollingworth
Furze Blossom
Observations on Railway Travellers
Descriptions of different types of railway travellers.
Sappho
Twilight
Poem about a girl who is described as "The gem and flower of perfect maidenhood at sunset."
Daisy
A Steep Climb
Description of a walk in the Lake District.
Nemo
Christmas
A poem about Christmas.
Justicia Priscilla
The Last of the Brownies
Beginning of a story about an elf who visits a girl when her mother is cleaning the house for Christmas. [For the conclusion see Magazine for April 1886].
Jingle
A limerick
Snooks
Paraphrase of an Ancient Ballad
Poem lampooning Little Jack Horner.
N. R. H.
National Flowers
Essay on flowers associated with England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Holland and Switzerland.
Rozinante
New Years Eve
Poem reviewing the previous year.
Per Ardua
Short Sketch of Irish History from 1066 - 1702
Continuation of essay begun in Magazine for October 1885. Describes the main events in Irish history in the seventeenth century.
No author
Wet Blankets
Essay about those who discourage others.
Riddles
Examples of riddles.
Correspondence
Still Waters Run Deep
Letter written in response to the letter from the editor in the Magazine for October 1885.
School News
An editor, Margaret Taylor, has been appointed for the Magazine.
Errata concerning Emily Johnson, Mary Scott.