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ART. I. THE LITERATURE OF FRANCE. BY THOMAS W. STORROW, Esq.,

AN EPITAPH ON A XANTIPPE,

CLERK-VESPERS IN WALL-STREET. BY WILLIAM PITT PALMER,

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WATER-DROP,

STANZAS TO NIGHT. BY SUSAN PINDAR,

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XII. LINES ADDRESSED TO S. N. S. BY J. G. SAXE, ESQ.,

XIII. THE ST. LEGER PAPERS. NUMBER FOUR, .

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STANZAS: 'IT CANNOT BE THAT SORROW."'

XV. A FATHER TO HIS CHILD. BY REV. W. T. BACON,

XVI. A FEW THOUGHTS ON PLANETARY MOTION,

XVII. THE INDIFFERENT' POET: AN EPIGRAM,

XVIII. THE SUMMER-GRAVE,

LITERARY NOTICES:

1. DICKSON'S CHRONO-THERMAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE,

2. THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.

3. LARDNER'S LECTURES ON SCIENCE AND ART,

4. AMERICAN FACTS, NOTES AND STATISTICS. BY G. P. PUTNAM, Esq.,

EDITOR'S TABLE:

1. THE GROANING CREATION. BY B. MATTHIAS,

2. THE LATE THOMAS HOOD AND HIS WRITINGS,

3. FESTUS, A POEM. BY PHILIP JAMES BAILEY, ESQ.,

PUNCH'S DOSSAY PORTRAITS,'

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5. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS,

1. ENGLISH vs. AMERICAN PERIODICAL LITERATURE. 2. EARLY LOVE: A PASSAGE

FROM A BACHELOR'S EPISTLE. 3. A WALK IN THE SUMMER WOODS. 4. THE

'STYLE' OF FOREIGN WASHERWOMEN. 5. THE DYING CHILD'S LAST PRAYER.

6. BEAUTIES' OF PROFESSOR' INGRAHAM. 7. INDIAN ELOQUENCE. 8. A CRITIC

AMONG THE PICTURES. 9. RECEIVED WORD-COLLOCATIONS. 10. LAST HOURS

OF THE BRAVE MARTYR, MONTROSE. 11. A NEW SIGN:' MESSRS. ACKERMAN

AND MILLER, AND RIP VAN WINKLE. 12. ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF CHARLES

LAMB. 13. AN AMUSING BILL OF FARE. 14. OUR EARTH-DERIVED IMPRESSIONS

OF HEAVEN, ITS SCENES AND INHABITANTS: SCENE AT A METHODIST CAMP-

MEETING. 15. LETTER OF THE LAW:' SHARP PRACTICE IN CANANDAIGUA. 16.

THE COUNTRY-SCHOOL-MASTER IN LOVE: YOUNG LADIES' PORTRAITS. 17. IM-

PRISONMENT FOR KINDNESS, GENEROSITY AND POVERTY. 18. Dow JUNIOR'S

DISCOURSES. 19. IMITATIONS OF BON GAULTIER.' 20. A FISHING-EXCURSION

THROUGH HELL-GATE. 21. A SHORT SERMON TO DYSPEPTICS. 22. FORGET-

FULNESS OF SELF: MR. ANDERSON THE PLAYER. 23. TO A CORRESPONDENT:

THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER.' 24. DR. LONGSTREET AT LOUISVILLE: PRIMITIVE

METHODISM: RELIGION AND CHEERFUL HUMOR. 25. INVOCATION TO JULIAN.'

26. THE THREE TEAS. 27. NOMENCLATURES OF FLOWERS. 28. INFIDELITY IN

NEW-YORK. 29. LAWS OF TRANSCENDENT GASTRONOMY. 30. THE DOG-Law.

31. FORERUNNERS AND GHOSTS. 32. NEW PERSONIFICATION OF DEATH. 33. Love

LETTER APPARITIONS. 34. A WORD TO OUR ST. LOUIS FRIEND. 35. SUMMER-

DAY REVERIES. 36. BRITISH AND AMERICAN BEAUTY: MR. BOGLE, THE

ARTIST. 37. MESSRS. GREELEY AND M'ELRATH'S FARMERS' LIBRARY. 38.

JONES' VIEW OF THE CAPITAL AT WASHINGTON. 39. TRUE LOVE'S STRATA-

GEM. 40. TRIBUTE TO JOHN WATERS. 41. TYPOGRAPHICAL BLUNDERS. 42.

PAUS' vs. PAAS. 43. THE PHOENIX-TRIBUNE. 44. PRAYER AGAINST SUDDEN

DEATH.' 45. MARTIN AND COMPANY'S ILLUSTRATED BIBLE. 46. A PERSON PUT

DOWN' FOR A PUPPY. 47. REPUBLICATION OF THE PENNY MAGAZINE. 48. NA-

TIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. 49. THE TOWN' WEEKLY JOURNAL. 50. CON-

TRIBUTORS, ETC., ETC.

LITERARY RECORD:

NARRATIVE OF THE U. S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION; LONGFELLOW'S POETS AND

POETRY OF EUROPE; MODERN BRITISH ESSAYISTS; THE BLACK BEAR OF AR-

KANSAS, ETC.; THE BROTHERS' HARPERS' PUBLICATIONS; WORKS FROM THE

MESSRS. APPLETON'S PRESS; THE MYSTERIES OF BERLIN; THE MIRROR Li-

BRARY,' NEW SERIES; THE HISTORY OF ROMANISM, FROM MR. Edward Wal-

KER'S PRESS.

III. GOSSIP OF A PLAYER. BY THE LATE WILLIAM ABBOTT,

1. DEPARTURE FROM BATH: FAREWELL BENEFIT AND POETICAL ADDRESS. 2. MRS.
SIDDONS AND MISS O'NIEL. 3. MRS. JORDAN AND THE DUKE OF CLARENCE:
THE IMMORTAL TOWNSEND. 4. TOKELY AT MORNING REHEARSAL: 'LITTLE
SIMMONS, ETC.

IV. BUNKER'S HILL. BY A. M. IDE, JR.,

V. THE FRIENDS: A COLLOQUY. INTERVIEW FOURTH,

VI. LOVE AND PRUDENCE. BY AN EXPERIENCED Lover,
VII. THE WIDOWER'S ASPIRATION,

VIII. THREE PICTURES OF THE PAST,

IX. WILLIE AND ANNIE: A BALLAD. BY JNO. H. RHEYN,

X. SKETCHES FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. BY OUR EASTERN CORRESPONDENT,
XI. ORA ATQUE LABORA.' BY ALBERT PIKE, ESQ.,

XII. WALDEMAR: A STORY OF THE FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN,
XIII. THE COMING OF AUTUMN. BY REV. W. T. BACON,

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XIV. THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE RANGER. BY CAPT. JONATHAN CARVER, JR.,
XV. HOUSEHOLD PHILOSOPHY. BY J. H. SHELDON, ESQ.,.

1. THE BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK. BY ASA GRAY, M. D.,

2. MEMOIRS, OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL, ETC. BY COL. THOS. L. MCKENNEY,

3. THE NORTH-AMERICAN REVIEW, FOR THE JULY QUARTER,

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4. THE STRANGER IN LOWELL. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER,

2. THE MORALITY OF CUTENESS:' A YANKEE IN DISTRESS,
3. AN EVENING WITH AN OLD PHILOSOPHER,

4. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS,

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1. BATTLE OF BUNKER-HILL: 2. CUTENESS' OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: AN AT-
TEMPT TO TAKE IN.' 3. AN INCIDENT OF THE NATCHEZ TORNADO: THE BE-
REAVED MOTHER. 4. BLOWING SAINT ANTHONY'S NOSE: 'RHINOLOGY.' 5. PLA-
GIARISM: TENNYSON'S MILLER'S DAUGHTER.' 6. THE LATE ELIAS HICKS:
COTTON AND SLAVERY. 7. ARTS OF DESIGN: MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 8. 'THE
COUNTRY CHURCH.' 9. THE CHANGELESS PHILOSOPHER.' 10. WHAT IS ELO-
QUENCE-MR. RAVESIES' ADDRESS. 11. A SCENE AT NIBLO's. 12. A RUN'
THROUGH OUR ARTISTS' STUDIOS. 13. THE 'FORCE OF HABIT' IN CHURCH-GO-
ING HORSES. 14. ASPIRATION FOR SARATOGA: MUNGER'S CONGRESS-HALL. 15.
THE CANANDAIGUA EDICT: LUDICROUS PROPOSITION. 16. SCHOOLS OF THE ME-
CHANICS INSTITUTE. 17. MRS. MOWATT AT NIBLO's. 18. GOVERNOR DAVIS'S
'ROMANIST' CURIOSITIES. 19. 'PROFESSOR' INGRAHAM'S NEW ROMANCE. 20. No-
TICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

LITERARY RECORD:

BUSH ON THE RESURRECTION; SAUL, A MYSTERY; HIRST'S 'COMING OF THE MAM-
MOTH;' 'THE FORESTER'S TRIALS OF MARGARET LINDSAY;' REID'S ENGLISH
DICTIONARY; MRS. HEMANS WORKS; EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN NEW-YORK; THE
BROTHERS HARPERS' PUBLICATIONS; WALKER'S HISTORY OF ROMANISM; RILEY
AND COMPANY'S MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.

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