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Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. IX. February, 1851. Vol. II

Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. IX. February, 1851. Vol. II

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Author
Various
Title
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II.
Credits
Produced by Judith Wirawan, David Kline, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
AP: General Works: Periodicals
Subject
American literature -- Periodicals
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Text
eBook-No.
41768
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41768
Release Date
January 3, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. — No. IX. —FEBRUARY, 1851.— Vol. II.
  2. 2.THE TRAVELER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY. — BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
  3. 3.[From Mayhew's Comic Almanac.] AN INVITATION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. — (BY A GENTLEMAN WITH A SLIGHT IMPEDIMENT IN HIS SPEECH.) TO BE READ ALOUD.
  4. 4.DEATH OF HOWARD THE PHILANTHROPIST. [1]
  5. 5.A SKETCH OF MY CHILDHOOD. — BY THE "ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER."
  6. 6.[From Bentley's Miscellany.] THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF THE GLASS-HOUSE. — CURIOUS PROPERTIES OF GLASS. — WHY IS NOT GLASS MALLEABLE? — DESCRIPTION OF A GLASS-HOUSE. — HOW CROWN, PLATE, AND WATCH GLASSES ARE MADE.
  7. 7.AN EXCELLENT MATCH; OR, THE BLESSINGS OF BAD LUCK.
  8. 8.ANECDOTES OF WORDSWORTH.
  9. 9.MODERN MUMMIES.—A VISIT TO THE TOMBS OF BORDEAUX.
  10. 10.RECOLLECTIONS OF CHANTREY, THE SCULPTOR.
  11. 11.SAILING IN THE AIR.—HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS.
  12. 12.[From Colburn's London Magazine.] RECOLLECTIONS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL — BY THE DEAN OF YORK.
  13. 13.THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT.
  14. 14.AN APOLOGY FOR BURNS.
  15. 15.A TALE OF SHIPWRECK.
  16. 16.THE GIPSY IN THE THORN-BUSH. — FROM THE GERMAN.
  17. 17.VISIT TO A COLLIERY.
  18. 18.THE KAFIR TRADER; OR, THE RECOIL OF AMBITION.
  19. 19.THE WOODSTREAM. — A FRAGMENT FROM THE GERMAN.
  20. 20.THE TALISMAN.—A FAIRY TALE.
  21. 21.MICHELET, THE FRENCH HISTORIAN.
  22. 22.FREAKS OF NATURE.
  23. 23.LAND, HO!—A SKETCH OF AUSTRALIA.
  24. 24.THE CLIMATE OF CANADA.
  25. 25.A WINTER VISION.
  26. 26.A LITTLE STIMULANT.—A TEMPERANCE TALE.
  27. 27.[From the Dublin University Magazine.] MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. — CHAPTER XXI. OUR ALLIES. — CHAPTER XXII. THE DAY OF "CASTLEBAR."
  28. 28.SKETCHES FROM LIFE. — BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. — I. THE OLD GOVERNESS. — II. THE COLLEGIAN. — III. THE MAID-SERVANT.
  29. 29.MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. — Book III.—Initial Chapter:—Showing how my novel came to be called "My Novel." — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII.
  30. 30.ON BIRDS, BALLOONS, AND BOLUSES.
  31. 31.CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR. — BY ALFRED TENNYSON.
  32. 32.THE EDIBLE BIRDS'-NESTS OF CHINA.
  33. 33.THE PASSION FOR COLLECTING BOOKS.
  34. 34.A BACHELOR'S CHRISTMAS.
  35. 35.CRAZED. — BY SYDNEY YENDYS.
  36. 36.[From the Dublin University Magazine.] ACTORS AND THEIR SALARIES.
  37. 37.ENCOUNTER WITH AN ICEBERG.
  38. 38.THE DOG AND DEER OF THE ARMY.
  39. 39.Monthly Record of Current Events. — POLITICAL AND GENERAL NEWS. — THE UNITED STATES. — MEXICO. — GENERAL VIEW OF THE STATES OF EUROPE. — GREAT BRITAIN. — FRANCE. — GERMANY. — ITALY. — SPAIN. — LITERATURE, SCIENCE, ART, PERSONAL MOVEMENTS, Etc. — UNITED STATES. — GREAT BRITAIN. — FRANCE. — GERMANY, Etc. — OBITUARIES.
  40. 40.Literary Notices.
  41. 41.A Leaf From Punch.
  42. 42.Fashions for Later Winter.
  43. 43.FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.Transcriber's Notes:

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