Harper's Magazine: February 1856

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February 1856

CONTENTS
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289-315	Article George Washington By John S.C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott SEE ALSO: French and Indian War, 1755-1763; Washington, George PDF IMAGES
315-336	Article Adventures in the gold fields of Central America SEE ALSO: Gold discoveries; Honduras PDF IMAGES
336-340	Fiction Birchknoll. A new ghost story of old Virginia SEE ALSO: Ghost stories; Spiritualism PDF IMAGES
340-346	Article Fur-hunting in Oregon SEE ALSO: Ross, Alexander; Frontier and pioneer life; Fur trade; Knowledge—Fur trade—Oregon; Oregon; To 1859 PDF IMAGES
346-371	Fiction Sentiment and action SEE ALSO: Legal stories PDF IMAGES
371-380	Article Passages of Eastern travel. By an American By William Cowper Prime SEE ALSO: Alexandria (Egypt); Antiquities; Cairo (Egypt); Egypt PDF IMAGES
380-383	Article Charles Dickens SEE ALSO: Dickens, Charles; Criticism and interpretation; Novelists, English PDF IMAGES
383-402	Fiction Little Dorrit (chaps. V-VIII) By Charles Dickens PDF IMAGES
402-405	Monthly record of current events/Department Monthly record of current events PDF IMAGES
406-409	Literary notices/Review Literary notices SEE ALSO: A new flower for children (Book); A new system of English grammar (Book); O'Reilly, Andrew; Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt; Ballads (Book); Reynolds, Beatrice; Starbuck, Caleb; Leland, Charles Godfrey; Nordhoff, Charles; Allen, David Oliver; Wirt, E.W. (Elizabeth Washington); Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley; Flora's dictionary (Book); Hampton Heights; or, The spinster's ward (Book); Harper's classical library (Book series); Cleaveland, Henry W. (Henry William); History of the reign of Philip the Second, king of Spain (Book); Home comforts; or, Economy illustrated, by familiar scenes of every-day life (Book); India, ancient and modern, geographical, historical, political, social, and religious; with a particular account of the state and prospects of Christianity (Book); Savery, Lillie; Child, Lydia Maria Francis; Man-of-war life (Book); Meister Karl's sketch-book (Book); Mimic life (Book); My first season (Book); Our Cousin Veronica, or, Scenes and adventures over the Blue Ridge (Book); Backus, Samuel D.; The Christian life (Book); The Irish abroad and at home; at the court and in the camp. With souvenirs of “the Brigade”. Reminiscences of an emigrant Milesian (Book); Arnold, Thomas; Village and farm cottages. The requirements of American village homes considered and suggested; with designs for such houses of moderate cost (Book); Backus, William; Prescott, William Hickling; Thackeray, William Makepeace; Barton, William S. PDF IMAGES
410-413	Editor's table/Article Editor's table By Henry J. (Henry Jarvis) Raymond SEE ALSO: Christianity; Courage PDF IMAGES
413-414	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Press PDF IMAGES
414-416	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: New Year PDF IMAGES
416	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Broadway (New York, New York); Career New York City politics; Wood, Fernando; Horses; Maintenance and repair; Streets; Wounds and injuries PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Casualties; Crimean War, 1853-1856 PDF IMAGES
417-418	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Criticism and interpretation; Critics; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth PDF IMAGES
418	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Children's literature; Cranch, Christopher Pearse; Child, Lydia Maria Francis; Technique; The last of the Huggermugger's a giant story (Book); The magician's show-box (Book) PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Collection Editor's easy chair PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Paillet, Alphonse Gabriel Victor; Bruat; Death and burial; Death notices; Rude, François; Military funerals; Molé, Louis-Mathieu, comte PDF IMAGES
419-420	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Crimean War, 1853-1856; Diplomatic history PDF IMAGES
420	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Vattemare, Alexandre; Exposition universelle de Paris en 1855; Knowledge—International exchanges PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Appreciation—Belgium; Appreciation—United States; Awards; Leys, Hendrik, Baron; Belgium; Goodyear, Charles; McCormick, Cyrus Hall; Industrial arts; Processions; Morse, Samuel Finley Breese PDF IMAGES
421-422	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Crimean War, 1853-1856; Diplomatic history; Napoleon III, Emperor of the French; Neutrality; Prussia; Views on neutrality PDF IMAGES
422	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Festivals; Poland; Saint Petersburg; Warsaw PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Heads of state; Paris (France) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: “Editor's drawer” (Harper's) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Inscriptions, Latin PDF IMAGES
423	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Appreciation—United States; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron; English poetry; Speech errors PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Absent-mindedness; Anecdotes; M'Iver, Colin; Fayetteville; Presbyterian Church PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Alabama PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Wilmington PDF IMAGES
424	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Actresses; Autographs; Brougham, John; Rachel PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Hard-Shell Baptists PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Music in advertising PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Misers PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Kissing PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Anecdotes; Randolph, John; Statesmen PDF IMAGES
425	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Religion and social problems PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Charade SEE ALSO: Charades PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Lawrence, Abbott; Career in diplomacy; Diplomats; Everett, Edward PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Riddles PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer By Oliver Wendell Holmes SEE ALSO: Dollar, American PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Errata PDF IMAGES
426	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Anecdotes; Lamb, Charles PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Religion and politics PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Bath; Retirement; Sermons; Spouses of clergy; Jay, William PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Rome; Verdicts PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron; Death and burial; Greentree, Isaac PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Art and religion; Malapropisms PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES
427	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Death and burial; Hood, Thomas PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Frigates; Marine accidents; Mediterranean Sea PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Animal training; Swindlers and swindling; Turkeys PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Arkansas; Dueling; Little Rock PDF IMAGES
428	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Women's rights PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Spelling errors PDF IMAGES
429-430	Cartoon Valentines delivered in our street SEE ALSO: Valentines PDF IMAGES
431-432	Fashions for February/Department Fashions for February PDF IMAGES