Harper's Magazine: December 1856

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December 1856

CONTENTS
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1-21	Article Sunnyside: The home of Washington Irving SEE ALSO: Biography; Homes and haunts; Homes and haunts—New York (State)—Tarrytown; Tarrytown; Irving, Washington PDF IMAGES
22-29	Article Scraps from an artist's note-book: Omoa PDF IMAGES
29-31	Article A gigantic centipede SEE ALSO: Anatomy; Centipedes PDF IMAGES
32-44	Article Passages of Eastern travel. By an American By William Cowper Prime SEE ALSO: Antiquities; Egypt; Egyptian language; Inscriptions; Nile River; Paleography; River life; Temple of Amon (Karnak, Egypt) PDF IMAGES
44-56	Fiction The White Hills in October PDF IMAGES
56-61	Article How to keep well SEE ALSO: Health aspects; Life style; Medicine, Preventive; Walking PDF IMAGES Poem How it happened PDF IMAGES
61-66	Fiction The old man's story PDF IMAGES
66-69	Article The Virginia editor. By a Virginian SEE ALSO: Newspaper editors PDF IMAGES
69-76	Fiction The shell and the pearl SEE ALSO: Sisters PDF IMAGES
76-88	Article A prince of intrigue SEE ALSO: Beaumarchais and his times. Sketches of French society in the eighteenth century from unpublished documents (Book); Biography; Dramatists, French; Edwards, H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland); Loménie, Louis de; Participation, French; Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de PDF IMAGES
88-91	Fiction The crystal bell PDF IMAGES
91-97	Article The fall of Islam SEE ALSO: Christianity; Customs and practices; Islam; Islam and politics; Relations; Turkey PDF IMAGES
97	Poem Sowing in tears SEE ALSO: Infants PDF IMAGES Fiction Little Dorrit (chaps. XLI-XLIII) By Charles Dickens PDF IMAGES
117-119	Monthly record of current events/Department Monthly record of current events PDF IMAGES
119-121	Literary notices/Review Literary notices SEE ALSO: A child's history of Rome (Book); Hentz, Caroline Lee; Magoon, Elias Lyman; Abbott, Jacob; Bonner, John; Narrative of the general course of history from the earliest periods to the establishment of the American Constitution (Book); The banished son; and other stories of the heart (Book); The poetry of the Orient (Book); Westward empire; or, the great drama of human progress (Book); Alger, William Rounseville PDF IMAGES
122-125	Editor's table/Article Editor's table By Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) Guernsey SEE ALSO: Lectures and lecturing PDF IMAGES
125-127	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Franklin, Benjamin; Boston (Mass.); Equestrian statues; Fourth of July celebrations; Washington, George; Statues; Statues—Massachusetts—Boston; Statues—New York (State)—New York PDF IMAGES
127	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: America (Ship); Career in yacht building; Death and burial; Steers, George; Yacht designers PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Opera companies PDF IMAGES
128	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Career as pianist; Concerts; Pianists; Thalberg, Sigismond PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Crinolines PDF IMAGES
129-130	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Career in philanthropy; Danvers; Peabody, George; Philanthropists PDF IMAGES
130-131	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Career in wood-engraving; Smillie, James; Cole, Thomas; Wood-engraving, American PDF IMAGES
131	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Compositions in outline (Book); Darley, Felix Octavius Carr; Illustrators PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Our foreign gossip SEE ALSO: Coronation, 1856; Coronations; Alexander II, Emperor of Russia; 1533-1917 PDF IMAGES
135-136	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660; 1856 PDF IMAGES
136	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Distances; Measurement PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Crinolines PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Hamilton, Alexander; Appreciation; Career in Presbyterian ministry; Horse trading; Mason, John M. (John Mitchell); Presbyterian Church PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Conscience, Examination of PDF IMAGES
137	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Hanging; Near-death experiences PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Baths, Sea PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Sewing machines; Textile industry PDF IMAGES
138	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: New Orleans; Widows PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Passenger traffic; Railroad bridges PDF IMAGES
139	Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Wife abuse PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Hairstyles; Maiden aunts PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Blue collar workers; Alexander, James W. (James Waddel); Newark; Views on education for blue collar workers PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Hard-Shell Baptists PDF IMAGES
140	Editor's drawer/Poem The landlady's daughter PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Crimean War, 1853-1856; Veterans PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Career in law; Contempt of court; Cross-examination; Marshall, Thomas Francis PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Career in law; Contempt of court; Forms (Law); Marshall, Thomas Francis PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Summation (Law) PDF IMAGES
141	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Career in printing; Dandies; Dublin; Faulkner, George; Humor; Swift, Jonathan; Mistaken identity PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Crinolines PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Errata; Sermons; Stephen H. Tyng; Williamstown PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Self-reliance PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Humorous poetry, American; Humorous poetry, English; Women poets, American; Women poets, English PDF IMAGES
142	Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Certification; Functional literacy; Spelling errors; Teachers PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Pharmacists; Taxation PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Periodicals; Phillips Academy PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Ship captains; Shipwrecks PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Webster, Daniel; Statesmen; Views on French government—Humor PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Languages PDF IMAGES
143-144	Fashions for December/Department Fashions for December PDF IMAGES