Harper's Magazine: December 1858

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December 1858

CONTENTS
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1-17	Fiction A winter in the South (seventh paper) SEE ALSO: Alabama; Fires; Mobile; River life; River steamers PDF IMAGES
17	Poem Little Jerry, the miller. A ballad SEE ALSO: Millers PDF IMAGES
18-31	Article An old filibuster SEE ALSO: Buccaneers; Darien (Panama and Colombia); Journeys—Darien (Panama and Colombia); Panama; Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur PDF IMAGES
32-43	Article The musquito family SEE ALSO: Anatomy; Entomologists; Mosquitoes PDF IMAGES
43-46	Fiction An affair of honor SEE ALSO: Dueling PDF IMAGES
46-55	Fiction The loan of a lyre SEE ALSO: Poets, American PDF IMAGES
55-58	Article Enjoyableness SEE ALSO: Happiness PDF IMAGES
58-60	Poem Love at a lattice. June 10, 1858 PDF IMAGES
60-64	Fiction The wife of our new minister SEE ALSO: Religious fiction; Spouses of clergy PDF IMAGES
65-70	Article Dining, considered as a fine art SEE ALSO: Cookery PDF IMAGES
70	Poem Dress and drink SEE ALSO: Alcoholism; Clothing and dress PDF IMAGES Fiction The test PDF IMAGES
78-83	Fiction Cupid's revenge. An unpublished tale By Charles Lamb SEE ALSO: Cupid (Roman deity) PDF IMAGES
84-86	Poem The prize-fight SEE ALSO: Boxing PDF IMAGES
86-95	Review Carlyle's Frederick the Great SEE ALSO: Frederick II, 1740-1786; Frederick II, King of Prussia; Prussia (Germany); Carlyle, Thomas PDF IMAGES
95-113	Fiction The Virginians (chaps. XLIX-LII) By William Makepeace Thackeray SEE ALSO: French and Indian War, 1755-1763; George II, 1727-1760 PDF IMAGES
113-114	Monthly record of current events/Department Monthly record of current events PDF IMAGES
115-118	Literary notices/Review Literary notices SEE ALSO: Wells, David Ames; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth; History of prostitution: its extent, causes, and effects throughout the world (Book); Natural philosophy (Book); The courtship of Miles Standish, and other poems (Book); Sanger, William W. PDF IMAGES
119-124	Editor's table/Article Editor's table By Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) Guernsey SEE ALSO: 1783-1865; Nationalism PDF IMAGES
124-125	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Thanksgiving Day PDF IMAGES
125	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Absalom and Achitophel (Book); Dryden, John PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Serialized fiction; The Virginians. A tale of the last century (Book); Thackeray, William Makepeace PDF IMAGES
126-127	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Magazine covers PDF IMAGES
127-128	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Boxing matches; Buffalo; Sports journalism PDF IMAGES
128	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Journalistic ethics; Sports journalism PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Democratic Party (U.S.); Membership; Physical appearance discrimination PDF IMAGES
129	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Domestics PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Collection Editor's easy chair PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Foreign public opinion, French; 1852-1870; Will; Orléans, Hélène-Louise-Elisabeth de Mecklembourg-Schwerin, duchesse d' PDF IMAGES
130-131	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Beggars; Impediments to marriage PDF IMAGES
131-132	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Gambling; Horse racing; Prime ministers PDF IMAGES
132-133	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Assaults against; Hong Kong PDF IMAGES
133-134	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Algeria; Church of England; Executions and executioners; Photojournalism PDF IMAGES
134	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Baptists; Spurgeon, C.H. (Charles Haddon); Sermons PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Belgium; Brussels; Congresses; Copyright, International; Piracy (Copyright) PDF IMAGES
135	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: Everett, Edward; Fairs; Folklore; Horses; Oratory; Springfield; Statesmen PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Local elections PDF IMAGES
136	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Cookery (Fish); Missourians PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Cookery (Horse meat) PDF IMAGES
137	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Defense (Criminal procedure); Horse stealing PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Cincinnati PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Parliamentary practice; Political oratory PDF IMAGES
138	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Legal status, laws, etc.; Married women; Trials (Larceny) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem An ode: On the wreck of the schooner Medora, with the loss of all on board, February 29, 1836 SEE ALSO: Ontario, Lake; Shipwrecks PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Political ethics; Political parties PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Attorney and client PDF IMAGES
139	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Brothers and sisters PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Taverns (Inns) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Personal narratives PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: College presidents; Dartmouth College; Hanover; Terror PDF IMAGES
140	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Baptists; Sermons PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Bristol; Burlington; General stores; Merchants; Quaker women PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Veterans; War of 1812 PDF IMAGES
141-142	Cartoon Arrowsmith's panorama of Western travel. (Designed for exhibition in England) SEE ALSO: River steamers PDF IMAGES
143-144	Fashions for December/Department Fashions for December PDF IMAGES