Harper's Magazine: December 1861

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December 1861

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

1-15	Article The Coast Rangers. A chronicle of events in California. IV.—The grizzly By J. Ross (John Ross) Browne SEE ALSO: Adventure and adventurers; Browne, J. Ross (John Ross); Journeys—California PDF IMAGES
16-28	Article Making money. II.—The mint at Philadelphia By Waldo Abbott SEE ALSO: Coinage; Gold PDF IMAGES
28-41	Article The Okavango River By Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) Guernsey SEE ALSO: Adventure and adventurers; Africa, Southern; Andersson, Charles John; Hunting; Journeys—Africa, Southern; The Okavango River: a narrative of travel, exploration, and adventure (Book) PDF IMAGES
42-53	Fiction A wife's story By Louise Chandler Moulton SEE ALSO: Mothers-in-law PDF IMAGES
53-60	Fiction Mount Victory By Alice B. (Alice Bradley) Haven SEE ALSO: Male friendship; Plantation owners; West Indies, British PDF IMAGES
60-77	Fiction Orley Farm (chaps. XXIX-XXXII) By Anthony Trollope SEE ALSO: Farms; Inheritance and succession PDF IMAGES
77-83	Article The reign of Sultan Abdul-Medjid By William Goodell SEE ALSO: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861; Abdülmecit, Sultan of the Turks; Turkey PDF IMAGES
83	Poem Still unknown By Elizabeth Stoddard PDF IMAGES Fiction Mr. and Mrs. Meyer By Nora Perry PDF IMAGES
89	Poem A psalm of the union By William Ross Wallace PDF IMAGES
90-103	Fiction The adventures of Philip (chaps. XXIII-XXIV) By William Makepeace Thackeray PDF IMAGES
103-110	Article Colonel Baker By John Hay SEE ALSO: Baker, Edward Dickinson PDF IMAGES
110-113	Fiction Blue yarn stockings By T.S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur SEE ALSO: Didactic fiction; Patriotism; War work PDF IMAGES
113-115	Monthly record of current events/Department Monthly record of current events PDF IMAGES
116-120	Editor's table/Article The philosophy of saving By Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) Guernsey SEE ALSO: Saving and thrift; War PDF IMAGES
121	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: “Editor's easy chair” (Harper's); Letters to the editor PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Poem “Our banner in the sky” PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By Hamilton SEE ALSO: Criticism; “Editor's easy chair” (Harper's); Letters to the editor PDF IMAGES
122-123	Editor's easy chair/Poem A woman's answer PDF IMAGES
123-124	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Faux pas PDF IMAGES
124	Editor's easy chair/Poem Skating song SEE ALSO: Skating PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Philosophy PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Poem Song of the wife SEE ALSO: Housewives; Passive smoking; Smoking PDF IMAGES
125	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Dueling; Honor PDF IMAGES Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Foreign public opinion, British PDF IMAGES
126-127	Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Coronation; Coronations; William I, German Emperor; Prussia; Prussia (Germany) PDF IMAGES
127	Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Defenses PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: William I, German Emperor; 1815-1870; 1848-1870; Prussia; Prussia (Germany); Visit to France, 1861 PDF IMAGES
128	Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Times (London, England) (English newspaper) PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Foreign public opinion, French PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Death and burial; de Solm PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Death and burial; Cheri, Rose PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Dumas, Alphonse; Death and burial PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Thiers, Adolphe; History of the consulate and the empire of France under Napoleon (Book) PDF IMAGES
129	Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Civic improvement; Paris (France) PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Civic improvement; Poor PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Rural development PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: 1848-1870; 1861-1865 PDF IMAGES
130	Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Boring; Passy; Wells PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Fisheries PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Blockade; Foreign public opinion, British PDF IMAGES
131	Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Chess; Chess championship, 1861; Paulsen; Tournaments PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: Death and burial; Nichols PDF IMAGES Our foreign bureau/Article Our foreign bureau SEE ALSO: 1848-1871 PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer By Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) Guernsey SEE ALSO: Laughter PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Fiction The first record of corporal punishment By Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) Guernsey SEE ALSO: Fires; Proofreading; Theologians PDF IMAGES
132-133	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES
133	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Nebraska; Tax assessment PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Banks and banking; Cincinnati PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Clothing and dress PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Steamboats PDF IMAGES
134	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Marriage records PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Envelopes, Addressing of PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Delaware; Military funerals PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Prayer; Wagers PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Methodists PDF IMAGES
135	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Alabama PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Examination of witnesses PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES
136	Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Poets; Steam-engines PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Cincinnati; City and town life PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: African American clergy PDF IMAGES
137	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Tall people; Theater audiences PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Iowa PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Irish-American wit and humor PDF IMAGES
138	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Dutch Americans PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Baton Rouge; Clothing trade; Rural men PDF IMAGES
139	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Alcoholics; Amherst; Funeral rites and ceremonies PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Poem Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Nutcrackers (Implements); Ocean travel PDF IMAGES
140	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Domestics PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Swindlers and swindling PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES
141	Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Waiters PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES
142	Editor's drawer/Poem The little pauper SEE ALSO: Beggars; Poor women PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer By Sydney Smith SEE ALSO: Economic sanctions PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer PDF IMAGES
143-144	Fashions for December/Department Fashions for December PDF IMAGES