VOLUME II. DECEMBER, 1850, TO MAY, 1851. NEW YORK: HARPER and
ADVERTISEMENT.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE DESERTED VILLAGE. BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Oliver Goldsmith
THE FUGITIVE KING AT BOSCOBEL; ADVENTURES OF THE MERRY MONARCH. BY AGNES STRICKLAND.
GUNPOWDER AND CHALK.
THE ESCAPE OF QUEEN MARY FROM LOCHLEVEN CASTLE. BY AGNES STRICKLAND.
A GERMAN PICTURE OF THE SCOTCH.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONISTS, MARAT, ROBESPIERRE, AND DANTON. BY GEORGE GILFILLAN.
RATTLIN THE REEFER'S DREAM. A TOUGH BUT TRUE YARN. BY ONE OF RATTLIN'S OLD SHIPMATES.
LETTERS AND LETTER WRITING.
A CHAPTER ON SHAWLS.
A NIGHT OF TERROR IN A POLISH INN. JOURNEY TO BRCZWEZMCISL.
ENGLAND IN 1850. BY LAMARTINE.
THE HAUNTS OF GENIUS. GRAY, BURKE, MILTON, DRYDEN, AND POPE. BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD.
FLOWERS IN THE SICK ROOM.
LIVELY TURTLE. A SKETCH OF A CONSERVATIVE.
THE UNLAWFUL GIFT; OR, KINDNESS REWARDED.
THE GAMBLERS OF THE RHINE.
THE CONFLICT OF LOVE A TALE OF REAL LIFE.
STREET MUSIC IN LONDON.
MISTAKES IN PERSONAL IDENTITY.
THE GHOST THAT APPEARED TO MRS. WHARTON.
THE FATE OF A GERMAN REFORMER. A LIFE IN THREE PICTURES. PICTURE THE FIRST.
THE DEATH OF JOHN RANDOLPH.
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
A DEATH-BED. BY JAMES ALDRICH. Her suffering ended with the
MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. ( Continued from page
ANECDOTE OF A DOG.
THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF ALEXANDER, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS, TRANSLATED BY MISS STRICKLAND.
AN EMPTY HOUSE; OR, STRUGGLES OF THE POOR.
COLDS AND COLD WATER.
SINNERS AND SUFFERERS; OR, THE VILLAINY OF HIGH LIFE.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
"GIVE WISELY!" AN ANECDOTE.
MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. POLITICAL AND GENERAL NEWS. UNITED STATES.
LITERARY NOTICES.
Fashions for December.
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