THE

SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,

DEVOTED TO

EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE

AND

THE FINE ARTS.

Au gré de nos desirs bien plus qu'au gré des vents.

Crebillon's Electre.
As we will, and not as the winds will.

VOL. XV.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
JNO. R. THOMPSON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
MACFARLANE & FERGUSSON, PRINTERS.

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Chaming. By u. T. Tuckerman.

Advertisement Extraordinary.
664 “Feudalism in the Nineteenth Century."

465
Advice to Young Ladies. By Arbor Vitæ, Esq. 249 Felton, Professor C, C., Letter from.

170

Afflictions. By Sidney Dyer.

482 Flirtation. Being an Essay by a New Contributor. 345

Althorp Library, the
244 Four New Addresses.

280

An Article after the style of the

Review. 384 Frederick Jerome. By Wm. (Ross) Wallace. 627

Ancieni Chant, the. By Matilda F. Dana. 426 Fremont's First and Second Expeditions.

521

Apostrophe to Niagara. By Margaret Junkin. 472

Artists' Evening Song, the. From Goethe.

212

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" A Song in the Night."

216
George II., Life and Times of.

296
Autumn Storm, the. By David R. Arnell. 408 Gleanings. By C. C.

678

Glimpses at Europe During 1848.

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Bachelor's Reverie, the. By Ik Marvel.

1 Magyar and Croat.

601

2 The German Parliament.

129

Baptismal of Death, the. By Amie.

254

3 The Lombardo-Veneto Kingdom.

193

Bion, Idyll 4. Translated by Rev. J. Jones Smyth. 499

4 Schleswig-Holstein.

313

X Boccaccio and his Writings.

154

Glimpses of St. Petersburg, &c.

427

Boyhood.

538

Goldsmith's Daughter, the.

210

Broken Goblet, the. By R. H. Stoddard.

349

501

Grave of Byron, the. By Matilda F. Dana.

Burke. By Henry T. Tuckerman.

293

Green, Dr., Inaugural Address of.

585

Byron and Burns.

165

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Camp Life of the Hon. William Wirt.

628 Hermann. From the German of Klopstock.

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Captain's Story, the. A Peninsular Adventure.

362

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Castle by the Sea. From the German of Uhland. 147
25 Ideals, the. From the German of Schiller.

697
Character of " Festus." "A Poem."
111 Idiocy in Massachusetts.

367

Chevalier Merlin, the. An Original Novel. 326-417-473- Inauguration, the. By H. T. Tuckerman.

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569-641-727 ) In Autumn. By Charles Wood.

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City and Salon. By Ik Marvel.
722 Inch Cape Bell, the.

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Cole, Thomas, the Epic Paintings of. By Charles Indian Stories. By Charles Lanman.

413

Lanman.

351 Instinct of Immortality, the.

547

Complaint of Lais, the. By Mrs. Mary E. Hewitt. 38 Isthmus Line to the Pacific, the. By Lieut. Maury. 259
Corinne, or Italy of Mad. De Stael, the.

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Crime of Andrew Blair, the. By P.P. Cooke. 46-101-148

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Crusader's Serenade, the.

114 Johnson, the late Chapman.

674

D.

Jones, Sir William, Poems of.

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Day in Dalarne, A.

492

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Description of the Burial Place at Sidon.

140

King of Tipsy-Land, the. From Beranger.

303

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Early English Dramatists. John Ford.

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Edgeworth, Maria.
578 | Lady Alice, or the New Una.

529

Editor's Table.

758 Lament. By James Wynne, M. D.

492

Education (Idiots.

65 Lament on a Brother Deceased, a. By William P.

Eight Sonnets. With Notes.

16 Mulchinock.

720

Eld. By Susan.

338 Last Adieu, the.

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English Ballads.

289-409 Last Hours of McCallum More, the.

711

English Literati, the.

744 Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers.

553

Enigina. By a Lady of Virginia.
325 Letters at Sea.

472
Epigram, the.

54 Letters from New York.

186-240-308
Eureka. By Mary G. Wells.
289 Lewis, Matthew Gregory, “Monk" Lewis.

230

Evening Twilight, the.

710 Lightning's Complaint, the. By Sidney Dyer.

Everett, Hon. Edward, Dinner Spcech.

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