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December 1850

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1-9	Poem The deserted village By Oliver Goldsmith PDF IMAGES
10-18	Article The fugitive king at Boscobel; adventures of the merry monarch By Agnes Strickland SEE ALSO: Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660; Exile; Charles II, King of England; Mansions PDF IMAGES
18-22	Fiction Gunpowder and chalk SEE ALSO: Adventure stories; Sea stories PDF IMAGES
22-25	Article The escape of Queen Mary from Lochleven Castle By Agnes Strickland SEE ALSO: Castles; Escape; Mary Stuart, 1542-1567; 16th century; Mary, Queen of Scots; Queens PDF IMAGES
25-27	Review A German picture of the Scotch SEE ALSO: Scots PDF IMAGES
27-31	Article The French revolutionists, Marat, Robespierre, and Danton By George Gilfillan SEE ALSO: Danton, Georges Jacques; Marat, Jean Paul; Robespierre, Maximilien; Psychology; Revolution, 1789-1799; Revolutionaries PDF IMAGES
31-35	Fiction Rattlin the reefer's dream. A tough but true yarn. By one of Rattlin's old shipmates SEE ALSO: Legends; Sea stories PDF IMAGES
35-39	Article Letters and letter writing SEE ALSO: Letter writing; Letters PDF IMAGES
39-41	Article A chapter on shawls PDF IMAGES
41-46	Fiction A night of terror in a Polish inn. Journey to Brczwezmcisl SEE ALSO: Ghost stories PDF IMAGES
46-49	Article England in 1850 By Alphonse de Lamartine PDF IMAGES
49-52	Article The haunts of genius. Gray, Burke, Milton, Dryden, and Pope By Mary Russell Mitford SEE ALSO: Homes and haunts PDF IMAGES
52	Article Flowers in the sick room SEE ALSO: Care of the sick; Flowers; Medical misconceptions; Odor PDF IMAGES Fiction Lively turtle. A sketch of a conservative SEE ALSO: Allegories; Conservatism PDF IMAGES
55-61	Fiction The unlawful gift; or, kindness rewarded SEE ALSO: Didactic fiction PDF IMAGES
61-62	Article The gamblers of the Rhine SEE ALSO: Gambling PDF IMAGES
63-67	Fiction The conflict of love—a tale of real life PDF IMAGES
67-68	Article Street music in London SEE ALSO: Noise pollution; Street music and musicians PDF IMAGES
69-72	Article Mistakes in personal identity SEE ALSO: Eyewitness identification PDF IMAGES
72-76	Fiction The ghost that appeared to Mrs. Wharton SEE ALSO: Ghost stories PDF IMAGES
76-79	Article The fate of a German reformer: A life in three pictures SEE ALSO: Kinkel, Gottfried; Revolution, 1848-1849; Social reformers PDF IMAGES
80-84	Article The death of John Randolph By Hugh A. Garland SEE ALSO: Death and burial; Randolph, John; Statesmen PDF IMAGES
84	Article An agreeable surprise SEE ALSO: Consulate and Empire, 1799-1815; Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French; Empresses; Berthier, Louis-Alexandre; Marriage PDF IMAGES Poem A death-bed By James Aldrich PDF IMAGES
85-97	Fiction My novel; or, varieties in English life (book II, chaps. I-VI) By Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton PDF IMAGES
97-99	Fiction Anecdote of a dog PDF IMAGES
99-103	Article The domestic life of Alexander, emperor of Russia By Alexandre Dumas and Jane Margaret Strickland (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Alexander I, 1801-1825; Anecdotes; Alexander I, Emperor of Russia; Homes and haunts; Tzarsko Zelo (Russia : Palace) PDF IMAGES
103-110	Fiction An empty house; or, struggles of the poor By Eliza Cook SEE ALSO: Didactic fiction PDF IMAGES
110-113	Article Colds and cold water SEE ALSO: Baths; Baths, Cold; Cold (Disease); Physiological effect; Treatment PDF IMAGES
113-120	Fiction Sinners and sufferers; or, the villainy of high life SEE ALSO: Didactic fiction PDF IMAGES
120	Poem The golden age PDF IMAGES
121	Fiction “Give wisely!” An anecdote SEE ALSO: Didactic fiction PDF IMAGES
122-138	Monthly record of current events/Department Monthly record of current events PDF IMAGES
139-142	Literary notices/Review Literary notices SEE ALSO: A cenotaph to a woman of the Burman Mission (Book); A general view of the fine arts, critical and historical (Book); A pastor's sketches (Book); Astræa: the balance of illusions (Book); Béranger: two hundred of his lyrical poems, done into English verse (Book); Biographical essays (Book); Waterman, Catherin H. (Catherine Harbeson); Adams, Charles Francis; Maturin, Edward; Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince; Evenings at Donaldson Manor (Book); Florian; Bambridge, Frederick; Webb, George James; Greenwood, Grace; Grandfather's chair: a history for youth (Book); Andersen, H.C. (Hans Christian); Peterson, Hannah Mary (Bouvier); Mason, Helen M.; Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster); Hugo: a legend of Rockland Lake (Book); Spencer, Ichabod S. (Ichabod Smith); Carrington, J.B.; Jamaica in 1850 (Book); Nack, James; Bigelow, John; Fleetwood, John; Milton, John; Ridner, John P.; Smith, John Pye; Abbott, John S.C. (John Stevens Cabot); Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew; Life of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Book); Mason, Lowell; Lyrics of Spain and Erin (Book); McIntosh, Maria J. (Maria Jane); Midsummer fays (Book); Ludlow, Miss; Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome (Book); Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Our Saviour, with prophets and apostles (Book); Gorrie, P. Douglass (Peter Douglass); Paradise lost (Poem); Poems (Book); Scripture history for the young (Book); Sketches of reforms and reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland (Book); Pindar, Susan; The broken bracelet, and other poems (Book); The churches and sects of the United States (Book); The history of Madame Roland (Book); The immortal; a dramatic romance; and other poems (Book); The melodist (Book); The New-Englander (Book); The relation between the Holy Scriptures and some parts of geological science (Book); The story teller, the ugly duck, little Ellie (Book); The works of John Adams, second President of the United States (Book); De Quincey, Thomas; Young, William PDF IMAGES
143-144	Fashions for December/Department Fashions for December PDF IMAGES