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INDEX.

THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.

VOLUME XVI.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES.

PAGE.

113

A.

E.

PAGE.

Æneid, Translated by William Burke. Book I., 145. Editor's Table.

453–516—697
Book II.
641 Education in the Navy

521
Adventurer, The, By Susan Archer Talley. 329 En Avant

142

A Husband to a Wife. By J. M. Legaré.

6 Enlighten our Darkness

340

Alone.

619 Essay on the advantages to be derived from the study

Amours of Dean Swift.
710 of the Classics.

479
Aristotle on Slavery.
195 Evening Hymn.

298

* Atlantis," or The Isles of the Blest.

88 Everett's Orations and Speeches.

659

Excursion in Ireland.

89

B.

Extracts from my MSS. By J. A. Turner. 500-624

Bachelor's Reverie, A. By Ik. Marvel.

162

Bacon, Lord, Readings from.

30—267

F.

Battle Summer, The, a Review.

118 Farewell, A.

405

+ Beckford, William, and The Literature of Travel. By Farewell to Summer.

753

H. T. Tuckerman.

7 Flowers. By Charles Wood.

473

Bowles, William Lisle, Death of

453 Foote's Sketches of Virginia.

117

Brothers, The. Version from the German of Tieck. 217 Foreign Policy, Our.

1

Burnt Prairie, The. A Case of Conscience. 355 Fugitive Slave Bill, The.

697

C.

Fuller, Sarah Margaret, Death of.

519

Calhoun, John C.

301

G.

Calhoun, John C. A few thoughts on the Death of. 376 Gallows Man, The, a Tale from the German of the

Cannie of Clare, A Tale of Old Reading.

Baron de la Motte Fouqué.

627

Carlyle, Thomas, and his “Latter-Day Pamphlets." 330 Glance, A, at the Salons of Paris during the Winter

Cause of the South,” “The.

518 of 1849–50. By an American.

397

Chancery, High Court of, Origin and History of the. God's Minstrelsy. By Geo. W. Thompson.

54

Dedicated to the Hon. N. Beverly Tucker. 303 Godwin, William. By H. T. Tuckerman.

129

Chapter on Rattlesnakes. By Charles Lanman. 27

Chevalier Merlin, The. An Original Novel.

H.

42

Cicero, a Few Thoughts on.

495 Haunts of the Student, The. By Margaret Junkin. 576

City of the Dead. By Susan Archer Talley. 240 Hazlitt. By H. T. Tuckerman.

82

Coblou Cataract, The.

439 Henry, Patrick, Reminiscence of. By Rev. Dr. Ar-
Code of Virginia.

321
chibald Alexander.

366
Confessions of Zephyrus. A Phantasy of the An Historical Sketch of the Knights of Malta, by Wm.
tique. By Margaret Junkin.
709 Winthrop, U.S. Consul at Malta.

406

Conservative Cookery.

210 Hither bring thy Magic Pencil. Translated from the

Contrast, The. A Mirror for Women. By Alton. 599 Greek of Anacreon. By Margaret Junkin. - 272

Cooke, Philip Pendleton, Death of.
125 Home Annals. By J. M. C.

551-622

Corinne, To.

44

Corinthian Order, The

551 Homes of the Poets. Rydal Mount.

474

Cornstalk, the Shawanee chief. By Rev. William H. Horace's Epistle to Lollius. Translated by Junius

Foote.

533

E. Leigh.

354

Hungary, Works on. A Review,

500

D.

Hymn. From the Prairies. By J. Clement. 719

Dante in Exile. By Margaret Junkin.

691

I.

Dawning, The. 1850.

448

Idoline. By W. H. Holtombe.

622

Day by the Sea. A.

249
Impromptu to Sully.

728

Death of the First Born.

161

Industrial Exhibition of 1851, The.

698

Departure.

731

Dirge for the Funeral Solemnities of Zachary Taylor. 552 |“. In Hoc Signo Vinces.” By Rev. Jno. C. McCabe. 136

In Memoriam. A Review.

686

Discipulus. A Tale of St. Valentine's Eve. 666

Invocation to Barnum.

626

Don Alonzo Perez Guzmann der Getreue. From the

Irish Famine, the Fever and the Priest. By William
Gerinan of Herder. Translated by Rev. J. Jones

Pembroke Mulchinock.

99
Smyth.

509

Dying Year, The.

7

J.

James River. By W. H. Holcombe.

438 Homer.

530

717

209

PAGE.

PAGE.

PAGE:

Jury Trial.

380 Poc on Headley and Channing.

608

“ Just Fourteen Years Ago." By Sidney Dyer. 369 Porter, Hon. B. F. His Law School.

454

K.

Presidential Funeral, A.

516

Prose Writers of America, The.

220

Kathleen, or The Felon's Tryste. By J. M. C. 453

Q.

Kennedy's Life of William Wirt.

206

Quincy, Hon. Josiah. Letter to.

702

Key, the late Francis S. Lines by.

699

Knickerbocker, The.

127

R.

Knights of Malta. By Williain Winthrop. 406 Readings from Lord Bacon.

30—276

Retrospect of 1849, A. By J. R. Thompson.

61

L.

Rill of the Grave Yard, The.

Letter about “Florence Vane."

469 Roman Girl, The. By Ik. Marvel.

Letters from New York. 315-371-450-512-578-669-754 Rouge et Noir.

55

Letter to the Hon. Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts,

Rydal Mount.

474

on the subject of the Fugitive Slave Bill. 702

s.

Levon. A Memory.

625 Salver of Grapes, The. By R. H. Stoddard. 205
Life and Times of Pericles.

65 Schediasmata Critica.

349—571

Lines.

30 Seldens of Sherwood, The. 14-100-153-222-281-341-441

Lines.

499

483-649-720

Lines. By Matilda F. Dana.

116 Shakspeare.

137

Lines. By P. H. H.

390 Soldier Scholar, The.

266

Lines. Composed on the Sea Shore.

17:2 Some Musical Notes, by C minor.

619

Lincs. Sent to a Lady with a bouquet.

624 Soug. From the German of Giebel.

230

Lines. To a friend Inviting me to Town,

479 Song. From the Pilgrims, an unpublished poem.

Lines. To a Lady of Norfolk.

216 Song. The Page's Serenade to Mary, Queen of

Literary Enterprise.
597 Scotsi

370

Lorgnette, The.

701 Sonnet.

187

Lord! Keep my Memory Green. By Mrs. Anna Sonnet.

376

Peyre Dinnies.

465 Sonnet for an Album.

288

Love Chaunt, A.

144 Sonnet of Moxon.

315

Lynch, Miss Anne C. Her Song for Jenny Lind. 700 Sonnets. By Aglaus.

14452-116

Soul. The. By Mrs. E. H. Evans.

752

M.

Spirit Bird, The. By Mrs. Anna Peyre Dinnies. 440

Madonna. By Susan Archer Talley.

699 Spirit Harp, The. By Mrs. Frances S. Osgood. 27

Maid of Congaree, The. By Hon. B. F. Porter. 53 Spring Fancies. By Mrs. E. J. Eames,

280

Maple-Sugar Making:

727 Stanzas.

349

Mayo, Mrs, Abigail, of Belleville.

622 Story of a Clock.

543

Memories. The Opal Ring.

602 Story of the Há-Há. By J. M. Legaré.

414

Metacom of Montaup. By Wm. Gilmore Simms. 3x Sword, The. A Thought.

552

Midnight. By Mrs. A. R. Fort.

357

T.

Morell's Philosophy of the Nineteenth Century. 385 Taylor, General Zachary.

530

Mosby, Mrs. Mary W., of Curls.

623 Temperance Reform in Virginia, The.

426

Music Rhapsody, A. By Charles Lanman.

728

Mysterious Music, The, an Indian Legend.

540 Thoughts on English Poetry.

327-509

Mystic Harp, The. By Mrs. E. J. Eames.

211 Threefold Song, A.

327

N.

To a House Plant. By J. Clement.

369

To an Invalid Wite. By Sidney Dyer.

512

National Electricity.

228

To Corinne.

438

Notices of New Works. 61-127-250–320-381-454–520- To G. W. Peck, Sonnetteer.

757

522
To Marie.

112

To Mrs. L. G. R. on her Marriage. By Jno. R.

Observations on a Passage in the Politics of Aristotle

Thompson.

560

relative to Slavery.

195 To Pyrrha. By J. A. Turner.

533

Old Bachelor, The.

608 To the Author of "The Minstrel's Return from the

On a Sleeping Infant.

619 War.” By Rev. John C. McCabe.

612

Origin and History of the High Court of Chancery. 303 To W. J. R., with a MS. By R. H. Stoddard. 426
Osgood, Mrs. Frances Sargent. Death of.
453 Transplanted Tree, The. By Hon. B. F. Porter.

303

Our Foreign Policy.

1 Tribute of Remembrance to P. P. Couke.

192

Our Friend Barnum.

758

229 Tennyson.

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