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Dated the 14th of February,

Daughters of Washington, To the
Days that are No More,

Dead Witness, the. A Tale. By H. H. Clements,
Der Besuch. From the German of Schiller,

Devil Turned Priest, the

Dickson, Dr. S. H. Address

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patch-A Poem from across the Water-Luna. tic Verses, Death of D. J. McCord of South Carolina-Typographical Errors-The Southern Times"The Poet and the Bird"-The Old Bachelor -New Novels in Press-Report of the Central Committee of the Mt. Vernon Association, 389, 391 Emigrant's Lament, the. By J. E. Leigh, Emotion, Epithalamium,

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514 Failure of Free Societies.

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Editor's Table:-New Year's Salutatory,
Dr. S. H. Dickson's Address-The Family Chris-
tian Album-Letter from Mr. Barbee-A Baby
Poem-Literary On Dits,
To our Readers-Lady Blessington—Tableaux
Vivans-Rev. M: D. Hoge's Address-Philolo-
gical Suggestion-A gem of Oratory, 252, 255
Editor's Notes of Travel-Mount Vernon Associ-
ation-Death of " Currer Bell"-Sale of Ingra-
ham's Library-A Gem from the Richmond Dis-

European Travel, Notes of. By the Editor,

Evening Thoughts. By Cecilia,

Eve, Twilight and Night,
Exultemus Igitur,

Character of Washington,

Charge at Balaklava, the. By J. Barron Hope,
Claims of the English Language,

444 First of the Yellow Leaves, the
145 Flower Minstrelsy,

Close up the Book,

124 Flower's Message, the. By Matilda,

Cuba. Reminiscences of. By Tenella, 566, 593, 700, 745 Fountain in the Dell, the. By Marion Harland,

Fragments from the Memoirs of a Spanish No-
bleman,

95

hugh's Sociology for the South, Fame, a Fragment,

Father of Marshal Ney, the. By Lewis J. Cist, 560 Fields of June, the

190

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A Review of Mr. Fitz

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533 George Goodman,

71 Gone with the Dead.

By A. J. C.

389 Gonsalvo of Cordova; or the Conquest of Gra-
da. Translated from tho Spanish of Don Juan
nada Penalve. By A. Roane,

591

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Good Eating among the Greeks and Romans,
Gothic Legend, A. By M. Ll. W. H.
Group of Sonnets. By Paul H. Hayne,

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Hayne's Poems, a Review,
Hermia, to

History of the Working Classes, the

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