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. XXI.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA:
MACFARLANE, FERGUSSON & CO.

1855.

124 Flower's Message, the. By Matilda,

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