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. XVII.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

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

INDEX.

THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.

VOLUME XVII.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES.

Ambition and Love. By Mrs. E. H. Evans.

Ancient Languages-study of in the U. S.

Antonina, or the Fall of Rome. A Review.

Appealings. By Mrs. E. J. Eames.
Arthur Lennox, or the Challenge. A Tale.
Autumn. From the French of Lamartine. By Mar-
garet Junkin.

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199

420-480

Don Quixote.

Domestic Tourism.

Dream of Childhood, a. By Rev. J. C. McCabe.

E.

Ebony Line, the.

Editor's Table. Jenny Lind-Our Song of Rejoi-

cing.

Eloquence.

686 Enigma.

499

624

431

725

188

175

300

220

376

752

322-325

Parodi-A beautiful Poem-New York Theat-

ricals "Mose" in the French language-The

Virginia Convention-Our friend, Hubard, the

Artist-Tennyson and the Macready Dinner-

Circular to the Former Students of the Uni-

versity of Virginia-Daguerreotype of Poe-

Steel Engraving-Lawyers in the U. States. 250-253

Labour and Capital-Dollar Magazine-Our

Correspondent L. I. L-Tuckerman's poems

-A Suggestion-Sully's picture of Patrick

Henry-New Music-Mr. Tefft-Diary of a

Swindler-Heriot's Home Journal-Sir Henry

Bulwer on St. Jonathan-Two excellent Seri-

als-Mr. Schoolcraft and Lieut. Maury.

Snow in May-X. Y. Z. and the Reporter to

the Convention-Charleston Hotel again—

California newspapers-Stoddard's Broken

Goblet-Alton Locke in France-Southern

Quarterly on Everett-Professor Sylvester and

the visible rotation of the earth-Criticism by

the Yard-Stick-Golden Ass of Apuleius. 386-390

The University Painting-White Sulphur

Springs-Prof. Spencer-Miss Bremer.

Yankee Impudence-University Law School-

M. Soyer-Summer Travel---Southern Litera-

ture-The Magnolia-Geo E. Dabney. Esq. 517-519

Death of Judge Beverley Tucker-Marriage of

the Sun and Moon-Grave of Madison-Mac-

ready and the Irish Actor-Notice of the

death of P. P. Cooke-Lieut. Maury, &c.

Athenæum-Southern Literary Gazette.

Enigma solved, the.

99

669 Epigrams.

218 Episodes in Two Lives-a Tale.

757 Experiences.

E.

647 Good-Virtue.

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Greek Slave, the

63 Greeley on Reforms-a Review.

453

699-701

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54
175

211-543

637

682

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218

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431

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