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PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND HABITS OF ROBERT SOUTHEY.
MADAME CAMPAN.
PROCRASTINATION.
BRUNORO.
A SKETCH OF MY CHILDHOOD.
VISIT TO AN ENGLISH DAIRY.
SAILING IN THE AIR.—HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS.
MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
A LUNATIC ASYLUM IN PALERMO.
SLOPED FOR TEXAS.—A TALE OF THE WEST.
THE_VOLCANO-GIRL.
PUBLIC OPINION AND THE PUBLIC PRESS.
THE DUMB CHILD.
CURIOSITIES OF RAILWAY TRAVELING.
THE ROBBERS' REVENGE.—FROM THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A POLICE-OFFICER.
WORDSWORTH AND CARLYLE.
MILTON AND WORDSWORTH.
RATS AND RAT-KILLERS IN ENGLAND.
THE BROKEN HEART; OR, THE WELL OF PEN-MORFA.
THE YOUNG MAN'S COUNSELOR.
TALLEYRAND.
THE DANGERS OF DOING WRONG. A TALE OF THE SEA-SIDE.
ANECDOTES OF NAPOLEON.
A CRISIS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MR. JOHN BULL.
WAITING FOR THE POST.—INTERESTING ANECDOTES.
CHEERFUL VIEWS OF HUMAN NATURE.
THE MYSTERIES OF A TEA-KETTLE.
MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE.
MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.
LITERATURE, SCIENCE, ART, PERSONAL MOVEMENTS, ETC.
LITERARY NOTICES.
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