| A Universal Language. By S. P. Andrews, |
595 |
| A Vigil with St. Louis. By E. Fonton, |
70 |
| Benedict of Nursla, and the Order of the Benedictines. By Rev. Ph. Schaff, |
451 |
| Buckle, Draper, and a Science of History. By Edward B. Freeland, |
161 |
| Carl Friedrich Neumann, the German Historian of our Country. |
| By Professor Andrew Ten Brook, |
295 |
| Clouds. By Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, |
265 |
| Diary of Frances Krasinska; or, Life in Poland during the 18th Century, |
27, 180 |
| Dr. Fox's Prescription. By E. R. Johnson, |
717 |
| Editor's Table, |
118, 245, 354, 487, 605, 721 |
| English and American Taxation. By Egbert Hurd, |
405 |
| Ernest Renan's Theory. By Hugh Miller Thompson, |
609 |
| 'Feed My Lambs,' |
663 |
| Glorious! By L. G. W., |
459 |
| Hannah Thurston, |
456 |
| Hints to the American Farmer, |
584 |
| Jefferson Davis and Repudiation of Arkansas Bonds. |
| By Hon. Robert J. Walker, |
478 |
| Language a Type of the Universe. By Stephen Pearl Andrews, |
691 |
| Lies, and How to Kill Them. By Hugh Miller Thompson, |
437 |
| Literary Notices, |
116, 243, 362, 483, 601, 719 |
| Madagascar. By W. H. Whitmore, |
65 |
| Music a Science. By Lucia D. Pychowska, |
575 |
| National Friendships, |
239 |
| North and South. By Charles Wm. Butler, |
241 |
| 'Nos Amis les Cosaques.' By M. Heilprin, |
216 |
| 'Our Article,' |
20 |
| Our Domestic Relations; or, How to Treat the Rebel States. By Charles Russell, |
511 |
| Our Government and the Blacks. By William H. Kimball, |
431 |
| Out of Prison. By Kate Putnam, |
436 |
| Palmer, the American Sculptor. By L. J. Bigelow, |
258 |
| Petroleum. By Rev. S. M. Eaton, |
187 |
| Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. Compiled and written by Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, |
14 |
| Retrospective. By Rev. Dr. Henry, |
1 |
| Sir Charles Lyell on the Antiquity of Man. By a Presbyterian Clergyman, |
369 |
| Sketches of American Life and Scenery. By Lucia D. Pychowska, |
9, 270, 425 |
| Sleeping. By Hugh Miller Thompson, |
716 |
| Temptation. From the Polish of Count Sigismund Krasinski, |
53 |
| The Andes. By William G. Dix, |
229 |
| The Angels of War, |
203 |
| The Conscription Act of March 3d, 1864. By L. M. Haverstik, |
110 |
| The Decline of England. By S. J. Bayard, |
48 |
| The Development of American Architecture. By A. W. Colgate, |
466 |
| The Dove. By Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, |
625 |
| The English Press. By Nicholas Rowe, London, |
100, 139, 564 |
| The Great American Crisis. By Stephen P. Andrews, |
87, 300 |
| The Great Lakes to St. Paul. By Robert Dodge, |
397 |
| The Great Struggle, |
34 |
| The House in the Lane. By Miss Virginia Townsend, |
573 |
| The Isle of Springs. By Rev. C. C. Starbuck, |
461 |
| The Issues of the War. By John Stahl Patterson, Quarter-master Sergeant, 20th Ohio Battery, |
287 |
| The Lessons of the Wood. By George W. Bungay, |
26 |
| The Love Lucifer. By S. Leavitt, |
319, 414 |
| The March of Life. By Clarence Frederick Buhler, |
649 |
| The Mechanical Tendency in Modern Society. By John A. French, |
351 |
| The Mississippi River and its Peculiarities. By De B. R. Keim, |
629 |
| The Mound Builder. By January Searle, |
517 |
| The Red Man's Plea, |
160 |
| The Treasury Report and Mr. Sec'y Chase. By Hon. Frederick P. Stanton, |
151 |
| The Unkind Word, |
690 |
| The War a Contest for Ideas. By Henry Everett Russell, |
578 |
| The Wild Azalea. By E. W. C., |
596 |
| The Young Author's Dream. By Edwin R. Johnson, |
395 |
| Thistle-Down. By Frances Lamartine, |
318 |
| Thomas De Quincey and His Writings. By L. W. Spring, |
650 |
| Thomas Jefferson, as Seen in the Light of 1863. By J. Sheldon, |
129 |
| Thought. By Virginia Vaughan, |
577 |
| Union Not to be Maintained by Force. By Hon. Frederick P. Stanton, |
73 |
| Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball, |
80, 221, 341, 445 |
THE
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY:
DEVOTED TO
LITERATURE AND NATIONAL POLICY.
Vol. V.—JANUARY, 1864.—No. I.
RETROSPECTIVE.
Time makes many dark things clear, and often in a wonderfully short and decisive way. So we said hopefully two years and more ago in regard to one of the unsolved problems which then pressed on the minds of thoughtful men—how, namely, it was to fare with slavery in the progress and sequel of the war. The history of our national struggle has illustrated the truth and justified the hope. Time has quite nearly solved that
