PART I.--REVIEWS.

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MENZEL'S VIEW OF GOETHE 13

GOETHE 23

THOMAS HOOD 61

LETTERS FROM A LANDSCAPE PAINTER 69

BEETHOVEN 71

BROWN'S NOVELS 83

EDGAR A. POE 87

ALFIERI AND CELLINI 93

ITALY.--CARY'S DANTE 102

AMERICAN FACTS 108

NAPOLEON AND HIS MARSHALS 110

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 116

FREDERICK DOUGLASS 121

PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE 127

UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION 141

STORY BOOKS FOR THE HOT WEATHER 143

SHELLEY'S POEMS 149

FESTUS 153

FRENCH NOVELISTS OF THE DAY 158

THE NEW SCIENCE, OR THE PHILOSOPHY OF MESMERISM OR ANIMAL MAGNETISM 168

DEUTSCHE SCHNELLPOST 174

OLIVER CROMWELL 179

EMERSON'S ESSAYS 191

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 199