BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No. CCCCX.

DECEMBER, 1849.

Vol. LXVI.

CONTENTS.

The National Debt and the Stock Exchange, 655

My Peninsular Medal. By an Old Peninsular. Part II., 678

Spain under Narvaez and Christina, 704

The Green Hand—A "Short" Yarn. Part VI., 723

The Vision of Sudden Death, 741

Free Trade at its Zenith, 756

Index, 779

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BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No. CCCCX.

DECEMBER, 1849.

Vol. LXVI.