Introductory material
Reading edition
The Great Prairie State. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland,513
A Winter in Camp. By E. G. Hammond,519
In Memoriam. By Richard Wolcott,527
A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke,528
Shylock vs. Antonio. By Carlton Edwards539
A Heroine of To-Day,543
National Ode,554
The Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi. By F. H. Gerdes. Assistant U. S. Coast Survey,557
Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Cook,562
The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller,571
War Song—Earth's Last Battle. By Mrs. Martha Cook,586
Miriam's Testimony. By M. A. Edwards,589
The Destiny of the African Race in the United States. By Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, D.D.,600
Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball,611
The Union. By Hon. Robert J. Walker,615
The Causes and Results of the War. By Lieut. Egbert Phelps, U.S.A617
Great Heart,629
Literary Notices630
The June No. of the Continental will contain an article on 'The Confederation and the Nation,' by Edward Carey.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by James R. Gilmore, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
John F. Trow, Printer.