Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850Volume 1 — JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1850.Reading editionChapter navigation71 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1850.ADVERTISEMENT.CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.A WORD AT THE START.Chapter I · "THE DAYS OF THE GUILLOTINE."WOMEN IN THE EAST.LETTICE ARNOLD.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA IN 1669.AMERICAN LITERATURE.MILKING IN AUSTRALIA.IN FOUR CHAPTERS.—CHAPTER IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVSTEAM.PAPERS ON WATER.—No. 1.EARLY RISING.A TALE OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES.MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST DUCHESS OF ORLEANS.THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS IN NEW ZEALAND.GENIUS.FRANCIS JEFFREY.METAL IN SEA-WATER.DR. JOHNSON: HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE, AND HIS DEATH.SONETTO.A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR.LONGFELLOW.THE CHAPEL BY THE SHORE.ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHEAPNESS.TUNNEL OF THE ALPS.THE FLOWER GATHERER.SHORT CUTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.THE GERMAN MEISTERSINGERS—HANS SACHS.GHOST STORIES—AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF MADLLE CLAIRON.THE REV. WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES.MORNING IN SPRING.WORK! AN ANECDOTE.MEN AND WOMEN.THE RETURN OF POPE PIUS IX. TO ROME.THE GENIUS OF GEORGE SAND.AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XV.THE CIRCASSIAN PRIEST-WARRIOR AND HIS WHITE HORSE.UNSECTARIAN EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.THE MOTHER'S FIRST DUTY.PHYSICAL EDUCATION.SIDNEY SMITH ON MORAL PHILOSOPHY.YOUNG POET'S PLAINT.SONNETS FROM THE ITALIAN.THE CHARACTER OF BURNS.THE PARIS ELECTION.THE POPE AT HOME AGAIN.THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.JEWISH VENERATION.THE MODERN ARGONAUTS.MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.ARCHIBALD ALISON.THE CORN-LAW RHYMER.T. BABINGTON MACAULAY.MOSCOW AFTER THE CONFLAGRATION.WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT.THE ENCHANTED BATHS.LITERARY NOTICES.Fashions for Early Summer.FOOTNOTES:Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Volume 1 — ADVERTISEMENT.All chapters and sections (71)Volume 1 · Other sectionsJUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1850.ADVERTISEMENT.Volume 1 · Sections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.A WORD AT THE START.Volume 1 · Chapters1Volume 1 · Other sectionsWOMEN IN THE EAST.LETTICE ARNOLD.Volume 1 · Chapters1234Volume 1 · Other sectionsERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA IN 1669.AMERICAN LITERATURE.MILKING IN AUSTRALIA.Volume 1 · Chapters1234Volume 1 · Other sectionsSTEAM.PAPERS ON WATER.—No. 1.EARLY RISING.A TALE OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES.MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST DUCHESS OF ORLEANS.THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS IN NEW ZEALAND.GENIUS.FRANCIS JEFFREY.METAL IN SEA-WATER.DR. JOHNSON: HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE, AND HIS DEATH.SONETTO.A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR.LONGFELLOW.THE CHAPEL BY THE SHORE.ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHEAPNESS.TUNNEL OF THE ALPS.THE FLOWER GATHERER.SHORT CUTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.THE GERMAN MEISTERSINGERS—HANS SACHS.GHOST STORIES—AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF MADLLE CLAIRON.THE REV. WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES.MORNING IN SPRING.WORK! AN ANECDOTE.MEN AND WOMEN.THE RETURN OF POPE PIUS IX. TO ROME.THE GENIUS OF GEORGE SAND.AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XV.THE CIRCASSIAN PRIEST-WARRIOR AND HIS WHITE HORSE.UNSECTARIAN EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.THE MOTHER'S FIRST DUTY.PHYSICAL EDUCATION.SIDNEY SMITH ON MORAL PHILOSOPHY.YOUNG POET'S PLAINT.SONNETS FROM THE ITALIAN.THE CHARACTER OF BURNS.THE PARIS ELECTION.THE POPE AT HOME AGAIN.THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.JEWISH VENERATION.THE MODERN ARGONAUTS.MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.ARCHIBALD ALISON.THE CORN-LAW RHYMER.T. BABINGTON MACAULAY.MOSCOW AFTER THE CONFLAGRATION.WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT.THE ENCHANTED BATHS.LITERARY NOTICES.Fashions for Early Summer.FOOTNOTES:NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 329 & 331 PEARL STREET, FRANKLIN SQUARE. MDCCCLADVERTISEMENT. →