Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850THE MINER'S DAUGHTERS—A TALE OF THE PEAK.Reading editionChapter navigation64 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.THOMAS DE QUINCEY.THE MINER'S DAUGHTERS—A TALE OF THE PEAK.Chapter I · —THE CHILD'S TRAGEDY.Chapter II · —MILL LIFE.Chapter III · —THE COURTSHIP AND ANOTHER SHIP.MOORISH DOMESTIC LIFE.THE RAILWAY STATION.THE SICK MAN'S PRAYERSOPHISTRY OF ANGLERS.—IZAAK WALTON.GLOBES, AND HOW THEY ARE MADE.LETTICE ARNOLD.Chapter VChapter VITHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.FIFTY YEARS AGO.A PARIS NEWSPAPER.ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.RECOLLECTIONS OF EMINENT MEN.ODE TO THE SUN.TWO-HANDED DICK THE STOCKMAN.THE USES OF SORROW.BENJAMIN WEST.PEACE.ALCHEMY AND GUNPOWDER.GLIMPSES OF THE EAST.CHRIST-HOSPITAL WORTHIES.LEIGH HUNT DROWNING.WILLIAM PITT.IGNORANCE OF THE ENGLISH.LINES BY ROBERT SOUTHEY.THE SCHOOLMASTER OF COLERIDGE AND LAMB.EDUCATION IN AMERICASCENES IN EGYPT.SCENERY ON THE ERIE RAILROAD.BATHING—ITS UTILITY.POVERTY OF THE ENGLISH BAR.SONNET ON THE DEATH OF WORDSWORTH.MAURICE TIERNAY,Chapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VTHE PLANET-WATCHERS OF GREENWICH.RAPID GROWTH OF AMERICA.LORD COKE AND LORD BACON.FATHER AND SON.DIPLOMACY—LORD CHESTERFIELD.THOMAS MOORE.THE APPETITE FOR NEWS.A FEW WORDS ON CORALS.A NIGHT IN THE BELL INN.DEATH OF CROMWELL.MY WONDERFUL ADVENTURES IN SKITZLAND.CHARLOTTE CORDAY.GREENWICH WEATHER-WISDOM.DOING.YOUNG RUSSIA.THE ORPHAN'S VOYAGE HOME.LORD BYRON, WORDSWORTH, AND CHARLES LAMB.AMERICAN VANITY.MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.LITERARY NOTICES.Summer Fashions.Previous chapter ←THOMAS DE QUINCEY.Next chapter →Chapter I · —THE CHILD'S TRAGEDY.All chapters and sections (64)Other sectionsNEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.THOMAS DE QUINCEY.THE MINER'S DAUGHTERS—A TALE OF THE PEAK.Chapter I · —THE CHILD'S TRAGEDY.Chapters23Other sectionsMOORISH DOMESTIC LIFE.THE RAILWAY STATION.THE SICK MAN'S PRAYERSOPHISTRY OF ANGLERS.—IZAAK WALTON.GLOBES, AND HOW THEY ARE MADE.LETTICE ARNOLD.Chapters56Other sectionsTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.FIFTY YEARS AGO.A PARIS NEWSPAPER.ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.RECOLLECTIONS OF EMINENT MEN.ODE TO THE SUN.TWO-HANDED DICK THE STOCKMAN.THE USES OF SORROW.BENJAMIN WEST.PEACE.ALCHEMY AND GUNPOWDER.GLIMPSES OF THE EAST.CHRIST-HOSPITAL WORTHIES.LEIGH HUNT DROWNING.WILLIAM PITT.IGNORANCE OF THE ENGLISH.LINES BY ROBERT SOUTHEY.THE SCHOOLMASTER OF COLERIDGE AND LAMB.EDUCATION IN AMERICASCENES IN EGYPT.SCENERY ON THE ERIE RAILROAD.BATHING—ITS UTILITY.POVERTY OF THE ENGLISH BAR.SONNET ON THE DEATH OF WORDSWORTH.MAURICE TIERNAY,Chapters2345Other sectionsTHE PLANET-WATCHERS OF GREENWICH.RAPID GROWTH OF AMERICA.LORD COKE AND LORD BACON.FATHER AND SON.DIPLOMACY—LORD CHESTERFIELD.THOMAS MOORE.THE APPETITE FOR NEWS.A FEW WORDS ON CORALS.A NIGHT IN THE BELL INN.DEATH OF CROMWELL.MY WONDERFUL ADVENTURES IN SKITZLAND.CHARLOTTE CORDAY.GREENWICH WEATHER-WISDOM.DOING.YOUNG RUSSIA.THE ORPHAN'S VOYAGE HOME.LORD BYRON, WORDSWORTH, AND CHARLES LAMB.AMERICAN VANITY.MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.LITERARY NOTICES.Summer Fashions.IN THREE CHAPTERS.← THOMAS DE QUINCEY.CHAPTER I—THE CHILD'S TRAGEDY. →