Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850Volume 1 — MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.Reading editionChapter navigation45 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNo. IV.—SEPTEMBER, 1850.—Vol. I.MEMORIES OF MISS JANE PORTER.SHOOTING STARS AND METEORIC SHOWERS.A FIVE DAYS’ TOUR IN THE ODENWALD.THE MYSTERIOUS PREACHER.ASSYRIAN SECTS.THE APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS.UGLINESS REDEEMED—A TALE OF A LONDON DUST-HEAP.THE OLD SQUIRE.PRESENCE OF MIND—A FRAGMENT.FEARFUL TRAGEDY—A MAN-EATING LION.THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN CHARNWOOD FOREST.LEDRU ROLLIN—BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.A CHIP FROM A SAILOR’S LOG.THE TWO THOMPSONS.HABITS OF THE AFRICAN LION.THE OLD CHURCH-YARD TREE.THE ENGLISH PEASANT.MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.Chapter IX · a scrape and its consequences.Chapter X · an aristocratic republican.Chapter XI · “the passage of the rhine.”AN AERIAL VOYAGE.ANDREW CARSON’S MONEY; A STORY OF GOLD.NEANDER.THE DISASTERS OF A MAN WHO WOULDN’T TRUST HIS WIFE.LITTLE MARY.—A TALE OF THE IRISH FAMINE.THE OLD WELL IN LANGUEDOC.SUMMER PASTIME.THE CHEMISTRY OF A CANDLE.THE MYSTERIOUS COMPACT.IN TWO PARTS.—PART I.PART II.—CONCLUSION.WORDSWORTH’S POSTHUMOUS POEM.[J]THE LITERARY PROFESSION—AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.THE BROTHERS CHEERYBLE.WRITING FOR PERIODICALS.ANECDOTE OF LORD CLIVE.THE IMPRISONED LADY.LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.LITERARY NOTICES.Fashions for Early Autumn.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE.Previous chapter ←Volume 1 — THE ENGLISH PEASANT.Next chapter →Volume 1 — Chapter IX · a scrape and its consequences.All chapters and sections (45)Opening pagesFront matterSections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsMEMORIES OF MISS JANE PORTER.SHOOTING STARS AND METEORIC SHOWERS.A FIVE DAYS’ TOUR IN THE ODENWALD.THE MYSTERIOUS PREACHER.ASSYRIAN SECTS.THE APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS.UGLINESS REDEEMED—A TALE OF A LONDON DUST-HEAP.THE OLD SQUIRE.PRESENCE OF MIND—A FRAGMENT.FEARFUL TRAGEDY—A MAN-EATING LION.THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN CHARNWOOD FOREST.LEDRU ROLLIN—BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.A CHIP FROM A SAILOR’S LOG.THE TWO THOMPSONS.HABITS OF THE AFRICAN LION.THE OLD CHURCH-YARD TREE.THE ENGLISH PEASANT.MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.Volume 1 · Chapters91011Volume 1 · Other sectionsAN AERIAL VOYAGE.ANDREW CARSON’S MONEY; A STORY OF GOLD.NEANDER.THE DISASTERS OF A MAN WHO WOULDN’T TRUST HIS WIFE.LITTLE MARY.—A TALE OF THE IRISH FAMINE.THE OLD WELL IN LANGUEDOC.SUMMER PASTIME.THE CHEMISTRY OF A CANDLE.THE MYSTERIOUS COMPACT.Volume 1 / Part 1 · Parts1Volume 1 / Part 2 · Parts2Volume 1 / Part 2 · Other sectionsWORDSWORTH’S POSTHUMOUS POEM.[J]THE LITERARY PROFESSION—AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.THE BROTHERS CHEERYBLE.WRITING FOR PERIODICALS.ANECDOTE OF LORD CLIVE.THE IMPRISONED LADY.LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS.LITERARY NOTICES.Fashions for Early Autumn.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE.[Continued from Page 340.]◇← THE ENGLISH PEASANT.CHAPTER IX. a scrape and its consequences. →