Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850Volume 1 — THE MYSTERIOUS COMPACT.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 CHEMISTRY OF A CANDLE.Next chapter →Volume 1 / Part 1 — IN TWO PARTS.—PART I.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.A FREE TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN.← THE CHEMISTRY OF A CANDLE.IN TWO PARTS.—PART I. →