May 1872

In This Issue
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Articles
French Democracy
"The republic can be established, if the brain of the country lend itself to the heart in the work."
Jefferson in the Service of Revolutionary Virginia
Who Won the Pretty Widow: A Confederate's Story of the Confederacy
Destiny
New York Dogs
In the Dark
Septimius Felton; Or, the Elixir of Life: V
In a Church
Diversions of the Echo Club: Night the Fifth
The Story of Some Bells: Told for a Poet
A Comedy of Terrors
An April Aria
From Shore to Shore
Concepcion De Arguello: (Presidio De San Francisco) 1800
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table: V
In Earliest Spring
Recent Literature
Art
Music
Science
Politics
