July 1872

In This Issue
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Articles
John Brown and His Friends
How a coterie of New Englanders—including the author—secretly funded John Brown's raid
Why Semmes of the Alabama Was Not Tried (Part I)
The legal fate of a Confederate “pirate”
Septimius Felton; Or, the Elixir of Life: Vii
Recent Literature
Art
Music
Science
Politics
The Song of Rorek
The New Wrinkle at Sweetbrier; Or, the Drama in Colleges
Jefferson a Reformer of Old Virginia
Youth and Age
Counsel
A Comedy of Terrors
How Long?
Diversions of the Echo Club: Night the Seventh
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table: Vii
