ART. 1. SKETCHES OF THE GREAT WEST. BY LEWIS C. THOMAS,

II. THE WEEPER'S DREAM. BY WILLIAM WILSON,

III. JOHN WATERS, HIS SPRINGE. BY JOHN WATERS,

IV. THE RANGER'S ADVENTURE. BY A NEW CONTRIBUTOR,
V. THE WIT'S END:' A RETORT LEGAL,

VI. AN INVITATION. BY ALBERT PIKE, ESQ.,
VII. A RACE ON THE BAHAMA BANKS. BY NED BUNTLINE,
VIIL THE ADVENTURE, OR THE SPECULATORS' VICTIM,
IX. THE WALKING GENTLEMAN. NUMBER ONE,

X. KNOWING CHARACTERS: GENERAL AND PARTICULAR,
XI. SONNET: MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS,' .

XII REQUIEM FOR THE DEPARTED. BY HIRST GRANVIlle,
XIII BORNHOLM: FROM THE RUSSIAN OF KARAMSIN. BY A. C. BECKER,
XIV. THE SOLDIER'S BRIDE: A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION,
XV. A CHAPTER ON LINES. BY A NEW CONTRIBUTOR,
XVI. STANZAS: NOVEMBER. BY H. M. IDE, JR.,

XVII DARK ELLSPETH'S LIFE-TALE. BY MRS. J. WEBB. NUMBER Two,
XVIII. THE SHOWER-BATH EVADED: A FRAGMENT,

XIX. WITHIN THE VEIL. BY REV. EDWARD White, Hereford, England,
XX. THE LOST FAWN: AN AUTHENTIC SKETCH. BY ROPER,.

XXL LINES TO GEN. MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS,
XXII. THE ST. LEGER PAPERS. NUMBER TWO,

XXIII. THE LADY ANN: A BALLAD. BY JOHN G. SAXE, Esq.,

LITERARY NOTICES:

1. NOAH'S DISCOURSE ON THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS,

2 ADDRESS AND DINNER OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 3. MAPES' ADDRESS BEFORE THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE,

1. GENERAL HAMILTON'S SECRET OFFENCE TO COLONEL BURR, 2. THE PAYMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST,

3. SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF MUTUAL ADMIRATION, 4. RANK TO THE DESERVING: STEAM-ENGINEERS,

5. BOOK-KEEPING OR THE RICH MAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF,
6. THE LATE MATTHEW C. FIELD: 'PHAZMA' AT NIAGARA,
7. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS,

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1. THE BISHOP' CONTROVERSY. 2. GEORGE JONES AND HIS PROTEGE WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE. 3. HANS PLACE: MISS LANDON. 4. BACHELOR'S BALL AT THE ASTOR-HOUSE: POETICAL INVITATION TO MARRY. 5. OUR MAGAZINE: PERIODICAL READING. 6. A SERENADE: THE POWER OF MUSIC. 7. A FEBRUARY SNOWSTORM. 8. BOARDING-HOUSES: THE EXEMPLARY LODGER. 9. CANINE LATINITY: A LATIN EPISTLE. 10. HOOD'S PENSION: THE CAPTAIN'S COW: SITTING FOR A PORTRAIT. 11. WORDY OR BULKY AUTHORS. 12. WHAT IS ELOQUENCE? MR. GOUGH. 13. NATIONAL RAIL-ROAD TO THE PACIFIC. 14. SEEING OURSELVES not As OTHERS SEE US:'MR. SMIT.' 15. AMERICAN vs. ENGLISH CONGRESSIONAL MANNERS. 16. THE BARBERS' VICTIMS. 17. PREGNANT POETICAL AND PROSE PASSAGES FROM PUNCH. 1. LANMAN'S LETTERS FROM A LANDSCAPE-PAINTER.' 19. A CONNOISSEUR OF A COUP-DE-PIED. 20. ELEGIAC STANZAS.' 21. MR. LONGFELLOW: GROUNDLESS CHARGE OF PLAGIARISM. 22. A COLLEGE REMINISCENCE: 'SABBATH MORNING. 23. NEW SHAKSPERIAN READING: THE OLD GENTLEMAN IN SPECS.' 24. ROGERS' POEMS AND TASTES: MR. HALLECK. 25. POPULAR PREACHING'

26. TARDY HONORS: MR. QUOZZLE.
28. OFFICE-HUNTING. 29. THE LATE LADY HESTER STANHOPE. 30. MR. HENRY
INMAN ABROAD. 31. RATIONALE' OF Ass's EARS. 32. MUSICAL LATIN COUPLET.
33. UNBOUGHT SUFFRAGE. 34. A PLAGIARISM. 35. LIGHT BREAD AND COSTS.'
36. DECORATIVE PAINTING.
37. BON-BON MOTTOES. 38. KNEELAND, THE SCULP-
TOR. 39. KNICKERBOCKER' PENS.
40. OUR NEW CONTRIBUTORS. 41. EGOTISM
OF SMALL AUTHORS.
42. NEWSPAPORIAL MATters. 43. PUNCH IN THE EAST.

27. OUR RELIGIOUS' SHORT-COMINGS.

44. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, ETC.