THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER; DEVOTED TO EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. Au gré de nos desirs bien plus qu'au grés des vents. Crebillon's Electre. VOL. XXIV.-5. NEW SERIES, VOL. III. JANUARY TO JULY–1857. JOHN R. THOMPSON, EDITOR. RICHMOND, VIRGINIAT 1857. CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIV. Adventures of a Basket of Peaches. 179 “If from my Heart I tear thee." 150 “Ah! Hearts that Late.” . 149 Inefficiency of the Pews, The. 321 Inefficiency of the Pulpit, The. 81 Beauties of the Grecian Drama 58 Birkenhead, The, Stanzas on the Loss Jamestown Celebration of 1857. 434 Books. By A. J. C. K. 327 Kane. By John Esten Cooke. 257 Buckminster, Joseph Stephens. By H. T. Tuckerman. . ley. . . . . 409 Legend of the Chesapeake, A. By · Colleges in Virginia. . 161-241-401 John P. Kennedy. . . 223 • Cooke, Dr. John Esten. . 286 286 Lent not Given. In Memory of a Child. By Caroline Howard. 285 “ Lies an Island in the Golden West.” 424 Drama in Russia. The. . 250 Lilias. A Novel. By Laurence Ne- ville. 35-113-191-294-381-425 Lone Rose. By Amie. . 221 Edinburgh Review on the Political Crisis in the U. S., October 1856, 22 Met-ta-wee, The. By Emelino S. Editor's Table. 76-236-307-392-468 Epistle to Horace. . . 131 Modern Analogies of the Roman Ilis- tory. By E. A. Pollard of Georgia. 354 Fable, A. By Nella.. Music and the Drama in Russia. 250 Musings of a Naturalist. By T. C. 412 New Year's Day Adventure, 1. 07 Notices of New Works. 80-159-238-318- Ilansford. A Tale of Bacon's Rebel. lion. A Review. . . 260 llope, James Barron. Poem at James- Human Prophecy. 247 Our Lost Treasures. 189 3.3 |