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  1. 1Vol. I
  2. 2Southern Literary Messenger — Publisher's Notice
  3. 3Southern Literature
  4. 4Extract from a Journal
  5. 5The Mother of Washington
  6. 6Servility
  7. 7Extemporaneous Speaking
  8. 8Interesting Ruins on the Rappahannock
  9. 9Story from Voltaire
  10. 10The Consoled
  11. 11Original Poetry
  12. 12Serenade
  13. 13Columbus Before the University of Salamanca
  14. 14Intemperance
  15. 15My Life Is Like the Summer Rose
  16. 16To My Infant Daughter Eve
  17. 17To My Children — On New-Year
  18. 18Original Literary Notices
  19. 19Love and Authorship
  20. 20The Patriarch
  21. 21Memory and Hope
  22. 22Southern Literary Messenger — To the Public
  23. 23Letter from Mr. Wirt to a Law Student
  24. 24Misfortune and Genius
  25. 25Example Is Better than Precept
  26. 26The Power of Faith
  27. 27The Sweet Springs of Virginia, and the Valley Which Contains Them
  28. 28Recollections of "Chotank."
  29. 29Important Law Case in a Sister State, Involving Questions of Science
  30. 30Sally Singleton
  31. 31Extract from a Novel
  32. 32Sonnet
  33. 33Stanzas
  34. 34To — — — — Of the U. S. Navy
  35. 35The Genius of Columbia to Her Native Muse
  36. 36Death Among the Trees
  37. 37Original Literary Notices
  38. 38The Maid of Malines
  39. 39Lines on Finding a Billet from an Early Friend Among Some Old Papers
  40. 40Editorial Remarks
  41. 41Southern Literary Messenger
  42. 42Sketches of the History
  43. 43The Dyspeptic Man
  44. 44Beautiful Extract from Lacon
  45. 45The Reporter's Story
  46. 46On Sleep
  47. 47The Cottage in the Glen
  48. 48Picture of Old Virginia
  49. 49A Leaf from the Journal of a Young American Tourist in Italy
  50. 50New England
  51. 51Letters from New England — No. 1
  52. 52N. P. Willis
  53. 53Washington and Napoleon
  54. 54Mineral Wealth of Virginia
  55. 55Lafayette
  56. 56Pinkney's Eloquence
  57. 57The Dandy Chastised
  58. 58Placed with a Rose upon a Lady's Cheek
  59. 59The Alleghany Levels
  60. 60The Cyclopean Towers
  61. 61Original Sonnet to Lord Byron
  62. 62Musings III — By the Author of Vyvyan — Jamestown
  63. 63The Fated City
  64. 64Hymn to the Stars
  65. 65To * * * * *
  66. 66The Grave Seekers
  67. 67To a Young Child
  68. 68Cupid's Sport
  69. 69My Classmates
  70. 70Stanzas
  71. 71Sonnet
  72. 72Original Literary Notices
  73. 73Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society
  74. 74The Literary Journal
  75. 75Extract from Lacon
  76. 76Editorial Department
  77. 77Extracts from the Letters of Correspondents
  78. 78Acknowledgments to Contributors, &C
  79. 79Southern Literary Messenger — Sketches of the History
  80. 80Review
  81. 81Colonial Manners
  82. 82Western Scenery
  83. 83Thom's Group of Statuary
  84. 84Circumstantial Evidence
  85. 85Law Lecture at William and Mary
  86. 86The March of Mind
  87. 87The Village on Fourth July 183
  88. 88To D
  89. 89Invocation to Religion
  90. 90Beauty and Time
  91. 91Anticipation
  92. 92Hints to Students of Geology
  93. 93Essay on Luxury
  94. 94To
  95. 95Eloquence
  96. 96Letters from New England — No. 2
  97. 97On the Policy of Elevating the Standard of Female Education
  98. 98My Name
  99. 99Valedictory in July 1829
  100. 100The Seasons
  101. 101Byron's Last Words
  102. 102To a Young Lady
  103. 103Lines in an Album
  104. 104Parting
  105. 105Lines Suggested on Viewing the Ruins at Jamestown
  106. 106Ode Written on a Fine Night at Sea
  107. 107Autumn Woods
  108. 108The Declaration
  109. 109From My Scrap Book
  110. 110The Mechanician and Uncle Simon
  111. 111Lines Written Impromptu
  112. 112The Peasant-Women of the Canaries
  113. 113The Heart
  114. 114Parody on Bryant's Autumn
  115. 115The Battle of Breed's Hill
  116. 116To a Lady
  117. 117To Ianthe
  118. 118Sonnet
  119. 119Epigramme Francaise
  120. 120True Consolation
  121. 121Sonnet
  122. 122Advice from a Father to His Only Daughter
  123. 123Original Literary Notices
  124. 124Editorial Remarks
  125. 125Extracts from the Letters of Correspondents
  126. 126Acknowledgements to Contributors, Correspondents, & C
  127. 127Southern Literary Messenger — Sketches of the History
  128. 128Impromptu
  129. 129Stanzas
  130. 130The Sybil's Leaf
  131. 131To My Wife
  132. 132The Kiss — A la Moore
  133. 133Love — Mutual but Hopeless
  134. 134To Despair
  135. 135There's Nae Laddie Coming
  136. 136Remarks on the Review of Governor Tazewell's Report
  137. 137The Dargle
  138. 138Phrenological Examinations
  139. 139Song of the Irish Peasant Wife
  140. 140A Glimpse at Basil Hall
  141. 141The Passage of the Beresina
  142. 142Parody
  143. 143Beauty Without Loveliness
  144. 144Happy Love
  145. 145Sorrows of Love
  146. 146Extemporal Lines
  147. 147Mrs. Wood's Manuscript Poems
  148. 148Retrospection
  149. 149The Captive Bird
  150. 150The Belle du Jour, or Convolvulus Minor
  151. 151Eventide
  152. 152Smiling Autumn
  153. 153Study of the Latin and Greek Classics
  154. 154Memory — An Allegory
  155. 155The Creation of the Antelope
  156. 156Letters from New England — No. 3
  157. 157American Literature — Its Impediments
  158. 158The Indian Mother. 1
  159. 159Note to Blackstone's Commentaries
  160. 160Napoleon's Grave
  161. 161A Song of the Seasons
  162. 162Letters from a Sister
  163. 163The Doom
  164. 164The Changes of Nature
  165. 165Original Literary Notices
  166. 166New Paper
  167. 167Dandyism
  168. 168Variety
  169. 169A Song
  170. 170Editorial Remarks
  171. 171Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society
  172. 172Extracts from the Letters of Correspondents
  173. 173To Correspondents, Contributors, & C
  174. 174Southern Literary Messenger — Virginia Historical and Philosophical…
  175. 175Virginia Gazetteer
  176. 176Sonnet — The Sea
  177. 177Sketches of the History
  178. 178Remarks on a Note to Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol. I, Page 423
  179. 179The Romance of Real Life
  180. 180Extract from a Lady's Album
  181. 181The Prayer
  182. 182Selections from My Port Folio
  183. 183Letters from New England — No. 4
  184. 184Extracts from My Mexican Journal
  185. 185Heinroth on the Education of Infancy
  186. 186Effects of Maternal Indulgence
  187. 187An Address on the Subject of Literary Associations to Promote Educa…
  188. 188The Contrast
  189. 189Hints to Students of Geology
  190. 190Letters from a Sister
  191. 191Original Literary Notices
  192. 192Judge Blackstone — A Poet
  193. 193The Lawyer's Farewell to His Muse
  194. 194Lines
  195. 195The Exile
  196. 196The Miniature
  197. 197Epigram
  198. 198The Spider
  199. 199Dialouge
  200. 200From the Note Book of My Mother
  201. 201Thoughts on Seeing the Evening Star
  202. 202Jeu de Mots — On a Name
  203. 203Miss Martineau
  204. 204Lines
  205. 205Epitaph — Epigram
  206. 206Another — On the Same
  207. 207Lines
  208. 208The True Foundation
  209. 209Truth and Falsehood
  210. 210Lines
  211. 211Trust Not
  212. 212Variety
  213. 213Editorial Remarks
  214. 214Extracts from the Letters of Correspondents
  215. 215To Correspondents, Contributors, & C
  216. 216Southern Literary Messenger
  217. 217Sketches of the History
  218. 218Anecdotes of Patrick Henry
  219. 219Young Rosalie Lee
  220. 220Stray Leaves
  221. 221Berenice — A Tale
  222. 222Extract
  223. 223Washington's Birth Night
  224. 224From the Diary of a Revolutionary Officer
  225. 225Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull
  226. 226Marrying Well
  227. 227Sketch of Virginia Scenery
  228. 228Courtship and Marriage
  229. 229Reminiscence
  230. 230Selections
  231. 231Fashionable Parties and Late Hours
  232. 232The Village Pastor's Wife
  233. 233Thoughts on Affectation
  234. 234Willis's Impressions of London
  235. 235To Miss C — — , on Her Coquetry
  236. 236Written for Miss M — — T — — 'S Album
  237. 237Lines
  238. 238To One Who Will Understand Me
  239. 239Extract from an Unfinished Poem
  240. 240Moonlight
  241. 241To Hope
  242. 242To the Bible
  243. 243On Seeing the Junction of the Susquehanna and Lackawanna Rivers
  244. 244Hopes and Sorrows
  245. 245The Wanderer
  246. 246True Riches and Glory
  247. 247The Death of the Motherless
  248. 248Letters from a Sister
  249. 249The Fine Arts
  250. 250A Tale from Florian
  251. 251Bathmendi
  252. 252A Scene in Paris — 1827
  253. 253Literary Notices
  254. 254Lines
  255. 255Editorial Remarks
  256. 256To Contributors, Correspondents, &c
  257. 257Southern Literary Messenger
  258. 258Influence of Free Government on the Mind
  259. 259The White Antelope
  260. 260The Last Gift
  261. 261Apostrophe
  262. 262English Poetry
  263. 263The Last Indian
  264. 264Winter Scenes at Williamsburg
  265. 265To Miss S — — S
  266. 266The Broken Heart
  267. 267A Discourse
  268. 268Letters from New England — No. 5
  269. 269The Waltz and the Gallopade
  270. 270A Bashful Gentleman
  271. 271A Scene in Real Life
  272. 272Christian Education
  273. 273Extracts from My Mexican Journal
  274. 274Nature and Art
  275. 275A Tale of the West
  276. 276A Tale of a Nose
  277. 277Morella — A Tale
  278. 278Content's Mishap
  279. 279Answer
  280. 280To
  281. 281What I Love
  282. 282To
  283. 283An Italian Extravaganza
  284. 284Where Is My Heart?
  285. 285Invocation
  286. 286Autumn
  287. 287Napoleon
  288. 288The Fine Arts
  289. 289Etymology
  290. 290Critical Notices
  291. 291Editorial Remarks
  292. 292Southern Literary Messenger — Publisher's Notice
  293. 293Sketches of the History
  294. 294To Marguerite
  295. 295To Ann
  296. 296My Native Land
  297. 297To My Child
  298. 298To
  299. 299Lines
  300. 300A Prodigious Nose
  301. 301Swimming
  302. 302"The Grave of Forgotten Genius."
  303. 303The House Mountain in Virginia
  304. 304Visit to the Virginia Springs
  305. 305The Fine Arts
  306. 306Recent American Novels
  307. 307Letters on the United States of America
  308. 308Observations
  309. 309Letters from a Sister
  310. 310Lines
  311. 311To Spring. 1
  312. 312Spring
  313. 313To a. L. B
  314. 314Spring
  315. 315Dissertation
  316. 316Dancing, Waltzing, &c
  317. 317Lion-Izing. a Tale
  318. 318Lionel Granby
  319. 319Dagger's Springs
  320. 320The Red Sulphur Springs
  321. 321Female Education
  322. 322Literary Notices
  323. 323Editorial Remarks
  324. 324To Correspondents
  325. 325Deferred Articles
  326. 326Southern Literary Messenger — Editorial Introduction
  327. 327A Storm on the Prairies
  328. 328Letters from a Sister
  329. 329My Daughter's Lullaby
  330. 330Ocean Hymn
  331. 331Lafayette
  332. 332Dirge
  333. 333The Old Parish Church
  334. 334Estelle
  335. 335Lines
  336. 336Farewell to Rosa
  337. 337Lionel Granby
  338. 338A Visit to the Virginia Springs
  339. 339Conversation Parties, Soirees and Squeezes
  340. 340The Sanfords
  341. 341A Scene from "Arnold and Andre,"
  342. 342English Poetry
  343. 343Hans Phaall — A Tale
  344. 344The Sale
  345. 345Literary Notices
  346. 346Southern Literary Messenger — Professor Beverley Tucker's Valedicto…
  347. 347Letters on the United States of America
  348. 348To
  349. 349Paraphrase
  350. 350To My Sisters
  351. 351Lines
  352. 352Grayson Griffith
  353. 353Lines
  354. 354The Diamond Chain
  355. 355Where Shall the Student Rest?
  356. 356The Age of Reptiles
  357. 357Answer
  358. 358Epigram
  359. 359Visit to the Virginia Springs
  360. 360My First Night in a Watchhouse
  361. 361Dissertation
  362. 362Lionel Granby
  363. 363To H. W. M
  364. 364Lines
  365. 365On the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Girl of the Asylum at Hartford, Connec…
  366. 366An Elegy
  367. 367Sonnet
  368. 368To Mary
  369. 369The Visionary — A Tale
  370. 370Peter's Mountain
  371. 371The Duel
  372. 372Lines
  373. 373My Native Home
  374. 374Memoir of the Ambitious Lawyer
  375. 375Literary Notices
  376. 376Editorial Remarks
  377. 377To Correspondents
  378. 378Southern Literary Messenger — Sketches of the History
  379. 379Extraordinary Indian Feats of Legerdemain
  380. 380Remarkable Dream and Prediction, with Their Fulfilment
  381. 381On the Death of James Gibbon Carter
  382. 382Lines
  383. 383Stanzas
  384. 384Lionel Granby
  385. 385Letters from a Sister
  386. 386Burning of the Richmond Theatre
  387. 387Lines Written in an Album
  388. 388Girl of Beauty
  389. 389The Reclaimed
  390. 390This Ocean
  391. 391Dissertation
  392. 392To F
  393. 393To Mary
  394. 394Song
  395. 395Remember Me, Love
  396. 396To Sarah
  397. 397Bon-Bon — A Tale
  398. 398Lines in Remembrance of Thos. H. White
  399. 399A Maniac's Address to the Moon
  400. 400To an Infant Nephew in England
  401. 401Lines
  402. 402Extracts from My Mexican Journal
  403. 403Ballad
  404. 404The Coliseum. a Prize Poem
  405. 405Lines
  406. 406My First Night in a Watchhouse
  407. 407Critical Notices and Literary Intelligence
  408. 408To Readers and Correspondents
  409. 409Southern Literary Messenger
  410. 410Sketches of the History
  411. 411The Victim of Disappointment
  412. 412Introductory Lecture
  413. 413Loss of Breath
  414. 414Cupid's Sport
  415. 415My Tongs. By
  416. 416To Mrs
  417. 417Lines Written in an Album
  418. 418General Warren
  419. 419To Christiana
  420. 420The Friends of Man
  421. 421Thoughts
  422. 422King Pest the First
  423. 423Early Adventures
  424. 424Shadow. a Fable — By
  425. 425Curse of the "Betrayed One."
  426. 426To Mrs. B. G. S
  427. 427The Sea Bird's Revel
  428. 428I Met Thee by Moonlight Alone
  429. 429Letters from a Sister
  430. 430The Scene Between Hector and Andromache
  431. 431The Door-Latch
  432. 432Desart Grief
  433. 433Song of the Pirate's Wife
  434. 434Another Visit to the Virginia Springs
  435. 435Josephine
  436. 436To Claudia
  437. 437Cantilena Amatoria
  438. 438Critical Notices
  439. 439To Volume I of the Southern Literary Messenger — Prose
  440. 440Poetry

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