CONTENTS.

The Commercial Results of a War with Russia,[381]
The Puppets of all Nations,[392]
The Quiet Heart.—Part V.,[414]
Chronological Curiosities: What shall we Collect?[426]
The Reform Bills of 1852 and 1854,[441]
The Blue Books and the Eastern Question,[461]
Life in the Sahara,[479]
The Cost of the Coalition Ministry,[492]

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No. CCCCLXII. APRIL, 1854. Vol. LXXV.