Literature and National Policy.

JUNE, 1863.

NEW YORK:
JOHN F. TROW 50 GREENE STREET
(FOR THE PROPRIETORS).
HENRY DEXTER AND SINCLAIR TOUSEY.
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CONTENTS.—No. XVIII.

The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller,633
A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke,642
May Morning,657
The Navy of the United States,659
Three Modern Romances,667
Mill on Liberty. By Hon. F. P. Stanton,674
Cloud and Sunshine,687
Is there Anything in It?688
The Confederation and the Nation. By Edward Carey,694
Reason, Rhyme and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Walker Cook,698
The Buccaneers of America. By William L. Stone,703
Virginia,714
Visit to the National Academy,715
Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball,719
How Mr. Lincoln became an Abolitionist By S. B. Gookins,727
Cost of a Trip to Europe, and how to go Cheaply,730
Touching the Soul. By Egbert Phelps, 1st Lieutenant 19th Infantry, U. S. A.,734
Literary Notices,744
Editor's Table,747

The July No. of the Continental will contain articles by the Hon. Robert J. Walker, written from England.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by JOHN F. TROW, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.