CONTENTS.—No. XVII.
| The Great Prairie State. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland, | 513 |
| A Winter in Camp. By E. G. Hammond, | 519 |
| In Memoriam. By Richard Wolcott, | 527 |
| A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke, | 528 |
| Shylock vs. Antonio. By Carlton Edwards | 539 |
| A Heroine of To-Day, | 543 |
| National Ode, | 554 |
| The Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi. By F. H. Gerdes. Assistant U. S. Coast Survey, | 557 |
| Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Cook, | 562 |
| The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller, | 571 |
| War Song—Earth's Last Battle. By Mrs. Martha Cook, | 586 |
| Miriam's Testimony. By M. A. Edwards, | 589 |
| The Destiny of the African Race in the United States. By Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, D.D., | 600 |
| Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball, | 611 |
| The Union. By Hon. Robert J. Walker, | 615 |
| The Causes and Results of the War. By Lieut. Egbert Phelps, U.S.A | 617 |
| Great Heart, | 629 |
| Literary Notices | 630 |
The June No. of the Continental will contain an article on 'The Confederation and the Nation,' by Edward Carey.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by James R. Gilmore, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
John F. Trow, Printer.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] This alliance may be fanciful (though we observe some of the best German lexicographers have it so); a better origin might, perhaps, be found in the Sanscrit mri, etc.