THE

CONTINENTAL MONTHLY:

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

VOL. V.

JANUARY-JUNE, 1864.

New York:
JOHN F. TROW, 50 GREENE STREET,
(FOR THE PROPRIETORS.)
1864.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
JOHN F. TROW,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS

[INDEX TO VOLUME V.]
[RETROSPECTIVE.]
[SKETCHES OF AMERICAN LIFE AND SCENERY.]
[I.—A SUMMER EXCURSION.]
[REASON, RHYME, AND RHYTHM.]
[PREFACE TO VOLUME SECOND.]
[CHAPTER FIRST.— RHYTHM.]
['OUR ARTICLE.']
[THE LESSON OF THE WOOD.]
[DIARY OF FRANCES KRASINSKA;]
[THE GREAT STRUGGLE.]
[AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES.]
[THE DECLINE OF ENGLAND.]
[TEMPTATION.]
[MADAGASCAR]
[A VIGIL WITH ST. LOUIS.]
[UNION NOT TO BE MAINTAINED BY FORCE.]
[WAS HE SUCCESSFUL?]
[CHAPTER I.]
[CHAPTER II.]
[THE GREAT AMERICAN CRISIS]
[PART TWO.]
[THE ENGLISH PRESS.]
[THE CONSCRIPTION ACT OF MARCH 3d.]
[EDITOR'S TABLE.]
[AMERICAN THANKSGIVING DAY IN LONDON.]
[LITERARY NOTICES.]