THECONTINENTAL MONTHLY:DEVOTED TOLiterature and National Policy.VOL. V.—MARCH, 1864.—No. III.CONTENTS[AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES.][LETTER NO. III.][PALMER, THE AMERICAN SCULPTOR.][CLOUDS.][CIRRUS.][CUMULI.][RAIN CLOUDS.][SKETCHES OF AMERICAN LIFE AND SCENERY.][THE ISSUES OF THE WAR.][ÆNONE:][CHAPTER I.][CHAPTER II.][CARL FRIEDRICH NEUMANN, THE GERMAN HISTORIAN OF OUR COUNTRY.][THE GREAT AMERICAN CRISIS.—PART THREE.][THISTLE-DOWN.][THE LOVE LUCIFER.][CHAPTER I.][AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES.][LETTER NO. IV.][WAS HE SUCCESSFUL?—PART THE LAST.][CHAPTER VI.][CHAPTER VII.][CHAPTER VIII.][CHAPTER IX.][THE MECHANICAL TENDENCY IN MODERN SOCIETY.][AN INDIAN LOVE-SONG.][LITERARY NOTICES.][EDITOR'S TABLE.]