THECONTINENTAL MONTHLY:DEVOTED TOLiterature and National Policy.VOL. III.—MAY, 1863.—No. V.CONTENTS[THE GREAT PRAIRIE STATE.][A WINTER IN CAMP.][TAMMANY.][IN MEMORIAM.][A MERCHANT'S STORY.][CHAPTER XXII.][CHAPTER XXIII.][CHAPTER XXIV.][CHAPTER XXV.][SHYLOCK vs. ANTONIO.—OPINION OF THE VICAR.][A HEROINE OF TO-DAY.][SIMONY.][NATIONAL ODE.][THE SURRENDER OF FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP, ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.][REASON, RHYME, AND RHYTHM.][CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST.][BEAUTY.][THE VALUE OF THE UNION.—I.][WAR SONG:—EARTH'S LAST BATTLE.][MIRIAM'S TESTIMONY.][NAPOLEON'S TOMB.][THE DESTINY OF THE AFRICAN RACE IN THE UNITED STATES.][WAS HE SUCCESSFUL?][CHAPTER IV.][CHAPTER V.][THE UNION.—VII.][RHODE ISLAND AND DELAWARE COMPARED.][THE CAUSES AND RESULTS OF THE WAR.][GREAT HEART.][LITERARY NOTICES]