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Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v6, #36, May 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 764 · Extracts from the Portfolio of an Excitement Seeker. Number III · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · gp _764 · A Search on the Battle Field [Willy Harcourt] · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · ss _769 · Warming a Viper [Willy Harcourt] · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · ss 772 · Six and Half-Dozen [J. Smytthe, Jr.] · Anon. (by J. Smytthe, Jr.) · ss 778 · Fisher’s Ghost · Anon. (by John Lang) · ss Household Words Mar 5 1853 781 · And Then? · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Mar 5 1853 786 · A London Curate’s Story · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Feb 12 1853 791 · The Family Feud. A French Story · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Sep 3 1836 796 · Story of the Burning Ship · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Dec 9 1837 800 · The Inn by the Sea-Side. An Allegory · Anna Harriet Drury · ss Pickering 1852 810 · A Night Among the Wolves · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Feb 19 1853 812 · Bleak House [Part 14 of 19] · Charles Dickens · n. Bradbury & Evans Apr 1853; illustrated by Lossing-Barritt (after:Phiz) 835 · The French Spy System · Anon. · vi Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Mar 19 1853, as “Anecdote of the French Spy System” 836 · The Lodgings That Wouldn’t Suit · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Mar 26 1853 850 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _853 · Home Picture · Anon. · pm (r)

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v7, #37, June 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard · Thomas Gray · pm Dodsley 1751; illustrated by Richardson-Cox 71 · Let Those Laugh That Win [J. Smytthe, Jr.] · Anon. (by J. Smytthe, Jr.) · ss 78 · Faithful Forever · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Mar 5 1853 80 · The Lost Found [from “Parallels”, as by A Pilgrim] · Anon. · ex Dublin University Magazine Apr 1853 88 · The Lost Flowers. A Scottish Story · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Oct 29 1836 93 · Bleak House [Part 15 of 19] · Charles Dickens · n. Bradbury & Evans May 1853; illustrated by Lossing-Barritt (after:Phiz) 116 · The Chateau Regnier · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Apr 16 1853

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v7, #38, July 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 213 · Love Snuffed out [J. Smytthe, Jr.] · Anon. (by J. Smytthe, Jr.) · ss 222 · Extracts from the Portfolio of an Excitement Seeker. Number IV · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · gp _222 · The Slow-Match [Willy Harcourt] · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · ss _228 · Physiological Experiments [Willy Harcourt] · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · vi 229 · Hester · Anon. · ss Sharpe’s London Magazine v2 1853 240 · A Teetotaler’s Story · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal May 7 1853 245 · Bleak House [Part 16 of 19] · Charles Dickens · n. Bradbury & Evans Jun 1853; illustrated by Lossing-Barritt (after:Phiz) 263 · An Incident in Real Life [from “The Negro: An Incident in Real Life”] · Anon. · ex Chambers’s Pocket Miscellany v16 1853 273 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _275 · untitled (“I’ve wandered to the Village, Tom; I’ve sat beneath the tree...”) · Anon. · pm (r), as “Twenty Years Ago”

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v7, #39, August 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 355 · Looking before Leaping [J. Smytthe, Jr.] · Anon. (by J. Smytthe, Jr.) · ss 362 · The Tree of Knowledge · Anon. · ss Dublin University Magazine Jun 1853 382 · The Ballet-Dancer · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Jun 18 1853 389 · Bleak House [Part 17 of 19] · Charles Dickens · n. Bradbury & Evans Jul 1853; illustrated by Lossing-Barritt (after:Phiz) 420 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _423 · untitled (“Come from my First; aye come...”) · Anon. (by Winthrop Mackworth Praed) · pm (r), as “Charade” _423 · He’s Taken Too Much Rum · Anon. · pm (r) _424 · A Plea for Eggs · Anon. · pm _425 · A Merchant · Anon. · pm (r); claimed by Joseph H. Ward with an 1861 date.

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v7, #40, September 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 499 · The Dying Husband · Anon. · pm Dublin University Magazine Jul 1853, as by H. T. D. 499 · Celeste Bertin · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Jul 9 1853 506 · Bertha’s Love [Part 1 of 2] · Anon. (by Marian James) · nv Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country Jul/Aug 1853, as by The Author of “Ethel,” “Sister Anne,” Etc. 518 · Something Divine · Anon. (by Bayle St. John) · ts Household Words Aug 13 1853 520 · The Sensitive Mother · Anon. (by E. Lynn) · ss Household Words Jul 2 1853 525 · Bleak House [Part 18 of 19] · Charles Dickens · n. Bradbury & Evans Aug 1853; illustrated by Lossing-Barritt (after:Phiz) 561 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _562 · untitled (“Tis the Last Golden Dollar...”) · Anon. (by Charles G. Halpine) · pm [Thomas Moore]; parody of Thomas Moore’s “The Last Rose of Summer”.

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v7, #41, October 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 643 · Bertha’s Love [Part 2 of 2] · Anon. (by Marian James) · nv Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country Jul/Aug 1853, as by The Author of “Ethel,” “Sister Anne,” Etc. 653 · Lighten the Boat · Anon. (by J. W. King & W. Henry Wills) · pm Household Words Aug 13 1853 653 · An Incident of My Childhood · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Aug 13 1853 659 · Bleak House [Part 19 of 19] · Charles Dickens · n. Bradbury & Evans Sep 1853; illustrated by Lossing-Barritt (after:Phiz) 688 · Autumn Love · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Aug 6 1853

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v7, #42, November 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 793 · The New Pastor · Anon. · ss The Ladies’ Companion Sep 1853, as by Maria Norris 806 · A Dead Secret · Anon. (by George Augustus Sala) · ss Household Words Sep 10 1853 815 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 1 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22) 849 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _852 · untitled (“Is It Any Body’s Business...”) · Anon. (by George Adams) · pm Arthur’s Home Magazine Oct 1853, as “Is It Any Body’s Business”

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v8, #43, December 1853] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 55 · “Sweet Bells Jangled” · Anon. (by George William Curtis) · ss 61 · Four Sights of a Young Man · Anon. (by G. P. R. James) · ss 76 · The Hero of Lake Erie · Henry T. Tuckerman · pm 77 · Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! or, the Crowing of the Noble Cock Beneventano · Anon. (by Herman Melville) · ss 93 · Brackley House [Philip Phillips] · Anon. (by William C. Prime) · ss; narrator identified as “P—”, assumed to be the series character Philip Phillips. 104 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 2 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22) 134 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _134 · untitled (“Yes, my lips to-night have spoken...”) · Anon. · pm (r), as “The Unguarded Moment” by Phoebe Carey _136 · untitled (“’Tis the last cake of supper...”) · E. J. L. · pm (r); parody. Although claimed to be original by E. J. L., it appeared in several newspapers back in 1852. _137 · untitled (“Summer’s gone and over...”) · Tom Hood · pm

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v8, #44, January 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 148 · The Italian Sisters · G. P. R. James, Esq. · ss 168 · Two Cousins · Anon. (by E. Lynn) · ss Household Words Nov 12 1853 174 · Flower-Bells · Anon. (by Mary Anne Hoare & Henry Morley) · ss Household Words Oct 29 1853 178 · The Spirit-Vision · Maunsell B. Field · pm 178 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 3 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22) 207 · The Life Estate. From the Register of a New York Lawyer [Philip Phillips] · Anon. (by William C. Prime) · ss; series character is named in other “From the Register...” stories. 219 · Forgiveness.—The Return · Anon. · ss Bentley’s Miscellany 1849, as by Alfred Crowquill 224 · The Temptress [law-clerk] · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Dec 3 1853, as “Leaves from the Diary of a Law-Clerk: The Temptress” 229 · The Portrait · Anon. (by Alfred Crowquill) · ss Bentley’s Miscellany 1846; abridged. 239 · The Sword of Mauley · Anon. (by William D. O’Connor) · ss 255 · My Uncle Maurice · Anon. (by Emile Souvestre) · ss An Attic Philosopher in Paris, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1853; abridged.; translated from the French. 278 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _280 · untitled (“The green-horns came down...”) · Anon. · pm (r), as “The Greenhorns”; parody. _282 · Bugle Song · Tennyson · pm

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v8, #45, February 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 330 · The Garrote · G. P. R. James, Esq. · ss 347 · The Family of Michael Arout · An Attic Philosopher in Paris · ss An Attic Philosopher in Paris, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1853; translated from the French. 351 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 4 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22) 365 · The Schoolboy’s Story · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited 369 · The Old Lady’s Story · Anon. (by Elizabeth Lynn Linton) · ss Household Words Christmas 1853 374 · Uncle George’s Christmas Story · Anon. (by Edmund Saul Dixon & W. Henry Wills) · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, as “Uncle George’s Story” 377 · Kate Gordon · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Dec 24 1853, as “Kate Gordon: a Christmas Story” 382 · My French Master · Anon. (by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell) · ss Household Words Dec 17 1853 (+1) 391 · The Case of Lady Macbeth, Medically Considered. A Western Sketch · T. B. Thorpe · ss 419 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _420 · untitled (“Oh! Don’t you remember the boys, Ben Bolt...”) · Anon. · pm; parody. _422 · A Pauper’s Death-bed · Caroline Bowles Southey · pm (r) _425 · The Lament of the Cherokee · The Peasant Bard · sg (r); air-’Exile of Erin’. 426 · Literary Notices · Anon. · cl _426 · Mortal and Immortal · Anon. (by Julia Ward Howe) · pm (r)

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v8, #46, March 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 463 · The Raven · G. P. R. James, Esq. · ss 499 · Amy, the Child · Anon. (by Townsend) · vi Household Words Dec 31 1853; translated from the German. 500 · A Leaf from the Parish Register · Anon. (by W. Moy Thomas) · ss Household Words Jan 7 1854 509 · A Peep Behind the Scenes · Anon. · vi Dublin University Magazine Jan 1854 510 · A Happy New Year · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Jan 7 1854 513 · Story of a Mother · Anon. (by Hans Christian Andersen); translated by Madame de Chatelain · ss Tales and Fairy Stories, Routledge 1852 515 · Florence May—A Love Story · Anon. (by Bayle St. John) · ss Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Jan 7 1854 519 · Story of the Daisy · Anon. (by Hans Christian Andersen); translated by Madame de Chatelain · vi Tales and Fairy Stories, Routledge 1852 537 · Grand-Dame and Child · Alice Carey · pm 540 · The Robbers of Le Mauvais Pas · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Jan 21 1854 543 · Pharisees and Sinners · Anon. (by E. Lynn) · ss Household Words Jan 21 1854 548 · The Merchant of Bagdad · Anon. (by John Hawkesworth) · vi (r)

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v8, #47, April 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 624 · A True Story of an Actress · Anon. · ss 627 · Frozen and Thawed · Anon. (by Henry Morley) · ss Household Words Feb 4 1854; translated from Karl August Wildenhahn. 637 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 5 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22); illustrated by Richardson-Cox (after:Doyle, Richard #3) 654 · Blanchette—A Fairy Tale · Anon. (by Charles Browne) · ss Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Jan 7 1854 664 · Why My Uncle Was a Bachelor · Anon. (by Miss Louisa King) · ss Household Words Feb 11 1854 682 · The Ghost of a Love Story · Anon. (by Louisa Stuart Costello) · ss Household Words Feb 11 1854; from a Breton Legend. 705 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _706 · Death · H. L. C. · pm _709 · untitled (“I am old and blind...”) · Elizabeth Lloyd · pm The Friend’s Review Jan 1848, as “Milton’s Prayer of Patience”; versification of an essay by Milton. _713 · untitled (“I came, but they had passed away...”) · Anon. · pm Household Words, as “The Return from India”

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v8, #48, May 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 767 · The Blind Man’s Wreath · Anon. (by A. L. V. Gretton) · ss Household Words Mar 4 1854 773 · The Governor’s Lady · G. P. R. James, Esq. · ss 780 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 6 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22); illustrated by Richardson-Cox (after:Doyle, Richard #3) 806 · Founded on Fact · Anon. (by Edmund Saul Dixon) · ss Household Words Feb 18 1854 817 · The Dupe and the Duper · Anon. (by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray) · ss Household Words Mar 18 1854, as “The Roving Englishman. Captain Jorgey” 824 · The Infant Heir [Philip Phillips] · Anon. (by William C. Prime) · ss 850 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _850 · Holy Angels Are Around Me · E. J. G. · pm _854 · untitled (“Voyager upon life’s sea...”) · Anon. (by Sarah T. Bolton) · pm (r), as “Paddle Your Own Canoe”

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v9, #49, June 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 57 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 7 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22); illustrated by Richardson-Cox (after:Doyle, Richard #3) 78 · Belladonna · Anon. (by Fitz-James O’Brien) · ss 83 · The Flight of Youth · Anon. (by Richard Monckton Milnes) · pm 1833 84 · Love and Self-Love · Anon. (by Bayle St. John) · ss Household Words Apr 8 1854 91 · Confession; or, The Law of Acoustics · Anon. · ss Tait’s Magazine Apr 1854 95 · Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs · Anon. (by Herman Melville) · ss 129 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _130 · A Wife’s Petition to Her Husband Not to Dye His Hair · Mary · pm

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v9, #50, July 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 196 · The Happy Failure. A Story of the River Hudson · Anon. (by Herman Melville) · ss 201 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 8 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22); illustrated by Richardson-Cox (after:Doyle, Richard #3) 229 · Storm and Rest · Anon. · ss Eliza Cook’s Journal Apr 29 1854 232 · The Green Ring and the Gold Ring · Anon. (by Mrs. Bell) · ss Household Words May 6 1854; author’s full name unknown. 238 · The Durand Property · Anon. (by William C. Prime) · ss 246 · A Night among the Clouds · Anon. · ss (r); translated from the French. 267 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _271 · untitled (“I wish it to be understood...”) · Anon. · pm _273 · untitled (“"Spring thoughts!” What are mine?...") · Anon. · pm

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine [v9, #51, August 1854] (Harper & Brothers, 25¢, 144pp+, standard) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 348 · The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Repectable Family [Part 9 of 23] · W. M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans Oct 1853 (+22); illustrated by Richardson-Cox (after:Doyle, Richard #3) 368 · Basque Blood · Anon. (by Tyas) · ss Household Words Jun 3 1854; author’s full name unknown. 371 · The Reprieve; or, The Wild Justice of Revenge [Constabulary Officer] · Anon. · ss Dublin University Magazine Jun 1854, as by A Constabulary Officer 381 · The Thirteenth Juror · Anon. · ss Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Jun 10 1854 385 · The Drunkard’s Bible · Mrs. S. C. Hall · ss Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Jun 17 1854 394 · The Little Flower · Anon. (by Bayle St. John) · ss Household Words Jun 10 1854 415 · Editor’s Drawer · [The Editor] · cl _418 · untitled (“Baby crowing on your knee...”) · Anon. · pm (r), as “Would You?” by Alfred Ward; also credited to Albertus B. Foote in Poets and Poetry of Vermont, 1858. _422 · Courtship and Matrimony. A Poem in Two Cantos · Anon. · pm Punch v9 _424 · The Long Ago · Anon. (by Benjamin Franklin Taylor) · pm (r)