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THE

CONTINENTAL

MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

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NOVEMBER, 1863.

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NEW YORK:

~JOHN F. TROW, 50 GREENE STREET~

(FOR THE PROPRIETORS).

HENRY DEXTER AND SINCLAIR TOUSEY.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: FRANCK TAYLOR.

CONTENTS.--No. XXIII.

The Defence and Evacuation of Winchester. By Hon. F.P.
Stanton, 481

The Two Southern Mothers. By Isabella MacFarlane, 490

Diary of Frances Krasinska, 491

November. By E.W.C., 500

The Assizes of Jerusalem. By Prof. Andrew Ten Brook, 501

Letters to Professor S.F.B. Morse. By Rev. Dr. Henry, 514

Buckle, Draper, and the Law of Human Development. By
Edward B. Freeland, 529

Treasure Trove, 545

Matter and Spirit. By Lieut. E. Phelps. With Reply of Hon.
F.P. Stanton, 546

Extraterritoriality in China. By Dr. Macgowan, 556

Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha W. Cook, 567

The Lions of Scotland. By W. Francis Williams, 584

We Two. By Clarence Butler, 591

Patriotism and Provincialism. By H. Clay Preuss, 592

Literary Notices, 594

Editor's Table, 598

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the coming fall and winter, on 'The Southern Whites: Their Social and
Political Characteristics.' He can be addressed 'care of Continental
Monthly, New York.'

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