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Published Weekly, with Semi-Monthly Supplements, at $3 per annum. SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE; 51 Journal nf €|nuigl)t uni Cnpnt. NEW SERIES—VOL. I. NO. 2 WHOLE NUMBER, CLXXXIX. SATURDAY MOBBING, JANUARY 10, 1852. \ PflffC The Prodigal’s Return—A New Year’s Story—by Mrs. Alice 1 B. Neal, j A Christmas Carol, 15 The American Ophir, (A Review,) ib. Rain in the Garret, by Ik Marvel, 16 The Dying Author and the Liviug Book, - - - 17 The Evening Bell, ib. Ihe W onderlul Whalers, (Illustrated,) - - - - 18 I Dream-Love, A Poem, by D. H. Jacques, - - - ib. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Editorial Topics, Consistency in Dress, - - - - 19 A DISH OF GOSSIP. Ballooning. The Spirit of Punch, A Proper Echo, Kossuth’s Pocket-Piece, Seven Million Types, Waiting for the Go vernor, Richmond and Kossuth, Adam’s Premises, Jenny Lind’s Departure, Kossuth and the Hungry ’uns, The Ame ncan Art Union and Abolition, Our First Supplement, Ap probation, Lola Montes, - - - 20 CHARLESTON, S. C.= WALKER, RICHARDS AND CO., PUBLISHERS, ALSO, OF THE “SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW,” AND “THE SCHOOLFELLOW.” No. 101 EAST-BAY. Steam Power Press of Walker & James, Nos. 101, 103 and 105 East-Bay, Charleston, S C, TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page OUR BOOK TABLE. Adrian, or the Clouds of the Mind, by Messrs. James and Fields; Mr. Squier’s New Work on Nicaragua ; A Lady’s Voyage Round the World; The Novelties of the New World, by Rev. Mr. Banvard ; Hawthorne’s Wonder Book for Girls and Boys; Recollections of my Childhood, by Grace Greenwood ; Aims and Obstacles, by G.P.R. James, 21 OUR CONTEMPORARIES. South-Carolina Temperance Advocate, Herald of the Union, Norton’s Literary Advertiser, Appleton’s Mechanic’s Ma gazine, Brown’s Literary Archives, - - - - 22 Editorial Brevities, - - - - - - - ib. Events in the Old World, ib. Events in the New World, 23 Pickings from Punch. —Court Grammar, Crying Babies, Pa noramas All Hot, ------- ib, Heaven, by Mrs. Southey, ------ ib. Pointed Paragraphs. —The Spell of Kossuth, Penmanship, Lola Montes, - - - - - - - -24 Mrs. Partington on Ghosts, - ib Random Readings, i.