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y? Polished Weekly, with Semi-Monthly Supplements, at $3 per annum. “ - Ak SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE, 51 3atmul tis nuil (Burnt. if NEW SERIES—VOL. 11. NO. 25 WHOLE NUMBER, CCXXXIX. SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 25, 1852. TABLE OF CONTEXTS. Pace Isoline de Valinont. ....... 289 The Biscuit, - - . ■ - - - 291 Wm. C. Bryant’s Character, 292 Story of a Humourist, ....... ib. The Nature of the Soul, ------ 293 Shooting Hens, - . - - - - - ib. “Yke Back the Bing ; Musical Correspondence ; Booth, the iragedinn, ------- 294 Sonnet; William Makepeace Thackeray, - * - 293 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Chasing a Word, ib. From an Unfinished Drama, 296 A DISH OF GOSSIP. In Memoriain ; Professor Anderson ; Epigrams; Mistress of Hearts ; Sharp ;An Epitaph ; Inspiration of Smoke ; ib. ; CHARLESTON, S. C.t WALKEII, RICHARDS AND CO., PUBLISHERS, ALSO, OF THE “SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW,” AND “THE SCHOOLFELLOW.” No. 101 EAST-BAY. — XT steam Power Press of Walker & James, Nos. 101, 103 and 105 East-Bay, Charleston, S. C. j'jp Page OUR BOOK TABLE. Mrs. Hale’s Woman’s Record ; Lanman’s Private Life of Daniel Webster; Arthur’s Successful Merchant ; Barry Cornwi ill’s Essays and Tales in Prose ; Norton’s Literary Register; Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library, - - 29? ’ * oun CONTEMPORARIES. Last Words by the Ex-Editor; The Southern Literary ib. Messenger, 298 Editorial Brevities, ... - - - ib. Pierre, or the Ambiguities, ib. • Time ; Facts for the next edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin ; The Mystery of the Sphinx ; Napoleon’s Heart, - 299 Scene in a Music Store, 300 Stale Pun, jb. Random Readings, - - ib