This is the January 8, 1859 issue of HARPER’S WEEKLY newspaper.  Harper’s was one of the most successful newspapers of the time.  Other publishers in the late 1800’s included Frank Leslie, in New York, and Gleason’s and Ballou’s Pictorial, and Every Saturday in Boston.  All of these publications were highly illustrated with wood engravings.  This issue is in very good condition.  The pages are flat, and very bright and clean.  This issue gives good insight into life in the 1800’s, with articles on politics, literature, and art.  Additional pictures are available upon request.  Please include your e-mail address.

ARTICLES:

THE STATUE OF SENATOR DOUGLAS – An engraving is presented of Senator Douglas, which is being sculptured by Leonard Volk for the city of Chicago.

JOHN BRIGHT. ESQ - Mr. Bright at the present time is engaged in a fierce contest with many of the British aristocracy on the disputed question whether democracy in the United States is a failure or not.  He is a cotton-spinner by trade, the head of the firm of John Bright & Brothers, of Rochadale.  An engraved portrait of Mr. Bright is presented.

MEXICO - This a simple and interesting account of the fate and fortunes of the Mexican Republic, as it is called, during the years 1856 and 1857, from the retirement of Alvarez to the fall of Comonfort.  This book gives a better picture of Mexico than any thing that was recently been published, at the time.

THE QUARANTINE QUESTION - Residents in the neighboring States may not by aware of the importance, which attached to the Quarantine question in the city of New York, which has just been settled by Governor King.  Thousands of merchants and others have chosen to migrate to these Islands, in order to escape the crowded city, without realizing the dangers of being in close proximity to the quarantine hospitals.

THE DUELLO - There is a law in the State of New York, which declares that not only he who fights a duel, but he who sends or accepts a challenge, or is accessory to the sending or accepting of a challenge, is guilty of crime penally punishable by fine and imprisonment.

PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS CENTRAL AMERICAN BONE, LIKEWISE OF THE LION, AND THE EAGLE, AND THE COCK, AND THE FILIBUSTER WHO QUARREDED ABOUT THE BONE – A full-page of nine engravings with subtitles that tell the story.

GENERAL JACKSON’S DUEL WITH DICKINSON - Those born and reared in the immediate vicinity of spots renowned for remarkable events, for the residence of the great, or an account of the wonderful works of Art or Nature which may be there located, seldom duly appreciate, and sometimes even fail to apprehend, the claims which such persons or places may hold on the well-merited homage on mankind. A landscape engraving of “The Dueling Ground” is presented.

THE LATE CAPTAIN LUDLOW - We lay before the reader an excellent portrait of the late Captain Ludlow, of the Ariel, and two engravings of the terrible scene in which he met his death.  One of these is a full-page engraving of “The Steamship Ariel in the Trough of the Sea.” The article describes the events which took place.

A DEAD MAN’S REVENGE - HOW IT WORKED AND HOW IT ENDED – A fictional story

THE NEW DANSEUSE, - EMMA LIVRY - She is a French girl, about sixteen years of age, the new danseuse, whose fame is tilling the European ear.  An engraving of Miss Livry dancing is presented.

THE LATE SOLAR ECLIPSE, AS SEEN NEAR RIO JANEIRO - The solar eclipse which took place on 7th, September last was not generally visible here, owing to unfavorable weather, but a very fine view of it was obtained in other parts of this continent.  An engraving of the Eclipse as seen in Brazil is presented.

WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT? – A fictional story by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton

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