This is the May1853 issue of HARPER’S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.  This issue was once bound, as was common for library copies.  This issue is in very good condition, except for some foxing, but the text is still very clean and readable.  This publication competed with Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, and The Century Magazine during the later part of the 1800’s, all of which were illustrated magazines.  This issue contains stories of Art, History, Literature, Science, Travel, and contains 144 pages.

ATRICLES:

THE LANDSCAPE OF THE SOUTH – by T. Addison Richards – illustrated (See picture “Cascade of Toccoa, Georgia”)

A KENTUCKIAN IN THE EAST – by Mr. Ross Browne – illustrated

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON IN COUNCIL – by John S. Abbott – illustrated (See picture “St. Cloud”)

THE DISAGREEABLES! (INSECTS) – illustrated

A SEARCH ON THE BATTLE FIELD

WARMING A VIPOR

SIX AND A-HALF-DOZEN

FISHER’S GHOST

AND THEN!

HOW EIDER DOWN IS GATHERED

A LONDON CURATE’S STORY

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT SHELLFISH

THE FAMILY FEUD, A FRENCH STORY

STORY OF THE BURNING SHIP

INHABITANTS OF A DROP OF WATER – illustrated

THE INN BY THE SEA-SHORE, AN ALLEGORY – by Anna Harriet Drury

A NIGHT AMONG THE WOLVES

BLEAK HOUSE – by Charles Dickens – illustrated

CHAMOIS HUNTING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF BAVARIA

“PATIENCE IS GENIUS!”

THE FRENCH SPY SYSTEM

THE LODGINGS THAT WOULDN’T SUIT

MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS

EDITOR’S TABLE

EDITOR’S EASY CHAIR

EDITOR’S DRAWER

LITORARY NOTICES

COMICALITIES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED – illustrated

            BEWARE OF THE BULL - OH! GOOD GRACIOUS!

            OBJECTIONABLE CHILD

            SPORTSMAN

            DANCING

FASHIONS FOR MAY – illustrated (See picture)

            WALKING DRESS

            YOUNG LADY’S COSTUME

            HOME DRESS

            MORNING DRESS