Harper’s Weekly – May 21, 1859

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 21, 1859

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Departure of Italian Volunteers from Leghorn – 2, 3
Our Special Paris Correspondence – 2, 4
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
Bishop Doane – 8-9
A Jingling Pick at Pike’s Peak – 9
The New York Law Institute – 9
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, Ch V – 10-13
Cupid at Sea – 13
The Crisis in Italy – 14-19
The Doll that Lost Her Squeak – 20
Through the Strait Gate – 20-22
A Perilous Hour – 22-23
Correspondence – 23
Trumps, by George William Curtis, Ch. XX-XXII – 24-27
The Weekly Farmer – 27-28
Our New Home – 29
Scene in a Public Refreshment Room – 29

[grey_whiskers]

I wish I had time to read this.
Thank you.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Well, if the readers of Harpers's Weekly want illustrations of war like the one in Europe, they are soon going to get their wish in spades, a whole lot closer to home...

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Well, if the readers of Harpers's Weekly want illustrations of war like the one in Europe, they are soon going to get their wish in spades, a whole lot closer to home...

Speaking of illustrations, for some time now Harper's has been purchasing pictures from New York portrait photographer Mathew Brady (self-portrait below) and publishing them as wood cuts. The most recent was on April 30 (also shown below). If Brady can figure out how to make his studio mobile he could provide illustrations of the great outdoors.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I wish I had time to read this.
Thank you.

My pleasure.

The posts aren't going anywhere. Maybe you can catch up during the week. We have a relatively slow period for a few months where there won't be a lot of midweek postings to keep up with so we can concentrate on the Harper's.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from May 18 (reply #11.) ]

May 22, SUNDAY. At the French Theatre Thursday night with Ellie, William Schermerhorn and wife, Mrs. Gregory Peters, and Murray Hoffman. Highly satisfactory. They tell me it’s second- or third-rate French acting, but it is far above our standard, in good taste, simplicity, attention to detail, and naturalness or reality. Met with the Law School Committee of Columbia College and agreed to invite as lectures Bidwell, Lord, Evarts, Sedgwick, Noyes, and Bradford. Mr. Ruggles knocked up with quite serious rheumatism in right shoulder.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from May 22 (reply #7.)

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from May 24 (reply #8.)

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

William Smith O’Brien Wikipedia page

Thomas Meagher Wikipedia page

[Tax-chick]

Oh, snap! I wonder if George has a tooth-ache!

Thomas Meagher’s (you say it “Marr”) biography is a real, rip-snorting page-turner. Among other things, he escaped from internment in Australia.

[Tax-chick]

I’m super confused. What the heck war are they even having in Europe now?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I looked it up. I believe the preferred name is Second Italian War of Independence. There were two alternate names but I forget what they are. I’m just amazed that King Victor Emanuel II of Sardinia is a player. I didn’t know Sardinia was a major independent European power.

[Tax-chick]

I think the crown of Sardinia is a relic of Napoleon’s time. I’ve looked for years for a good history of Sardinia, but there doesn’t seem to be one.