Harper’s New Monthly Magazine No. XXII.—March, 1852.—Vol. IV. CONTENTS Rodolphus.—A Franconia Story. By Jacob Abbott. Recollections Of St. Petersburg. A Love Affair At Cranford. Anecdotes Of Monkeys. The Mountain Torrent. A Masked Ball At Vienna. The Ornithologist. A Child’s Toy. “Rising Generation”-Ism. A Taste Of Austrian Jails. Who Knew Best? My First Place. The Point Of Honor. Christmas In Germany. The Miracle Of Life. Personal Sketches And Reminiscences. By Mary Russell Mitford. Recollections Of Childhood. Married Poets.—Elizabeth Barrett Browning—Robert Browning. Incidents Of A Visit At The House Of William Cobbett. A Reminiscence Of The French Emigration. The Dream Of The Weary Heart. New Discoveries In Ghosts. Keep Him Out! Story Of Rembrandt. The Viper. Esther Hammond’s Wedding-Day. My Novel; Or, Varieties In English Life. A Brace Of Blunders By A Roving Englishman. Public Executions In England. What To Do In The Mean Time? The Lost Ages. Blighted Flowers. Monthly Record of Current Events. United States. Mexico. Great Britain. France. Austria And Hungary. Editor’s Table. Editor’s Easy Chair Editor’s Drawer. Literary Notices. A Leaf from Punch. Fashions for March. Footnotes RODOLPHUS.—A FRANCONIA STORY.(1) BY JACOB ABBOTT. SCENE OF THE STORY. Franconia, a village among the mountains at the North. PRINCIPAL PERSONS. RODOLPHUS. ELLEN LINN: his sister, residing with her aunt up the glen. ANNIE LINN, a younger sister. ANTOINE BIANCHINETTE, a French boy, at service at Mrs. Henry’s, a short distance from the village. He is called generally by grown people Antonio, and by the children Beechnut. MALLEVILLE, Mrs. Henry’s niece. ALPHONZO, called commonly Phonny, her son. MR. KEEP, a lawyer. Chapter I. The manner in which indulgence and caprice on the part of the parent, lead to the demoralization and ruin of the child, is illustrated by the history of Rodolphus. I. Bad Training. Rodolphus, whatever may have been his faults, was certainly a very ingenious boy. When he was very young he made a dove-house in the end of his father’s shed, all complete, with openings for the doves to go in and out in front, and a door for himself behind. He made a ladder, also, by which he could mount up to the door. He did all this with boards, which he obtained from an old fence, for material, and an ax, and a wood saw, for his only tools. His father, when he came to see the dove-house, was much pleased with the ingenuity which Rodolphus had displayed in the construction of it—though he found fault with him for taking away the boards from the fence without permission. This, however, gave Rodolphus very little concern. [Illustration.] The Rabbit House.