Produced by David Kline, Henry Gardiner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net * * * * * Transcriber's Note: The original publication has been replicated faithfully except as listed near the end of this ebook. Italic characters are indicated _like this_. Superscripts are indicated like this: y^e. * * * * * HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. NO. XV.--AUGUST, 1851.--VOL. III. TABLE OF CONTENTS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 289 THE SOMNAMBULE. 304 THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THO^S. MORE. 310 REMINISCENCES OF AN ATTORNEY. 314 VILLAGE LIFE IN GERMANY. 320 A PEEP AT THE "PERAHARRA." 322 A TOBACCO FACTORY IN SPAIN. 326 INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS. 327 RACE HORSES AND HORSE RACES. 329 HARTLEY COLERIDGE. 334 THE ORIENTAL SALOONS IN MADRID. 335 PHANTOMS AND REALITIES.--AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 337 THE FEET-WASHING ON GOOD FRIDAY IN MUNICH. 349 A PEDESTRIAN IN HOLLAND. 351 THE LAST PRIESTESS OF PELE. 354 A SPANISH BULL FIGHT. 359 MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. 360 FRENCH COTTAGE COOKERY. 369 STUDENT LIFE IN PARIS. 373 A FAQUIR'S CURSE. 375 LOVE AND SMUGGLING.--A STORY OF THE ENGLISH COAST. 378 AMERICAN NOTABILITIES. 384 THE HUNTER'S WIFE. 388 THE WARNINGS OF THE PAST. 391 THE PIE SHOPS OF LONDON. 392 MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. 394 Monthly Record of Current Events. 411 Literary Notices. 419 Editor's Drawer. 420 WOMAN'S EMANCIPATION. 424 Three Leaves from Punch. 425 FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. 431 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT