The present volume is less than any of its predecessors a republication. _Only one of its articles has ever appeared before in book form._ As a book, it is, then, essentially new, though some of its reviews and essays have appeared in the columns of the Tribune and Dial. A large portion of it has never appeared at all in print, especially its poetical portions. The work of collecting these essays, reviews, and poems has been a difficult one, much more than attended the preparation of the previous volumes. Unable, of course, to consult their author as to any of them, the revision I have given is doubtless very imperfect, and requires large allowance. It is even possible that among the poems one or more written by friends and sent her, or copied from some other author, may have crept in unawares; but this all possible pains have been taken to prevent. Such as it is, the volume is now before the public; it truly reveals her inner and outer life, and is doubtless the last of the volumes containing the writings of MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI. CONTENTS. PART I.--REVIEWS. Page. MENZEL'S VIEW OF GOETHE 13 GOETHE 23 THOMAS HOOD 61 LETTERS FROM A LANDSCAPE PAINTER 69 BEETHOVEN 71 BROWN'S NOVELS 83 EDGAR A. POE 87 ALFIERI AND CELLINI 93 ITALY.--CARY'S DANTE 102 AMERICAN FACTS 108 NAPOLEON AND HIS MARSHALS 110 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 116 FREDERICK DOUGLASS 121 PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE 127 UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION 141 STORY BOOKS FOR THE HOT WEATHER 143 SHELLEY'S POEMS 149 FESTUS 153 FRENCH NOVELISTS OF THE DAY 158 THE NEW SCIENCE, OR THE PHILOSOPHY OF MESMERISM OR ANIMAL MAGNETISM 168 DEUTSCHE SCHNELLPOST 174 OLIVER CROMWELL 179 EMERSON'S ESSAYS 191 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 199 PART II.--MISCELLANEOUS.