Note: The Table of Contents and the list of illustrations were added by the transcriber. Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14327-h.htm or 14327-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/3/2/14327/14327-h/14327-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/3/2/14327/14327-h.zip) LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE January, 1873 Volume XI, No. 22 CONTENTS. IRON BRIDGES, AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION by EDWARD ROWLAND. SEARCHING FOR THE QUININE-PLANT IN PERU. PROBATIONER LEONHARD; OR, THREE NIGHTS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY by CAROLINE CHESEBRO'. CHAPTER I. OUR HERO. CHAPTER II. IN THE HAPPY VALLEY. CHAPTER III. HIGH ART. THE IRISH CAPITAL by REGINALD WYNFORD. THE MAESTRO'S CONFESSION (ANDREA DAL CASTAGNO--1460.) by MARGARET J. PRESTON. MONSIEUR FOURNIER'S EXPERIMENT by CORNELIUS DEWEES. A VISIT TO THE KING OF AURORA (FROM THE GERMAN OF THEODORE KIRSCHOFF.) by ELIZABETH SILL. GRAY EYES by ELLA WILLIAMS THOMPSON. REMINISCENCES OF FLORENCE by MARIE HOWLAND. THE SOUTHERN PLANTER by WILL WALLACE HARNEY. BABES IN THE WOOD by EDGAR FAWCETT. MY CHARGE ON THE LIFE-GUARDS by CHARLES L. NORTON. PAINTING AND A PAINTER. OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP. WILHELMINE VON HILLERN. HIS NAME? by M. J. P. UNPUBLISHED LETTER FROM LORD NELSON TO LADY HAMILTON. "WHITE-HAT" DAY by K. H. MR. SOTHERN AS GARRICK by M. M. NOTES. LITERATURE OF THE DAY. Forster, John--The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. II Gautier, Théophile--Émaux et Camées Alcott, A. Bronson--Concord Days Hanum, Melek--Thirty Years in the Harem Gale, Ethel C.--Hints on Dress Sketch Map of the Nile Sources and Lake Region of Central Africa, showing Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries and Mr. Stanley's Route Books Received ILLUSTRATIONS WILHELMINE VON HILLERN, Author of "Only a Girl," "By His Own Might," etc. [See Our Monthly Gossip.] "ASSEMBLING" BRIDGE UNDER SHED. THE LYMAN VIADUCT. BLAST-FURNACES. DUMPING ORE AND COAL INTO BLAST-FURNACES. ELEVATOR. THE ENGINE-ROOM. RUNNING METAL INTO PIGS. CARRYING THE IRON BALLS. ROTARY SQUEEZER. BOILING-FURNACE. THE ROLLS. COLD SAW. HOT SAW. RIVETING A COLUMN. FURNACE AND HYDRAULIC DIE. VIEW OF MACHINE-SHOP NEW RIVER BRIDGE ON ITS STAGING. BRIDGE AT ALBANY. LA SALLE BRIDGE. BRIDGE AT AUGUSTA, MAINE. SACO BRIDGE. PHOENIX WORKS. "THE FIRST FORD OF THE CCONI WAS PASSED JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN." "GENTLEMEN, I AM JUAN THE NEPHEW OF ARAGON." "THE STRAW SHEDS AND GRASSY PLAZA OF CHILE-CHILE." "CHAUPICHACA WAS MARKED WITH A SQUARE TERMINAL PILLAR." "THE MAMABAMBA WAS CROSSED BY AN EXTEMPORIZED BRIDGE." "THE EXAMINADOR AND THE COLONEL HOPPED VALIANTLY OVER THE MENDOZA". "THE REPUTED GOLD-BEARING RIVER OR OUITUBAMBA ROLLED FROM ITS TUNNEL." [Illustration: WILHELMINE VON HILLERN, Author of "Only a Girl," "By His Own Might," etc. (See Our Monthly Gossip.)]