Among the Pines, 35 The Lesson of War, 46 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 49 Sphinx and OEdipus, 63 The Actress-Wife, 64 Song of Freedom, 76 Across the Continent, 78 What to do with the Darkies, 84 The Slave Trade in New York, 86 Literary Notices, 91 The Rejected Stone; The Works of Francis Bacon; The Old Log Schoolhouse; Songs in Many Keys. Books Received, 94 Editor's Table, 95 THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL Will be issued about the 15th of January, and will contain contributions from the following among other eminent writers: HON. HORACE GREELEY, HENRY T. TUCKERMAN, REV. F. W. SHELTON, RICHARD B. KIMBALL, BAYARD TAYLOR, J. WARREN NEWCOMB, JR., HENRY P. LELAND, THE AUTHOR OF "THE COTTON STATES," CHARLES G. LELAND, and CHARLES F. BROWNE. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1801, by JAMES R. GILMORE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 3 Cornhill, Boston. * * * * * THE SITUATION. In the month of November, 1860, culminated the plot against our National existence. The conspiracy originated in South Carolina, and had a growth, more or less checked by circumstances, of over thirty years.