Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. * * * * * THE Knickerbocker, OR [Illustration: writer sitting] NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME XXII. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY JOHN ALLEN, NASSAU-STREET. 1843. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three. BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. INDEX. A. An Epitaph. By JAMES ALDRICH, Esq., 44 A Contrasted Picture, 60 A Night on Lake Erie, By PETER VON GEIST, 241 A New Version of an Old Fable, 244 An Old Man's Reminiscence, 298 A Dream of Childhood. By Mrs. J. WEBB, 342 Anecdote of a Bottle of Wine. By JOHN WATERS, 343 Anacreontic. From the Irish, 360 An Evening Hymn. By Miss H. J. WOODMAN, 402 An Aspiration: 'This, to Thee, LUCY,' 466 Abbottsford Edition of the Waverley Novels, 479 A Lover's Recollections, 575 B. Byzantium. By the 'American Opium-Eater,' 516 C. Ca et La. By the FLANEUR, 45, 143, 261 Commentary on Proverbs. By 'POLYGON,' 119 Classical Studies: Ancient Literature, etc., 174 Change for the American Notes, 267 Chronicles of the Past. By an American Antiquary, 291, 428 D. Donna Florida. By W. G. SIMMS, Esq., 265 Death, or Medorus' Dream. By ROBERT TYLER, Esq., 375 E. EDITOR'S TABLE, 69, 176, 270, 378, 480, 587 Early Writings of the late R. C. SANDS, 69, 176 Epigram from the Greek of PLATO, 259 Exercises at the Albany Female Academy, 377 Elements of a Religious Character. By Rev. GEORGE E. ELLIS, 440 F. Forget-Me-Not. By F. G. HALLECK, Esq., 48 Forest Walks in the West, 222 Fiorello's Fiddle-Stick, or the Musical Amateur, 329 G. Gossip from an American Lady in Paris, 76 GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS, 81, 182, 280, 384, 492, 592 Greek Epitaphs and Inscriptions, By H. C. LEA, Esq., 97 Great-Britain and America. Thoughts at Niagara, 194 Green Spots in the City. By Mrs. M. E. HEWITT, 341 Gleanings from the German. By WILLIAM PITT PALMER, Esq., 347 GEORGE WASHINGTON, the Father of his Country, 445 Grave Thoughts on Punch. By JOHN WATERS, 467 H. Harp of the Vale: a Collection of Poems, 268 Hope. From the German, 297 Her Name. From the French of VICTOR HUGO, 469 Heart Compensations, 567 I. Impromptu on receiving a Rose-bud from a Lady, 142 International Copy-right. By 'HARRY FRANCO,' 360 Imaginary Conversations. By PETER VON GEIST, 530 J. JEFFREY and GIFFORD _vs._ SHAKSPEARE and MILTON, 270 L. Lines to Pleasure. From the German, 5 LITERARY NOTICES, 66, 168, 265, 580 Lays of my Home, and other Poems. By J. G. WHITTIER, 68 Lines to New-England. By E. B. GREENE, Esq., 107 Lines to a Canary-Bird. By JOHN WATERS, 158