Godey's Lady's Book, May, 1831

Table of Contents

• PHILADELPHIA. FROM KENSINGTON. 1
• Published for the LADY'S BOOK for May,… 1
• LONDON FASHIONS FOR APRIL. FromLa Belle… 1
• From the Ladies' Magazine. 2
• EXECUTION OF A FEMALE IN PERSIA. 2
• (BY AN EYE WITNESS.) 3
• ST. PAUL'S PERSON. 3
• THE BACHELOR'S FAREWELL. 3
• THE NIGHT - MARE. 5
• ON LETTERS. 6
• PRACTICAL SCIENCE. 8
• THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 8
• TRANSPARENT WATCH. 8
• THE COUNTESS DE GENLIS. 9
• THE TUNNEL OF SEMIRAMIS. 10
• SCENIC REPRESENTATIONS 11
• EMBROIDERY FOR HEAD DRESSES. CROWN… 11
• * * * * * * * * 12
• COMPLIMENTS TO THE LADIES. 16
• FICTITIOUS NARRATIVE. 16
• LOVE. 16
• THE MIND, AND ITS IMMORTALITY. 17
• DREAMS. 18
• NOBLE MAIDS OF THE WELCH MOUNTAINS. 19
• MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN. 20
• From Mrs. Hale's Magazine. PHYSICAL… 20
• NEWTON succeeded in determining the… 24
• From the Iris. THE CURSE OF PROPERTY.… 24
• A COQUET. 35
• APPIE M'GIE. DY JAMES HOGG, THE ETTRICK… 36
• HANGING OF WINDOW BLINDS. 37
• THE OCEAN. 38
• THE HISTORY OF INSECTS. 38
• ----- "Ascending in the scale of beings,… 39
• LADIES OF BUENOS AYRES. 40
• MARVEILLE DE PAGNANI. 40
• PICTURE OF MANNERS IN GREECE. 40
• FREEDOM. 42
• BEAUTY VANISHED. A CREATURE beautiful… 43
• ON A HUMAN HEART. AND was this loathsome… 43
• PORTRAIT OF AN ITALIAN. YET was there… 50
• Though now, perhaps, with proud disdain,… 51
• THE WANDERER'S RETURN. THE friends… 56
• THE LAST SONG OF SAPPHO. BY MRS. HEMANS.… 57
• SONG. BY W. ROSCOE, ESQ. ONCE the Queen… 57
• TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE TO EAT. 57
• POUND CAKE. 59
• PROFESSOR HEYNE. 60
• From the Pearl. THE MOTHER---A SKETCH.… 60
• THOUGHTS. BY THE PRINCESS DE SALM. 63
• From the New York American. AN ESSAY… 64
• FRIENDSHIP. 66
• JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER. From the Hebrew… 67
• THE GATHERER. "A snapper up of unconsidered… 68
• RECIPES. TO CLEAN SILK STOCKINGS. 70
• FLIES UPON PICTURES. 70
• EAU DE COLOGNE. 70
• GERMAN PERFUME. 70
• For the Lady's Book. THE AMERICAN PLAG.… 70
• descent, Still travels to the distant… 71
• Page Images 72