The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-24 00:00:00

CONTENTS

Address to the Readers of Beatley's Miscellany. By Albert Smith.
Aspen Court ; and who Lost and Won it : a story of our own Time.
By the Author of " Miss Violet and her Offers." With an Illus-
tration by Leech.
Random Recollections of Campaigns under the Duke of Wellington.
Who's your Friend ?
Vestigia Retrorsum. By George H. Boker.
Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace. By LOUISA Stuart Costello. With

a FOrtralt.
The Funeral of the Duke of Wellington.
A Day in Genoa.
BROWN: a TRAVELLING PORTRAIT. By ALBERT SMITH.
Society and Literature for 1853.
The Saddle-bags; or the Bridle Roads of Spain. By G. Bayley.
The Sculptor of the Black Forest.
"Those Dear Blacks ;" or, the Uncle-Tom Mania.
Law Students and Law Dinners. By W. S. Austin.
Tha Ghost of the Black Friar: a Legend of .Amsterdam. By the
Author of " The Cape and the Kalb's."
Devonshire House, Bishopgate : a Sketch. By Marie Watts.
The Imperial Four—CMsar, Alexander, Charlemagne, and Napo),
By Professor Creasy, Author of " The Fifteen "Decisive Batt'
the World," &c.

&c., &c.
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Music (by Barnett, Meyerbeer, Henry Russell, Angelina, &c.);
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Trifles adapted for Old and Young, making in all
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