Periodicals

The bohemians of antebellum New York published regularly in the daily newspapers, literary weeklies, and monthly magazines that proliferated throughout the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War. Writers and artists at the beginnings of their careers published in periodicals as a way to build their reputations and attract the attention of book publishers. A number of the periodicals that began during this period, such as The New York Tribune and Harper's Monthly, became very successful and continued to be published well into the twentieth century. Many other periodicals, however, lasted only for a few years. Two such periodicals, The New York Saturday Press and Vanity Fair, began around the tables at Pfaff's bar. The Saturday Press ran from October 1858 until December 1860, and was briefly revived in August 1865 only to cease publication again in June 1866. Similarly, Vanity Fair began publishing in December 1859 and ended its run in July 1863. During that brief window, however, the two periodicals were a showcase for a variety of irreverent, playful, and socially savvy literary and artistic productions. Vanity Fair regularly featured illustrations and was primarily a humor magazine with a strong political bent; the Saturday Press was text-only and focused on literary and theatrical arts, as well as commentary on current events. When the Pfaff's bohemians no longer had Vanity Fair and the Saturday Press available to them as publication venues, many of them began contributing to The New York Leader, a weekly that ran from 1856 to 1871.

The Vault at Pfaff's provides scanned page images of the Saturday Press, Vanity Fair, and the Leader in an Islandora viewer. Poems, illustrations, and articles from the Saturday Press and Vanity Fair have been indexed, with metadata and abstracts searchable on the site. Selections from the Leader will be indexed at a later date. In addition, many pieces by and about the Pfaff's bohemians that appeared in periodicals such as Harper's, Putnam's, The Knickerbocker, and Frank Leslie's Paper have been indexed for searching and, where available, links have been provided to external websites that house scanned page images or transcriptions.

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"The New York Leader." (n.d).
English, Thomas Dunn. "Momma Phoebe." Scribner's Monthly. New York: Scribner & Son. (n.d).
Du Solle, John S.. "The Minister's Daughter. A Sketch." Pennsylvania Inquirer and Daily Courier. Philadelphia, PA. (1838-4-14).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Milton." The North American Review. Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa. (1838-7-1).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Mr. Emerson's Address." The Boston Quarterly Review. Boston. (1838-10-1).
Felton, C. C.. "Essays." Christian Examiner. New York. (1841-5-1).
"Emerson's Essays." The Boston Quarterly Review. Boston. (1841-7-1).
Brisbane, Albert. "Letter from Mr. Brisbane in Reply to the Editor's Remarks on Mr. Fourier's system." The Boston Quarterly Review. Boston. (1841-10-1).
Alexander, J. W.. "Essays: by R. W. Emerson." The Princeton Review. New York: G. & C. Carvill. (1841-10-1).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Lectures on the Times: Introductory Lecture." The Dial: a Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Boston. (1842-7-1).
"Albert Brisbane." The United States Democratic Review. New York: J.& H. G. Langley. (1842-9-1).
"Albert Brisbane." United States Democratic Review. J.& H.G. Langley. (1842-9-1).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Lectures on the Times: Lecture II; The Conservative." The Dial: a Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Boston. (1842-10-1).
Du Solle, J. Stephenson. "Is He Not Thine!." Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette. Philadelphia, PA. (1842-11-26).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Lectures on the Times: Lecture III; The Transcendentalist." The Dial: a Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Boston. (1843-1-1).
Du Solle, J. Stephenson. "The Poet. Addressed to Willis Gayford Clark, Esq., before His Decease." Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette. Philadelphia, PA. (1843-3-22).
Hedge, F. H.. "Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson." Christian Examiner. New York. (1845-1-1).
"Emerson's Essays: Second Series." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. (1845-1-18).
"Mr. Emerson and Transcendentalism." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1845-3-1).
Poe, Edgar Allan. "Review." The Broadway Journal. (1845-3-29).
Poe, Edgar Allan. "Untitled." The American Whig Review. (1845-8-1).
Brisbane, Albert. "The American Associationists." The United States Democratic Review. New York: J.& H. G. Langley. (1846-2-1).
"William E. Marshall Dead." The New York Times. The New York Times. (1846-8-30).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Cooper's "Indian and Ingin"." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1846-9-1).
Whitman, Walt. "Acting...The Keans." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (1846-9-11).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Translators of Homer." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1846-10-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Short Chapters on Exotic and Novel Metres: Chapter 1; The Hexameter and the Pentameter." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1846-11-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Short Chapters on Exotic and Novel Metres: Chapter 2; Classical Dramatic Metres." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1847-1-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Short Chapters on Exotic and Novel Metres: Chapter 3; Classical Lyric Metres." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1847-2-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "The Hack-Horse Wot Wouldn't Go." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1847-2-1).
Whitman, Walt. "Why Do Theatres Languish? And How Shall the American Stage Be Resuscitated?." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (1847-2-12).
Bartol, C. A.. "Poetry and Imagination." Christian Examiner. New York. (1847-3-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "English University Life." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1847-4-1).
Lea, Henry Charles. "Nine New Poets." Southern Literary Messenger. Richmond, Virginia: T.W. White. (1847-5-1).
"Emerson's Poems." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1847-8-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "The North American Review and Our Critique of Felton." The Knickerbocker Magazine. New York. (1847-9-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "The Island of Nantucket." The Merchants' Magazine and Commerical Review. New York. (1847-10-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "The Prose Writings of Andre Chenier." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-1-1).
Gilfillan, G.. "Emerson." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. (1848-1-15).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Recent English Historians of Ancient Greece: I." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-2-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Recent English Historians of Ancient Greece: II." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-3-1).
Freeman, Anna Mary. "Song of the Flowers." Knickerbocker. (1848-4-1).
Gardiner, O.C. "Charitable Institutions of New York City Voluntary Associations, Almshouse,." In The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-4-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "A Talk about the Princess." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-7-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Vanity Fair." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-10-1).
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. "Letter to the Editor." The Boys' and Girls' Magazine and Fireside Companion. (1848-10-1).
Vernon, Allie. "The Glory of Man is as the Flower of the Field." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1848-10-7).
Vernon, Allie. "The Death of the Forsaken." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1848-11-4).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life and Letters of Keats." The American Whig Review. New York: Wiley & Putnam. (1848-12-1).
Vernon, Allie. "Expectation." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1848-12-2).
Vernon, Allie. "Fame." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1849-1-13).
Gray, Barry. "Authorland." Home Journal. New York. (1849-1-18).
Vernon, Allie. "I Call to Thee." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1849-1-20).
Vernon, Allie. "The Deserted Hall." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1849-2-17).
Vernon, Allie. "Spirit Communings." The Gazette of the Union, Golden Rule, and Odd Fellows' Family Companion. New York: J.R. Crampton. (1849-4-7).
"The Emerson Mania." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. (1849-11-24).
Stoddard, R. H.. "To W. J. R., with a MS." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1850-1-15).
Du Solle, John S.. "The Poet-Martyr." Sartain's Union Magazine of Art and Literature. Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co. (1850-3-1).
Bartol, C. A.. "Representative Men." Christian Examiner. New York. (1850-3-1).
Willis, Nathaniel Parker. "Emerson." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. (1850-3-19).
"Emerson's Representative Men." The North American Review. Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa. (1850-4-1).
"Popular Lectures." New Englander and Yale Review. New Haven: W. L. Kingsley. (1850-5-1).
Taylor, Bayard. "Manuela. A Ballard of California." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1850-8-12).
de Gurowski, Adam Count. "Slavic Languages and Literature." The North American Review. Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa. (1850-10-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Song." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1850-10-11).
Taylor, Bayard. "Hylas." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1850-11-11).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Autumn." The International Magazine of LIterature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1850-11-11).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: Accidents Will Happen." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1850-12-11).
Stoddard, R. H.. "To a Celebrated Singer." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science Volume. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1850-12-11).
Benson, Carl [Charles Astor Bristed]. "Paris Unvisited." Literary World. New York: Osgood. (1851-1-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: Oldport Springs." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1851-1-11).
Andrews, Stephen Pearl. "Equitable Commerce: Cost, the Scientific Limit if Price." The Merchant's Magazine and Commerical Review. New York. (1851-3-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "The Castle in the Air." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1851-3-11).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: The Lionne." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1851-3-11).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "The 'Walter Mapes' Poems: Archdeacon Walter's Curse on the Man Who Stole His Purse." The Knickerbocker Magazine. New York. (1851-4-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: The Dog of Alcibiades." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1851-5-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "The Faun Over His Goblet." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1851-5-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: The Lion in the Toils." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1851-6-1).
North, William. "The Usurer's Gift." Harper's New Monthly Magazine. (1851-7-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: A Trot on the Island." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1851-8-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Verses." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1851-8-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Dramatic Fragments." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1851-8-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "In the Harem." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1851-9-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "A Phantasy." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1851-9-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "Life at a Watering Place: A Country Gentleman at Home." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1851-10-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Some Small Poems." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1852-2-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "The White Lamb: A Story for the Young Folks." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1852-3-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "To Sundry Critics." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1852-3-1).
Bristed, Charles Astor. "An Election Row in New York." International Monthly. New York: Stringer & Townsend. (1852-3-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Some Small Poems." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1852-4-1).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Bitter Words." The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science Volume. New York: Stringer and Townsend. (1852-4-1).
B., J. H.. "Ralph Waldo Emerson: History." Southern Literary Messenger. Richmond, Virginia: T.W. White. (1852-4-1).
O'Brien, Fitz-James. "The Demon Tie." The Lantern. (1852-4-13).
North, William. "Blondine: A Poet's Death Song." Knickerbocker. (1852-6-1).
[North, William]. "The Old Boy." The American Whig Review. (1852-8-1).
[North, William]. "National Humor: A Fragment." The American Whig Review. (1852-10-1).
O'Brien, Fitz-James. "Literature as a Profession: Difficulties of Writers." New York Daily Times. (1852-11-13).
North, William. "My Ghost." Knickerbocker. (1852-12-1).
Curtis, George William. "Andrew Cranberry - Attorney at Law." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-1-1).
Curtis, George William. "Fashion." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-1-1).
[O'Brien, Fitz-James]. "Our Young Authors." Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art. (1853-1-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "Uncle Tomitudes." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1853-1-1).
[North, William]. "The Living Corpse." Putnam's Monthly. (1853-1-1).
Curtis, George William. "Swiss Journal." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-1-1).
W. N. [North, William]. "The Master of the World." The United States Review. (1853-1-1).
Curtis, George William. "Newport in Winter." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-2-1).
Curtis, George William. "Our Best Society." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-2-1).
North, William. "The Man who Married his Grand-Mother." Knickerbocker. (1853-2-1).
North, William. "Brunetta." Knickerbocker. (1853-3-1).
Curtis, George William. "Family Portraits." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-3-1).
[North, William]. "Castania." The United States Review. (1853-3-1).
O'Brien, Fitz-James. "Literary Parties." New York Daily Times. (1853-3-19).
Curtis, George William. "Our New Livery." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-4-1).
O'Brien, Fitz-James. "The Lost City Broome." The Lantern. (1853-4-17).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "Elegant Tom Dillar." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1853-5-1).
[O'Brien, Fitz-James]. "Elegant Tom Diller." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. G. P. Putnam and Co. (1853-5-1).
Curtis, George William. "Villette and Ruth." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-5-1).
Curtis, George William. "The St. Nicholas; and the Five Points." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-5-1).
Curtis, George William. "Meditation by Paul Potiphar, Esq." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-6-1).
Curtis, George William. "Thackeray in America." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-6-1).
Curtis, George William. "The Poems of Alexander Smith." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-7-1).
Curtis, George William. "Dinner Time." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-7-1).
North, William. "Damascena." Knickerbocker. (1853-7-1).
North, William. "The Phantom World." Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion. (1853-8-1).
Curtis, George William. "Summer Diary of Minerva Tattle." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-9-1).
"George William Curtis." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. (1853-9-24).
Curtis, George William. "Potiphars in Paris." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-11-1).
Curtis, George William. "My Chateaux." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1853-12-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "Miss Bremer's Homes of the New World." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1853-12-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "Literary Piracy." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1854-1-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "Places of Public Amusement." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1854-2-1).
North, William. "The Beautiful Beggar: A Ballad." Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion. (1854-3-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1854-5-1).
[O'Brien, Fitz-James]. "Hard-Up." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. G. P. Putnam and Co. (1854-7-1).
Curtis, George William. "Sea from Shore." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1854-7-1).
Curtis, George William. "Newport - Historical and Social." Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. New York: Harper & Bros. (1854-8-1).
O'Brien, Fitz-James. "The Last Poet Out." Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science, and Art. (1854-8-1).
Curtis, George William. "Painter's Portfolio." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1854-10-1).
Briggs, Charles Frederick. "A Yankee Diogenes." Putnam's Monthly. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. (1854-10-1).
Briggs, Charles F.. "A Yankee Diogenes." Putnam's Magazine. (1854-10-1).
"Death of Mr. William North." New York Daily Times. (1854-11-15).
"Suicide of Mr. William North." New York Daily Times. (1854-11-16).
"Mr. William North." New York Daily Times. (1854-11-16).
Curtis, George William. "Titbottom's Spectacles." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1854-12-1).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: My Wife--Envious Bachelors--Mrs. G's remarks thereon--Deprivations--Mr. Hayward done for,--Dr. ... -Carsing--My Children in Utopia--Confidence--A Breakfast,--Spring Chickens versus Old Red." Home Journal. New York. (1855-1-29).
Gardette, C. Desmarais. "Rain Rhymings. A 'Poe'-Etic Attempt." The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine. New York: Samuel Hueston. (1855-2-1).
Gray, Barry. "A Christmas Story." Christian Inquirer. New York. (1855-2-17).
North, William. "Timour the Tartar." Knickerbocker. (1855-4-1).
"Notices of New Books: The Slave of the Lamp." New York Daily Times. (1855-4-18).
Curtis, George William. "Cruise in the Flying Dutchman." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1855-5-1).
"[Review of] The Slave of the Lamp." United States Review. (1855-5-1).
North, William. "The Grand Style." Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion. (1855-5-1).
Curtis, George William. "American Travelers." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1855-6-1).
O'Brien, Fitz-James. "The Bohemian." Harper's New Monthly Magazine. (1855-7-1).
Whitman, Walt. "An English and an American Poet." American Phrenological Journal. (1855-10-1).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: Visiting Married Friends [. . .]." Home Journal. New York. (1855-11-17).
Stoddard, R. H.. "Flibberty's Magazine. From the German of Heine." The United States Democratic Review. (1855-12-1).
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. "The Apocalypse of Hasheesh." Putnam's Monthly. (1856-1-1).
[O'Brien, Fitz-James]. "The Mezzo-Matti." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. G. P. Putnam and Co. (1856-1-1).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: paper clothing--The Star-spangled Banner's Report--In the cellar--Our new cook--My seriousness--My gayety--My wildness--The Robin--Mrs. G. at the sewing circle--Her consideratness--Her Valentine. CELEBRATION OF PASCH AT HILLSIDE. C." Home Journal. New York. (1856-1-12).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: I propose a Christmas Dinner [. . .]." Home Journal. New York. (1856-1-19).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: An Anniversary--Mrs. G. slightly astonished--I refer to my bachelor days--Apology of the little black boy--Duels--Fire-eaters--Mrs. G. and the baby--The happy occasion--Judge's address--John's speech--Serenading." Home Journal. New York. (1856-1-20).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: Mrs. Gray's Excitement.--What Occasioned It.--Upon the Ha.y--My Audience.--His Opinion.--Fire and Smoke.--Oh, Abigail:--Mrs. ... Remarks.--A Poem or a Sermon.--The Poem. To Our Little Black Boy." Home Journal. New York. (1856-1-23).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside Mrs. Gray's idea of a sleigh-ride [. . .]." Home Journal. New York. (1856-2-16).
Gardette, Charles D.. "The Grave of the Unrecorded." The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine. New York: Samuel Hueston. (1856-3-1).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: Mrs. Gray Visits Her Mother--My Sorrow--I Invite a Few Friends--The Cooks Exodus--Elevation of the Little Black Boy--Equestrian Sports--My Regard for Mrs. G.--The poem. To My Absent Wife." Home Journal. New York. (1856-3-11).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: State of Mrs. Gray's Health--The party--Frank as Mrs. Gray--Stampede of bachelors--The new red--The little black boy's friendship--His cooking--His tricks--Puns--Treating the little black boy." Home Journal. New York. (1856-3-18).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: The village newspaper--Washington's Birthday ball--Festivities at Hillside--State of the house after the party--Loneliness--Cowardly bachelors--Oldbeaux--Keeping Pasch--rhymed note of invitation. FESTIVITIES AT HILLSIDE. A RHYMED." Home Journal. New York. (1856-3-22).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: Mrs. Gray Returns Home--Our Meeting--The Tall Man--Mrs. G's Commiseration--Her Discoveries--Briblug The Little Black Boy--Finding Eggs--The Paus Dinner--Postscript." Home Journal. New York. (1856-4-15).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: My life--Tribulation of the little Black Boy--Quakerism--My great-grandfather--Mrs. G's tears--My readings--Wood choppers--Snow-shoes--Perilous situation--Something hot--The back way." Home Journal. New York. (1856-4-19).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: Spring and green peas--Peanuts--My wickedness-"The husband's appeal"--How it affected Mrs. Gray--Speech of the little black boy--Brandy peaches. The Husband's Appeal." Home Journal. New York. (1856-5-24).
"Doesticks: What He Says." United States Democratic Review. (1856-7-1).
Aldrich, T. B.. "Little Charlie--A Lament." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. Inc. (1856-7-15).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside.: Plans for the Fourth--Old Soldiers---Fireworks--My Oradon--National Bymn--American Flag--The Baby--My Audience--Dinner--Cat and Crackers--IN the Evening--Barrel of Ale--Good-night." Home Journal. New York. (1856-8-12).
Aldrich, T. B.. "A Pastoral Hymn to the Fairies." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co. Inc. (1856-9-20).
Aldrich, T. B.. "When the Sultan goes to Ispahan." The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine. New York: Samuel Hueston. (1856-10-1).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: The Troubadours." Home Journal. New York. (1856-10-14).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: The caravan--wide awake--Miss Smith--An uncomfortable house hold--Another visitor--"The Editor--Mrs. G's mistake--Her rebuke--The little black boy. The Editor." Home Journal. New York. (1856-10-25).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: I get up a pic--nic--Kissing the baby--Vanity--The advantages of Pic-nics--Prim and Bustle--On Rogers' Island--Not exactly poetry--Rowing--Securing the boat--Ebb ...--In the mud--Carrying the girls--Our reward--The wager--Home again." Home Journal. New York. (1856-11-18).
Gray, Barry. "Letters from Hillside: I go to the Village--Frank's Cane--Temptation--The Editor wants my obituary--The circus--It rains--Bahylon--Mrs. G's friend--"What the Sultan does in Ispshan"--At breakfast." Home Journal. New York. (1856-12-16).
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. "What Jedd Pallfry Found in the Coffin." The Knickerbocker Magazine. New York. (1857-1-1).
Aldrich, T. B.. "Falling in and Falling Out." The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine. New York: Samuel Hueston. (1857-1-1).
Curtis, George William. "Southern Literature." Putnam's Monthly Magazine. New York: G. P. Putnam. (1857-2-1).
"<cite>The New York Leader</cite>." (1857-2-14).
Taylor, Bayard. "An Hour with Humboldt." The Living Age. New York: The Living Age Co., Inc. (1857-2-14).
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