Measuring about 6-1/2" x 9-3/4", and 816 pages long, this is Volume 31 in the series of bound volumes of "Harper's New Monthly Magazine", comprising the issues of June through November, 1865.
Prominent on the list of contents are several accounts of Civil War incidents, including the personal recollections of Abraham Lincoln; a profile of "Fighting Joe" Hooker; the recollections of Generals Grant, Hooker, Sheridan and Rousseau; and articles on Charleston during the war; the pursuit and capture of John Morgan; prison life in the Confederacy; and Sherman's great march. Plus month-by-month military operations updates in the "Monthly Record of Current Events" section of each issue, the June issue containing a description of President Lincoln's assassination and its aftermath.
Other article topics include Arminius Vambery's travels in central Asia; Oxford University; gold and silver mining in Nevada and California; anecdotes of Unitarian clergymen; Nevada; geology; social life in China; anesthesia; Naples and Vesuvius; Popocatepetl; and Anna Maria Ross.
Plus the usual high quality selection of fiction, poetry, fashion, art and reviews. Fiction contributors include Charles Dickens (six episodes of "Our Mutual Friend"); and Wilkie Collins (six episodes of "Armadale").
It is in pretty solid condition for its age, with the binding nice and tight, but a few creased page corners, some spots and dampstaining here and there, and an occasional page edge tear. Plus ownership stampings on both front fly leaves, and typical patterns of wear on the cover, including some loss of leather at the corners and spine hinges.