The Ladies' Repository, Volume 24J.F. Wright and L. Swormstedt, 1864 The idea of this women's magazine originated with Samuel Williams, a Cincinnati Methodist, who thought that Christian women needed a magazine less worldly than Godey's Lady's Book and Snowden's Lady's Companion. Written largely by ministers, this exceptionally well-printed little magazine contained well-written essays of a moral character, plenty of poetry, articles on historical and scientific matters, and book reviews. Among western writers were Alice Cary, who contributed over a hundred sketches and poems, her sister Phoebe Cary, Otway Curry, Moncure D. Conway, and Joshua R. Giddings; and New England contributors included Mrs. Lydia Sigourney, Hannah F. Gould, and Julia C.R Dorr. By 1851, each issue published a peice of music and two steel plates, usually landscapes or portraits. When Davis E. Clark took over the editorship in 1853, the magazine became brighter and attained a circulation of 40,000. Unlike his predecessors, Clark included fictional pieces and made the Repository a magazine for the whole family. After the war it began to decline and in 1876 was replaced by the National Repository. The Ladies' Repository was an excellent representative of the Methodist mind and heart. Its essays, sketches, and poems, its good steel engravings, and its moral tone gave it a charm all its own. -- Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900. |
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... Robert Clarke & Co. ( 3. ) THE RING OF AMASIS . From the Papers of a German Physician . By Robert Bulwer Lytton— “ Owen Meredith . " New York : Harper & Brothers . Cincin- nati : Robert Clarke & Co. 1863. 12mo . 301 pp . $ 1 . ( 4 ) ...
... Robert Clarke & Co. ( 3. ) THE RING OF AMASIS . From the Papers of a German Physician . By Robert Bulwer Lytton— “ Owen Meredith . " New York : Harper & Brothers . Cincin- nati : Robert Clarke & Co. 1863. 12mo . 301 pp . $ 1 . ( 4 ) ...
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... Robert Clarke & Co. - The author of this work neither claims nor attempts any " new method , " but seeks sim- ply to present a clear statement of the laws and usages of the work , we judge it worthy of commendation . of the French ...
... Robert Clarke & Co. - The author of this work neither claims nor attempts any " new method , " but seeks sim- ply to present a clear statement of the laws and usages of the work , we judge it worthy of commendation . of the French ...
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... Robert Clarke & Co. We have read the present volume with scarcely less interest than we read the Power of Prayer " by the same author some five years ago . It embodies a large number of answers to prayer " that were reported from time ...
... Robert Clarke & Co. We have read the present volume with scarcely less interest than we read the Power of Prayer " by the same author some five years ago . It embodies a large number of answers to prayer " that were reported from time ...
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... Robert Clarke & Co. - These volumes are elegantly gotten up . In typographical beauty and in binding it would be difficult to surpass them . Of the subject of these volumes we hope to speak more fully in our next number , as we have had ...
... Robert Clarke & Co. - These volumes are elegantly gotten up . In typographical beauty and in binding it would be difficult to surpass them . Of the subject of these volumes we hope to speak more fully in our next number , as we have had ...
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... Robert Clarke & Co. - These twenty- seven essays , " so - called , are a blending of literary history and criticism with fiction in a sort of wayward discourse . We have found them very fascinating read- ing , highly suggestive and ...
... Robert Clarke & Co. - These twenty- seven essays , " so - called , are a blending of literary history and criticism with fiction in a sort of wayward discourse . We have found them very fascinating read- ing , highly suggestive and ...
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