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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... light at one of the crossings , and reeled to and fro before him and clutched wildly at the air . " Get out of my way so that I can pass , will you ? " said Robert English ; for now the figure swayed to and fro before him , evidently ...
... light at one of the crossings , and reeled to and fro before him and clutched wildly at the air . " Get out of my way so that I can pass , will you ? " said Robert English ; for now the figure swayed to and fro before him , evidently ...
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... light , and beauty , Of the city where they dwell . It lieth beyond Death's solemn river , On that distant , mystic shore , Where walk the souls of the long - departed Who are gone to return no more . In the cities of earth there is ...
... light , and beauty , Of the city where they dwell . It lieth beyond Death's solemn river , On that distant , mystic shore , Where walk the souls of the long - departed Who are gone to return no more . In the cities of earth there is ...
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... light also in singing , and have stronger and better voices than the same number of white boys . Some of them entered upon the study of Algebra and Latin the fourth year after they were taken from their homes and taught the alphabet ...
... light also in singing , and have stronger and better voices than the same number of white boys . Some of them entered upon the study of Algebra and Latin the fourth year after they were taken from their homes and taught the alphabet ...
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... light , heat , electricity , and all other natural agents and forces have become uniformly distributed throughout matter , and have thus been brought to a state of equilibrity , both in themselves and in respect to matter , there can ...
... light , heat , electricity , and all other natural agents and forces have become uniformly distributed throughout matter , and have thus been brought to a state of equilibrity , both in themselves and in respect to matter , there can ...
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... light of faith Has darkened soon ; Not every rosy dawn Heralds clear noon . So sundered are our souls , Since trust is o'er ; No boundless ocean breadths Could part us more . Our daily paths may meet , But nevermore Our hearts ' calm ...
... light of faith Has darkened soon ; Not every rosy dawn Heralds clear noon . So sundered are our souls , Since trust is o'er ; No boundless ocean breadths Could part us more . Our daily paths may meet , But nevermore Our hearts ' calm ...
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