Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-07-08
THE PARLOR MAGAZINE
J. r. HrApLrx. EDITOR.

HsIIS Magazine, formerly under We care
! < or Br. Mead. commences its Fourth Vol
one under the editorship Of }. 1. Headley.
author OF Napoleon and his Mafshais,
washington and his Generals" Letters
rom italg,n Sc sc. We hazard nothing IN
saving that ibis Magazine is destined TO hil a
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ton. bot earn to itself far higher popularity
/ and become the companion OF many circle
\ 10 which il is now a stranger, gladdening by
| us presence, while il exerts an influence pure,
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! himself of assistance from the best writers, he
will draw freely from his own exhausiless
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II will continue TO maintain its high moral
tone, and nothing will be admitted into It's
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passions and tendencies Of youth, or which
the author dying would wish TO blot"
The design is TO offer the public Maya
zine containing all the attraction and interest
OF the lighter periodicals., while il moves 10 a
different path, and II is not exposed TO the same
objections
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May, containing 81 pages OF original matter,
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