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-ElE UNION MAGAZINE
OF LITERATURE AND ARTS.
EnITEn RX
EDITED BY
MRS g NJ UG8E&ANOe

MGs9 g M NGGSEhAS1Oo
Author of "a 4Ve,o Home," "Forest Life,'
dc. and filled cih Contributions from the
most Eminent Writers in the Country.
The second pOIume commenced avith the Jan
uary number, lS48.
2 the conclusion of the first half-year of the
UNION MAGAZINE, the Publisher feels i'm
PEELED to make some acknowledgment of his
sense Of the favorable reception accorded to it
by the public. Its success has certainly ceen
unprecedented; and while it may be perdon-
able to ascribe this in part to the merits of the
work, it must not be denied that public good
will and kindness have been abundantly dem
onstrated. The press, in all parts ofthe coun-
try, has given its voice literally and heartily
in favor of the new aspirant,
To flag after this, weuld be dishonorable in
deed. 1t is the hope of the publisher that the
courage and enterprise which belong to success
will be found rather to have stimulated than
slackened his exertions. If there be talent of
a suitable kind in the country, he is determin-
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in the various departments. He will continue
to give superior engravings in Mezzotint, Line
and Wood by III. S. Sadd, Thomas Doney,
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readino public or worthy to boone SO. Such as
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writing fourteen differnt languages, a short
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December numbers of the Magazine, by Caleb
Lyon, US. Consul to Shang- hal, China, which
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least years subscription to the Magazine.
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