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PUTNAM'S MONTHLY.

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1t is Intended to combine the lighter characteristics
OF popular magazine with the higher and grayer
quail les Oh quarterly review. filling position hti
eTt1 unOccup!ed IN our literature.
hlle attractive variety for the general reader Is
thus obtained, there will be attempt to secure sub
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viii meet the views of most dis!ingu guised writer's
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eaf writer's of appreciation the art the read
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oi this kiad may bring to light much true genius
~ undeveloped
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e Literature, Science, and Art-in their best and
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VI partzan sectional leanings, in itS management,
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interest
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10Th hemispheres will be cultivated as leading prin-
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u wih social policy, municipal regulations, public
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