Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-21
"TIE WEST HIS NO LITERATURE +"
GENIUS or THE wEsT. CINCISNATI. OHIO
OVERWHELMINGLY HOWARD bSsMam Editor.

C0ATEs-KINNEY, -.
HOWARD DURHAM, ! 1@N''
THE THIRD VOLUME or THE GENIUS OF
i THE WEST commences with the July number,
1854 This Periodical was established for the pur-
pose Of encouraging and introducing TO the public
everywhere,
ORIGINAL WESTERN LITERATURE.
The West has no literature was remarked by a
prominent speaker in public assembly, not long
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OF hor own-fresh, bold, vigorous, and bcautful-not
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Foremost he has had the good fortune to associate
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