The Ladies' Repository, Volume 24J.F. Wright and L. Swormstedt, 1864 - Methodist Episcopal Church 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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... tell me so ? " memory of his own dead mother to encourage his friend's feeling , and he took up another point . " Well , my dear fellow , I have no hard feel- " No , you don't , " he said , talking after the fashion which obtains among ...
... tell me so ? " memory of his own dead mother to encourage his friend's feeling , and he took up another point . " Well , my dear fellow , I have no hard feel- " No , you don't , " he said , talking after the fashion which obtains among ...
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... telling all they knew , " that I became morbidly sensitive to the slightest misconstruction of my words , and felt , in ... tell the whole truth to whoever required it , as if I were giv- ing a testimony under oath . I have thought many ...
... telling all they knew , " that I became morbidly sensitive to the slightest misconstruction of my words , and felt , in ... tell the whole truth to whoever required it , as if I were giv- ing a testimony under oath . I have thought many ...
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... tell her so ? " " I might as well cut off my nose close be- hind my ears . She is connected with every body in the town who is of any consequence . Her case would give me a tolerable income if I had no other . " " I think I should let ...
... tell her so ? " " I might as well cut off my nose close be- hind my ears . She is connected with every body in the town who is of any consequence . Her case would give me a tolerable income if I had no other . " " I think I should let ...
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... tell her so . ” " No , indeed . I am too merciful for that . I praised the silk to the skies . ” " 4 Was that right , Lucy ? " I asked , coming forward to join the group as I spoke . " O you are here , Helen Catherwell ! I must speak by ...
... tell her so . ” " No , indeed . I am too merciful for that . I praised the silk to the skies . ” " 4 Was that right , Lucy ? " I asked , coming forward to join the group as I spoke . " O you are here , Helen Catherwell ! I must speak by ...
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... tell The march of hours That now but slowly Bear to me , so weary waiting , The boon of meeting And of greeting Her , for me , so weary waiting . " " Stay , stay ! " I once had begged you , ' Nor , whirling by , the precious , golden ...
... tell The march of hours That now but slowly Bear to me , so weary waiting , The boon of meeting And of greeting Her , for me , so weary waiting . " " Stay , stay ! " I once had begged you , ' Nor , whirling by , the precious , golden ...
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