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- Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851
- Author : Various Authors
- Release Date : January 01, 2012
- Genre: Antiques & Collectibles,Books,Lifestyle & Home,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 901 KB
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Harper's Magazine (also called Harper's) is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in June 1850, it is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U. S. Harper's Magazine was launched as Harper's New Monthly Magazine in June 1850, by the New York City publisher Harper & Brothers; who also founded Harper's Bazaar magazine, later growing to become HarperCollins Publishing. The first press run, of 7, 500 copies, sold out almost immediately; circulation was some 50, 000 issues six months later. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 contents: PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND HABITS OF ROBERT SOUTHEY, MADAME CAMPAN, PROCRASTINATION, BRUNORO, A SKETCH OF MY CHILDHOOD, VISIT TO AN ENGLISH DAIRY, SAILING IN THE AIR. —HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS, MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, A LUNATIC ASYLUM IN PALERMO, SLOPED FOR TEXAS. —A TALE OF THE WEST, THE VOLCANO-GIRL, PUBLIC OPINION AND THE PUBLIC PRESS, THE DUMB CHILD, CURIOSITIES OF RAILWAY TRAVELING, THE ROBBERS' REVENGE. —FROM THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A POLICE-OFFICER, WORDSWORTH AND CARLYLE, MILTON AND WORDSWORTH, RATS AND RAT-KILLERS IN ENGLAND, THE BROKEN HEART; OR, THE WELL OF PEN-MORFA, THE YOUNG MAN'S COUNSELOR, TALLEYRAND, THE DANGERS OF DOING WRONG. A TALE OF THE SEA-SIDE, ANECDOTES OF NAPOLEON, A CRISIS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MR. JOHN BULL, WAITING FOR THE POST. —INTERESTING ANECDOTES, CHEERFUL VIEWS OF HUMAN NATURE, THE MYSTERIES OF A TEA-KETTLE, MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE, MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, ART, PERSONAL MOVEMENTS, ETC, LITERARY NOTICES, A LEAF FROM PUNCH, WINTER FASHIONS.