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ON THE MORAL POWER OF THE PRESS. 



and entertaining anecdotes, sound literary criticism, eloquent arti- 

 cles of science and tasteful poetry, has already obtained for the 

 preceding numbers a place in many family libraries, as a specimen 

 of a periodical, which reflects credit on the vicinity. It has 

 gone through the ordeal, and its intrinsic merits are its best 

 recommendation. 



Dec. 24th, 1834, 





