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be such as will fulfil the general desire — whether the ends 

 proposed have been successfully accomplished — time will soon 

 disclose — to the attainment of such object, the Editor's 

 unceasing exertions have been devoted, and he trusts that his 

 solicitous endeavours to be useful will not terminate in the 

 vexatiousness of disappointment. Allowances will doubtless 

 be made for a first attempt — if it be received favourably, the 

 Editor pledges himself that no relaxation of energy shall at any 

 future time be manifested — and the succeeding numbers, 

 with the important aid of experience to guide them, will, he 

 hopes, continue to advance rather than to recede in literary 

 attractiveness. 



It were easy to swell out this address with ostentatious 

 promises — ^but perfectly aware that the success of all literary 

 works depends on their intrinsic merits, the Editor abstains 

 from commenting on a theme which is so often liable to 

 misconstruction and doubt. The world is the arbiter of 

 literary honour, and to the world's opinion the Editor must 

 bow. 



For whatever of capability and interest may be observable 

 in most of the subjects which occupy this number, the Editor 

 unhesitatingly avows he is chiefly indebted to his able and 

 talented coadjutors — and in expressing his fervent thanks 

 generally, he should be wanting in common liberality and 

 courtesy, if he did not, in a peculiar manner, return his best 

 acknowledgments to those highly-gifted female contributors, 

 whose intellectual acumen, warm fancy, and deep feeling, 

 have been called forth to give interest, and grace, and attrac- 

 tion to its pages. This is a coadjuvancy and an honour of 

 which the Editor may well be proud. 



In compliance with some strong recommendations, the 

 Editor has included in his table of contents the lives of 

 eminent and illustrious men, clerical preferments. University 

 intelligence, the improvements in the arts of life for which 

 patents have been granted, and a regular monthly account of 

 the marriages, births, and deaths. 



Worcester, July 26th, 1834. 



