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journal, which was a marvel of promise. A list of some 

 forty-four articles &quot; already prepared&quot; and destined for 

 publication in the new journal fills about one fourth 

 of the space. Of them the following titles may stand 

 as fair examples: &quot;The Morality of Truth&quot;; &quot; Theory 

 of the Emanation of Beings&quot;; &quot;Theory of the Intellect 

 ual World&quot;; &quot;The Pandoceist, or thoughts on every 

 thing&quot;; &quot;Enquiries on the Heavenly Spheres&quot;; &quot;The 

 Harmony of the Worlds&quot;; &quot;Descriptions of New Ani 

 mals and Plants&quot;; &quot;Letters on the Antiquities of Ken 

 tucky&quot;; &quot;The Chemical Art of Making sugar with 

 wood&quot;; &quot;Description of 100 Modes of Grafting Fruit 

 Trees&quot;; &quot;New Treatment of Consumption&quot;; &quot;New 

 Theory of Love or the harmonics of Sympathy&quot;; &quot;On 

 the Infinite Calculation of Space and Time&quot;, etc., etc. 

 It is really fortunate that the journal failed to secure 

 subscribers! The Kentucky Reporter of January 28, 1821, 

 has a notice that &quot;the publication of the Journal is 

 suspended if not abandoned. Hereafter, should a better 

 subscription list be procured, and arrangements more 

 suitable to the success of such a work, be made by the 

 editors, due notice will be given. In the meantime those 

 who have paid their subscriptions in advance shall have 

 them refunded.&quot; This &quot;Western Minerva&quot; should not 

 be confounded with the literary journal of similar name, 



