CHAP. V. 



THE CASTLEGATE. 



79 



It was in this way that he became acquainted with 

 the Penny Magazine. He bought the first number,* 

 and liked it so well that he continued to take it. 

 He especially liked those parts of it which related to 

 natural history. Among the other publications which 

 he bought, was one called the Weekly Visitor. It 



CASTLEGATE ON FRIDAYS. 



cost only a halfpenny. It had good pictures, and 

 gave excellent stories, which were usually of a reli- 

 gious tendency. He read this little publication over 

 and over again. Nor did he ever lose the opportunity 

 of going to the Castlegate on Fridays, to see the pic- 



* The Penny Magazine was published in 1832, when Edward 

 would be about eighteen years old. 



