for slightly more than two years, from summer 1795 through summer 1797.
The two complete years were also published as bound volumes; this e-text
is Volume II, nos. 53-104. Volume III, renamed Sentimental & Literary
Magazine, only lasted through no. 112.
There are no illustrations and no advertising. Each page was in two
columns. The arrangement of each issue was:
Front Page, in slightly larger type:
masthead spanning the top of the page
didactic or philosophical essays
Inside pages:
prose essays (philosophical or educational)
fiction, ranging from from a single column to serialized novels
Page 7, second column (variable):
Marriages
Meteorological Observations, including monthly summary
short poem
Back Page, in slightly smaller type:
poetry
printer/publisher information spanning the bottom of the page
Except for pieces explicitly labeled “For the New-York Weekly Magazine”,
and some of the poetry, the entire content was taken from other
published sources. Attribution is haphazard.
Single lines of asterisks * * * represent decorative lines separating
articles in the original. Articles that begin at the top of a column are
marked with two rows of asterisks. All other asterisks--notably in “The
Victim of Magical Delusion” and “The Baron De Lovzinski”--are in the
original.
The Index was printed at the beginning of the bound volume. It has been
relocated to the end of the text, before the Errata and Sources.
Typographical errors are listed at the end of the e-text. Most spellings
were left as printed even if they are probably wrong.
For pieces complete in one or two issues, sources are given in [[double
brackets]] at the end of the last installment. Sources of longer pieces,
including serialized novels, are given at the end of the e-text, after
the Errata. Except for the serials, these annotations are not intended
to be complete. Links, where given, are valid at the time of e-text
preparation (Spring 2011).]
[Illustration:
Youth, accompanied by Virtue, and directed
by Experience, approaching the Temple of happiness.]
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