PART FIRST, SECOND YEAR. THE PEOPLE’S MAGAZINE. NO. 1-7. VOL. 2. March 22, 1834-JUNE 14, 1834. [7 consecutive issues]

Coleman, Samuel (publisher).

Published by Samuel Coleman, (Successors to Lilly, Wait, & Co.) Sold also by Colman & Chisholm, Portland…1834., Boston, 1834

About this Item

Folio. [1]-56pp. The original printed paper boards are covered by contemporary stitched blue paper. Ownership inscription on fep. Leaves bright but foxed. P. 37-38 with short, closed tear to foremargin. Rear endpaper with several marginal tears. A short-lived illustrated periodical (1833-1836), People?s Magazine was especially popular with younger readers. These issues include: Henry Burden?s River Steamboat (with woodcut. It was a catamaran), description of the sun with engraving, Isle aux Noix in the river Sorell, The alligator (with a charming woodcut), gold mines in the United States, the Turnstone or Dotterel, banks of the Ganges, history of Portland, Maine, Jane C. Rider, the Springfield somnambulist, currents of the oceans, biography of Lorenzo Dow, death of oldest person in America, Betsey Tranham of Maury Co., North Carolina who died at the age of 154, the alligator and the dead elephant, the corvorant (cormorant with woodcut), a history and description of the City of New Haven, Connecticut (with woodcut), Henry Jenkins, the moon, American white oak, Hindoo temple, extract of a letter describing Cherokee Indians, the story of Alexis St. Martin and Dr. William Beaumont (artificial opening in the human stomach), sailing matches (sports), Robin Hood, Madras and the monsoons, trolling for Rock Fish, valuable trees, the Malton grave digger, etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PART FIRST, SECOND YEAR. THE PEOPLE?S MAGAZINE. NO. 1-7. VOL. 2. March 22, 1834-JUNE 14, 1834. [7 consecutive issues]
• Publisher: Samuel Coleman, (Successors to Lilly, Wait, & Co.) Sold also by Colman & Chisholm, Portland?1834., Boston
• Publication Date: 1834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good