Still, amidst many minor alterations, we have kept an unweakened
hold upon certain main subjects. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, and ARCHAEOLOGY
have never been neglected, and our OBITUARY has grown into a record
which, even we ourselves may say, has become a permanent and
important portion of the literature of our country.
The changes we are now about to introduce have for their design a
more strict adherence to what we look upon as our peculiar path. We
shall henceforth devote ourselves more particularly--we may say
almost exclusively--to the great subjects we have mentioned. Space
that has been given to other matters will be curtailed, variations
in type and arrangement will afford additional room, and all that
can in any way be gained will be devoted to our main and peculiar
purpose.
We have made arrangements to secure for our pages, by a liberal
outlay, contributions from gentlemen most competent to write upon
their respective subjects of study, and shall strive, more than
ever, to be a worthy organ and representative of that most valuable
and peculiarly interesting branch of literature which has for its
object the instruction of mankind by the study and the perpetuation
of whatever is now doing, or whatever has been done in times past,
which is worthy of being kept in remembrance. We shall endeavour to
put forth a miscellany which will be attractive from its variety,
and from the skill with which its several subjects are treated, and
will be permanently valuable from the importance of the matters to
which it relates.
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