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[Harpers' Magazine for the current]

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  • Title: [Harpers' Magazine for the current]
  • Date: April 8, 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.01307
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, April 8, 1858: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
  • Contributors to digital file: Kaylen Michaelis Jamie DeRousse Jason Stacy Stephanie Blalock Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "[Harpers' Magazine for the current]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.01307.xml (TEI)
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HARPERS’ MAGAZINE1 for the current month is one of the best numbers of an American periodical ever issued. It abounds in pleasant sketches and capital illustrations, and in the department of tales its editor displays admirable taste. “Harper” should be in every family throughout the land. The people cannot avoid being made wiser and better by it.

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