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In addition to short fiction tales like Whitman's, The Aristidean published poetry, book reviews, biographies

periodicals himself, was intended to compete with Graham's Magazine and, like Graham's , it included poetry, book

Like Graham 's, The Columbian Magazine included poetry, book reviews, and largely sentimental prose.

unique among Whitman's short stories is that the tale was republished in at least two annual gift books

According to a book written in celebration of the paper's first fifty years, its "platform" was described

Benevolent Institutions that were so prevalent in the first half of the nineteenth-century"; this book

"First Fifty Years of the New-York Observer," in The Jubilee Year Book of the New-York Observer. 1873

.; "First Fifty Years of the New-York Observer," in The Jubilee Year Book of the New-York Observer. 1873

Republic: An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797 (Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books

In addition to short tales like Whitman's, The Aristidean published poetry, book reviews, biographies

Republic: An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797 (Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books), 45.

In addition to short fiction tales like Whitman's, The Aristidean published poetry, book reviews, biographies

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books), 45.; See Jason Stacy

In addition to short tales like Whitman's, The Aristidean published poetry, book reviews, biographies

The prisoner recounts his crime and recalls the happier times the brothers had when they were younger

The scene in which Alza appears by the side of the prisoner is reminiscent of the end of " The Child's

Like Graham's , The Columbian Magazine included poetry, book reviews, and largely sentimental prose.

an email query that the extra sheets were likely issued at half price in a different wrapper in the Books

an email query that the extra sheets were likely issued at half price in a different wrapper in the Books

Columbian Magazine was intended to compete with Graham's Magazine and, like Graham's , it included poetry, book

Katharine Martinez, Page Talbott, and Elizabeth Johns, "Book and Magazine Illustrations," in Philadelphia's

.; Katharine Martinez, Page Talbott, and Elizabeth Johns, "Book and Magazine Illustrations," in Philadelphia's

the language of The Democratic Review version of "The Tomb-Blossoms" for publication in Brenton's book

hundred and third year in 1940, Walter Funnell included the story, as it had appeared in Brenton's book

We give a single extract from the narrative of Andrew Sherburne, who was a prisoner in the Old Jersey

Prison Ship, and therefore especcially interesting to Brooklynites: "We finally reached New York, but

Nearly 12,000 prisoners were poisoned, starved, or died of fever on board of these prison ships.

Those who died in the prisons of New York, were cast into the dead-carts at the prison doors, as they

Many prisons were barbarously exiled to the East Indies for life."

The old tricks of "watch-stuffing," pocket-book-dropping, and "patent-safe" swindling are just now a

"We've just picked up this pocket-book"—he held out a well-filled wallet, which he received from a companion

the present rendering, (known as King James’s translation,)—there was such a sacredness about the book

It would put the Bible on a level with other books.

begun, and the New Bible Association, in New York, have actually issued in printed form several of the Books

We shall get these Books, and, in our next article, describe, among other matters about the modern version

shrinks from, and whose abode, through the needed severity of the law, is in the dark cell and massy prison—it

"Massy" refers to the large or massive size of the prison.

The Angel of Tears bent him by the side of the prisoner's head.

.; "Massy" refers to the large or massive size of the prison.; In The Evening Star, this sentence has

Speakers were invited—the Legislatures were memorialized—books and pamphlets were issued in great plenty

the popular taste, and upon criminal law, the doings of Courts and Juries, and the management of Prisons

"There stood a table in the middle of the room, covered with books and paper.

A RROW -T IP , in brief terms, explained the matter to them, and shoved his prisoner toward them.

The two hunters who had heard the conflict, and carried A RROW -T IP to the rendezvous a prisoner, were

made their way through the crowd, and came in apparently upon important business connected with the prisoner

, the hunchback, B ODDO , knew the full truth—and could have set the whole matter right, and the prisoner

GODEY’S LADY’S BOOK.

Harper’s Story Books, No. 33.

These story books are issued monthly; they contain a series of narratives, dialogues, biographies and

And for insanity was there not a prison provided, with means and appliances, confinement, and, if need

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1996), 125–127.

He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a

Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1996), 125–127.; The

He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a

“The Book and the Rocks” is an exceedingly orthodox reconciliation of the Mosaic account with geological

Harris's supreme direction, of course).

Book and Magazine Notices BOOK AND MAGAZINE NOTICES. HARPER’S STORY BOOKS, No. 33.

This is a number of a series of books adapted for the perusal of children, and by the reading of which

Book Notices Book Notices BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA. By William C. Prime.

His style of narration is lucid and entertaining; but the merit of the books does not rest here.

Book Notices Book Notices THE PROFESSOR: A Tale. By Currer Bell, author of Jane Eyre, &c.

And when, as in the book which we have named at the head of this paragraph, in addition to this we have

The getting-up of the book presents a gratifying contrast to the flimsy dress in which many of our publishers

Book Notices BOOK NOTICES.

Fowler & Wells' first series of hand-books for home improvement.

Book Notices BOOK NOTICES. MARRIED OR SINGLE, by the Author of Hope Leslie, Redwood, &c.

Books and Readers BOOKS AND READERS.— The tables seem to have turned lately.

Formerly there were a great deal more books published than the public cared to read, but at present the

Books Lately Issued BOOKS LATELY ISSUED.— 'Modern Painters; by a graduate of Oxford: The author was the

The first dip one takes in this book, will, in all probability, make him pleased with the dashy, manly

'The Alphabetical drawing book, and pictorial natural history of quadrupeds': Wiley & Putnam, N.

The book's drawings included images by established European artists, principally from the collections

See "[The new Juvenile Drawing Book"] , September 29, 1847 and "New Publications," November 8, 1847,

.; The book's drawings included images by established European artists, principally from the collections

See "[The new Juvenile Drawing Book"], September 29, 1847 and "New Publications," November 8, 1847, Brooklyn

Daily Eagle.; The popular woman's magazine, Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, was published in Philadelphia

Far too much reliance is placed upon books, the ordinary class-books.

Surely some original life ought to be expected in teachers—and not that perpetual dependence on books—on

and joyous place, to be sought for with avidity—to be remembered with love—but a cheerless and cold prison

was among those cut off on the extreme left at nightfall and captured; George Whitman was taken prisoner

For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864

have had no word or knowledge of him until yesterday they received by the hands of an exchanged prisoner

George Whitman was transferred from Libby Prison to Danville sometime before October 23, 1864.

George Whitman's early letters to his mother from prison had not been received before this slip dated

.; George Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.

For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864,

"; George Whitman was transferred from Libby Prison to Danville sometime before October 23, 1864.; George

Whitman's early letters to his mother from prison had not been received before this slip dated November

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

—The Martyrs of the Prison ships. T HE old graveyards of Brooklyn!

A late paper alludes to the dead of the old Prison Ships—yet we must return to the subject again.

roughs," who were from time to time taken in battle by the British, and incarcerated in the celebrated Prison

The article that refers to the Wallabout prison ships is " Brooklyniana No. 5 " (January 4, 1862).

memorize a great and expensive display in 1808, when a portion of the dead relics of the martyrs of the Prison

"; The article that refers to the Wallabout prison ships is "Brooklyniana No. 5" (January 4, 1862).

—Potter's Field.—The Old Alms House.—The Marsh and old bridge at the Wallabout.

Then the old Potter's Field.

and now partly intersected by Hampden avenue), were appropriated to a free city Burial Yard, or Potter's

It is unclear whether the Apprentices' Library also housed prisoners in the intervening period between

and has answered, the purposes for which it was built—namely, as the place of incarceration for prisoners

the internal and personal scenes and sights of the jail, with cases of marked interest among the prisoners

, and [an] idea of the method of securing, feeding and general treatment of the prisoners, we propose

It is unclear whether the Apprentices' Library also housed prisoners in the intervening period between

After the Revolutionary War, the bones of the dead from the prison ships were collected and put into

For Whitman's discussion of the Revolutionary War prison ships and the ensuing monument crisis, see Brooklyniana

After the Revolutionary War, the bones of the dead from the prison ships were collected and put into

For Whitman's discussion of the Revolutionary War prison ships and the ensuing monument crisis, see Brooklyniana

These were attached to the richly bound Bibles and Hymn-books and suspended from the belt inside the

See Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York: New York Review of Books,

See Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York: New York Review of Books,

This line is a near-quotation of Alexander Pope's translation (1715-1720) of Homer's Iliad, Book 8: "

.; This line is a near-quotation of Alexander Pope's translation (1715-1720) of Homer's Iliad, Book 8

The British Prison Ships of 1776–83. Captives from Sea and Land. Patriotism—Scene in 1782.

The much-talked-of American prison ships of the Revolutionary war, four or five old hulks, strong enough

The principal of these prison-ships was the Old Jersey, a large 74 gun frigate.

Some eleven thousand American prisoners are thought to have died onboard.

of the proceedings on board this ship, and published it in a book.

Jersey, anchored in New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War, was the most infamous of the British prison

Some eleven thousand American prisoners are thought to have died onboard.

hospital ships could not accommodate the number of sick.; Like the Whitby, the Good Hope was burnt by prisoners

until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; John Jackson was a landowner who discovered the bones of the prison

The British Prison Ships of 1776–83. Captives from Sea and Land. Patriotism—Scene in 1782.

readers with what was crowded out at that time—and also some additional incidents in the history of the Prison

transmit to posterity the cruelties practised practised on board the British Prison Ships."

We alluded in the first part of this article to the attempt of the prisoners at the Wallabout in 1782

This old Jersey held about 1000 prisoners at that time.

.; Two years before Benjamin Romaine's death, some citizens had petitioned to remove the prison ship

experiences aboard the Jersey were edited and published by Albert Greene as Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship

in previous years, of Henry Onderdonk, Henry Onderdonk, Jr. (1804–1886) was the author of several books

.; Henry Onderdonk, Jr. (1804–1886) was the author of several books of local history.

to know anything of his antecedents, he would say that he followed the fortunes of the party led by Harry

scientific examination of their phrenological developments, a useful newspaper, or an instructive book

Higher up Broadway, and near Canal street, is the Gift Book Store of Evans & Co., by whose genius as

There is a certain charm or attraction in the manner in which they distribute their books and the gifts

which accompany them, that the mere purchase of a book (however useful or cheap it may be) does not

possess, and to this cause may be traced the effect of an increased demand for books, and as increased

There is often better mental food in a beefsteak than in a book—the mind partakes of the body's health

Heins, Holmes, Hubert, McDonough, Small, Harding, Kerrey, Marcha, Megary, Miller, Mingle, Meyer, Potter

an email query that the extra sheets were likely issued at half price in a different wrapper in the Books

Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), where they are attributed

Whitman used a number of excerpts likely taken from Cheever's book, a standard anthology of the time,

an email query that the extra sheets were likely issued at half price in a different wrapper in the Books

Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), where they are attributed

Whitman used a number of excerpts likely taken from Cheever's book, a standard anthology of the time,