Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852

VariousProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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English Originals Literature Social ObservationHistorical EssaysLiterary EssaysMagazine SelectionVictorian Era

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852 by VariousAuthor: Various,Language: English, Class: AP: General Works: Periodicals, Release Date: May 26, 2014

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This is the full electronic text of the twenty-ninth issue of Volume V of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, the nineteenth-century American general-interest monthly, prepared and released by Project Gutenberg. As the October 1852 number, it preserves a mixture of serialized fiction, commentary on current affairs, travel sketches, popular-science pieces, and captions for illustrations, letting today's readers encounter directly the everyday reading tastes of middle-class Americans before the Civil War. Its value lies not in systematic historical argument but in the immediacy of the original text: advertisements, editorial notes, and the pacing of serial installments are all primary material for the study of nineteenth-century print culture and popular reading. For readers used to modern nonfiction, the magazine's range of styles is wide and individual pieces are short, so it works better as a sourcebook to dip into than as something to read straight through. The electronic edition is easy to search and excerpt, making it suitable for close reading in courses on American literary history or periodical history, and for browsing by collectors interested in the layout and sectioning of old periodicals.

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