th which all who happily knew him were familiar. His
life within his own home, which was his own, and into which we would not
intrude, was noblest of all, full of refinement, love and chivalric
devotion. His loss will most be felt there, though there is no friend
who shared his friendship upon whom it will not fall heavily and
sorrowfully."

The _Botanic Medical Reformer and Home Physician_ was published monthly
by H. Hollemback and Co., and edited by Dr. Thomas Cooke. It was begun
May 7, 1840.

The _Philadelphia Repository_ (1840-1852) was begun by William Henry
Gilder (1812-1864) father of Richard Watson Gilder, editor of the
_Century Magazine_. The first William Henry, grandfather of Richard
Watson, laid the corner-stone of Girard College. William Henry the
second continued to edit the _Repository_ about one year; he
subsequently published in Philadelphia the _Literary Register_, a
quarterly review.

The _Literalist_ was published from 1840 to 1842 at No. 67 South Second
Street. James Rees edited the _Dramatic Mirror and Literary Companion_,
August 14, 1841, at No. 15 North Sixth Street.

The _Young People's Book_ (September, 1841-August, 1842) was published
at No. 101 Chestnut Street, and was edited by John Frost, professor of
history in the Central High School.

It was the _Dollar Magazine_, commenced January 25, 1843, that offered
the prize in June, 1843, for the best story, and, as already related,
Edgar Allan Poe entered the lists of fame, and drew the prize in the
lottery with the "Gold-Bug." Hawthorne published here, in 1851, "The
Unpardonable Sin." The publishers of the _Dollar Newspaper_ were the
publishers of the _Ledger_. When Mr. George W. Childs purchased the
_Ledger_ he bought also the _Dollar Magazine_, and changed its name to
the _Home Weekly and Household Newspaper_.

The _Occident and American Jewish Advocate_ was published monthly by
Isaac Leeser from No. 118 South Fourth Street, and was continued from
1843 to 1847.

The _Legal Intelligencer_ began December 2, 1843, and, published weekly
from that time to the present, is the oldest law journal in the United
States. It was founded by Henry E. Wallace, and has been edited by J.
Hubley Ashton, Dallas Sanders and Henry C. Titus.

Miss Eliza Leslie, sister to Charles Robert Leslie, after winning her
first literary distinction with her story, "Mrs. Washington Potts," in
_Godey's Lady's Book_, began, with the aid of T. S. Arthur, the
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