THE SATURDAY
EV ENHNG POST.
Nee Volume, Neac TYPE,


Old Friendships
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The publishers Of the SATURDAY EVEN.
ING fosr feel constrained 10 make again
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llc for the liberal support which their paper
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mrndful of the return which hsuch patronage
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of


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value, with the steady and gratifying support
which has been accorded to il, for Pc
riod of


A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
n this time which has served for the life and
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and the rise, meridian, and decline of many
a rival, HE PosT has keptthe even tenor of
IFS way, by its own intrinsic health and
strength--now following, oftener LEADING
The public taste, but not departing from its
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the existence Of the Posi-, are indeed ephe.
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WEEKLY MAGAZINE, embracing,
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a word, such variety of matter as, Your
own country first rt membered,) the
Whole Literature of the World
may offer. The origional translations from
European Literature which have from
time 10 time appeared in this journal, are
referred to as an earnest that we have


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To make the PosT truly Cosmopolitan in
the


Great Republic of Letters.


Volume Izventy Seventh, upon which we
are about 10 enter, will appear in new type.
and with such other improvements and
advantages as experience may suggest.
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us, our motto is still EXCELSIOR. Among
the oldest papers on the continent, and
possessed oial The advantages which long