MERRY’S MUSEUM.
DECEMBER, 1843.
Vol. 6. No. 6.
December, the first month of winter and the last of the year, has come. It is a severe and pinching season, and compels us to shut the door, cherish the fire, and make ourselves comfortable within.
It is the very time for Robert Merry’s Museum, provided it be interesting and instructive. We have taken some pains to make the present number satisfactory to our readers. It winds up the stories of Jumping Rabbit, a Tale of the Revolution, the Life of Columbus, and Inquisitive Jack; for we do not wish to stretch our narratives across from one year to another.
We know not how it may be with others, but we are seldom satisfied with our own efforts. The conception is often bright and warm, while the performance is dim and cold. We have sought to please, we have striven to improve the little companions of our monthly prattle, but we have fallen far short of what we intended. We are, however, not discouraged; but, with good resolution and cheerful hope, we shall enter upon a new year, promising to exert ourselves to do our best—to do better than ever before.