“It is beyond all question the most admirable historical periodical published. It is filled with articles prepared after long research by prominent students of history, and original documents never before published appear from time to time, adding to its value.”—Detroit Commercial Advertiser.
“It is rich in illustration and its make-up is of the highest order. Its articles are on subjects of real interest and value to all students of American history.”—Westminster Teacher.
In the February number will appear an interesting Lincoln article, by Mr. F. E. Stevens, author of “The Black Hawk War.” It will be illustrated with two heretofore unknown portraits of contemporaries of Mr. Lincoln. There will also be a valuable article by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, on “Some Popular Myths of American History,” which will also contain an unpublished letter of Washington’s of peculiar interest.
A specific department—of Genealogy—not found in the M. A. H. will be added to the others, under the able care of Mr. William Prescott Greenlaw, the well-known Librarian of the New England Historic Genealogic Society. This will afford an excellent opportunity for such queries, which are usually inserted only in periodicals issued at much longer intervals than monthly.
During the next six months there will appear a series of articles on the Progress of Discovery of the Mississippi River, by Mr. Warren Upham, Secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society—as follows:
1. The Voyage of Vespucci past the mouths of the Mississippi.
2. De Soto and Moscoso on the Mississippi, 1541–3.
3. The expedition of Oñate, 1601.
4. Groseillers and Radisson, 1655–6 and 1660; besides a variety of other articles, covering the whole field of our country’s history; and a number of articles of less length, from the various writers who have offered their assistance to make the Magazine as interesting and valuable as its title and aim demand.
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