The _Literary_ Department of the Work, also, will undergo considerable improvement. Not the least interesting of the improvements will be a course of Papers entitled, “The Men and Women of the Age,” not only of this but of other countries, with exquisitely engraved Portraits, and Original Biographical Sketches, obtained from the most authentic sources. Nor will the taste for lighter Literature be overlooked. THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART will contain a Series of Original Historical and other Tales; including several by ANNA MARIA HOWITT, entitled, “The School of Life;” and an Historical Novel, “The Dead Bridal,” illustrative of one of the most interesting periods in the history of the Venetian Republic, by “JONATHAN FRERE SLINGSBY,” of the _Dublin University Magazine_, which will be commenced in the next Part; also contributions from WILLIAM and MARY HOWITT, PERCY B. ST. JOHN, and other distinguished Writers. In other respects, too, THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART will be decidedly superior to its predecessor, upon which such high eulogiums have been pronounced by all portions of the Public Press. London: JOHN CASSELL, Ludgate Hill; and all Booksellers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Moved the initial book listings from before the Title Page to between the Colophon and the continuation of the lists. 2. P. 172, changed “Millard Fillmore is not our master, but our master, but our servant” to “Millard Fillmore is not our master, but our servant”. 3. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 4. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 5. Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. 6. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Autographs for Freedom by Harriet Beecher Stowe, by Harriet Beecher Stowe