It has been no part of my task to discover and describe the early magazines of the State, though that had been an attractive piece of literary exposition--to the expounder, at least. In conclusion, however, it may not be amiss to recite a few of the earlier examples of provincial editing. The first magazine west of the mountains was the _Huntingdon Literary Museum and Monthly Miscellany_. It was edited by William Rudolph Smith, a grandson of Dr. William Smith, of the _American Magazine_ (1757-8), and Moses Canan. It was printed by John McCahan and published in 1810. Its editors defined it to be "the first asylum for the varieties of literature that ever had been published west of the Susquehannah" (p. 576). The magazine ceased in December, 1810, with the complaint that "with the exception of some pieces of poetry from several gentlemen in Philadelphia, and an essay on the early 'Poetick Writers,' the editors have received no _original_ matter." A still earlier periodical was the _Gleaner_, "a monthly magazine, containing original and selected essays in prose and verse," Stacy Potts, Jr., editor, Lancaster, 1808-9. Carlisle possessed two religious magazines of early date--the _Religious Instructor_, "under ministers of the Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, 1810;" and the _Magazine of the German Reformed Church_, edited by Rev. L. Mayer, and continued by Rev. Daniel Young, begun in 1828, and making three volumes. Another semi-religious periodical was the _Literary and Evangelical Register_, "containing scientifical, evangelical, statistical and political essays and facts, together with missionary intelligence and miscellaneous articles, interspersed with poetry." This magazine was edited by Eugenio Kincaid and published at Milton, Pennsylvania. It was begun in July, 1826, and continued until June, 1827. The _Village Museum_, "conducted by an association of young men" (Vol. I, 1819-20), was published by Gemmill and Lewis at York, Pennsylvania. It bore for its motto: Along the cool-sequestered vale of life We keep the noiseless tenor of our way. The magazine is full of the neighborhood and gay with local color. It ceased in July, 1820. INDEX. Abeille Americaine, L', 193 Abercrombie, James, 122, 198 Adams, John, 144 Adams, John Quincy, his commencement oration, 65; 88-9; his epitaph on Joseph Dennie, 110-11 Advocate of Science, The, 212 AEsculapian Register, The, 202 Aitken, Jane, 10 Aitken, Robert, 10, 27, 48 Album, The, 205, 206 Alexander, Charles, 200, 214 Allen, James, 141 Allen, Paul, 117, 141 Allston, W., 178 "American Addison, The" (Joseph Dennie), 90 American Annual Register, The, 75 American Journal of Homoeopathy, The, 215 American Journal of the Medical Sciences, The, 199 American Lancet, The, 202 American Magazine, The (No. 1), 26, 28 American Magazine, The (No. 2), 28, 34, 35, 39, 41, 43, 46, 220, 242 American Magazine, The (No. 3), 46, 47