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They will aim to make their Magazine the most complete repertory of whatever is both useful and agreeable in the current literary productions of the day. Touching the Tin, A puzzled Doctor, Munchausenism; Love and Mammon; Professional Enthusiasm, Experiments in Flying; Affair of Honor—almost, Something about Music; The Workhouse Clock, Sweets in Paris; Something about China, Difference of Opinion; a Tale of other Times, Harrowing Lines, Kossuth and our Enthusiasm for him, An Italian Romance, Home Gossip; How Mr.
