rich man's bliss."

The _Banner of the Constitution_ was a weekly journal of New York City,
from December, 1829, to May, 1831. In the latter month it was
transferred to Philadelphia, because, as the editor explained, "As
Pennsylvania is without a single paper bold enough to speak out the
language of truth in the strong terms befitting the actual crisis of
affairs, we have resolved to transfer our establishment to Philadelphia
and to resume our old position on the field of battle."

The _Protestant Episcopalian and Church Register_ was "devoted to the
interests of religion in the Protestant Episcopal Church." It was begun
in January, 1830, became the property of John S. Littell in 1838, and on
January 5, 1839, appeared in a fresh guise as the _Banner of the Cross_.

_Godey's Lady's Book_ was the chief financial success among the
Philadelphia magazines, and, after the _Port Folio_, enlisted the
services of the greatest number of the best writers. The circulation,
largely due to its popular colored fashion plates, increased to 150,000
a month. It was begun in July, 1830, by Louis A. Godey, who continued to
direct his continuously prosperous journal until 1877. Some of the
earliest compositions of Longfellow, Holmes, Poe, Bayard Taylor, Lydia
H. Sigourney, Frances Osgood and Harriet Beecher Stowe appeared in this
magazine.

For many years the _Lady's Book_ was edited by Sarah Josepha Hale. She
was born in Newport, New Hampshire, 24th October, 1788, and died in
Philadelphia 30th April, 1879. From 1828 to 1837 she edited, in Boston,
the _Ladies' Magazine_. When that magazine was united in 1837 with
_Godey's Lady's Book_, Mrs. Hale became editor of the latter periodical,
and made her home in Philadelphia in 1841. She was the originator of the
Seamen's Aid Society. She organized the fair whereby the fund for the
completion of the Bunker Hill monument was raised. It was through her
zealous insistence that Thanksgiving Day was made a national holiday.
She published many books in prose and verse, and some fugitive poems,
"Mary's Lamb," "It Snows," and "The Light of Home," that were everywhere
known.

Another ladies' magazine was the _Ladies' Garland_, published by John
Libby, April 15, 1837-June, 1838.

The _Herald of Truth_, a liberal religious weekly, was published by
M. T. C. Gould, No. 6 North Eighth Street, for a short time after
January, 1831.

The _Presbyterian_ was begun February 16, 1831.

The _Lutheran Observer