shed, in the first number, "The Life of General Greene,"
whose portrait was the first in the volume. He also contributed "The
Shipwreck," "A Philosophical Dream" (a vision of 1850), and "Hard
Times." In the "Philosophical Dream" Carey made the first suggestion of
a canal to unite the waters of the Delaware and Ohio. He withdrew from
the _Columbian Magazine_ in December, 1786, finding that the quintuple
team could not work well together.

Charles Cist, another of the combination, was born at St. Petersburg,
August 15, 1738, was graduated at Halle, and, upon coming to
Philadelphia in 1773, entered into partnership with Melchior Steiner,
with whom he published Paine's "Crisis"--"These are the times that try
men's souls." He died in Philadelphia, December 2, 1805.

John Trenchard became sole proprietor of the publication in January,
1789. He was an engraver by profession, having studied under James
Smithers, and engraved most of the plates for the magazine. His son,
Edward Trenchard, entered the navy, visited England and induced Gilbert
Fox, then a 'graver's apprentice, to return with him to America. In this
country Fox became an actor, and for him Joseph Hopkinson wrote "Hail
Columbia."

"The Foresters, an American Tale," was written for the _Columbian_ by
Jeremy Belknap, who sought to portray humorously in it the history of
the country and the formation of the Constitution.

The _Columbian_ of May, 1789, gave an elaborate account of Washington's
progress to New York, with the notable receptions at Gray's Ferry and at
Trenton.

In July, 1790, the name of the magazine was changed to "The Universal
Asylum and Columbian Magazine, by a Society of Gentlemen." Benjamin Rush
was one of its most faithful contributors. A number of the engravings
and several of the articles illustrated the agricultural improvements of
the times. John Penington contributed in 1790 "Chemical and Economical
Essays to Illustrate the Connection between Chemistry and the Arts." The
editor of the _Columbian Magazine_ for nearly three years was Alexander
James Dallas, a sketch of whose life is to be found in a later magazine,
the _Port Folio_, of March, 1817. Dallas was born in Jamaica, but
received his earliest education near London from James Elphinstone,
through whom he became acquainted with Dr. Johnson and Dr. Franklin. He
became a citizen of Philadelphia in 1785, studied law, edited the
_Columbian_, held various offices of trust in the State, and