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Hours at home

J. M. Sherwood (Editor)
Journal, Magazine, English, 1865
Charles Scribner & Co., New York, 1865
Literary periodicals
11 volumes : illustrations ; 23-24 cm
2837-5890
1605391
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"A popular monthly, devoted to religious and useful literature," May 1865-May 1867; "a popular monthly of instruction and recreation," June 1867-Oct. 1870
Edited by James Manning Sherwood, Hours at Home provided religious instruction and entertainment. The theological (Presbyterian) aspect encompassed the literary articles, poetry, travel sketches, historical articles, and biographies comprising the monthly. Articles by Helen M. Brown, Rufus Anderson, Frances Eastwood, William Gilmore Simms, George B. Bacon, Mary E. Atkinson, Horace Bushnell, James O. Noyes, Joseph T. Headley, Julia (Ward) Howe, Lorenzo Dow, and George M. Towle were but a few of the many found on the pages. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900