The Classic; or, College Monthly (October, 1840)
Students of Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
A humour and cartoon magazine of its era: such magazines routinely ran racist and ethnic caricature. It is shown to adult profiles only.
A single issue, in wraps, of The Classic; or, College Monthly , "A magazine devoted to Literature, Science, and Morality," from October, 1840 (Volume 1, Number 4). Published by Barnes & Saxe "for the students of the Wesleyan University". Contents include Scenes in and about the Wesleyan University, No. 4 Sketches of Character, or Heads of the Literary Lions, No. 1 Joy Fisherman of Galilee From the German of Menzel Essays on Education, No. 1 Art of Poetry, &c. From the German of Goethe Rhymes and Rhapsodies, No. 5 Common Nature of Man Posthumous Influence Condition Hebrew Literature The Emperor and the Rabbi Energy necessary to Success in Life A Smile A Poet's Love and various reviews, columns, and editorials There is a great deal of damage to the wraps, with folds, staining, and missing pieces making OCR quality unlikely. The text block is also quite water-stained, which may also affect OCR quality. Scanned at 600dpi, 24-bit color, algorithmically deskewed and then manually cropped.
- Series
- The Classic; or, College Monthly
- Genres
- Humour, Religion, Fiction and letters
- Language
- English
- Collection
- More humour magazines
- Licence or status
- CC0 1.0 (as the archive states it)
- Who can read it
- Adult profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Internet Archive
