Download or read book The Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 25 written by Yale University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 25: June, 1860 In what we have just said, we by no means wish to have it supposed that we fondly imagine the present Board to excel in taste or intellect, all, or any of its predecessors. No more do we wish to have it sup posed that during the present year all the literary world will stand on tiptoe anxiously waiting for the publication of each successive Lit. But we do imagine that with that hearty and generous support which the Magazine deserves at the hands of its friends, it will take its true position in the estimation of College, and supply a want which is neither new, nor insignificant in its demands. Again, we by no means desire to exclude local articles whose intrinsic merit deserves for them a publication, but quite the contrary. Many, very many, of the best contributions which we shall have during the present year, will doubt less be local in their character. Other things being the same, we would of course give a local piece preference over any other. On many accounts they would be more acceptable to a majority of our readers than any other similar class of subjects which could be se looted. We desire to preserve, if possible, the golden mean between articles wholly literary on the one hand, and those wholly local on the other. To confine our selection, therefore, to the narrow and limited range of the latter, would be entirely out of the question. There is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.