CONDUCTED
BY THE
STUDENTS OF YALE COLLEGE.
NO. 1.
FEBRUARY, 1836.
NEW HAVEN:
HERRICK & NOYES.
MDCCCXXXVL
| The Editor to the Reader, | 1 |
| Revolutions and their Tendencies, | 4 |
| The Christian Principle—a Fragment, | 11 |
| The Sciot Girl, | 13 |
| Story and Sentiment, No. 1, | 19 |
| Fanny Willoughby, | 24 |
| Confessions of a Sensitive Man, No. 1, | 25 |
| Every Man his own Critic, | 30 |
| Washington on the Banks of the Delaware, | 34 |
| Greek Anthology, No. 1, | 34 |
| “Our Magazine,” | 39 |
1
Gentle Reader,—
As I am about to have some little converse with thee, I cannotpass this first bright page of our Magazine, without a greetingword, and a ‘God’s benison’ on our acquaintanceship. Good fellowshipand kind wishes betwixt man and man, should first beestablished. I have ever held this to be one of the little itemsthat go towards making up the sum of human happiness; and as weourselves cannot justly lay claim to that which we deny to others,and as I would at any sacrifice purchase thy good will, I must needsas a matter of course tell thee, how much I wish for thy prosperity.I cannot flatter thee, gentle reader, (and a wise man will not be flatteredinto fellowship,) else I should tell thee how much I respectthy good taste and sagacity, on all the delicate matters of nice criticism.I should tell thee, how anxious I am to please thee—howpatiently I shall