Godey's for 1850 of the female mind was not neglected, and indeed the moral influence fof the stories and serials cannot be overestimated. Feminine foibles are flayed through the frivolous eharacters in these moral tales and virtue, though often suffering, is finally suitably rewarded. Poetry in the form of sonnets, rhyming couplets and descriptive poems flourishes and the general illustrations include Diblieal seenes and such sketches as "Preparing for the May Party."
Jumping to the issues of 1867 we find that the general character remains the same but there bre im-
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