— Hogg's Weekly Instructor (Volume 1, New Series)

Edinburgh, James Hogg, 1848. Hardbound. 3/4 leather light brown with marbled boards. 416 pp. 6 engraved portraits. Said to be "an unsectarian periodical of promise" produced by Scottish publisher James Hogg. Contains essays, tales, biographical sketches, book reviews, scientific articles, poetry, and a substantial amount of "miscellaneous." This volume contains biographical sketches and engraved portraits of John Angell James, John Keats, Alphonse de Lamartine, Alexander von Humboldt, John F, Oberlin, and Washington Irving. Ill.: CAVE. VG .