Half leather with marbled boards. 762 pp. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. A bound volume of this monthly journal devoted to literature, poetry and religious topics, produced by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Includes a portrait of African-American missionary bishop, Francis Burns, in Liberia, with a background of Monrovia in Liberia, adapting a view of the city originally by African-American photographer Augustus Washington. Topics in this volume include an account, presumably by a missionary of a travel through China, including to Tiong-Lok, among other places; African life; several pieces on photography; Edgar Allan Poe; woman's question in China; the world of the East, as well as many short pieces on items such as: photograph of Saturn; beer as food; explorations in Brazil; African missions; burial of the last Shawnee chief; missions in India; Texas wealth; Japan, etc. GOOD condition. Covers scuffed, with some soiling. Upper two inches of leather MISSING from the spine. Heavy scuffing and bumping along the extremities. Moderate to heavy scattered foxing throughout. Seller Inventory # 015816

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Title: The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical...

Publisher: Swormstedt and Poe, Cincinnati

Publication Date: 1859

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

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