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The New-England Magazine.

This work is without date, either in the title, in the imprint,
or in any of its numbers. No. 1 was published
August 31, 1758. The title page is as follows: The NewEngland
Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. In the centre
of the page is a small cut, the device a hand holding a
bouquet, or bunch of flowers, with the motto, "Prodesse et
Delectare e pluribus unum." One-half of this motto is on
the left of the cut, and the other half on the right; underneath
the device is this couplet:

"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather
Grapes of Thorns, or Figs of Thistles? Every good Tree
bringeth forth good Fruit, but a corrupt Tree bringeth

forth evil Fruit. A good Tree cannot bring forth evil
Fruit, neither can a corrupt Tree bring forth good Fruit."

"Printed by Benjamin Mecom, and sold at his shop under
the New-Printing-Office, near the Court-House, on Corn-hill
in Boston.

Each number of this Magazine contained sixty pages
12mo. Its publication was intended to have been monthly,
but it came from the press irregularly, and was printed
from types of various sizes. Some pieces were, both in
prose and verse, on pica, and some on long primer; the
pages were not in columns. Its contents were a collection
of small fugitive pieces from magazines, newspapers, &c.
These were not arranged under general heads, excepting
poetry, which was headed "Poetical Entertainment;" and
we make one more exception for a head of "Queer Notions."
The price was eight pence for each number.

Mecom, the publisher of this Magazine, gave the following
poetical description of its contents in an advertisement,
viz:

This work found very few purchasers. Three or four
numbers were published in the course of six or seven
months, and it was then discontinued.