Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), December 20, 1845, vol. 2, no. 24, p. ???, col. ?

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The Missionary Memorial: A Literary and Religious Souvenir. New-York: E. Walker, 114 Fulton St.

A thick duodecimo of 372 pages, fine paper, richly bound, and embellished with an illuminated frontispiece presenting a specimen of Baxter's new process of printing in oil colors — subject [column 2:] the Destruction of the Tanjore by lightning off Ceylon. In its literary contents the volume is especially rich. Among the names of contributors we notice Mrs. Sigourney, Whittier, Lowell, Hoyt, Tuckerman, Miss Gould, Simms, Mrs. Mowatt, Mancur, Epes Sargent, and others. The papers are, without exception well written, and principally of a religious cast. The volume is inscribed to “The Friends of Missions.” Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the editorial conduct and general getting up of this truly beautiful and valuable Annual.