HARPER'S New Monthly MAGAZINE; Volume LX (60), Number CCCLIX, (359) April, 1880 by Henry Mills Alden, editor; contributors include,Mr. John Lillie (Lucy C.), J.L. Cloud, Ella Rodman Church, Ernest Ingersoll, Mary Treat, Phoebe Yates Pember, Virginia W. Johnson, , W.C. Prime, R.D. Blackmore, William Black, et al - 1880

New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Single issue. Small quarto, 10 1/4" tall, pages 641 to 800 + ads, printed beige wraps. A very good clean sturdy issue with minor shelf wear and light exterior soiling primarily at the spine and upper margin, some slight edge chipping at the spine, binding solid, paper slightly yellowed. This is an original issue and includes all of the editorial material (articles, stories, poetry, etc.) as well as the advertisements and covers. Note: ''Harper's Magazine' began publication in 1850 and recreated the American magazine, serving as a promotional vehicle for Harper and Brothers books as well as the new 'literary' fiction and essay of the time, using sophisticated illustration and the best authors. Subject matters range from art, fiction, and poetry to history and science. As such it makes a terrific read as an anthology of its moment in time. Including 'Music and Musicians In England' by Lillie, 'Some Pennsylvnia Nooks' by Church, 'La Villa Real de Sante Fe' by Ingersoll, 'An Irish Fishing Village' by Cloud, 'Home Studies in Nature' by Treat, Mary Anerly' by Blackmore, and 'White Wings' by Black, 'etc.