THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE DECEMBER TO MARCH. VOL. XXI. GRAND RAPIDS RAWN LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY HOULSTON & WRIGHT,` 65, PATERNOSTER | ROW. MDCCCLXVIII. All rights of reproduction and translation are reserved. MAY 7 1946 IN 1861 the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE was launched under the distinguished Editorship of Mrs. S. C. HALL, and subsequently, and for several years, was sustained by some of Miss BRADDON's best novels. The Magazine is henceforth to be carried on to further literary fame and fortune by Mrs. J. H. RIDDELL, the well-known author of "George Geith of Fen Court;" and this lady has drawn around her, for assistance in the task she has undertaken, some well-esteemed lights of the literary world, in order that the New Series of the Magazine may be adorned with contributions of the highest order of merit. When we say that the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE has employed the pens and editorial labours of two of the best lady novelists, and that the labours of a third will from this time further enhance its reputation, we think we boast of more than any other shilling Magazine can do. As for ourselves, little need be said: although we have had a connection with the Magazine from its first launch, latterly we have but kept the ball in motion until abler hands could be found to give it a fresh impetus. That our successor may commence her reign untrammelled by any engagements of ours, and that a large number of Subscribers to a New Series may not be troubled with the end of a story, the present Editor trusts will be a palpable and sufficient excuse for the peculiar "make-up" of this issue of the ST. JAMES's, and for its containing the amount of one number and a half at an extra cost. In bringing our humble labours in connexion with the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE to a close, we avail ourselves of the opportunity to tender our grateful thanks, first, to our readers, for the steady and uniform support he Magazine has experienced while without the aid of great names; and, secondly, to our old contributors, for the prompt and willing aid they have at all times rendered us; and we are sure that, though our successor may attract more 66 stars" around her, she cannot find truer friends. We wish Mrs. RIDDELL the success her merits as a novelist deserve, and confidently trust that the new attractions promised in her Magazine will be rewarded by a large accession of subscribers. |