THE EDITED BY MRS. MILNER, AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF DEAN MILNER," "HISTORICAL SKETCHES," ETC. "I NEVER WANTED ARTICLES ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, HALF SO MUCH AS ARTICLES ON COMMON SUBJECTS WRITTEN WITH A DECIDEDLY TONE."-DE. ARNOLD. CHRISTIAN PREFACE. THE close of the thirteenth year which has elapsed since the first appearance of the periodical which now bears the title of the "Christian Lady's Magazine," demands from the Editor some expression of her sense of the public favour by which it has hitherto been distinguished. The Editor would further intimate, that, while the character of the work, as a religious and literary periodical, will in all essential respects remain unchanged, some alterations, suited to the altered requirements of the times, will in future be adopted; and she would express her hope that such alterations, and particularly the large reduction of price, announced in a notice which accompanies the present number, may, by enlarging the sphere of its circulation, increase the efficiency of the Magazine as an instrument of intellectual, and, yet more, of spiritual good. The Vicarage, Appleby, Westmoreland, Dec., 1856. |