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The Old and the New: A Retrospect and a Prospect

[Briggs, C.F.]. "The Old and the New: A Retrospect and a Prospect." Putnam's Magazine. 01 Jan. 1868: 1-5.
Type: 
magazine
Genre: 
essay
Abstract: 

A retrospective article about the history of Putnam's by the editor, C. F. Briggs.

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North, William [pages:2]

Cites William North as contributing to the first issue of Putnam's. Describes North as "a wild, impulsive creature, frank, generous, impatient of restraint, full of brilliant projects, hating routine, and bent on reforming mankind on the instant." Mentions that he published North's Magazine while in London. Claims that North and Fitz-James O'Brien arrived in New York in the same week (2).

O'Brien, Fitz-James [pages:2]

Cites Fitz-James O'Brien as contributing to the first issue of Putnam's. Claims that O'Brien and William North arrived in New York in the same week. Describes him as "a man of remarkable gifts and of very comely presence, brave, generous, and impulsive. States that "his death, which did not
occur until after he had undergone the amputation of his right arm, was remarkable for the heroic cheerfulness he displayed in his sufferings" (2).