AustLit

Following on from the 'Introductory Address' on the opening pages of Colonial Literary Journal and Weekly Miscellany of Useful Information, the editors again take the opportunity to introduce themselves to their readership. The editors state their object as being 'to diffuse knowledge in its varied forms of Literature, Morals and Politics'. The column closes with a plea for 'the support of a generous public' and expresses the hope that the journal will 'become a standard work of sound principles, of the strictest integrity, and a faithful chronicler of the Australian Colonies'.