Welsh Journals

*YR ARWEINYDD. 1858-1861. [1858— Nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18-20; I 860-No. 72]. A periodical first issued on 10 January 1858. It was published by R. R. Meredith at Rome, County Oneida, N.Y., and edited by the Rev. Thomas T. Evans, Floyd. It contained sixteen pages, i2mo., was issued on the loth and 25th day of each month, and cost 75 cents per annum. The editor of the poets' corner was Eos Glan Twrch a native of Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. In the year 1860, this periodical appeared with 24 pages octavo, under the editorship of the Rev. William Hughes, of Utica, N.Y. Fortunately all four volumes are available in the Harvard University Library. BANER AMERICA. 1868-1877. A Welsh newspaper published in Hyde Park, Pa., by a Company. The first editors were the Rev. Morgan A. Ellis, the Rev. Frederick Evans, and the Rev. David Parry (' Dewi Moelwyn '). Henry M. Edwards was the agent or organiser. On the retirement of the above-mentioned persons it was edited by Thomas B. Morris (' Gwyneddfardd '), and W. S. Jones became its chief organiser. During this period it was published in Scranton, Luzerne, Pa. This newspaper earned for itself a good reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. BANER Y BOBL. According to r Drych, 3 July 1924, this journal was published at Hyde Park, Pa., and was issued for the Welsh people. Y BARDD. Newyddyr Wythnosol. I856-c. 1857. In a list of Welsh newspapers printed in the U.S.A., which appeared in r Drych, May, 1890, this newspaper is recorded as having been first issued in 1856, and according to an article that appeared in r Cymro (edited by Isaac Foulkes) it is said to have run for two years, a statement which is confirmed in the above-mentioned list in r Drych. *Y BARDD. Pythefnosolyn llenyddawl. 1858. [Nos. I, 2, 4, 5]. As stated by T. M. Jones (' Gwenallt ') in his book, entitled Llenyddiaeth fy Ngwlad, the first number of this periodical was issued on 15 September 1858, and only five numbers of it appeared. It was published in Minersville, Pa. There is an advertisement in the last number for 1856 of r Drych a?r Gwyl- iedydd which states that the first number of r Bardd was to appear on 10 January 1857, under the editorship of Thomas Gwallter Price (' Cuhelyn '), and that its objects included the publication of Welsh poetry and literature, book-reviewing, articles on ancient history, the discussion of art and science, music, agriculture, the protection of the rights of man, and the advocation of freedom for everyone, without exception, It was intended to follow man's footstep from the coalmine and the smelting-works to the pulpit, the Senate, the President's Seat, and the Throne. Opinions were to be expressed independently and impartially on every- thing pertaining to the public, immature compositions were not to be published,