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CASCADE RAINBOW.

WE commence with the present number, a new volume of THE DOLLAR MONTHLY, the twenty-third. More than eleven years have elapsed since its publication was commenced 1

as a mere experiment, and
year by year it has gone on
increasing in circulation
and. in merit, until now it
has reached a position sec-
ond to but one serial in the
land. Every day it is meet-
ing with new friends, and
going into new regions of
the country. For this suc-
cess we tender our readers
our sincere thanks. It is
gratifying to us, not in a
pecuniary point of view
(for our profits are small,
with paper and labor at
their present prices), but as
an evidence that our honest
" fforts to entertain, amuse,
and instruct our friends are
appreciated and sustained.

We begin the new volume, and the new year, with greater hope than we have eyer experienced. Twelve months ago our land rang with the sounds of strife, and the nation was passing through the agonies of a mortal struggle. Now the glad song of peace and good will goes up from every heart, and we can once more claim all men who dwell under the starry banner as within the Union. With the war many of the difficulties which lay in the way of literary enterprises have disappeared, and, though the high prices of labor and material still exist, we look hopefully to the future-confident that the dawn of the next year will see THE DOLLAR