Note text referring to the illustration — CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. (continued 6)

We have came to the close of another year and another volume. In the opposite picture, we see old 1844 going down into the abyss of the PAST, while the new year, like a youth upon his sled at the top of the hill, is ready to begin his race. The grisly image of Time is standing by, marking the flight of years, and notching down the ineffaceable record upon the cold gray rock of eternity.