Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-08
TEE KALEIDOSCOPE,

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~ NOTWITHSTANDING the number of ne wspoper.
~ daily issued to the public in the District of CO.
lumba, the undersigned under the impression ,ba,
sun anoner Is requisite IN order to put the finishing
link to the literary chain If they may be permitted to
use hgure,) which will then encrcle the "ten miles
square or the papers published here, with one sol.
ltary eNctp,on-land that one is of such character
as not to interfere IN the slightest degree with their
proposed publication )-Po!ics IS the beginning the
middle, aud the end-"the order of the day TO the
complete exclusion OF all reading more refined and
imaginative description those more polished and eIo
giant germs of Gterature-which ,mpart instruc,ion
while they give life and animation the social circle
IL VIII be observed above that the undo rsg ned pro
pose to depart somewhat from the beaten track of
other would-be. well succ, ssfII Editors in the
pls'rc'i and tor that purpose have determined to de-
vote their time and talents, such they possess en-
rely to the amusement and instruction OF the fare,
portion of creation. Why this object has been On Nv
Tie regarded by the conductors of the Press in .thc
three ci'Ies, is matter of surprise to every one The
undersigned will not attempt form reason for this
neglect, lest prejudice might deem them unjus, to
others of their profession. is fact that the ladies'
ofthe District OF Columbia have evnced abundant lib.
crafty IN their subscriptions papers of this charac
ter. published IN the northern cities; a circumstance
which shows that something of this kind IS wanting
nearer home, to dispel ennu, and amuse the mind E,
the hours OF rela Ration from the more engrossn
OF female Me why shall we not then, without vani
ty, anticipate reasonable share of PATRONAGE from M,
marons and maids of District In Carving into
execution our proposed plan, we shall, OF course q
IN duy pound endeavor to give universal satisfaction
II we fa' we must look for indulgence from thus,
who, we sure, will be always willing to extend 8
to us, our fair patrons. Our paper will be made nm
principally of Selections from the most ann-oved 81
rehhed literary publications of the present and bv
gone days; and, while hope to exhibit such iudc
ment IN these as to satisfy fair readers that We
have their Improvement well their Amusement, -
heart, we pledge ourselves that nothing will .nn.ar :,
our pages which shall cause the mannp blush IN q, e.
iuse the FAIR cheek of the delicatey modes, We
nave liberal promises OF from several er,,
ladies' and Sc ltlemcn of high standing moreover al
hope, BY Their courtesy, be able to present In o.,
readers, occasionally, choice Original Tale and n
to he mi ideal ,,., Io.,
Pocsy. "
or the "thousand-and-one" appellations pecuI;a,Io
suited to publication like the here proposed -
nave chosen 1.-THE Kaleidoscope" as most IN uni.,n
with our plan, which will be to give at every turn a
constant succession of varying but still beautfi
and pleasing. forms and Reflections As faint sketch
OF the nature OF work, beg leave to presen, tic
following analysis, ga prori:"
Popular tales, ESSAYS, and sketches original ,,d CO
lected; ' ~
Memoirs of distinguished females, in the various dc.
Partments of public and private life;
Journal OF the fashions home and foreign, in n
their vast varieties:
Excerpts, from the best authors;
excellent thoughts, &C.: ''6'
Notices of the DRAMA criticsms nm ro,,ior ,..c
ers, &c.; r"''
Original and well selected poetry, in which the pr.
rity of the legitimate Muse alone will be cherished
In pOlitics-w'thuut having any thing in e,y in g.,
ct any party, pledge ourselves TO the
expressed; ~ ~ '''
'''' '"o', 'HOubn NOT IeaSt We propose TO admit mn
ADVERTISEMENTS such only excepted rs relate to ara
in which our fair readers have an interest
ROBERT ~. MADRA
CHARLES G.. =. HOUGU,
City OF Washington, Feb. 1850.
iEnMS."Ihe kaleidoscope, and Ladies' Iiterarv
Gazette, will be printed paper of the bcs, ouaI;,S
with new type, at Three Dollars per annum, or TWO
Dollars and Fifty Cents, # paid IN advance.
II will be published and delivered TO subscribers IN
Washington city and Georgetown on Friday evening
For subscribers at distance, they will be mailed ;,5
medatcly on publication.
The first number-as specimen of the work-uiIl
appear on Friday the I'd day of April next NJ r. ~
~ Subscription papers placed at the Books,ore
Of ]. II. Nash e. 90
NWlRGINIh:-ht rules, holden in the eIerk,s oaicc
~ OF The superior court of chanccry for tbe Iiicb
mond district, the I'd day of August, 1880: Samuel r
Puiliam, assignee of John W Smith and other pl,fs
against Edmund w. Foote's IS r,o.;o