The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-07-13
AN IMPROVED EDITION OF
THE NOVELISTS MAGAZINE f

The cheapest work ever offered TO the public.
SFT may be confidently asserted that in no depart
-, ment of literature has so complete and saluta-
nv n revolution been effected in that TO which the
Novel and Romance belong Only few years
have passed, since the pernsal OF this order oil lit
erature was an acknowledged poison TO the youth
full mind--prcventing the growth Of useful lntelli-
gence and corrupring the very fountains Of morali-
". Not more truly, however, did this observation
apply to the publications of that day than the re-
verse does to those OF this The great author of
Wavery-the literary Colossus of our Augustan
age-hehold the enervating facility with which
those spurious productions passed into favor and
popularity and with an accurate knowledge OF the
natureness of the public mind for new and loltier
pursuit opened Goconda Of intellectual treasures
hitherto unknown, elevated the Novel from bonn
bast to truth and feeling, from the dlsrepute Of
vice TO the dignity of u study; thus giving to the
mind not alone of a nation, but oithe civilized uni
verse brilliant and beneficial direction, which ey-
cry day since has contributed to develope. The in
hcrcnt attractions of his publications, as well as the
signal success which exhausted edition after edition,
soon induced others TO explore new regions OF in
strucon, FROM which they still return, enriching
and enriched History, with its immense and mex
hausiible stores Of incident, and custom and char
meter, and romance, and reality, was, as it were,
hermetically sealed TO the multitude, ponderous
were its volumes, and so drowsy is details. II
now however, is part and parcel of our daily read
ing; and times, and those who made them eras, are
brought before with all the yiyidncss of reality
To select from the works of such authors and pre-
sent to the public only such as are recommended by
their intrinsic value. has been the principal object
of the publishers of the NOVELlST"S MAGA-
ZINE. They have thus far proceded; and being
convinced that success in such an undertaking Is
dependent alone upon the sanction OF the public
mind, they congratulate themselves that their ex-
ertions TO keep pace with its demands and iudg-
mentsIave received the most extensive and encour-
aging apProbatcn.
The proprietors having concluded il advisable to
substitute for the present size in which the Novel
lists Magazine II published, orc more convenient
and rb..ihle as well IS uutorIn with that o. the
otpr Novels of the day, that work viii, on the COM
petion of the eurren: volume, be thencetorth pub
lshed in superroyal I2mo. numbers, each to con-
tain IOS rages, and every four numbers to form a
volume. Thus, at the expiration o. year, can
siA volumes, containing two thousand hye hundred
and ninety two pages Of the very i'orer oi English
literature. be added to the library Of its patrons
Some intention of making the Noyellst's Maga-
zine weekly publication, with the idea that the
reader would feel more interested in the frequency
of its appearance, has been entertained by the pro-
prietors; but mature consideration, directed al
together by a desire to render the interest OF lis
reading as uninterrupted rs possible, has convinced
them Of the superior advantages OF their present
proposal II will not only conilnc the postage eX-
pense to its present trifling amount, but VIII t up
the more frequent hiatus with which weekly Novel
publications perplex the interested and therefore
anxious reader. They alone who have felt the cha
grin attendant upon the abrupt or unexpected ter
Inination or rather suspension, o! their literary
pleasure can only appreciate the greater worth OF
those publications which come like ." angel visits
bringing if less frequent, at least more copi-
Gus and perhaps complete mental banquet. 1t may
by some be considered that weekly work CON
tains matter than seml-inonthly one-al-
though this is not a general because an erroneous,
Impression, the proprietors solicit Il comparison on
that score, with any other Novel publication of the
day; and as to the manner, they are determined
iha, il shall be able sustain hi gh and crcditabe
competition.
The advantages peculiarly possessed by the pro-
prctors of the Novelist Magazine are derived from
n constant aud direct intercourse with the London
Publishers by which they receive the latest brllisi
Novels, as soon as transmitted to thus country, ana
also from the facility which connection with the
most extensive printing establishment IN ihlladel-
phia gives them ofrcpriing at the shortest notice
any work they may undertake. IL, for example,
they should wish to furnish as part OF Their regular
series, any new English Novel, they can do 50 Ill
ms early date as any American bookseller, so that
distant Subscribers may receive II simultaneously
with the booksellers republication III tnC larger
cities. and at but a trhng expense of postage.
In selecting works for TINS publications, instruct
ion, freshness, and interest shall be, they hth-
erIo have been, most carefully regarded When
these cannot be found IN the modern prCcs, recours,
SHALL be had TO those sterling productions Of form
e. day, which, being almost entirely out of print
are comparatively but little known, and therefor,
tHa more valuable
"'ro families residing in the country, remote from
the Atlantic towns, this will be particularly SER
,reable work, as supplying their literary wants on
the best method that could be devised, and at\al
unprccedentedly low price,
Determined to use every available means of maxi
ing the Noyellsts Magazine interesting and valuil-
bic to subscribers, and for the purpose of giving
encouragement to American writers to stimulate
their exertions, the publishers propose premium
Of Five Hundred Dollars, to the author of the best
Novel, upon National subject which shall be
presented on or before the LIST October, 1883
This premium will be awarded by committee,
10 be chosen for the purpose, and as is presumed
the successful competitor will possess unusual mer-
it. the publishers of the Noveists Magazine, be-
sides using il for that work. engage TO have print
ed in handsome book form corresponding to the
best London Editions ofpopuar no wells. loreyery
thousand copies of the work thus printed when
may be sold ,,o author shall receive n addition to
the Five ilundred Dollars, Fifty Dollars. or five
dollars for every hundred