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AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
FOR 1897.
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ON the first OF January published the fins, number or
~ the ninth volume OF the American Monthly Magazine
This will commence the second year Of "the New Series
OF The American Monthly" One year has passed surc
by the union Of the New England Magazine with I'm,
well established periodical, the of publication
which had previously absorbed those Of the America
Monthly Review and Of the United States Magaznr
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Mass
zine giving at broad basis TO the work as Ia
stamp its national character and its pemanenr
The number OF pages, which have each month exceeded
one hundred, at the same time increased to MAKE
room for additional supply Of original matter and each
number Of the work throughout the year has been ona
mented with an engraving executed by the first IN
the country How far the literary contents Of the Maya
zine have kept pace with these secondary Improvements
the public the best judges The aim Of the propreto
has been from the first to establish periodical which
should have tone and character Of its own and which
while rendered sufficiently amusing to ensure its circu
ton should keep for its main object the promotion
good taste, and sound, vigorous and fearless thinking up.
on whatever subject it undertook discuss which in
word should make its way into public favor and establish
its claims to consideration, rather by what should he
found in It's pages than by any ecat which the names Of
popular contributors or the dissemination of laudatoy
paragraphs could confer Norhas the American Monthly
had any reason to regret having adopted and followed out
the prescribed to itself from the first 1t has m
deed lost both contributors and subscribers by the tone Of
of its papers but by the enlightened who haye
judged Of the tendency of the work in the aggregate and
not by its occasional difference ofopnion with themselves
il has been sustained with spirit and lberality II has
been enabled TO merge from infancy and dependence upon
extrinsic circumstances; and the quckenng power Of
many minds laboring successfully in unison, has
fused vitality the creation while shaping into form
until it has living principle Of its 1t has be-
something it is hoped, which the world would not
willingly let die"
But though the subscription list OF the American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications Of every number during
the last year. it is not yet sufficiently full to justify tho
publishers in carrying into effect their plan Of literally
compensatng both the regular contributors and every
ter that furnishes casual paper for the week Nor til
literary labor in every department Of periodical AIDE.
Quaely thus rewarded, can It fully sustain the
] haracter which occasional article from well pad
|t',pular pen may give.
lfthese views be just there is mpernence in ar.
peang here the public assist in fthering them y
promoting the prosperity Of the American Monthly Maya
zine .,. t"a"
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