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ON the first Of January published the first number If
~ the ninth volume Of the American Monthly Magazine
This will commence the second year Of (" the New Scre,
OF the American Monthly" One year has passed since
by the union Of the New England Magazine with thu,
well established periodical, the of publication
which had previously absorbed those Of the Amcncm
Monthly Review and Of the United States Magazine
were all concentrated the American Monthly Maga
zine giving at broad basis the work as tn
stamp its national character and its pemanency
The number Of pages which have each month exceeded
one hundred, was at the same time increased TO make
for additional supply Of original and each
number Of the work throughout the year has been oma
mented with engraving, executed by the first artists in
the country. How FAR the literary contents of the Maya.
zine have kept pace with these secondary improvements
the public are the best judges The aim of the propreors
has been from the first 10 establish a periodical which
should have tone and character Of its own and which
while rendered sufficiently amusing ensure its crcua
tion should keep for its main object the promotion Of
good taste and sound vigorous and fearless ihnkingu
whatever subject II undertook to discuss which, in
word should make its into public favor and establish
its claims to consideration, rather by what should be
found in its pages than by any ecat which the
popular contributors the dissemination OF Mandatory
paragraphs could confer Nor has the American Monthly
had any reason to regret having adopted and followed
the course prescribed to itself from the first. 1t has
deed lost both contributors and subscribers by the
OF its papers but by the ghtened who have
judged Of the tendency Of the work in the aggregate and
not by its occasional difference ofopnion with themselves
II has been sustained with spirit and liberay 1t has
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependence upon
extrnsc circumstances; and the quckening power Of
many minds aborng successfully or in unison has
fused vitality into the creation while shaping it into form
until now it has living principle Of its own. 1t has be-
come something, it is hoped which the world would
willingly let die"
But though the subscription list ofthe American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications Of every number during
the last year, is not yet sufficiently full to justify the
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of Literally
compensang both the regular contributors and every
ter that furnishes casual paper for the week Nor TIL
literary labor in every department Of periodical a1e.
quatey thus rewarded can il fully sustain the
character which occasional article from well pad
popular pen may give
II these views be just, there is mpernence in ap.
pealing here the public assist in furtherng them Ivy
promoting the prosperity Of the American Monthly Maya
| zine.
The work which is under the editorial chagre Of C. F
HOFFMAN and Park Benjamin, Esq. will continue be
published simultaneously the first Of every month in
New York, by George Dearborn CO., in Boston by Ors
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