The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-08-26
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AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
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ON the dsi Of January shed the first number Of
~ The ninth volume u the American Monthly Magazine
1bis viii commence the second year Of the New Series
u the Amfncan Monthly One year has passed since,
ID the uniod of the New England Magazine with THIS
Nell established periodical, the Of publication
~hich had previously absorbed those Of the American
Monthly Review and Of the United States Magazine
we're all concentrated IN the American Monthly Maya
zins giving broad a basis TO the work 10
stamp its national character and its permanently
The number 81 pages, which have each month exceeded
hundred, al the time increased to make
for additional supply original matter and each
number Of the work throughout the year has been
mented with engraving executed by the first artists
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 propeto
has been from the frs, 10 establish periodical which
should have tone and character Of its and which,
while rendered sufficiently amusing TO its crcua-
ton should keep for object the promotion OF
good taste and sound vigorous and fearless thinking up
whatever subject it undertook TO discuss which,
word should make its way into public favor. and establish
its claims TO consideration, rather by what should be-
found its pages than by any ecat which the
popular contributors, the dissemination Of Mandatory
paragraphs, could confer Nor has the American Monthly
had any 10 regret having adopted and followed
the prescribed itself from the first 1t has
deed lost both contributors and subscribers by the tone o
of It's papers but by the enlghte ned who haze
dgeof the tendency Of the work in the aggregate and
by occasional difference ofopnion with themselves,
it has been sustained with spirit and liberaty 1t has
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependence upon
cxtrnsic circumstances and the quckening power Of
many minds, laborng successfully or IN UNISON has
fused vitality into the creation while shaping into form,
until has living principle Of its own. 1t has be-
something, it is hoped which the world would not
willingly let de-"
But though the subscription list the American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications Of every number during
the last year il is not yet sufficiently full to Justify the
publishers carrying into effect their plan Of literally
both the regular contributors and every
ter that furnishes a casual paper for the week Nor I'll,
literary labor in every department Of periodical is ade
uuaely thu. rewarded can fully sustain the
character which occasional article from well pad
popular pen may give
II these views be just, there is mpertinence in ap
peang here the public furhering them by
promoting the prosperity of the American Monthly Maya
The work which is under the editorial chagrc Of G, +.
HOFFMAN and Park Benjamin Esq. will continue 10 be
published simultaneously the first Of every month,
New York by George Dearborn & Co, in Boston by OTIS,
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