The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-19
PROSPECTUS
TO THE
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FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR.

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ON the first Of January published the first number II
" the ninth volume OF the American Monthly Magazine
This will commence the second year OF the New Sef,
OF the American Monthly" One year has passed since
by the union OF the New England Magazine with tg
well established periodical the resources OF publlca
which had previously absorbed those OF the America
Monthly Review and of the United States Magaznr
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Mae.
zine giving at broad basis to the work as 10
stamp Its national character and ensure It's pemanency
The number Of pages, which have each month exceeded
one hundred, was at the same time increased, make
room for additional supply Of original matter and each
number Of the work throughout the year has been oma
mented with engraving, executed by the first artists m
the country How far the literary contents Of the Mag
zine have kept pace with these secondary Improvements
the public the best judges The aim Of the propro,,
has been from the first to establish periodical which
should have tone and character Of own and whrf
while rendered sufficiently amusing ensure It's crcu,a
on should ever keep for its main object the promotion
good taste and sound vigorous and fearless thinking On
whatever subject it undertook 10 discuss which in
word should make its way into public favor and ESTABLISH
its claims TO consideration rather by what should be
found IN its pages than by any ecat which the names Of
popular contributors, the dissemination of uudAory
paragraphs, could confer. Norhas the American Monthly
had any to regret having adopted and followed out
the prescribed to itself from the first II has m
deed lost both contributors and subscribers by the tone
Of its papers but by the enlightened who have
Judged Of the tendency of the work the aggregate and
not by its occasional difference ofopnion with themselves
it has been sustained with spirit and beralty Ii has
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependence upon
extrnsc circumstances; and the qulckenng power Of
many minds, laborng successfully in unison, has nj.
fused vitality into the creation while shaping into form
until it has living principle Of its II has
something, it is hoped, which the world would no,
willingly let die"
Butthough the subscription list Of the American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications of every number duTu.
the last year, is yet sufficiently full Justify lie
publishers in carrying into effect their plan OF libea
compromising both the regular contributors and every
ter that furnishes a casual paper for the week Nor TIL
literary labor in every department Of periodical a
quatey thu rewarded, can it fully sustain merit the
character which occasional article from well pad
popular pen may give.
II these views be just, there is impertnence p.
pealing here the public to assist in urherng them
promoting the prosperity Of the American Monthly Maya
zinc.
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