The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-05-24
PROSPECTUS
TO THE
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
FoR 1887.
FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR.

FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR.
ON the first Of January published the frs, number Of
" the ninth volume Of the American Monthly Magazine
This will commence the second year Of ihe New Scenes
of the American Monthly" One year has passed slncr
by the union Of the New England Magazine with TINS
well established periodical, the resources Of publication
which had previously absorbed those Of the Amerca1
Monthly Review and Of the United States Magazine
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Mag
zine giving at broad basis 10 the WORK as 70
stamp its national character and It's pemaaency
The number Of pages which have each month exceeded
one hundred, was al the same time increased make
FOR additional supply of original matter ard each
number of the work throughout the year has been orDa
mened with engraving executed 10y the first ar STA IN
the country. How far the literary contents Of the Maya.
have kept pace with these secondary improvements
the public the best judges The aim Of the proureo
has been from the first to establish periodical which
should have tone and character of its own and which
while rendered sufficiently amusing ensure its circu!a
tion should keep for main object the promotion Of
good taste, and sound vigorous and fearless thinking u
on whatever subject IT undertook 10 discuss which in
word, should make its way public favor and establish
its claims 10 consideration rather by what should be
found in ITS pages than by any eela which the names Of
popular contributors, the dissemination OF audatory
paragraphs, could confer. Nor has the American Monthly
had any To regret having adopted and followed out
the course prescribed 10 itself from the first II has in
deed lost both contributors and subscribers by the tone OF
OF its papers but by the enlightened no have
Judged Of the tendency Of the work the aggregate and
not by its occasional difference ofopnion with themselves
il has been sustained with spirit and berality. II H.
been enabled from infancy and dependence upon
extrinsic circumstances and the quickening power Of
many minds laboriny successfully in unison has IN
fused vitality into the creation while shaping form
until has living principle Of its Ii has be-
something it is hoped, which the world would not
willingly let de-"
But though the subscription list Of the American monthly
has enlarged with the publications of every number duras
the last year. yet sufficiently full justify The
publishers carrying into effect their plan of bery
compromising both the regular contributors and every WI
that furnishes casual paper for the week North
literary labor in every department Of periodical ade
quatey thu rewarded, il fully sustain merit the
character which occasional article from well pad
popular pen may give. .ss...
II these views be just there is impertinence ag
peang here to the public 70 assist in furtherng then
zine.
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published simultaneously the first of every month
New York, by George Dearborn s. Co, in Boston by Q
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