Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-01-06

lit shares IN the good fortune OF tD0sc
most remote, while sympatEising with
the troubles Of those which are near.
tits owing to this general circulation
that we are enabled IN times like these
not merely to sustain the wonted style Of
our publication, but to present new
claims upon that patriotic regard which
has never been Withheld from our untir-
ing exertions to make the New York
Mirror The first publication Of tbe hind
in the world. Nor do we fear 10 be
thought presuming in aiming at so high
mark. Let those who would carp at
the expression, but look at the com
mencemcnt of our undertaking: 10 the
first ofthe fourteen volumes, which, year
after year have been produced with an
increase Of toll and expense that hasev-
er kept in advance ofthe support we have
received, liberal, undoubtedly, as that
support has been. Letthem then weigh
The improvements upon its predecessor
in each successive volume, and we fear
lcssly assert that they cannot withhold
their approval from our past labors, nor
deny the rich promise with which our
publication is still rife. el q ssaso9
TIE LITERARY ARRANGEMENTS for
the coming year must secure a great im-
provcment in this department fthe Mir
ror: for while our Journal will continue
to be mainly supported by Morris, VIII
lis, and Fay, new engagements have
been made with Captain Marrydn and
several other writers of established
reputation. on both sides of the At
lantic, to give US the aid Of their talents;
and enroll themselves with those who,
like DR.. Cox, have become almost idcn-
tilted with our columns. These inerea-
sed resources must necessarily give "a
diversity 10 the paper; while, in orderto
promote that unity of purpose which is
50 desirable in such ajournal, and which
can only be secured by its having one ac-
ting head, the Mirror has now been placed
under the immediate editorial charge of
asingc person: and the proprietor is hap
pv TO announce that he has made per-
manent arrangement with Mr. G. f.
Hofmau, who has for months had charge
of this department.
THE STEEL ENcRAvINes now in the
course of preparation for the coming
year are such as we shall be proud to
lay before our countrymen. They COM
mcmorate the romantic scenery and the
ilustrious characters of our land, The
Landing at jamestown, painted by Chap
man. will appear among the histori-
cal landscapes; and our series ofPor-
traits which began with Hallcck, will
be followed by those Of Bryant. Sprague,
Cooper, Irving and Verplank:. making,
when finished, a most valuable portrait
gallery Of Americans ofli,crary cclebri-
ty, while they illustrate the genius Of
Stewart, lnman, Weir, and other native,
artists of whom our country is justly
proud.
THE WooD ENGRAvINGs to which
we have ever paid our attention. as the
branch of the art to which they belong
is one which our countrymen are rapid
Iy carrying to high degree of pcrfec-
ton, will assume new importance in
this new volume, as all will acknowl-
edge who behold the superb specimen
of Chapmans genius and Adams skill in
an early number.
THE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT for the
coming year, will be enriched by many
original contributions by Horn and Rus
sell, alternated with choice morceaux
from rare European collections, and oc-
casional selections from new and popular
compositions, imported expressly for
the Mirror, and newly arranged in this
country. The pieces thus gwen with "
every number OF the Mirror, although
they do not occupy one sixteenth oil the
work, could not be purchased in any
other shape, except at cost far great
cr than that of our whole annual SUBJ
scriptou!
We have thus, as is our usual wont,
glanced at the plan of the Mirror--a
plan which embraces so many SUBJ
jccts within the range Of the Bellies
LETrREs and the FINE AIRS, that it
would be tedious to enumerase them
here; and we would rather appeal to-
the testimonials ofapproval which our
Journal has received from the discrimi-s
naling, and the tasteful on both sides Of
the Atlantic, than add any thing here in
turtherance Of the claim which the New
York Mirror has upon the support Of
the AMERICAN PUBLIC.
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