Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-02-24

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every section of our extended country
it shares in the good fortune Of those
most remote, while sympatlising with
the troubles Of those which are near.
It's 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 untr-
ing exertions to make the New York
Mirror the first publication of the .kinF
in the ,oorld. Nor do we fear TO be
thought presuming in aiming at SO high a
mark. Let those who would carp at
the expression, but look at the COM
mencement Of our undertaking: to the
first Of the fourteen volumes, which, year /
after year have been produced with an
increase of toll and expense that has cy-
er keptin advance ofthe support we have
received, liberal, undoubtedly, as that
support has been. Let them then weigh
the improvements upon its predecessor
in each successive volume, and we fear
lessly assert that they cannot withhold
their approval from our past labors, nor
deny the rich promise with which our
publication is still rife.
The LITERARY ARRANGEMENTS for
the coming year must secure great inn
|provement in this department ofthe 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 Marryatt, 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 iden-
tilted with our columns. These increa-
scd resources must necessarily give
diversity to the paper; while, in order to
promote that unity Of purpose which is
so desirable in such journal, 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
single person: and the proprietor is hap
py to announce that he has made per-
manent arrangement with Mr.. C. r.
Hofmaa, who has for months had charge
of this department.
The STEEL ENGRAvINGs now in the
course of preparation for the coming
year are such as we shall be proud to
lay before our countrymen. They COM
memorate the romantic scenery and the
illustrious characters Of our land. The
Landing at jamestown, painted by Chap
man, will appear among the histori-
cal landscapes; and our series of Por-
traits which began with Halleck, will
be followed by those Of Bryant, Sprague,
Cooper, Irving and VerpIank: making,
when finished, most valuable portrait
gallery ofAmericans ofliterary celebri-
ty, while they illustrate the genius Of
Stewart, Inman, Weir, and other native
artists Of whom our country is justly
proud.
The WooD ENcRAv1Nas 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
y carrying to high degree Of perfec-
ton, will assume new importance in
this new volume, as all will acknowl-
edge who behold the superb specimen
,of Chapman's genius and Adams skill in
an early number.
THE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT for the
coming year, will be enriched by many
original contributions bysHorn 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 OF the
work, could not be purchased in any
other shape, except at cost far great
er than that Of our whole annual sub
scriptionl
We have thus, as is our usual wont,
glanced at the plan Of the Mirrors
plan which embraces so many sub
jects within the range Of the RELLEs
LETTREs and the FINE ARTS, that it
would be tedious to enumerate them
here; and we would rather appeal to
the testimonials Of approval which our
Journal has received from the disorimi-
mating and the tasteful ON both sides Of
the Atlantic, than add any thing here in