The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-01-01
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,

PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
rrHIs is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
l. chiefly literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope Of Science and not
protesting an entire dsdain OF tasteful secf,ons though
its matter has been, will continue 70 be- In the main
original.
Party politics and controversial theology, far pos
sblc, jealously excluded. They are sometimes SO
blended with discussions in literature moral science,
otherwise unobjectonabe to gain admittance or the
sake Of the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens they incidental only not
primary They dross tolerated only because IT can
not well be severed from the sterling wherewh is
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due space
in the work; and it is the editors aim that they should
have threefold tendency-to convey In condensed
FORM such valuable truths interesting incidents are
embodied in the works reviewed,-to direct the readers
attention books that deserve TO be readand TO warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large mum
cations that by their variety and multitude distract and
overshelm every undscrimnating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the just mentioned one OF
the nestimable and indispensable of auxaries, to
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view9tiy Or amusement
| or both-Historical Skeches,-and "reminiscences OF
minute for history yet Calculating it, and height
enng its Interestingly be regarded as forming the staple
Of the work. And Of Indigenous poetry enough is pub
lished-sometimes of mean strain-o manifest and to
cultivate the growing poehcal taste and talents OF our
| country. , .
a work-and not one alone but many The public mind
is feverish and tated STILL from recent political strfes:
The soft assuasve influence OF literature Is needed, 70
aay that fever, and soothe that irritation Vice and folly
roting abroad They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by ndicule into their fitting haunts
Ignorance lords it immense proportion OF our
people Every spring should be set in notion to arouse
the enlightened and increase their numbers so that the
OF popular % no
And to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful
agent be employed than periodical, the plan o.
the Messenger il that plan be but carried out In practice
The South peculiarly requires such an agent. In all
the Union south Of Washington there but two literary
periodicals. Northward of that city, there probably at
the wealth, the leisure the native talent, or the actual
literary taste Of the Southern people, compared with those
of the Norhernl No: for in wealth, talents and taste,
may Justly claim at least equality with our bre-
thren and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords if choose, twice the leisure
| for reading and writing, which they enjoy
1t from deep sense of this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN was engrafted on the name of this
periodical; and not with any design TO nourish local pre-
JUDGES advocate supposed local interests Far from
such thought it is the editors fevent wish the
North and South bound endearngy together forever
the sken bands of mutual kindness and affection Far
from meditang hostility to the North, he has already
drawn and he hopes hereafter draw much of his choicest
matter thence ana happy indeed will he deem himself,
should his pages by making each region know the other
better contribute any essential degree to dispel the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace Of boh and
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties Of aternal
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No Of its third volume. How far it has acted the
ideas here uttered it is for the editor say. He
believes however, that it falls further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short
theory.
work contains GA large superoyal pages printed in the
very handsomest manner on new type, and on paper
equal at least to that which any other periodical is
printed in our country.
No subscription will be received for less than volume
and must commence with the current The price is
IS per volume which be paid in all the time
adveFted
avoid msapprehension, future Observation-Disclosures
order will hereafter he attended to unless accompanied
with the price of subscription
The postage on the Messenger six cents on any SIM
gle No for all distances under 100 mes-over 100 miles,
ten cents.
All communications letters relative to the Messen
ger, must be addressed to THOMAS W. WHITE,
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond, va
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