Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-01-29
A NEW VOLUME-JAN. lSI2.
GRAHAM'S LADY'S 81 GENTLEMAN'S
MAGAZINE,
Win more splendid Embellishments Man
any other Magazine in the Union!


dny other Magazine in the Union!
EDITED BY
George r. Graham, Mrs. Ann S. Stephens,
| Y. j. Peterson, Mrs. Emma c. Embury.
Edgar A. Poe.
Miss Il, Leslie, Theodore S. Fay and George
r. Morris, permanent and regular contributors .
This work, devoted to both sexes, will
open New Volume with the number for
January, 1912, with an array of Contribu.
tors o! talen, and fame, which no period
zeal in the country can boast Of or pretend
! to rival.
The Volume will be opened with a new
and beautiful type, the finest white paper,
and with the first Of nSD series of En-,
beiljshments, unsurpassed by any which
have yet appeared IN any magazine.
The style OF elegance, tho beauty and
finish Of the illustrations, and the exlen-
slye improvements wich will be made in
It's typographical Appearance, and above
all, the tone OF its literary department
given it by the brilliant array of It's Con.
lrlbutors, whose articles will enrich the
pages of each number, will give it char
acter above any Magazine in the Uaion
The Magazine has become the stand
ard Of taste in matters of establishment,
and has led the way in every thing really
beautiful published in Magazines Of last
year. The voice Of the pubic press,
while it places the work at the head of
American Literature, is unanimous 10 the
announcement, thai no work ever started
IN the country has been so elegantly EN-,
nelIished, or has so rapidly increased
For tho new volume, the most extensive
arrangements have been made, with the
NEST distinguished artists in the country.
for a supply Of embellishments Of all sorts.
Our Beautiful! Me@sotint Engrdrings,
1t affords US much satisfaction to be
able to state, that we have made arrange.
menrs with MIR. Sarlaln, the accomplish.
ed mezzotint engraver, whose plates have
contributed So much 10 the beauty of the
magazine heretofore, by which we secure
his splendid mezzonnts Tor this work alone.
No other magazine OF this kind can have
them without permission from Us.
In addition TO those, We have secured
the brain Of another talented mez2otint
IengTaver-H. S. Sadd, ESQ, of New
York; that there may be no disappoiat,
ment as to number or regularity. These
will be equal to any thing published, so
that we are able confidently to promise
A Nescotint in ecey NrmJcr.
These beautiful engravings will there.
fore form feature of Graham's Magazine,
in every number, so that we shall be able
10 distance any thing like competition on
this ground These plates are the most
expensive that can be got up for a maya
zine of large circulation, in consequence
of the great price of printing; being more
than double tfat Of line engravings, and
the necessity of redupicalng the plates;
our edition already rendering 1t necessary
that two or three plates Of the same sub
IJect must be prepared for eve7v number
in which they are used. We now print
an edition greater than that Of any coem-
porary for the last year, and confidently
assert that a the same rate of increase we
shall issue, in 1912, an edition Of not less
than $4,000 copies monthly, and shall
soon have an edition uneoua!led IN the
history of magazine publishing.
Cur Splendid Steel Engrariags.
We have also entered toto dlstnc,
and permanent arrangement with Raw.
don, Wright, Hatch q Smile, and with
A. l.. Dick, ESQ. of New York, for
series Of splendid engravings, 10 be got up
in style unsurpassed by any that have
ever been done in this country. The
wide spread fame Of these artist is a sufIi-
cient guarantee of the character of the
character of the work we shall receive
from their hands. So that with such an
organization, we may safely defy compe-
ton 10 the way OF embellishments, show
the world pattern to follow, in the way
of liberal and judcious expenditure, and |
fix new era in the history OF magazine
publishing in this country.
Elegant Embossed Work.
An agreement has also been made with |
that merltorious and accomplished artist,
+. Quarre, Esq. for a fiI supply of taste.
fu Embroidery, Lace Work, Birds, Flow
ers, aud Landscapes, coIored in the most
finished and elegant style.
This will form an expensive, but popu-
lar and attractive feature in the work, and
with The variety which will thus be intro.