The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-22
PROSPECTUS
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North Carolina Literary
Record.

THE subscriber proposes 10 publish, in
the city Of Raleigh, magazine with
the above lille. II will be printed in
monthly numbers, on forty octave pages
Of good paper, with new and elegant type
and q neat cover, for Two DOLLARS A
YEaR ~ ADVANCE!
II is designed 10 he a publication ol
general interest, containing biographical
sketches oflhe illustrious natives Of North
Carolina: historical papers, embracing
particularly "REMINISCENCES BY The present
aged public men; and scientific articles.
This magazine will cherish the purely
literary, and lis pages will be grseed with
poeiical contributions. Appointment place
will be given toihe interests Of the COMMON
ScHocL system Of education in our state.
A REvIEw department will be added,
which will present notices of new publi-
cations; and il is designed that the work
shall have monthly CHRONICLE Of lite.
rary intelligence.
The subscriber feels safe in making the
above statements, because he has the pro-
mise Of assistance from several distin-
guished gentlemen in the State, in whose
requirements the public has all conf
dence. He desires IN make it periodi-
cal which shall compare well with any
Southern magazine, ornament the table
Of the literary man. and be welcome vi.
sitor TO any family in the state. II will
be seen thai the subscription is unusually
low
-Four Hundred and Eighty oriuvO Pages
@ for IWo Dothrs!!!
The work is put at this price that its
circulation may be the greater; but it will
be at once perceived that the publisher
cannot risk a commencement until SUI
icient number Of subscribers shall be oh
tanned 10 cover expenses. .s-a...
Es Assoon ne fire kundrti resPonsible sub,
gctibers shall be secured, the first nun Der will
he issU"d, al which time the payment for The
Il 81 vulume will he considered 10 advance.
When sdbseribcre receive that number they
Will Iorward the amount Of their subscription
Immediately, ard viii take the Publication ei
that NUMBER as n guarantee that Tue naca'
xine will be issued for al least one year. THIS
arrangement will secure both patIcs.
Who can doubt that North Caroliaa needs
such q magazine? Who can d0ub, whether
there be not more than Sufficient talent al lei
sure in our state 20 Fl lie pages with profitable
and entertaining matieI? Who will not risk
Two dollars an an experiment so we'll worth
mshingl We shall listen for a rel IL. aud OK.
pest hearty response. Lct no Que wait To
see how II will appear. for such course may
prevent the publication entirely; but lc' every
one friendly TO the work Try il for A YEAR,
aud then, if il be mel worth taking let him
ABANDON IT,
We want the names of al who will cub
scribe. by The first OF January next, or earlitr,
IL n acticshle. Posimasters, every where, will
no doubt take pleasure in frrwarding lhcm as
they are authorised 10 do, free al postage.
-. Editors who will give this prospectus an
insrrtIon, and send The paper. marked with
ink, 10 the Raleigh Star, shall receive copy
OF the work one year.
=. Posimaa,eIs and others, who viii be.
come responsible foE foe subscription s.huil,
likewise, receive . copy for one year
Al COMMUNICATIONS 10 be addressed, post
THoS. ]. LEMAY.
R,lriph. N. c, Nov a. ST.