Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-09-16
National Magazine
OF
LITERATURE, ART and FASHION.
GRAllAM'S
vADyS AND GENTLEMAN'S
Magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1913.
PROSPECTUS FOR iSi3,
EnITORs.
CEOGE r. GRAHAM & X. W.
n BISWOLD.


G RlSWOLD.
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS:
J FENNIMORE COOPER, kiIn
ARD II. DANA, VIM. CULLEN
BRlANT, III. w. LONGFELLOW
+. c. GRATAN, CHS. f. hoff>
MAN. -,
~RAHAM'S is the oldes, aud most
@M popuIar Of the American Literary
Magaz,nes. The number for January
1913. will be the first Of the Both volume
Its long aud universal successful c"'ee'
from the commencement with few nun
dred subscriber until the present umo'
whom i has a circulation ofhfty Thousand
comics a month is perhaps as good an eF"
idence of its great and increasing merit as
the publisher has it in his power TO oh7r'
70 his old subscriber he tgu9t no 4ssuran
ces are necessary OF his determination 10 ,
maintain its present ascendency over an
the rival periodicals of The country ne
engagement during the past year; OF sue"
men as BAlANT; COOPER, DANA Ions
FELLOW, HoFFMAN. MANcUR ETC.. oil my"
reputation in the literary woEId rs Feeu'
lar contributors, in addition to a.PreVious
list embracing many Of the first sneInes IN
the nation is a sufficient guarantee 'hai
the work will be the principle medium o.
communication between the best au.
thors and the public AGong The attrac-
lion of the thirty fifth volume, VIII De sew
eral tales by J. f. Cooper, Grdrta" mr.
Hoffman. Mr.. Herbert, Mss. Leslie, Ma.
~ CIapers,' Mrs. Embury, Mrs Etiet, u
Hrs. Stephens; Poems by Nh Briant, ar
Dana, Mr.. Longtcllop, Nh, Street, mrs
,Seba Smith, Mrs. Osgood and Mrs S'g-
ourneg; Essays by Mr.. Fay, Nr. Tucker,
,aaa, Mr.. Jones. llr. Poe, etc, etc.
THere follow the names OF about forty
distinguished writers, who II IS sad, WIN
he contributors TO this volume bat winch
we have not room to insert.
SPLENDID ESTABLISHMENT.
In tho department OF Eugrav'ngs, it Is
very well known that Graham's Maya
z,ne has far surpassed any periodical
work ever published in this or any oin'
er country. The highest ambition o! III
val publishers seems thus tar 10 have been
to mau,aln a respectable lmhtailon oi me
numerous costly and beautiful works OF
art with which the successive numbers oil
this journal have been graced. Al The
course of the succeeding volumes many
,mDoran,new features will be Introduced
Sarlain and Sadd the most celebrated
NlrzzorlNT ENGRAvERs 10 the Union
md EQUALS Of the best Of Europe Will con
,inue 10 furnish then exquisite production
and Rawdon, Wright, and Hatch, a. /
Dick. G. Parker, Gimbrede, Jones, Jact
man. and others, Of New York; aud bod
son. WEIGH. Waters, Tucker, aud other:
of philadelphia, ALT among the mo
eminent LINE ENGRAyERs OF the presses
century, have been engaged TO furnish
succession OF highly finished steel engra
ings, superior to any that havehlthcrto a
pcared in periodicals. Among the pi
lures tina, will be engraved Tor the voluo
lS43, are several ORIGINAL PAlN
TINGS by Inham, lnmau, Cole, Thorn
son, Freeman, Franqulnet, and other &
tinruished artists. The American pei
odicaIs have hitherto contained, save IN
very few instances, an engraving copl
from foreign prints, The publisher
Grsham's Magazine, will be the first
reform the practice, and to make his wc
strictly original in It's embellishments
well as IN It's literary contents,
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One Of the features Of the coming V
umes will be the introduction OF porlra
of the contributors to Graham's MagaZI
which OF course will include nearly all
the eminent writer's of the day. The 3,
volume will include from the burIns
Parker, Dodson, and others, portraits {
graved in the highest style OF the ART
Mr.. Cooper, Prot. Long:eiIow, Maria
Occidente,' Mrs. Sigourney, Miss Set
wick, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Embury
several others--aIl from paintings exec
ted expressly Ior lne purpose.
THE EDlTORIA Department
win continue to embrace notes on c
rent literature, ETC., and reviews Of all u
American and foreign works of gene
interest or value. The criticisms Of G
hams Magazine are acknowledged in
parts, of this county to be superior in
umen, honesty and independence TO tn
of any cotemporary. Indeed, while
majority Of the monthly and quartz
journals, have become mere advertis
mediums, for the booksellers in which
cry thing lin print is indiscriminat
praised, this periodical is looked upon
Just and discriminating arblter betwt
authors and readers, in which both h
;o,nIic;t confilence