Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-07-08
National Magazine
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rIyER4TURE, ART and + ASHTON
GRAllAM'S
IADYS AND GENTLEMAN'S
Magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1913.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1913,
EDITORS:


REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS:
pENNINORE COOPER. RICH
ARD II. DANA, Nm. CuLLEN
BRIANT. II. W. LONGFELLoW
= c GRATAN, CHS. r. HOr't>
MAN.
~RAHAM'S is the oldest and most
IL popular OF the Amenean Literary
hl,sazInes. The number tor JanunrH,
lsl3 will be the Gis; OF the 35ih 'olu"e.
IFS I.pu and universal successful career
trom the commencement with a ie" hun
d,ed subscriber unn the present time,
when !, has circulation ofilityNhousaGo
copies u month Is perhaps "5 reaa 'A e'-
..spce of rs -rest and increasing merit u
the publisher has II IN his power to olisf'
10 his old subscriber &c trust no hssui"h
ces are necessary OF his determination y"
maintain It's present ascendency over d"
the rival periodicals al J.. 10"a'ry. ihe
engagement during the past yeari"l sue"
men as BRIANT; CuCFCR, DANA, Lows
FELLOW. HoFFMAy. MANcUR etc. OF htg"
renu,a,luu m the literary world as rsga
lar contributors, in addition 10 a previous
Es, embracing mauy Of the first .uemrs Il"
the nation IS sufficient guarantee iHa
the work will be the principle medium oil
communication between the TEST au.
thors aud the public Among TIE auFac-
non OF the thiiry fan volume, WI ba s't-
eral tales bv j. 4. Cooper, Gf@t3a -iir'
Hoffman, Mr.. Herbczt, Hiss. Lcs!tc, '-ia
m Clorers.' Mrs. Em5wy, Mrs. Elll!, 4
Hrs. STEPHENS; Poems By -Er. BriaEt, III
Dana. lir. LongttHop, Nr. Street, hrs
.Seba Smith, Mrs. Osgood and Hrg. Sig
ourneg; Essrys by Mr. Fay -hr. Tucker
man. Mr. Jones, Mr.. Poe, &C., etc.
Here follow the names Of about forty
Distinguished writers, who II Is sald' WI
be contributors - dis Volume: but which
we have not room 10 insert.
SPLENDID ESTABLISHMENT.
In the department ct Engravlugs, II Is
very well known that Graham's Mag1'
z,ne has tar surpassed any periodical
work ever pubIl.hej Ia this or any oih-
Ter country. The highest ambition OF III
val publishers seems mus tar 10 have been
To manlaln respectable Imitation OF the
numerous costly AMI beautiful works "i
nrt with Witch the successive numbers "l
this journal have been graccd. IA me
course Of the succeedlng volumes many
lmporlaninew features wall be r,t'adrcea'
StrtaIn and ; add the most calculated
MFZZoTlNT ENGRAVERs IN the bmon,
and equals OF tie best ol buroPe VIII con-
tnua TO furnish their exquisite productions
and Rawdon, Wright, aud Hatch, n. l..
Dick, Il. Parker, Gimbrpde, Jones, jack
man, and othrts, oi New orb; aud bod
sou, Welch. Waters, Tucker, and Others,
OF Philadelphia. ALI an0ag the most
eminent LINE ENCRAvFRs OF the present
century. have been engaged TO furnish Il
succession OF highly finished steel crgra W
ings, superior To any that have hitherIu ap
pearcd IN periodicals. Among the pic'
lures that will be engraved ior the v0Iun'
lS43, are several ORIGIN Al PAIN
TINGS by Iuham, lnnau, Cole, Thomp
son, Freeman, Franquinel, and other dis
rlngnshed artists. fhn American peri
odlcals have hitherto con'ained, save ~
verv lew instances, an engraving cope
from ioreign prints, The publisher Q
Graham's Magazine, will be the first
reform the practice, aud to make has wo'
strictly original in Its embellishments a
well az 10 lts literary contests.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
Onc OF the features Of the coming 70
umes will be the introduction OF portrait
oil the contributors 10 Graham's Magazrn,
which of course will include nearly all
the eninentwriers Of the day. The 35l
volume will include from the burius
Parker, Dotson, and others, portraits (et
graved 10 the highest style OF Tho ari)
Mr.. Cooper, Prot Long!e|ow, '1Iaria d,
Occidente,' Mrs, Slgoufney, Miss Sedg
wick, Mrs. Seba Sm,lh, Mrs. Epbugy,
several others--aIl from paintings eXecu
tel expressly for the purpose.
THE EDlTORIA DEPARTMENT
Will continue to embrace notes on Gu
rent literature, etc, and reviews Of all net
American and foreign works Of genera
interest or value. The criticisms Of Gfa
hams Magazine are Archaeological ia o
parts, Of this county to be superior in &C
umen. honesty and Independence 10 ,hos
of any cotemporary. Indeed, while
majority of the monthly aud quarterl
Journals, have become mere advertiser
,,ad;ums for the honksnllprS in which ~
cry thing sin print is indiscrimioatel
praised, this periodical is looked upon a
jus, and Discriminating arbiter belwee
authors and readers, in which both hay
implicit confidence.
TERMS. M.