The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
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Ediied by George r. M orris.
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IN the course Of few weeks, the unders igned
4 will commence, on his 0tcn account, the pub
licatlon of a NEW SERIES of the New YoRK
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and original pLm, with Steel EagrGring in ere
rV number, and at the reduced price of Three
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and etched by Chapman, illustrating the letter.
press which it accompanies, and which it will
invest with peculiar interest. Besides the con-
tributions of ALL oUn EXTENSIVE CORPS OF con-
HEsPoNpENTs-which embraces most of the tai.
ent of this country-we have made arrangements
for fresh and early TRANSACTIONS from some Of the
best writers of France, and for proof-sheets from
several OF the popular authors of England
With such materials, and with such able fellow
laborers in the literary vineyard, we hope to pre-
sent to the American reader weekly journal of
great value and unusua, excellence. The parade
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rary, musical and dramatic criticisms. Its re-
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country. Its tendency will be cheerful and en-
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crafty every refined TASTE but never to offend the
most iastidious, and il will ever feel its duty to
be, to turn the sunny side of things to human
ewes"
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numbers of sixteen large superrnyal pages, with
double columns, aud enclosed in a neat ornament
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two superb volumes, each of four hundred and
sixteen pages, filled with the gems of literature
and the fine arts.
The very low price at which it will he issued,
renders j; the cheapest periodical in this or any
other country, considering the cost and beauty of
its FlFrY-TWO ENGRAVlNGS, and the in.
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Letters, enclosing the amount of subscription.
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ricrs, and newsmen, will be supplied on the usual
terms. uJrTAe Cash System piH be rgdly al.
hered 10 wabout any deviotion 'ohaterer.CD
Such Editors as copy the above, will oblge me
by forwarding marked paper and by rcsumng
the exchange, which was interrupted, much To
my regret, by circumstances over which | had no
control. GEORGE =. NORRIS,
Editor aud Proprietor
No. Ann street. Broadway.