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National Ma aZiEae
LITERATURE, Art and E.lS7Eo IN
GraIlann's Lady's and GentIes
mans Magazine.
PROsPECTUs F0R Isl3.
Rn1rnRas
EDITOR8s
GEORGE Z. GIsAIIAll 5 3. ". oRIsWoIn


EDIToRs
r. GRAHAM 8 r. ". GRIsWOLD.l
REGULAR ooNTRInUroRs
!. FEfTIlTM0RECO COOPER. RlCHsD IL DAN "a, i
WIN. CULLEN BRY ANT, II. w. LONlF Els- I
Low, T. 9. GRATTA ~, CHS. T. HOFFMAN.
G<RAF4AN,s il tho oldest and most popular Of
~ the American Literary Magazines. The
number for January, I8l3, win Be the hrtt Of the
35th volume. Itslong end universally successful
career, from ito conmenceHlent with few huns
dfed subscribers, until the present times when i
has circulation 81 fifty thousand copies amonth,
Is perhaps as good anevidence II it, great andin
cgeneing merit as the publisher has il ia power
to offer. To his old subscribers, he trusts no as
surances are necessary Of his determination To-
maintain its present aBcendancy over al the rival
periodicals Of the country. The engagement, due
ring the past year, Of such mensas BRYANT, CooR-
Err, DANA, LoNeFRLLoE, HoFTlrAN, MANCUR, etc,
of high reputation IN the literary world, regular
contributors, in addition 20 previous list embFa-
cling many of the frst names ID the nation, is
sufficient guarantee that the WORK win continue
TO be the principal medium 81 Communication be-
tween the best authors and the public. Among
the attractions Of the thiny-ffth volume, will be
several TALES BY Mr.. !. a. Cooper, MIR. GTattaN,
Mr. Holman, Mr.. Herbert, Miss LeSlie Navy Ga
vers,' Mrs. EDSburg, Mrs. ELlet and Mrs. SephensS
PoEMs by Mr.. Bryant, Mr.. Damn, Mr.. Long elo1D,
Mr.. Street, Mn, SebG Smith, Mrs. OsgOOd and Mrs.
SIgCtTnegs EssAYs by Mr.. Fay, Mr. 1tEekern1a1s
Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Poe, etc. etc.
~ Here follow the names Of about forty distin-
guished writer's, who it 10 aaid, will be contrbu-
tors to this volumes but which we have not room
70 insert.
SPLENDID EMBELLISHMENTS.
In the department. Of EngTaviDgs, tbs very well
known that Graham's Magazine has far surpassed
any periodical work ever published in this or any
country, The highest ambition Of rival publish-
L r.
spectacle imitation Of the numerous costly and
beautiful works Of art with which the successive
numbers of this journal have been graced. In
the course of the succeeding volumes, many im-
portant new features will be introduced. SGrtGin
and SGdd, the most cel Celebrated MRzZoTINT ENaR A.
vRRs in the Union, and equals Of the best IN Eu-
rope, will continue to furnish their exquisite pro-
lductions; and Rawdons Wright g. Hatch, A. q.
Dick, g. Parker, GimbTede, Jackman, Jones, and
others, Of New York and Dodson, WEIGH & Wa
tiers, Tucker, end others, Of Philadelphia
among the most eminent LINE EEeRAYERs Of the
present centuEys have been engaged 10 furnish
succession of highly finished steel eneTayngs su.
peror 50 any that have hitherto appeared II peri
lodicalss Among the pictures that will Be engra.
we'd for the volume in rs a. are several ORIGINAL
PAINTINGS, by lngham, Inman, Cole, Thomp-
son, Freeman, Franquinet and other distinguished
artists. The American periodicals have hitherto
contained. save in q very few instances, only en-,
cravings copied from foreign prints. The pub
fisher Of GTaham's Magazine will be the first Il
reform the practice, and TO make his work strictly
] original in its embellishments as well Rs in ia
literary contents.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One Of the new features Of the coming volumes
will be the introduction of portraits Of Gle cOatri
butoYs 10 GTaltanl's J4agGTine, which, of course
will include nearly allof the eminent writers o.
: the day. The thirty-ffIh volume will include
e from the BURNS of Parker, Dodson, and others
portraits engraved in the highest style of the art
; of Mr.. Cooper, Prof Longfelow, Maria del DC
! cidente,' Mrs Sigourney, Miss Sedgwick, Mrs
Seba Smith, Mrs. EmbuTy and several otheTs--sl
from paintings executed expressly for thepurpose
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Will continue TO embrace notes on current litera
ture, etc., and reviews of all new American AM
Z foreign works Of general interest or value. Tn
Z criticisms. Of Graham's Magazine are acknoWl
edged in al parts Of this country to be superior i
] acumen, honesty and Independence to those Q
Z any contemporary. Indeed, while q majority Q
NE monthly and quarterly journals have becom
|, mere advertising mediums for the booksellers i
: which every thing imprint is indiscFiminatel
praised, this periodical is looked upon as q iur
J and discriminating arhiter between authors an
! Teaders,in which both have implicit confidence.
J. TERMss
ii tGRAHAMss MAeAzlIE' will bepublished on III
FIRST of each month in every quarter of the Unior
The most distant subscribers will therefore r.
COVE it on that cay, as we'll as those who resid
Y lin Philadelphia. The proprietor being more des
4 rous of presenting the BEST and MOST BEAUrfru
y than the cheapest work in the country, and ans
ious to bring Il within the reach Of an offers III
: following &c the LOWEST TERMS az which It can /
. affordeds Three Dollars IN advance for s,nol
3 copy, or two copies yearly fer Five Dollars: III
Z. copies for Ten Dollars: cightfor Fifteen Dollar
e or eleven for Twenty Dollars (clabs furnished
L usual. invariably III advance. Postage Oh all
E tiers to be prepaid. GEO. r. GRAHAM,
Z Nos98, Chemist, philadelphia.
2 December, 1e42.
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