The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-07-14


| HtRAHAM'S is the oldest and most popular Of
| IN the American Literary Magazines. The
number for January, 843, will be the FIRST Of the
35th volume. It's long and universally successful
| career, from Its commencement with a FEW hum.
dred subscribers until the present time, when IL
has circulation of fifty thousand copies month,
is perhaps as good evidence of its great and in
creasing merit the publisher has it in his power
| to offer. To his old subscribers, he trusts
suFances are necessary of his determination TO
maintain its present ascendant all the rival
periodicals of the country The engagement, du-
ring the past year, OF such men as BRYANT, Coop
En-, DANA, LoNGFELLow, HOFFMAN, MANcUR, ETC.,
of high reputation in the literary world, regular
contributors, in addition to previous list embra-
| cling many OF the hrst names In the nation, is
sufficient guarantee that the work will continue
TO be the principal medium Of communication be-
tween the best authors and the public. Among
the attractions Of the thirly-ffth volume, will be
several TALES by Mr. j. f. Cooper. Mr.. Grauaye
Mr. Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Miss Leslie, Macy Clq-
rers,' Mrs. Enlbury, Mrs ELlet and Mrs Stephens;
PoEblS by Mr.. Bryant, Mr.. Dana, Mr.. Longfeiotc
Mr.. Street, Mrs. SebG Smith, Mrs. Osgood and Mrs.
Sigoursey; ESSAYS by Mr.. Fay, Mr.. Istekeman,
Mr.. Jones. Mr.. Poe, etc. etc.
4 Here follow the names of about forty distin-
guished writers, who, it aid, will be contribu-
tors to this volume; but oh we have not room
to inscrt,l
SPLENDID EMBELLISHMENTS
In the department of Engravings, tits very well
6nown that Graham's Magazine has far surpassed
any periodical work ever published in this or any
) country. The highest ambition of rival publish
ers seems thus far to have been to maintain re-
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 inn
portant new features will be introduced. Sartain
: and S1dd, the most celebrated MEzzoTINT ENeRA-
yERs in the Union, aud equals of the best in Eu.
rope, will continue to furnish their exquisite pro-
auctions; and Rawdon, Wright g. Hatch, A. L.
! Dick, q. Parker. Gimbrede, Jaekman, Jones, ano
. others, OF New YORK; and Dodson4 WEIGH & Wa
. tiers, Tucker, and others, Of PHILADELPHIA
: among the most eminent LINE ENGRAvERs OF the
. present century, have been engaged 10 furnish
succession eff highly finished steel engravings su
1 PeTlor to any that have hitherto appeared in peri
I odlcals. Among the pictures that will be engra
we'd Tor the volume in 843, are several ORIGINAL
PAINTINGS by Ingham, Inman, Cole, Thomp
/ son, Freeman, Franq1inet and other distinguished
!, artists. The American periodicals have hithcrt
Q contained, save in very few instances. only en-
/ cravings copied from foreign prints. The pub
i Usher OF GTaham's Magazine will be the first t
r eform the practice, and TO make his work strictl
}, original IN its embellishments well as in it
d literary contents.
i OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One of the new features Of the coming volume
viii be the introduction of portraits Of Tie contri
bWtoTs to GTahgHl's J1agariae, which, Of course
g will include nearly all OF the emfnent writers
/ the dav The thirty-6flh volume win include
! from the BURNS Of Parker, Dodson, and Others
portraits (engraved in the highest style Of the art
of Mr.. Cooper, Prof. Longfellow, Maria del DC
cidente, Mrs Sgourney, Miss Sedgwiek, Mrs
], Seba Smith. Mrs. EmbuTy, and several oiheTs-al
3 from paintings executed expressly for the purpose
e THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
viii continue to ombr4ee notes on current litera
= ture, ETC., and reviews Of all new American en-
foreign works of general interest OF value. Til
criticisms Of Graham's Magazine are acknowl
n edged IN all pars Of this country TO be superior
Of acHmen, honestyand Independence 10 those {
e any eotemporary. Indeed, while majority {
Il the monthly and quarterly journals have beeom
D. mere advertising mediums foE the booksellers,
n which every thing il print i ndiseriminatel
e praised. this periodical il looked upon as ! ID.
(. and discriminating aFbiteF between authors an
J readers, IN which both have implicit confidence
e. TERBIss
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