Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-12-23
National Magazine
OF
LITERATURE, ART and FASHION
GRAlIAM'S
LADYS AND GENTLEMAN'S
Magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR tsi3..



REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS:
J FENNlMORE COOPER, RICH
ARD n. DANA, WIN. CULLEN
BRIANT, II. w. LoNGFELLOW
\. c. GRATAN, CHS, f. HOFF'
MAN.
<RAHAM'S is the Oldest and most
wv popular OF The American Literary
MapaZlnes. The number Tor January,
1913. viii be the frs; ot the Both volume
Its long and universal successful career
from the commencement with II lew nun
dred subscriber until the present Tune
when il has circulation OF ttiy Thousand
COPIES month is perhaps as good an eV'
idence ofits great and Increasing merit as
the publisher has ii IN his power to olier
To his old subscriber he trust no 1ssuran'
ces are necessary OF his determination 10
maintain It's present ascendency over al
the rival periodicals OF the country. Inc
engagement, during the past year; OF such
men us BRIANr; COOPER, DANA, LoNs'
FELLOW, HoFFMAN. MANcUR etc.. OF high
reputation IN the literary world as reeu'
lar contributors, ia addition to a previous
lis, embracing many OF the first .neInes 10
the nation is sufficient guarantee thai
tie work will be the principle medium 0.
communication between The best au
thors and The public Among The atlrac-
lion OF the thirty 9Th volume, will DO sew
eral tales by j, Z. Cooper, GrGttan' Mr..
Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Mss. Leslie, Ma
~ CIarers,' Mrs. Enbmy, Hrs. Eiiet, X
Mrs. Stcpheas; Poems by -Hr, briant, Mr
Dana, Mr.. Loagtcilow, M. Street, Mrs
SeJa Smith, AIRS. O&good and Mrs.. Sig
QUINCY; Essays By Mr. Fay, Mr., Tucker
man, Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Poe, exc, eIc.
[Here follow the NAMES Of about forty
distinguished writer's, Who 1t is sAld' Will
be contributors to this volume: but which
we have moi room to insert
SPLENDID EMBELlSHMENT.
In the department OF Engravlng1, ii is
very well known that Graham's Magi.
alne has far surpassed auy' periodical
work ever pnblIshe in this or any 9TH
sr country. The highest ambition OF fi-
sgl publishers seens thus lar to have been
10 mania,n a respectable imitation OF the
numerous costly and beautiful works Of
art with which the successive numbers OF
this ,ournal have been gaccd. In the
course OF tho succeeding volumes many
important new TEXTURES wllt he lHlroduCed.
S,rtain aud Sadd the most celebrated
ENGRAvERs ~ the Union,
a nd equals OF the best Of Europe wili con.
tInue 10 furnish their exquisite productions
aud Rawdon, Wright, and Hatch, a. l..
Dick, G. Parker, Gmbrcde, Jones, Jack.
man, aud Others, ol New York; and Dod-
son, Welch. Waters. fucker, and Others,
Of PhIludelphia, all among tho most
emlnen, LINE ENGRAvERs pt the present
century, have been engaged TO furnish a
succession oil highly finished steel cagrav.
fngs, superior to any that have hitherto ap.
pearcd in periodicals. Among The pie.
lures that will be engraved Tor the volume
I943, are several ORIGINAL PAIN,
TINGS by Imam, inmau, Cole, Thomp.
son, Freeman, Franqunet, antpther els.
tingushed artists. Ihc American PERI
odicals have hitherto contained, save IN a
verv few instances, an engraving COPIED
from foreign prints, The publisher o
Graham's Maguzinr, will be the first 4
reform the practice, and to make his worn
strictly original in It's embellishments a.
we'll as IN It's literary contents.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One OF the features OF the coming vol
umes will be The introduction Of portrait
of the contributors u Graham'5 Magazlne
which OF course will Include nearly all o
tho eminent writer's Of The day. The 35lI
volume will include from the BURNS o
Parker, Dodson, and others, portraits Zen
graved IN the highest style OF the arl) 0
Mr.. Cooper, Prot Long,eIow, MARIA de
Occidenle,' Mrs. SgouTney, Miss Sedg
wick, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Embury, {
several others--all from paintings execu
cd expressly Tor the purpose.
THE EDITORIA DEPARTMENT
Will continue to embrace notes on car
rent literature, ETC., aud reviews of all new
American and foreign works of genera
Interest or value. Tie criticisms Of Ora
HAMS Magazine arc acknowledged ID all
parts, Of this county To be superior in &c.
nmen. honesty and independence TO those
OF any colemporary. Indeed, while a
majority of the monthly and quarterly
Journals, have become mere advertising
mediums, for the booksellers. in which cv
cry thing 'in print is indiscrimioately
praised, this periodical is looked upon as
a just and discriminating arblter between
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