Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-07-01
National Magazine
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LITERATURE, ART and FASHION
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GRAHAM'S
LADYrS AND GENTLEMAN'S
e. Magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR l943.
PROSPECTUS FOR ls43.
EDIroRs:

REGULAR Contributors:
!. FENNlMORE COOPER, RICH
ARD II. DANA, WIN. CULLEN
BRIANT, "A. w. LONGFELLOW
4. Z. GRATAN, CHS. h. HOEt-
MAN.
RAHAM'S is the Oldest and most
" popular Of the American L''eraf!
Magazines. The number for January,
1913. will be the first OF the 3o'h volume.
Its long and universal successful career
from the commencement with lew nun
dred subscriber unnl the present 'lmr'
when it has circulation oftitly 'housaGd
copies a month is perhaps as good an e'"
idence Of It's great and Increasing merit us
The publisher has 1t 10 his power TO oiter r.
To his old subscriber he trust no asSufan
ces are necessary oil his determination to
maintain its present ascendency over all
the rival periodicals of The country. The
engagement during the past year; Ut such
men as BRIAST; CooPER, DANA, Ions
FELLOW, HoFFMAS. MANcUR etc.. oil high
reputation in The literary world as regu'
lar contributors. in addition to a'PreVIous
list embracing many Of the first 7nemes Ia
the patton is a sufficient guarantee tha'
the work will be the principle medlum OF
communication between the best au-
-ihors aud the public Among the aitrac-
ton Of the thirty 6nh volume, will be sew
eral tales by J. +. Cooper, GraftlH Mr.
Hoffman, Dir. Herbert, Miss Leslie, Ma
~ Clarers,' Mrs. Embury, Mrs. Eiiet, ~
Mrs. Stephens; Poems BY Mr. Eriaat, Dir
Dana, Mr.. Longfelow, Mr. Street, Mrs
Se6a Smith, Mrs. Osgood and Mrs. Sig
Quincy; ESs ,ys by Nr. Fay, Mr. Tucker
man, Mr., Jones, Mr.. Poe, etc, etc.
Here follow the names OF about forty
distinguished writers, who it is SAID, will
be contributors to this volume: but which
we have not room to inSert
SPLENDID EMBELlSHMENT.
la the department of Engravlngs, it is
very we'll known thai Graham'S Maya
zine has tar surpassed any periodical
work ever published ia this or any 9th.
er country. The highest ambition OF RI
val publishers seems thus far 10 have been
10 MAINTAIN respectable imitation OF the
numerous costly and beautiful works Of
art with which the successive numbers st
this Journal have been graced. IA the
course of the succeeding volumes many
imporlan, new features will be Introduced.
S4rtain and Sldd the most celebrated
MEzA TINT ENGRAvEBs 10 The Union,
and equals OF the best Of Europe will con.
tlnue TO furnish their exquisite productions
and Rawdon, Wight, aud Hatch, A. T..
Dick, q. Parker, Glmbrede, Jones, Jack
man, and others, Of New York; aud ID I'd
son, WEIGH. Waters, Tucker, aud others,
OF Pnlladel phia, alt among the no I
eminent LINE ENGRAyERs OF the present
century, have been engaged TO furnish a
succession olh'ghly finished steel ,grav.
ings, superior to any that have hitherto ap.
peared IN periodicals. Amdng the pic
lures that will be engraved Tor the volume
1913, are several ORIGINAL PAIN.
TlNGS by lnham, lnman, Cole, Tnomp
son, Freeman, Franquine,, and other dis
,inguished artists. The American peri
odlcals have hitherto Contained, save in {
very lew instances, an engraving copie,
from foreign prints, the publisher o
Graham's Magazine, will be the frs, :,
reform the practice, and to make his worI
strictly original in its embellishments
we'll as IN It's literary conleuts.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
OOe OF the features Of the coming vol
umes will be The INTRODUCTION Of portrait
OF the contributors to Graham's Magazine
which ot course will include nearly ALI ,
the enlnentwrIters Of the day. The 80,
volume will include from the burins ,
Parker, Dojson, aud others, portrait. fer
gIaVed IN the highest style OF The artl =
Mr.. Cooper, Prof. Lnng.ellow, sMaria de
Occidente,' Mrs. SIgournev, Miss Sedo
WICK Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Embury,
several others--al from paintings execu
ted expressly for the purpose.
TIE EDlTORIA DEPARTMENT
Will continue to embrace notes an cu,
rent literature, ETC., and reviews of all new
American and foreign works of genera
interest or value. The Criticisms Of Ora
mans Magazine are acknowledged in al
parts, oil this county to be superior in &C
umen' honesty and independence to ,hos
Of any Contemporary, Indeed, while ,
majority Of the monthly and quarterI,
journals, have become mere adver,isin,
mediums, for the booksellers, 10 which ey
cry thing lin print is indiscriminatel,
Pralsed' this periodical is looked upon a,
aust and discriminating arbi,er be,wee,
eu'nora and readers, 10 which both have
implicit confidence.
TERMS.