, 1843-02-04
Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's
MAGAZINE.
THE PROSPECTUS Foa 1888.
EDITORS:
GEO. r.. GRAHAM & r. w. GRIswoLD

Ed
GEO. r.. GRAHAM & r. w. GRIswoLD
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS;
]. F%enirnore Cooper, Richard Fl. Da.
ma. William COLLEEN Bryant. Henry
! w. LonfelIow. T.. C. Gratian,
Charles F. Hoffman.
GRAHAM's is the oldest and most
popular of the American Literary
Magazine. The number for Janua.
ry, 184s, will be the first of the thir-
~ fifth volume. Its long and uni.
formIy successful career, from ITS
commencement with a few hundred
sub 'cribers, until the present time,
when it has a circulation Of fifty thou.
sand copies per month, is perhaps as
good an evidence of its great and
constantly increasing merit as tine
publisher has it in his power to offer.
To its old subscribers, he trusts, no
assurances are necessary Of his de-
termination to maintain its present
ascendency over all the rival period
calls of the country. The engage
ment during the past year Of such
men as Bryant Cooper. Dana. Long
fell 10, Huffman, Mancur and others.
of high reputation in the literary
world, as regular contributors. in nd
dition to a previous list embracing
many Of the first names in the ma
ton, is sufficient guarantee that
the work will continue to be the prin-
cipal medium OF communication be.
tween the best authors and the pub,
lie. Among the attractions of the
thirty fifth volume. will be several
TALES by Messrs. Cooper, Grattan.
Hoffman. Mancur, Herbert. Miss
Leslie, '.-Marry CIavers." Mrs. En-
bury. Mrs. EIlet and Mrs. Stephens:
POEMS by Messrs. Bryant, Dana,
Longfellow. Street, Mrs. Seba Smith,
Mrs. Osgood, and Mrs. Sigourney;
ESSAYS by Messrs. Fay, Jones,
Tuckerman, Poe, etc. etc.
Graham's Lady's and Gentlemon'e
has been from its establish
more than any other the favor
tie periodical Of the gentler SEX
Though its plan does not entirely ex-
;!ude articles Of the most important
,harncter-such shave raised Black
roofs. and some other foreign journ-
us to their high influence and repnta- 1
inn-i,s pages will be principally de-
to what is usually termed light !
1t will he a.sttiYngsahinihlaarr |
ims, by The literary and artistic mer. g
of it, contents. While those of G
ther works are unknown or anonv- n
,"nS the contributors to This are the $
list eminent authors ns our age and I
The vprv creators found !
rs--of cur NATIONAL LIrER>rURE.- q
il it celebrated as contain. Il
~ The choicest productions Of The '
nest female writers of the time J.
number contains gems which p
,ay he appealed to with pride by a
he sex as indicating their inteIiec-
ial eminpnce. n
.PLENDID EMBELLISHMENTS. ly
In the department of Engravings, IL
is well known that raham's Maya y
ne has far surpassed any periodical s,
'ork eve published in this or any Il
country. The highest ambi,
on of rival publishers seems thus "
r TO have been to maintain a re- et
,ectable imitation Of the numerous N
,stly and beautiful works of ar, tn
it'll which the successive numbers sc
this Journal have been graced. In b
e course of the succeeding volumes la
any important New Features will pr
introduced by SARTAlN and ar
ADD. the most celebrated Mezzo. tn
It Enyravers in the Union. and de-
uals of The best in Europe, will in
ntinue TO furnish their exquisite he
oductions; and Rawdon, Wright tn
Hatch, G.. Parker. a. l.. Dick, pc
mbridge. Jackman, Jones and OH ria
!, of New York, and Dodson, ale
elch & Walters, Tucker and others, fnl
Philadelphia.--all among the most mf
'inent Line E~ngravers of the pres. th'
| century, have been engaged TO he
nish a succession of highly finish gu
steel engraving. superior to any
t have hilbert" appeared in peri pre-
cal. Among the pictures that will um
engraved for the volumes in I843, ske
several % dol
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS. Jat
By lngham. Inman, Cole, Thomp- FIRE
! Freeman. Franquinet, and other
artists. The Ameri. ten
periodicals have hitherto contain ems
save in a very few instances, on cut
engravings copied from FOREIGN J,