The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-05-05


J. FENNIMORE COOPER, RlCH'D H. DANA,
WIN. CULLEN BRYANT, H. w. LONGFEL-
LOW, I. c. GRATTAN, CHS. F. HOFFMAN.
* RAHAM'S is the oldest and most popular Of
III the American Literary Magazines. The
number for january, l843, will be the first of the
35th volume. Its long and universally successful
career, from its commencement with few hum
dred subscribers, until the present time, when II
has circulation of fifty thousand copies month,
is perhaps as good evidence of its great and in
creasing merit as the publisher has il in his power
to offer. To his old subscribers, he trusts as
surances area necessary of his determination TO
maintain its present ascendancy all the rival
periodicals OF the country. The engagement, du-
ring the past year, of such men as BRYANT, Coop
ER, DANA, LoNGFELLow, HOFFMAN, MAEcUR, ETC.,
of high reputation in the literary world, as regular
contributors, in addition to previous list embra-
cling many of the first 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 thrty-Ifth volume, will be
several TALES by Mr.. j. F. Cooper, Mr.. GrGttan,
Mr. Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Miss Leslie, Mary Ga
rers,' Mrs. EHlblTy, Mrs. EHet and Mrs Stephens ;
Poems by Mr.. Bryant, Mr.. Dana, Mr. Longfelloic,
Mr.. Street, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs Osgood and Mrs.
| SigourRey; ESSAYS by Mr. Fay, Mr.. 1t,cker7aan,
Mr.. Jones. Mr.. Poe, etc. etc.
| Here follow the names of about forty distin-
guIshed writers, who, it is said, will be conribu-
tors to this volume; but which we have not room
to insert.
SPLENDID EMBELLISHMENTS
In the department of Engravings, II is very we'll
known 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 a re-
i 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 i'm
| portant new features will be introduced. Sdrtatn
and Sadd, the most celebrated MEzzOTIET ENsRA-
vERS in the Union, and equals Of the best in Eu-
rope, will continue to furnish their exquisite pro-
auctions; and Rawdon, Wright a Hatch, A. L..
Dick, g. Parker, Gimbrede, Jackman, Jones, and
others, of New York; and Dodsona WEIGH & Wa
ters, Tucker, and others, of Philadelphia
among the most eminent LINE ENGRAvERs Of the
present century, have been engaged 70 furnish a
succession of highly finished steel engravings, SUI
peTior to any that have hitherto appeared IN peri
odicals. Among the pictures that will be engra-
| we'd for the volume in l843, are several ORIGINAL
i PAINTINGS, by Ingham, lnman, 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
Usher of Grahamis Magazine will be the FIRST tC
ieform the practice, and TO make his work strictly
original in its embellishments as well as in 1T
literary contents.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One Of the new features of the coming volumes
will be the introduction Of portraits Of The contTi
butors to Grahanss Magazine, which, Of course
will include nearly all OF the eminent writers o.
the day. The thirty-ilth volume will 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 Sedgwick, Mrs
, Seba Smith. Mrs. Embury, and several others-al
from paintings executed expressly for the purpose
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
VIII continue 10 embrace notes on current ltera
t ture. etc. and reviews of all new American an6
foreign works Of general interest o. value. tn,
criticisms e Grabam's Magazine are acknowl
edged in ali narts Of this country 70 be superioriI
+ acumen, honesty and independence to those q
, any cotemporary. Indeed, while majority 9
the monthly and quarterly Journals have become
. mere advertising mediums for the booksellers u
which every thing in print i indiscTiminalel y
praised, this periodical IS looked upon as jus
:. and discriminating arbiteT between authors ans
readers, in which both have implicit confidence,
TERMS:
tGRAHAnss MAaAzlNE' witt be published on thl
tlrst Of each month in every quarter Of the Union