The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-01-06
GRAHAM'S
LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN Ms
MAGAZINE.
THE PROSPECTUS FOR 1913.

EDITORS.
G. X. GRAHAM, s. R. W. GRIswoLD.
Regular Contributors-J. Fennimorc Cooper,
Richard II. Dana, W. C. Bryant, II. W.
LongGclIow. T. e. Grallnn, Charles
NRAllAM'S is The Oldest and most popular Of
Nl,he American Literary Magazine The mum
Der for January, ls43, will b. the frs, Of the lhir-
ty-Gflh volume. Its long and uniformly success
full career, from lis commencement with few
hundred subscribers until the pSesent time, when
it has II circulation Of fifty thousand copies per
month, is perhaps as good an evidence Of its grea,
and constantly increasing merit as the publisher
has in his power to offer. TO its old subscribers
he trusts, no assurances are necessary Of his de-
termination 10 maintain its present nssendency
over all the rival periodicals Of the country. The
cngameneht during the past year Of such men rs
Bryant, Cooper, Dana, I.onsicllow, Hoffman,
Mancur and Others. orhigh reputation in the liter
AIRY world, as regular contributors, in addition
10 previous list embracing many the first names
in the nation, is sufficient guarantee that the
work will continue TO be the principal medium Of
communication between the hes, authors and the
public. Among the attractions Of the thirty fifth
volume, will DO several Tales by Mr. Cooper, Mr.
Ga,,an, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Mancur. Mr. Herbert,
Miss Leslie, 'Mary Cavcrs,' Mr. Embury, Mrs
Eet and Mrs Stephens; Poems by Mr. BRYANT, Mr.
Dana, Mr. l.ongfellow, Nj Street, Mrs Seba Smith
Mrs Osgood, and Mrs 81 sourney; Essays by Mr.
Fay, Mr. Jones, Mr. Iuckcrman, Mr. Poe, &c. &c.
The following more complete list Of contributors
will convince the reader that il is well nigh irnpos-
slbe TO have Il superior corps in the present age:
james Fenimorc Cooper, author Of the Spy ,,hs
Pilot the Pioneers, Naval History, Home as Found
the American Democrat, &c. Richard II. Damn
author Of the Buccanecr, the Idle Man, Discoursrs
On Shakespeare, SC. Wliam Cullen Bryant. au-
thor Of the Ages, the Fountain, and the other Po-
ems, &c. Il. L. Ora,an. author Of Highways and
Byways, Jaqucne Of Holland. History Of the Ne
therlnnds. the lleiess of Bruses, SC. Henry W.
Iong(cllow, author Of the Voices Of the Night ly.
pcrion. Oure Ner, Ballads and other Poems, &c.
n, 2. Willis. author Of Two Ways a Dying for
Il husband, Inklinss Of Adventure, Letters from n
Bridge. &c. Charles Fenno Hoffman, author Of
Wild Scenes in the Forcs, and the Prairie, A Win
ter in the West, Greyslaer, Sc. William Falconer,
author Of Transitions from Contemporary French
and German Poets. Residence in the Isles Of
franch, SC. Henry William Herbert author Of
Cromwell, the Brothers The Maid Of Orleans r ing
word the Rover, &c. u. u. Tuckcrman, author of
Rambcs and Reyerics, Isabel, or Scicily, &c -
Theodore $. Fay, author Of Norman Leslie, tho
Countess Ida, &c John II. Nuncur, nu,hor Of
Henri Qnarlc. or the Days Of The League. &c -
Ruff. W. Griswod author Of the Poets and Poe
ny Of American, Sc. Epcs Sargent, author OF
Veasco, the Gencese, &c. Park Benjamin, author
Of Sonncs aud Lyrical Poems, &c William Gil
more Sunn,s, author Of Gny Rivers, Peln,o,
Southern Passages and Pictures, SC. James Rus
sci Lowell, aulhor Of Years Life, and other
Poems, Old English Dramatiss, Sc. Frederick
W. Thomas, au.or Of Clinton Bradshawc, How.
ard Pinskney, East and West, &c. Cornelius
Mathews, author of the Politicians, the Motcly
Book. PuiFar Hopkins, &C. Rev. Waller Cotton,
author Of Consianlnope and Athens, Ship and
Shore, &c. Louis Fitzgerald Tasisros author ur
Random Shots, Agalhc, &C. Alfred b. Street, au-
thor Of Nature. The Burning Of Schenectady, &C.
George Till, author Of the Ruins of Athens, TIT
az as Banquet, Sc. Albert Pike author Of II ,mns
T. the Gods. Sketches and Poems, sc. Edger A.
Pc, author Of Tales Of the Grofesque and The
Arabesque, &c. u. Hastings Weld author Of Cor
rec,cd Proofs, &c. James Aldrich, Hon. RobeuT
Conrad author Of Aymcrc. &c. William F.. Bur-
ton. George Luni. author Of the Grave Of Byron,
&c. Rev. Louis l.. Noble. J. X. Mitchell, NJ. d.
author of Indecisiun, Sc. Charles r. Paterson.
J. II. lngrahan,, author Of the South West, &c.
Horace Greedy.
Grahan,'s' laJy's and Genllemans' Magazine
has been from il, establishment more than any OH
er the fayote periodical oflhe gen,lcr SEX ri ourh
its plan does no, entirely exclude articles Of Tho
most important cbaractsr-such as have raised
BIackwori's. aud some other foreign Journals 10
their high influence and repuaion--is pages will
be principally devoted TO what is usually termed
light literature. It will be distinguished from other
publications. of similar aims, by he literary and M.
lstic merit Of its contents. While those of Other
works are unknown or anonymous, the contrib.
ton TO this are the most eminent author. of our
age and country; the very creaiors-!onnders-o
our national literature. Especially is ii celebrated
rs containing the choicest productions Of the fines,
female writers Of the time. Every number con-
tain, gems which may be appealed 10 with prds
by the sex ~ vindcaing their intellectual em,.
nence. The following list Of ,uhoresses who have
hitherto aud will hererfier write Tor it. will show
that in this regard no rivalry TO it can he sustained
Mrs Emma &. Embury, author Of Constance
Iaiimer, the Blind girl. Guide and other Poems,
&c. Mrs Francis Sargent Osgood. author Of
Wreath Of Wild Flawers from New England, &c.
Mrs Seba Smith. author Of the Sinless Child, tho
Western Captive, or the Times of 'fecumseh, Es
says, Critical and Miscellaneous, SC. Mis- Elz,
Leslie. author Of Pencil Sketches, Allhea Vernon
and other Tales, SC. Mrs Mary Claveis, auth, ,
Of a New Home Who'll FeAaw Forest Life &C.
Mrs Maria Brooks, author ofZopbel, or The Brile
Of Seven, &c. Mrs Lydia II. Sigournsy, author Of
Znzindorr and other Poems, ketirrs To NIo,be,.
&c. Mrs F.. F. Ellet, author Of Chorncicris,;cs -.
Schiller, Rambes in the Country, &c. MrsI
dia Jane Pierson "A ubor Of PONIES and rs,ays e.
Mrs Amelia d. Welbey. author Of Poems by A.
liza, &c. Mrs A. NJ. T. AMMAN, ahher Of IT,
and Sketches. &c T. L. r. author of the N,,,;.e
Of Convenicnces, &c. Mrs Ann :. S,cnl,o,s
,hot Of Mary Derwen'.&,.