Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-10-07
National Magazine
OF
LITERATURE, ART and FASHION.
GRAUAM'S
LADWS AND GENTLEMAN'S
Magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1913.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1913.
EDITORS:
EDITORS:
GEOGE II. GRAHAM & X. W.
GRISWOLD.

REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS:
J. FENNIMORE COOPER, RICH
ARD IL. DANA, WIN. CULLEN
BRlANT, II. w. LONGFELLOW
4. C. GRATAN, CHS. +. HOFF-
MAN.
~ RAHAM'S is the Oldest and most
IN popular Of the American Literary
Magazines. The number for January,
1913, will be the FIRST OF the Both volume
Its long and universal successful career
from the commencement with few hun
dred subscriber until the present time,
when it has circulation oflitly Thousand
copies a month is perhaps as good an eV-
idence of great and increasing merit as
the publisher has it in his power TO otter.
To his old subscriber he trust 10 assuran
ces are necessary of his determination to
maintain its present ascendency over all
the rival periodicals of the country. lhe
engagement during the past year; OF such
men as BRIANT; CooFER, DANA, LONG
FELLOW, HOFFMAN,. MANCUR etc.. OF high
reputation in the literary world as regu.
lar contributors, in addition to 3 previous
list embracing many of the first snemes 10
the nation is a sufficient guarantee thai
the work will be the principle medium OF
communication between the best au.
thors and the'pubIic, Among the attrac-
ton of the thirty fifth volume, vii! be sew
eral tales by J. +. Cooper, Grdttan' Mr.
Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Mss Leslie, Ma
ry Clarers,' Mrs. Embuy, Mrs. Eile!, Il
Mrs. Stephens; Poems by Mr.. Briant, NJ
Dana, Mr.. LongtelIow, Mr.. Street, Mrs
!Seba Smith, Mrs. Osgood and Nrs Sig
Quincy; Essays By Mr. Fay, Mr.. Tucker,
man, Mr. Jones, Dir. Poe, etc., etc.
There follow the names OF about forty
distinguished writer's, who it is said, will
be contributors to this volume: but which
we have not room to insert
Splendid ESTABLISHMENT.
In the department OF Eagravlngs, it is
very we'll known that Graham's Maya.
zlne has far surpassed any periodical
work ever published in this or any 9TH
er country. The highest ambition OF RI
val publishers seems thus tar to have been
TO MAINTAIN a respectable imitation OF the
numerous costly ard beautiful works OF
art with which the successive numbers OF
this journal have been graced. IN the
course of the succeeding volumes many
impor,antnew features will be Introduced.
Sar,ain and Sadd the most celebrated
MEzZoTINr ENGRAvERs 10 the Union,
and equals of the best of Europe will con.
tinue to furnish their exquisite productions
and Rawdon, Wright, and Hatch, A. l..
Dick, G. Parker, Gimbrede, Jones, Jack
man, and others, of New York; aud bod.
son, WEIGH. Waters, Tucker, and others.
of Philade phla, all among the mos
eminent LINE EEGRAVERs of the presen
century, have been engaged TO furnish {
succession ofhlghly finished steel engrav
ings, superior to any that have hitherto ap
peared in periodicals. Among the pic
lures that will be engraved tor the volum
l843, are several ORIGINAL PAIN
TINGS by Imam, lnmau, Cole, Thomp
son, freeman, Franquine,, and other d,
tinguisbed artists. The American peri
odlcals have hitherto contained, save in
very few instances, an engraving cople
from foreign prints, The publisher {
Graham's Magazine, will be the first !
reform the practice, and to make his wor
strictly original in its embellishments O
we'll as in its literary contents.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One Of the features Of the coming vo
umes will be the introduction of portral
of the contributors to Graham's Magazln
which of course will include nearly all
the eminent writer's of the day. The 35t
volume will include from the burins
Parker, Dodson, and others, portraits lei
graved in the highest style OF the art)
Mr.. Cooper, Prof. Long!elIow, maria d.
Occidente,' Mrs. Sigourney, Mss Sedg
wick, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Embury,
several others-all from paintings execl
ed expressly for the purpose.
THE EDlTORlA DEPARTMENT
sWil continue to embrace notes on Gu
rent literature, ETC., and reviews of all ne
American and foreign works of genera
interest or value. The criticisms of Gri
hams Magazine are acknowledged ia a
parts, Of this county to be superior in az
umen, honesty and independence TO thos
of any contemporary. Indeed, while
majority Of the monthly and quarterl
journals, have become mere advertiser
mediums, for the booksellers. in which e,
cry thing lin print is indiscriminateI
praised, this periodical is looked upon O
Just and discriminating arbiter betwee
authors and readers, in which both hav