The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-06-09

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REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS:
]. FENNIMORE COOPER, RlCH'D II. DANA,
VIM. CULLEN BRY ANT, H. w. LONGFEL-
Low, I. C.GRATTAN, CHS. +. HOFFMAN.
NRAHAM'S is the oldest and most popular Of
IN the American Literary Magazines. The
number for January, l843, will be the first of the
35th volume. It's long and universally successful
career, from its commencement with few hum
dred subscribers, until the present time, when ii
has a circulation OF fifty thousand copies month,
is perhaps good an evidence of its great and in
creasing merit as the publisher has it in his power
to offer. TO his old subscribers he trusts no as
surances are necessary of his determination 10
maintain its present ascendancy over all the rival
periodicals OF the country. The engagement, du-
ring the past year, or such men as BRYANT, Coop
Err, DANA, LoNGFELLow, HOFFMAN, MANcUR, ETC.,
Of high reputation in the literary world as regular
contributors, in addition to a 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 thirty-fifth volume, will be
several TALES by Mr.. J. f. Cooper, Mr.. Grattan,
Mr. Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Miss Leslie, Navy Ga
Uers,' Mrs. Ezlbury, Mrs. ELet and Mrs. Stephens;
POEMS by MIR. Bryant, Mr.. Dana, Mr.. Long feIlOsO,
| Mr. Street, Mrs. SebG Smith, Mrs O3good and Mrs.
| SigourRey; ESSAYS by Mr. Fay, Mr.. 7uckcrnan,
Mr. Jones. Mr.. Poe, etc. etc.
! l. Here follow the names of about forty distin-
guished writer's who it is said, will be contribu-
| tors to this volume; but which we have not room
to insert.
SPLENDID EMBELLISHMENTS
/ In the department Of Engravings, tits 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 20 have been to maintain a
a spectacle imitation of the numerous costly and
beautiful works OF art with which the successive
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the course of the succeeding volumes, many inn
portant new featureswitl be introduced. SaTtain
and Sadd, the most celebrated MEzzoTINT ENeRA-
vERs in the Union, and equals of the best in Eu-
rope, will continue to furnish their exquisite pro-
auctions; and Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, A. L.
Dick, G. Parker, Gimbrede, Jackman, Jones, and
others, of New ork and Dodson, WEIGH Wa
ters, Tucker, and others, of Phadelphia.-all
among the most eminent LINE ENGRAvERs Of the
present century, have been engaged 10 furnish a
succession of highly finished steel engravngs, su-
perior to any that have hitherto appeared in peri
J odicals. Among the pictures that will be eRgra-
we'd for the volume in 843, are several ORIGINAL
PAINTINGS, by Ingham, lnman, Cole, Thomp.
son, Freeman, Franquinet and other distinguished
artists. The American periodicals. have hitherto
contained, save in very few instances, only en-.
cravings copied from foreign prints. The pub.
Usher of Graham's Magazine will be the first "a
reform the practice, and TO make his work strictly
original in its embellishments as we'll as in III
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I OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One of the new features Of the coming volume,
will be the introduction Of portraits Of tie contri
bttt0Ts to GrQhan1s Magazine which, of course
will include nearly all OF the eminent writers 81
the day. The thirty-ffth volume will include
from the burins of Parker, Dodson, and others
portraits engraved in the highest style Of the art
Of Mr.. Cooper, Prof. Longfellow, Maria del Oc.
cidente,' Mrs Sgourney, Miss SedgwicE. Mrs
!, Seba Smith. Mrs Embury, and several others-sI
from paintings executed expressly for the purpose
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
VIII continue to embrace notes on current litera
ture, ETC., and reviews Of all new American anr
foreign works Of general interest OF value. tn,
criticisms of Graham's Magazine are acknowl
edged in all parts Of this country to be superior il
I'll acumen, honesty and independents 10 those 3
E any contemporary. Indeed, while a majority 8
/ the monthly and quarterly journals have becom,
: mere advertising mediums for the booksellers. II
d which every thing in print IS indiscriminatell
3 praised, this periodical IS looked upon as a ius
: and discriminating arbiter between authofs an
: readers, in which both have implicit confidence
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