Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-06-17
National Magazine
OF
LITERATURE, Art and FASHION.
GRAHAM'S
LADrS AND GENTLEMAN'S
Magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR ls43.
EDITORS:
n1EO6E r.. GRAHAM g. X. w.
1RISWOLD

UAlS w OLD.
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS:
J.FENNIMORE COOPER, RICH
ARD III. DANA, WM. CULLEN
BRiANT, FL. w. LONGFELLOW
u. G. GRATAN, CHS. K. HOFF-
MAN.
~ RAHAM'S 10 The Oldest and most
w popular Of the American Literary
Magazines. The number for January,
IS43. will be the first Of the 3jth volume.
Its long and universal successful career
from the commencement with few hun
dred subscriber until the present lime
when il has a circulation offifty lhousacd
copies a month 10 perhaps as good aa eE'
idence ofiis great md increasing merit %
the publisher has ii in bis power 10 ofler.
To has old subscriber he trust no fssuraD'
ces are necessary OF bis determination 70
msintaia its present ascendency over all
the rival periodicals. oflhe country. Inc
engagement during the past year; OF such
men as BRIAST; CoorER, DANA, LoNs.
FELLOW. HorTnAS. MAscUR ETC.. oil high
reputation in the Literary world as regu-
lar contributors, in addition to q. previous
list embracing many ofthe first Tnemes ~
the nation il a sufficient guarantee tna'
The work will be the principle medium o.
comnunicaiion between the best au-
thors and the 'public- Among the atirac-
4ion Of The thirty fifth volume, will be sew
eyal tales by j. f. Cooper, Grdttdn' Mr..
Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, bliss. Leslie, Ma
RI Clacers,' Mrs. Embury. hrs. Ellet, q
hrs. Stephens; Poems By Nr. Briant, Mr
Dana. Mr.. Longfellor, Mr.. Street, Mrs
ISeba Smith, hrs. OsgOod and hrs Sig
Quincy; Essays By Mr. Fay, DIR. Tucker.
man, Mr.. Jones, Dir. Poe, e'c., etc.
Here follow The names Of about forty
distinguished writer's, who i i said, Will
be contributors to this volume; but winch
we have NOT room to insert.
SPLENDID Establishment. |
In the department Of Engravings, i IS
very well known that Graham's hlaga-
zine has far surpassed any periodical
work ever pnblisbed in this or any oth'
err country. The highest ambition Of RI
val publishers seems mus tar 10 nave been
10 MAINTAIN a respectable imitation Of The |
numerous costly ana beautIal works OF
arr with which the successive nlm0ers OF
this lournal have been gfaced. La the
course Of tho succeeding volames many |
imporlantnew features will be introduced.
and Sadd the most celebrated
MEzzoTrNT ENcRAvERs IN the Union,
and equals OF the best OF Europe viii con-
tinue 10 furnish lneir exquisite productions
and Rawdon, Wright, and Hatch, A. L.
Dick, q. Parker, Gimbrede, Jones, Jack
man, and Others, OF New York; aud Dod-
son, WEIGH. Waters, Tucker, aud others,
OF Philadelphia, --alI among the most
eminent LINE EHGRAvERs OF The present
century, have been engaged TO furnish
succession oil highly finished steel eugray-
ings, superior TO any lHnt have hitherto ap.
pearcd ia periodicals. Among the pic
lures that will be engraved Tor the volume
I643, are several ORIGINAL PAIN
TINGS by Inbam, inman, Cole, Thomp
son, freeman, Franqulnet, and other cis.
sInguished artists. 1'be American peri
odlcals have hitherto contained, save in a
very few instances, an engraving copied
from foreign prints. The publisher Of
Graham's Magazine, will be the first 10
reform the practice, and to make his work
strictly original in its embellishments as
well az 10 It's literary contents.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One Of the features Of the coming vol.
nmes will be the introduction Of portraits
OF the contributors to Graham's Magazine,
which Of course will include nearly all Of
the eninentwriters Of the day. The Ssh
volume will include from the borins 81
Parker, Dodson, aud others, portraits Ten
graved 10 the highest style Of The arl) Of
Mr.. Cooper, Prot. LOng!ellow, sMara del
Occidente,' Mrs. Sigourney, Miss Sedg-
wick, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Embury, &
several others-aIl from paintings execu-
ted expire isly for the purpose.
THE EDITORIA DEPARTMENT.
Will continue 10 embrace notes on cur.
rent literature, etc, and reviews Of all new
American and foreign works Of general
interest or value. The criticisms of Ora.
hams Magazine are acknowledged il all
parts, Of this county to be superiorin &C.
umen. honesty and independence 10 those
Of any contemporary. Indeed, while
majority Of The monthly and quarterly
journals, have become mere advertising
mediums, for the booksellers. 10 which ev
cry thing 'in print is indiscriminately
praised, this periodical is looked upon as
a just and discriminating arbiier between
authors and readers, 10 which both have
implicit confidence.
TERMS.