The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-01-12
PROSPECTUS
OF rHE
North Carolina Literary
Record.

THE subscriber proposes TO publish, in
= The city Of Raleigh, magazine with
the above tile. Ii will be printed IN
niontfy numbers, on forty ociayo pages
Of good paper, with new and eleganttype
and a neat cover, for Two DOLLARS A
YEAR IN ADVANCED
{ II is designed 10 be publication oil
general interest, containing biographical
sketches OF the illusirious natives OF North
Carolina; historical papers, embracing
particularly "REMINISCENCES BY the present
aged public men; and scientific articles.
This magazine will cherish The purely
literary, and lis pages will be graced with
poetical contributions. A prominent place
will be given tothe interestsof the COMMON
School system Of education in dur state.
A REVIEW department will be added,
which will present notices Of new publ
cations; and il is designed that the work
shall have. a monthly CHRONICLE Of lite:
rary Intelligence.
The subscriber feels safe in making The
above statements, because he has The pro-
mise of assistance from several distin>
gaished gentlemen In the State, in whose
requirements the public has all conf
dence. He desires to make il periodi-
cal which shall compare well with any
Southern magazine, ornament the table
III The literary man, and be a welcome vi.
sitor to any family in the state. II will
be seen that the subscription is unusually
low r@ @ @ %
-Four Hundred and Eighty ocfaUo Pages
for THO DOAars!u
The work is put at this price that its
circulation may be the greater; but it will
be at once perceived that the publisher
cannot risk commencement until sui
ficieiit number of subscribers shall be OBJ.
tanned 10 cover expenses.
TA soon as five hundred responsible sub.
sctibsrs shall be secured, the FIRST nuHber will
he issued, al which time the payment lor The
FIST volume will De considered 10 advance.
When Subscribers receive thai number they
vii forward The amount Of their subscription
Immediately, a0d will take the publication oil
that number as 4 guarantee that Tire maya.
zine will be issued for al least one year. This
arrangemeat will secure both parties.
Who can doubt that North Carolina needs
such msgaziae2 Who can doubt whether
thee be not more thaa sufficient talent al lei.
sure in oer stale To e IFS pages with profit able
aad entertaining matter? Who will mol risk
Two d0aars IN an experiment so well worth
makiaey We shall listen for rel ~, and ex-
peet hearty response. Let no one wait 10
see how il will appear, for such course may
prevea, The publication entirely; bu, lei every
nne ffiendly 20 the work try Il for A YEAR,
add Thea. Il il be not worth taking. lei him
abandon il. ~&@~~
We waat the names Of al who will sub.
scribe. by the FIST Of January next, or earlier,
If practicable. Postmasters, every where, will
40 doubt take pleasure III forwarding them as
they are authorised 10 do, free oil postage.
- Editors who i'll give this prospectus a
ioseruon. and send the paper, marked with
ink, 10 the Raleigh Star, shall receive copy
Of The work me year.
- Posinaslers and others, who will be.
come responsible Tor flee sabscr ;pl ion sshsli,
likewise. receive copy Cor one year
All Communications 10 lie addressed, post
p il. 10 49,. II 1919, =.
THOS. ]. LEMAY.
Raleigh, n. C. Nov. IA. 81