The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-02-16
PROSPECTUS
90 InE
North Carolina Literary
Record.

lTHE subscriber proposes to publish, In
- the city Of Raleigh, magazine with
the above lille. Il will be printed in
monthly numbers. on forty octave pages
Of good paper, with new and elegant type
and a neat cover, for Two DOLLARS A
YEAR rs ADVANCE!
II is designed 10 he a publication Of
general interest, containing biographical
sketches of,he 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
poe,ical contributions A proniir ent place
will be given toihe interests of The oaMnS
School system Of education in our state.
A REVIEW department will be added,
which will present notices Of new publ.
cations: ana il is designed that the work
shall have 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 dis,in>
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
Of the literary man, and be wcIccme vi.
sitor 10 any family in the state. 1t will
be seen that the subscription is unusually
low
Tour Hundred ani Eigtiy or,avo Pages
far T.co DJiirs!!!
The work is put at this price that its
circulation may be the. greater; but it will
be at once perceived that tie publisher
cannot risk commencement until suf.
iicient number Of subscribers shall be Oh
tanned to cover expenses.
80 As snoa as .fse hundred eespnnsihie sub.
scrbers shall he secured, tir irsi utia Der will
be lssD.d, al which time the payment for the
q 81 volume will he considered ~ advance.
When subscribers receive that nun her III, v
vi harvard the amount Of their spbscTipiinn
! Immediately. aud will take the publication Of
that number as gi3rInice that the maya.
zinc viii be issued for al least one yrar. This
arrangement will secure both paruts.
Who can doubt that North Carolina needs
snclI magazla,l Win c1n doubt whether
there be not more III n ufFicient talent al lei
sure IN nnr state Ia f its pages witt, profitable
aud entertaining matter Who will mol risk
Two dollars un an experiment 81 well worth
mskinsl We shall listen Tor rel Is, and ex.
pest hearty response. LII no one wait 10
sec how II will appear, for snrh course may |
prevent the pubi"aiion entirely; hut lei every
pae friendly 10 the work tryit for A YEAH, |
and thea. IL IL be not worth taking let linn
lbandpn II. ~....@.4.
We want the names of a ! who will sub |
scribe, by the fist Of January next, or earlier.
{ practicable. Postmasters, every where, will |
,o doubt take pleasure in forwarding them, as .
hey are authorised TO do, free oi postage.
- Editors who III give this prospectus n
Insertion. and send the paper, marked with
nix, 10 the Raleigh Star, shall receive copy
u the work one year.
~ Pos'masiess and Others, who viii be
,o,4e responsible for flee subscriptions slaII.
lkewIsc, receive copy Tor one wear
Az communications 10 be addressed, posi-
, ID, to
TH0S. J. LEMAY.
Raleigh, y. c. Nov. IA. 81