The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-04-07

LOW, T. c. Ora TITAN, CHS. F. HOFFMAN.
NRAHAM'si s'the oldest and most popular Of
N the Ameri' san Literary Magazines. The
number Tor Janue ny, l843, will be the first OF the
35th volume. II long and universally successful
career, from its commencement with few hum
dred subscriber s, until the present time, when II
has circulate on OF fifty thousand copies month,
is perhaps good an evidence of its great and in
creaslng meT 1t the publisher has 1t In his power
to offer. his old subscribers, he trusts 70 as
snfances re necessary OF his determination TO
maintain rs present ascendancy over all the rival
PeuodIce is of the country The engagement, du-
ring the past year, OF such men as BRYANT, CooP-
ER1 "a ma, LoNGFELLow, HOFFMAN, MANcUR, ETC.,
OF mig reputation in the literary world, regular
contT7 butors, in addition previous list embra-
eng many of the first names in the nation, is a
sum Client guarantee that the work will continue
70 D Q the principal medium Of communication be-
tw' isen the best authors and the public. Among
IN e attractions OF the thirty-hth volume, will be
g Eeral TALES by Mr.. J. f. Cooper, MIR. GrattaTl,
Hr Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Miss Leslie MARY C2a.
Uers,' Mrs EnabuIy, Mrs. Ellet and Mrs. Stephens
Poems by Mr.. Bryant, Mr.. Dana, Mr.. LOngjeilOt0
Mr.. Street, Mrs. SebG Smith, Mrs. OsgOOd ana Mrs
Sigomrney; ESSAYS by Mr.. Fay, Mr.. 7uekeTlgn
Mr. Jones, Mr.. Poe, etc. etc.
g Here follow the names of about forty distin.
i guished writers, who, it is said, will be conlrbu'
tors to this volume; but which we have not room
to insert
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In the department of Engravings, tits very vel
: known that Graham's Magazine has far surpassed
any periodical work ever published in this or any
y country. The highest ambition of rival publish.
+ ers seems thus far 10 have been to maintain re.
I'll spectacle imitation of the numerous costly and
beautiful works OF art with which the successive
: numbers of this journal have been graced. IL
. the course of the succeeding volumes, many i'm
n portant new features will be introduced. SaTtGin
: and Sadd, the most celebrated MEzzoTINT ENGRA
vERS in the Union, and equals of the best in Eu,
= rope, will continue to furnish their exquisite pro-
: auctions; and RaWdon, Wright g. Hatch, Al l.,
: Dick, G. Parker, Gimbrede, Jackman, Jones, anC
!. others, of New York and Dodson, Welch & Wa
;, tiers, Tucker, and others, of Philadelphia
among the most eminent LINE ENGRAvERs of thu
present century, have been engaged 10 furnish 1
" succession of highly finished steel engravings su
perior TO any that have hitherto appeared IN peri
odicals. Among the pictures that will be engra
we'd for the volume in 843, are several ORIGINAL
PAINTINGS by Ingham, Inman, Cole, Thomp
son, freeman, tranquinet and other distinguished
: artists. The American periodicals. have hilbert,
2 contained, save in very few instances, only en-
l. cravings copied from foreign prints. The pub
st Usher of Graham's Magazine will be the first t,
T reform the practice, and to make his work strictly
3 original in its embellishments as well as in II
ID literary contents.
u OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One of the new features of the coming volume
will be the introduction Of portraits Of he eoatTi
butoTs to GTQhdnl's J0dgGrtae, which, Of course
sd will include nearly all Of the eminent writer's 0
/ the day. The thirty-fifth volume viii include
from the BURNS of Parker, Dodson, and Others
portraits engraved in the highest style Of the an
Of Mr.. Cooper, Prof. Longfellow, Maria del Oc
cidente,' Mrs. Sigourney, Miss Sedgwick, Mr..
:, Seba Smith. Mrs. Embury, ant several others-sl
from paintings executed expressly for the purpose
: THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
!, Will continue TO embrace notes on current Iters
: ture, ETC., and reviews of all new American an
foreign works Of general interest or value. Th
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N edged in all parts Of this country to be superior
q acumen, honesty and independence 70 those /
e any cotemporary. Indeed, while q majority I
II the monthly and quarterly journals have becom
a mere advertising mediums for tbs booksellers,
n which every thing in print is ilgdiscnminatel
Is praised, this periodical il looked upon a. iu
3 and discriminating arbiter betwe IN authors an
? readers in which both have implicit confidence
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