The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-12
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Edited by George p. Morris
ILLUSTRATED BY J. O. CHAPMAN
Who is engaged exclusively for the Wo
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In the course of a few weeks, the undersigned
Il will commence, on his o,cn dcco,.,.t, the pub
LEGATION of NEW SERIES of the NEw YouK
MIRRon, in the octdre form, on an entirely nopei
and original plan, with Steel Engraving in ere
~ number, and at the reduced price OF Ia,ee
Dollars per a,mum, or IA eeAis per eopy.
The New MIRROR will appear with many
striking and attractive features, distinguishing IL
from any other periodical. 1t will be published
on new type, on fine paper, and each nusaber will
contain beautiful ERgruring on Sleei designed
and etched by Chapman, illustrating the letter
press which 1t accompanies, aud which it will
invest with peculiar interest. Besides the con-
irlbutions OF ALL OUR ExTENsIv. CoRPs OF COR.
uEsPoNnENrs--whiche embraces most of the tai
ent of this oou,Itry--we have made arrangements
for fresh and early translatiois from some of the
best writers OF France, and for prool-sheets from
several OF the popular authors OF England
With such materials, and with such able fellow
laborors IN the literary vineyard, we hope TO pre-.
sent to the American reader weekly journal of
great value and unusual excellence. The parade
of mere names will be seduously avoided. The
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cles with distinguished names 1t will embrace
in its scope epery department Of elegant Etera-
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pendence, literary intelligence, wit and humor,
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rary, musical and dramatic criticisms. It's re-
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ting and impartial. 1t will aim to foster tela-
turc suited the taste and desires of the age and
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livening, as well as improving. 1t will seek to
crafty every refined TASTE but to offend the
most fastidious, aud it will ever feel its duty to
be, to "turn the sunny side of things to human
eyes"
The work will be published every Saturday in
numbers Of sixteen large superroyai pages, with
double columns, and encosed'in neat ornamen.
tai cover. 1t will form. at the end of the year,
two superb volumes, each of four hundred and
sixteen pages, filed with the gems of literature
and the fine arts.
The very low price at which it will he issued.
tenders it the cheapest periodical in this or any
other country, considering the cost and beauty OF
its FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVlNGS, aud the in
trnsic value Of its literary contents. Those de-
srous of receiving the paper at its commence.
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upon their forwarding 10 the undersigned. at
No. Ann street, three dollars free of expense.
Letters, enclosing the amount of subscription,
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terms. U-JJTAe Cah System ,ciR be rightly ad-
hered to WahoW a'ay dcgietion Dhaiepr.. CD
Such Editors as copy the above, will oblige me
by forwarding a marked paper and by resumine
The exchange, which was interrupted, much To
my regret by circumstances over which had no
control. GEORGE =. NORRIS,
Editor and Proprietor
No Ann street, broadway.