Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-12-09

ARDH. DANA, WIN. CULLEN
BRIANT, II. w. LONGFELLOW
\, C. GRATAN, CHS. f. Hoff'
MAN.
~RAUAM'S is the Oldest and most
@W popular OF the American Literary
Magazines. The number tor January
1913. will be the frs; OF the Both volume
lts long and universal successful career
,rom the commencement with lew nun
dred subscriber until the present ume,
,yhor !, has circulation oftltty Thousand
COPIES month is perhaps as good an e'~
,dence of its great and increasing merit as
the publisher has II IN his power 10 ol'e' .
po h,s old subscriber he trust no assuran
eos are necessary of his determination to
maintain its present ascendency over al
the rival periodicals OF the country Ut
engagement during the past year; o. Su''
men as BRIANT; COOPER, DANA, Lone
FELLOW, HorFMAN, MANCUR etc.. OF high
renuta,ion IN the literary world as reSu'
lar contributors, in addition to a previous
ljst embracing many Of the first Enemes III
the nation is a sufficient guarantee tha'
network will be the principle medium
communication between the best ant
,hors and ,heipubiic Among the attrac-
lion of the thirty fifth volume, Will be sew
crnI tales by J. f. Cooper, Gfd'ta" ar
Hoffman, Mr.. Herbert, Mss. Leslie, Ma
~ Clapers,' Mrs. Embury, Hrs. EiEci' n
Mrs. Stephens; Poems by ar Brtdnf, ar
Dana, Nr. LongteiloD, -H. Street. -nrS
Scba Smith, Mrs. Osgood and HrS' sag
ourneg; Essays By Mr.. Fay Mr.. Tucker
man, Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Poe, etc, ETC.
rHere follow the names Of about forty
writer's, who II Is saId' VIII
be contributors to this volume: but which
we have no, room to insert. ra "a,
SPLENDID ESTABLISHMENT.
la the department OF Eagravlogs, 1t Is
very well known that Graham's Maya
zrne has far surpassed any periodical
work ever published in this or any o'n'
er country. The highest ambition OF ri>
val publishers seems thus tar to have been
to MAINTAIN Respectable imitation OF The
numerous costly aud beautiful works OF
art with which the successive numbers o'
this ,ournal have been gfaced' ~ 'he
course of the succeeding volumes many
lmporlautnsw features wall be Iatroouceo,
Sar,ain and S4dd the most celebrated
MEz1,rlNT ENGRAvERs IN the Ohion
and EQUALS of the best Of Europe WI Con
,lnue to furnish their exquisite production
and Rawdon, Wright, and Hatch, "A. L
Dick, G. Parker, Gmbrede, Jones, Jack
man, and Others, OF New York; and 100
son, WEIGH. Waters, Tucker, aud others
of Philadelphia, all among the mo-
eminent LINE ENGRAvERs OF the pfese'
century, have been engaged TO lufhlsNa
succession of highly finished steel elSra
logs, superior to any that have hitherto al
pearod in periodicals. Among The pr
lures that will be engraved Tor the voiun
1913. are several ORIGINAL PAlN
things by Imam, lnman, Cole, ihom
sou, freeman, Franqninet, and other q
,inruished artists. The American pei
odlcals have hitherto contained, save ip
yerv few instances, an engraving copl
from foreign prints, The publisher
Gruham's Magazine, will be the first
reform the practice, and to make his wo
strictly original in lis embellishments
~ a., ItnrorX' contents
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
One Of the features of the coming V
umes will be the introduction Of portra
of the contributors to Graham's Magyar
which of course will include nearly all
the eminent writer's of the day. The 3,
volume will include from the BURNS
Parker, DJdson, aud others, portraits {
urayed in the highest style OF the art
Mr.. Cooper, Prot. Long:eIow, MARIA
Occidente,' Mrs. SIgourney, Mss Sec
wick, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Embury,
several others-aIl from paintings exec
ed expressly for the purpose.
THE EDlTORlA Department
Will continue to embrace notes on C,
rent literature, etc, and reviews of all NJ
American and foreign works OF gene
interes, or value. The criticisms of G
hams Magazine are acknowledged ia
parts, of this county TO be superior in {
umen. honesty and Independence TO Tx
of any contemporary. Indeed, while
majority of the monthly and quarte
journals, have become mere ADVERTISE
mediums, for the booksellers. in which I
cry thing sin print is indiscrimlnat'
praised, this periodical is looked upon
a lust and discriminating arbIter betwe
authors and readers, 10 which both ha
implicit confidence.
1a. a TERMS.