The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-03-29
THE NEW MIRROR
OF

LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
EDITED BY q. Il. Morris AND N. p. WILLIS.
Each numb,r contains beautiful steel engraving
~ GOD us the Mirror has hitherto bee (gnod
~ enough To prospect we have edited it as the Is
raeIiles built the walls of Jerusaem--with the hes,
hand Otherwise employed The beginnings of all en-
teIprses are diibcult-mors especially beginnings
without capital-and the attention Of one editor has
been occupied with the management of the machinery
In regular operation while the ether iii the con
Germ should be prosperous, was compelled to labor
diligently for other pnb!icao One by TO
change the fgure) these hindering barnacles have
been washed of our keel by gong rapidly ahead
and with the beginning OF the third volume BOTH
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY and EXCLUSIVELY devoted
to the MlRRoR,-equ0l to setting sludding sails allow
and a-loft with the wind dead aft full and steady
OF course she will now 60 along Nth bone in her
mou las they say Of craft with The foam on her
cut-wa'er.
We live in the middle of this some hat inhabited
sland Of Manhattan, and see most that ia worth
ing, and hear most that is worth hearing After the
newspapers have had their pick Of The news have
trick of makiI s spicy hash of the remainder,
CLEANING many choice bit, by the way which had
been overlooked or slghed) and undertake, here
by to Keep the readers of The Mirror up 10 the hines.
Every body reads newspapers and gets The outline Of
words going round-but we shall do jus, what the
newspapers leave undone-fill up the outline-tell
YOU some more" (as the children say)-put in the
lights and shadows of the picture done by newspa.
our Letters 20 the National lntelligencer' and as
our brother editors TO think have succeeded
"e Will, Gas we discontinue that correspondence in
hpri) IN rather dashing and tighter ptin
these metropolitan sketches in the Mirror.
secret for your ear, dear reader By selling the
plate Of each number for hdf ,ohat il is ioorth you get
The reading for nothing Each plate IS worth a shIl-
ling, 10 put in abum--and the whole Mirror costs
but sixpeDce! So II is, in fact for nothing that yoL
get sixteen pages of the best literature that we can
for he ah,u, fnv hat
are ssldomost described and best worth describing
OF course only afford this by very small pro-
fits on very large circulation, and ten thousand
subscribers are but the turn of the tide The next
ten thousand Unto which we now feeling our
way will be the first move Of the rising tide that
oyerr,Ins into our po,kets.
We Keep an eye ~ The back Of head TO IL any
body Is likely 10 oyertake land TO try their trick
before they come along side) and We keep look oa
on both sides rom the salient balconies Of ina
glnaton) for any stray breezes Of novelty for which
IT is possible TO trim sail And-to show you our
hand little-we have bagged, dixie Eolus,) breeze
or two which we shall reserve awhile for competi-
ton IL nothing overhaul us, shall try our speed
by and by with sky-scrapers and ADJUST TO amuse
the reader, aud show regard for his respectable
siNpeDce.
Our plates by the way, we undertake TO say shall
be, from this date Of twice the excellence (at leas
Of those heretofore given. Experience and inquiry
with a little more money! make more difference
IN the bettering Of this branch Of business than
Of most others.
Nor, BENZ Subscribe, in all cases, (if you wish
to serve us-do your NJ LETTER TO OURSELVES The
Postmaster will forward il free Of expense.
I. S.--As to our EXTRAS, they are, TO booksellers,
what the mamma" must have been to the Jew ba
kers You don't need coaxing to help yourselves TO
anything 80 cheap and heavenly. Take what has fall
en-, and be sure that more oave crisp and satisfying,
are baking in the clouds
Terms-THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN
ADVANCE.
The first number Of the new year will be issued on
the sixth day of April next The work is sent by
mail to all parts OF the country Address postage
free) MORRIS, WILLIS co.
Editors and Proprietors, No. 4, Ann street.
march 26-tf