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.rF c1Hra.a io ttr outset Those views urr
the most cleelut HnIseap. picture l.n' have.
ever been cntugcd iu lbc United elairai Uud
Wc rejoice 90 the opportunity afforded w. o'
sending them forth through our ample cIfru..
.miun 10 moro than oHe hpq8yH it0pau1
readers. i'm every part ol Die Union. One al
them we give IN lhc June number
INDIAN SCENES AND STITCHES
In addition 10 this, we have, 10 The cogravcrs.
hands, some fine pictures Of iadtH SCENES
rar daHces, hunting pa3ics, pWtr0H ~ cefe'0
b,uie9 iadiaa chiefs, do'ei ia1ida gjarcS,
sygis aRd pasiimcs am0ag He Iaiidas DC. 9r
So that wc shall give strictly American char
acter to Graham's Magazine, and present in
the coming yonme, from original American
drawings and pictures, the most glorious
scenes OF our country.
BATTLE GROUNDS OF AMERICA
"1he battle ground Of America" Is a feature
of which we are proud. This we projected
more than two years ago, and Mr. Peterson
and others at the time began, at our instance,
to collect letter-press materials for these
sketches, as can be proved if necessary, By a
host of witnesses. We have now four of
those battle grounds ready to publish, and
shall give one in the July number. We al
ready occupy the ground, 10y the possession OF
more than a dozen of these sketches, and
therefore defy anything more than a me'e
ShO,O Of cOmpetiti0n.
We had a conversation with Col. 5. ID.
Patterson upon this subject, early last sum-
mer and hereby acknowledge our indebted
ness to him for valuable suggestions on this
matter. We add notes from him and other
gentlemen below.
We have thought proper to meet this ques-
ion, because similar effort was made to de-
Drive us of credit, when in 1871 and 40, the
magazine world was taken by storm with our
mezotnt plates--a feature adopt
ed by others long after we had occupied the
field
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
"Our portrait gallery of American authors"
IS feature which we claim as our 0lcn, and
lmitators may arise, we have secured alt the
best 'criters Of The day, who come appropriate
Iy under the denomination of "oUR CoNrRIBU-
TORS" and we need not tell orr readers that
these are nineteen-twentieths of our maya
zine writers. We therefore bid deftnce 10 all
competition an mdgazine illustrations.
OUR LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
The high tone of the articles in Graham'S
Magazine has given it the proud position of
The ha8lng magazine IN America" With
such writers as the following, secured as reg
llar contributors, the publisher defes any ri
valry: James Fennmore Cooper, Hon James
* Paulding, w. c. Bryant Henry w. Long
elbow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry w. Her.
oert, James Russell Lowell, Charles Fenno
Hoffman, Hon. r. I. Conrad, with host of
other gentlemen of high repute.
Mrs, Amelia B. WeIby, Miss Sedgwick,
Mrs. Sigouney, Mrs. Mary Clavers, Mrs.
Ann S. Stephens, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Osgood,
Mrs. Embury, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. Anan,
Mrs. Nicholas, Mrs. Worthingtons, Miss
Rood Mics Horvnv and otbar,