The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-08
a NEW VOLUME.
THE NEW MIRROR
LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.

LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
EDITED BY c. p. MoRRls AND N. p. WILLIS.
Each numb,r contains beautiful steel engraving
~ OOD the Mirror has hitherto been good
VI enough TO prosper) We have edited it the H.
raeIes built the walls of Jerusalem--wi,h the bes
hand otherwise employed The beginnings of all en-.
terprlses are dIfficult-more especially beginning,
without calitil-and the attention of editor has
been cuped with the management Of the machinery
now in regular operation, while the other, I'LL the
Germ should be prosperous, was compelled 10 labor
diligently for other publica ions. One by (tC
change the fgure) these hindenng barnaces have
been washed of our keel by goi & more rapidly ahead
and, with the beginning of the third volume, BOTH
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY and EXCLUSIVELY devoted
to the MRRoR,-equNl to setting sudding sails allow
and a-oft with the wind dead AFT full and steady
OF course she will now go along ruth bone IN heI
mou h'-as they say of craft with the foam on her
cut-water.
We i've in the middle OF th. somev hat inhabited
iland II Manhattan, and see most that Is worth see
ing and hear most that is worth hearing. Af,er the
newspaper have had their pick of the news, have
trek Of making spicy hash Of the remainder,
(gleaning many choice bit, by the way, which had
been Overlooked siishted) and undertake. here
by to keep the readers Of he Mirror up 10 the times
Everybody reads newspapers and Ps me outline of Il e
worlds going ruund-but we she'll do Just what the
newspapers leave undope-fll up the outline-teIl
YOU "some more (as the children say)-put in the
lights and shadows Of the picture done by newspa.
pers in the rough is what we have tried 10 do in
our Letters 10 the Mammal lntelligencern and os
our bro her editors seem 10 lhink have succeeded
We will, (as we discontinue that correspondence in
ApriD IN rather dashing aud lighter riu resume
these metropolitan sketches in the Mirror.
secret for your ear, dear reader By selling the
plate Of each number for haf ,rhai il is north you eel
the reading for nothing Each plate is worth shll-
ling to put in album--apd the whole Mirror costs
but sixpence So II is, in fact, for nothing that you
get sixteen pages Of the best literature that
procure for you, including the things about town that
arc ssldomost described and best worth describing
OF course only afford this by very small pro-
fits on a 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
oyerruns into our pockets.
We keep eye IN The back Of our head TO see il any
body is likely 10 overtske US land to try their trick
before they come along side } and keep ioot ou
on boih sides from the salient balconies Of ina
gnaoa) for any stray breezes OF novelty for which
Il is poss bic to trim sail. And--to show you our
hand little have bagged, dixie Bolus) bree &c
or two which we shall reserve awhile for compet-
ton. IL nothing overhaul US, shall try speed
by and by with sky scrapers and ADJUST to amuse
the reader, and show regard for his respecabl,
.xpence.
Our plates by the way, we undertake TO say shall
be- from this date, of twice the excellence (at least
Of those heretofore given Experience and inquiry
with a little more money! make more dltIerenc,
in the lettering of this branch Of our business thar
Of most others.
Nor, B,SE Subscribe, in all cases, (if you wish
to serve us-do your nv LETTER TO OURSELVES. Ih'
Postmaster will forward II free Of expense.
r S.-As TO our ExrRAs, they are, to booksellers
what the " mama" must have been to the Jew ba
kers You don't need coaxing TO help yourselves e
ANYTHING so cheap and heavenly. Take what has fall
en-, and be that leaves, crisp and satisfying
are baking in the clouds.
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ADVANCE.
The FIRST number Of the new year will be issued o.
the sixth day Of April next. The work is sent b
mail to all parts OF the country. Address (postag
free) MORRIS, WILLIS s. co
Editors and Proprietors, No 4, Ann street
march 26-tf