Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-03-28
A NEW VOLUME.
THE NEW MIRROR
Literature and the Fine .Arfs.
M 6. r. NORRIS AND N. P. WILLS.

I \~s~'s -'sS"eocf COittUtftS q beautiful ,SfPez
ERgraUing.)
GOOD as the Mirror has hitherto been (goot
enough to prosper) we have edited it as ths
! israeiites built the walls of Jcrusalem-witl
I tne pcst hand otherwise EMPLOYED. The be
! cummings Of all enterprises are difficult-more
especially beginnings without capiai-and
'he attention OF one editor has been occupied
with the management of the machinery now in
| regular operation, while the other, till the
concern should be prosper Gus, was compelled
70 iaoour diligently for other publications.
one by one (to change the fgure) these him.
J derinS barnacles have been washed off our
keel by going more rapidly ahead, and, with
the beginning of the third volume, BORN ED-
J IToRs VIII be ENTIRELY and ExcLUs1yELY de-
voted to the MIRRoR,-equal to setting stud
ding sails allow and a,loft with the wind dead
att, full and steady. Of course she will now
go along tctih a cone IN her mouth. AS they
say OF a craft with the foam on her cut-water.
We live in the middle Of this somewhat in.
.abited island OF Manhattan, and see most that
is worth seesng, and hear most that is worth
hearing. After the newspapers have had
eiief PICK OF the news, we have a trick of ma
KING aspicy hash of the Remainder, (gleaning
many ctoce bit, by the way, which had been
overlooked or slighted) and we undertake.
hereby, to keep the readers of the Mirror an
10 NE times. Everybody reads newspapers
and gets the outline of the worlds gong
round-but we shall do just what the news
papers leave undone-fll up the outline-tellI
you " some more" Gas the children say)-put
IN the lights and shadows of the picture done
by newspapers in the rough. 1t is what we !
nave tired to do IN our s'Letters to the Ma
uonal Inteltgencel," and as cur brother edits
ors seem to think we have succeeded, we will,
ffnt fi.,k
April) an rather more dasliaag and lighter
rem, resume these metropolitan sketches in
the Mirror.
A secret for your ear, dear reader:-Bu
setting the plate Of each number for half aohat
1t as eoorth, yon get tie reading for s,othiagt
Each plate IS worth 4 shilling, 10 put III an al
oum-and the whole Mirror costs but six.
pence! So it is, in fact, for nothing that you
get sixteen pages of the best literature that
we can procure for you, including descrip.
tons OF the things about town that are sci.
domest described and best worth describing.
VI course we can only afford this by very
small profits on very large circulation, and
Ten thousand subscribers are but the turn OF
lhe ude. The next ten thousand Unto which
we are now feeling our way will be the first
move OF the rising tide that orerruns into our
pockets.
- 'tSeiV ere eye W LiG Olcf OF or Heau 10 /
see II any bodyis likely 10 oyertake us [and
10 Try then trick before they come along side, }
and we Keep q lookout on both sides (from the |
salient balconies of our nagination) for any
stray breezes of novelty for which i is posi- 7
Bile to trim sail. And--to show you our hand I
httle-we have basged, (Hke EoIus,) a
breeze or two which We shall reserve awhile .
Tor competition. If nothing overhaul US. we
shall try our speed by and by, with sky-scra. !
pers and adjust to amuse the reader and
show our regard for his respectable sixpence.
Cur plates by the way we undertake 10 say, |
shall be, from this date, of twice the excel
ience Cat least) of those heretofore given. 49,
Experience and inquiry, with little more
money! make more difference in the better
ing OF this branch of our business than of most
others
NoTA BENE.-Subscribe, in all cases. Gf
you wish to serve us-do you1i BY LETTERS
TO OURSELVES. The Postmaster will forward
it free of expense.
P S.-As to our Extras. thew are. 70
booksellers, what the "n,anna" must have
been to the Jew bakers. You don't need
co2XiA6 10 help yourselves to anything SO
cheap arc heavenly Take what has fallen. !
ana De sure that more loaves, crisp and salts
tying, are baking in the clouds. 1
1erms-1Aree Dollars per a,nuna in qduance.
The first number of the new wear will be /
issued on the sixth day Of April next. The
work is sent by mail 10 all parts of the coun. !
try. Address postage free1
MORRIS, WILLIS & co.
EDITORS AND PRopa1EToRs.
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