The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-12-12
THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE
NOD lS45o
PROSPECTUS FOR THE SECOND
YEAR,


YEAR.
At the close of his second volume, III
magazine having been commenced on the frs
OF January, 1874, the publisher finds himsel
iresistibly called on to express the satisfac
tion and gratitude with which he has beef
lied by the brilliant and unexatnpled sue
the public favor. Notwithstanding the dif
fcultes, dsappoin,ments and vexations .ha
almost invariably follow the establishment
ola new periodical, in the production o
which there must be the harmonious coop.
Grafton Of many heads and many hands
Notwithstanding occasional short comings
especially in the pictorial department which
no care or diligence could avert, and no ex.
penditure prevent, the Columbian Magazine
has gone on steadily increasing in support
and popularity from the opening number
and if the unbought, unsolicited testimony
Of the press may be received as unswayed BY
partially and unbiased by friendship, the ef
forts of contributors and editor have been
satisfactory TO the public and accepted as full.
filing the promise made for them al the COM
mencement Of the enterprise.
The publisher undertook the work with a
firm conviction that the great city of New
York was the best and the true home for q
magazine of general literature that not.
withstanding the failure of many previous
attempts TO establish such work, there
could be no impossibilIty of success with
sufficient capital, perseverance and the right
system Of management both by publisher and
editor; stimulated by this conviction he en-.
barked in the enterprise and the result of the
first year has proved that his judgment was
correct.
It has long ceased to be necessary, or rea-
sonable, that we should speak OF the Colum>
bian as an experiment. AT all events, it is
now an experiment substantially tried, We
feel ourselves upon rs firm basis as any
similar journal in the world Our PRINCIPAL
cares no11 regard not SO much the securing
what ground we have gained (for we consid-
er this sufficiently secure) as the extension
OF our sphere of action and utility-not so
much, even, the mere enlargement of our
subscription list, as the most suitable mode
of catering for the amusement (and shall we
say occasionally for the proft?) of our SUBJ
scribers in the present and in the future
the many whom we have, and the many
more we shall undoubtedly have as time
rolls on.
We have made arrangements which will
enable US TO present our friends with embel-
lishments Of very superior taste, style and |
finish. In this respect it is our firm purpose
ii possible 10 outvie all competition. Our
music and engravings, we confidently be-
iieve, will not be equaled-very certainly
they shall not be surpassed in real merit, by
those Of any other magazine. We propose
TO give, each month"; two or more superb en-
cravings, independently oftwo pages of mu.
sic by the most eminent composers, and plate
Of authentic fashions.
Regarding the literary and editorial con-
DUCT Of the Columbian, the publisher does
not feel called upon to say more than very
ew words. The general management Of
his department is as heretofore, entrusted to
,gentleman possessing everyqualifcation for
he task, and who has given abundant evil
lence, not only of the highest ability to put
orth meritorious magazine, but of the abil
ty 10 put forth magazine exactly adapted
o the tastes of our readers. The publisher,
therefore, has every confidence that what has
lreadY been done for the literary value of
bis journal, will be done again. We are
erfectly willing that our future in this re,
pect should be estimated by our past. The
ubjoined list of those who have furnished I,
rticles for the Columbian during the b.
one year, will satisfy, we feel assured, the '
lost fas!idious, that we are resolute TO spare
! no particular, either exertion or expense.