The Weekly register., 1844-12-07
National Magazine


liter \TURE, ART AND FASHION.
Cro,,a,n's Aady's and Cell
1temmll'% magazine.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1913.
EDITORS
J. FENNIMORE COOPER, RlCll'D
H.D>NA. WM CULLEN BRYANT,
n ". LONGFELL w, Gil ARIES
+. HOFFMAN, L &. GRAFTAN.
|NRAHAM'S is the Oldest AMI most poPaa
II Of the American Literary .Hagazlnes IN
NJ ubsr for January, 1913. will be the first Of II
9i,h volume. [ts long and universally successful
rorae- from its cOmmsac sment with few han
dred subscribsfs, uAtll the present time, when it
hasa ejaculation of fifty tho lsaOd copies month,
ia perhap s az good an erlelce Of its great AMI III
creasiny merit the publisher has u IN his power
10 Offer To his old Subscribers, he tFasts no as
surance are necessary ct his determination 10
maintain its present ascendancy over all the rival
periodicals. of the cOlnsry. The eng1gamsnt, dl-
rng the past wear, of slch men as Bay Ant, Coor-
Err DANA, LoV 3FELLow. iioFFMNN, MNNCUF,
etc, of high reputation ia the literary world, as
regular cont ibllt9rs, IN add tol ~ previous last
embracing maAy Of the krst names IN the nation, s
n sufficient guarantee that the wok will cnncin Il
tn be the principle maiilh nf capna InicatiOn be-
tween the best lthD7s aal the plbiIo. AmHl5
the attractions Of the thrtv-h.th volume, will b.
several TALES by NJ J. F, Cjover, Mr. tIratton.
Mr. H9ga,aa, M Hsrjert, .Hi>s Lesi,e, '.Nara
ClGuers,' MS, Enajltcs- Mrs. EHrf al Ms Ste
pheas: poems BY M Br.Gnt, M Dana, n
Longteiio,u, M STREET, Mrs S,b. Snit', Mr.,
Osy51i, and Ms Sisoaraey; ESSAYS by.Nr Fa
Mr. Joass, M TuckernaH, Mr. PIE, ETC. ctr.
Here follows a mare fall list of the names o
contributors, the most listing rshsd of the county
which we omit for want Of roam.
Graham's La Tvs an Gsn.amaa's Nagaz'n
has been from il, es.a5lshnant mo e than any
other the facorits period cal OF lha g-eat sex
Though its PLAZA d5ss rot entirely excl lie articles
Of the most important cha a'ter, slch "A have IA
sed Blackwoo "a aud some other foreign joirnal>
n their n gh influence ard reputation, its pages
will BE- prilcipaIly devoted 10 what's usually te7u1-
ed light E;erat4re Il wll be Distinguish cd fro,u
other D ,blica,ioas Of similar aims by the literary
and artistic ,ner tof its contents. Whilr those o
other works are unknown or anonymous, the con
tributors 70 this are tie most eminent authors OF
or are ani lntry; the very creators, founders.
of o n National Literature Esl eciaiiy is it cell
ebrated as containing the choicest productions o.
N. finest female writers of the time. I've Y nu,n-
her contains gems which may be appealed 10 wi,
bride by the sex as vindicaling their Intellectual
eminence.
SPLENDID EMBELLISHMENTS.
Inthe department ofEngravings tits wellk
ha, Graham's Magazine has far surpassed atyv
periodical work ever publishet in tfs nr Inv 9th
or colnt,v The highest ambition Of rival puba
lishsrs seems thus far to have bssn to mai tain
rssoec,abIe imitation Of the Numerous costly and
Beautiful works Of art with which the successive
numbers of this journal have been graced. In the
course of the succeeding vol lmes many important
new features will be introduced. Sartina and Sadd
ths most calebr ited Mezzotint Engravers in the
Union, and co 1als Of the bsst in Europe. will CON
rtinue TO furnish their exquisite predictions: AMI
Rawdon, Wright and Hatch, G Parker, A r.
rDick Gimbredge, Ja"kman, Jones and Others, of
New York, and D0lsOn, WEIGH and atnrs,
Tucker and Others, of fhila1elphia-al among the
most eminent line engravers of the present cent?
~, have been engaged to furnish succession of
highly finished steel engravings, superior 10 any
fhathav hitherto appeared iii periodicals. Among
abe pctu res that will be engraved for for the vol
umes in Sl3, are several ORIGINiL PAINTINGS.
by Ingham, Inmdn, Cole, Thompson, Freeman.
Franquinet. and other distinguished artists. f'be
American periodicals nave hithars. contained,
ave in a very few instances, only ecg avinys con-
he'd from foreign prints. The publ shar of Ora
hams Magazine will be the first to reform the
practice. and to make his work strictly original
h its embellishments as well in its literary con-
sen,s.
# OuR PGRrRAir GsLLERY.-One Of the new fea.
lures OF the coming volumes cill be the in. -oduc
ZION of Portraits of the coutrib1tc 20 = 5,-.L,.
u, ~ VIII include nearly
- 'ne T'l"en' las of the day. The 18th VOL
'e VII ~ .ude, from the BURNS Of Parker, ! ohm
BON and Others, portraits engra"ed in the highest
ssyle of the art of Nr Coops7, Profossor Longfai-
low, Maria Dbl DC cideata.' Mrs Sigournev Miss
gedgvick Mrs ~eba smith, Mrs Embu7y and sew
eral athers-aH from paintings executed expressly
Cor the p1rpose.
THE EDIToRIAL DEPARTMENT will continue
20 embrace notes on current literature etc, nj re-
views of all new American and foreign works oil
reneral interes, or vaiGe. The criticisms of era
hams Magazine are Acknowledged in all parts o.
HE country 10 bs superior i'll &C man. honesty and
In dependence 20 those of any contemporary. In
deed while a majority of the monthly AMI quar-
terlv journals ha become mere advertising ma1i-
INNS for for the booksellers, in which every tnina
in pint is inliscrm natey praised. this period
ical is looked upon as just and eliminating ar.
bite between authors and readers, in which bott
ave implicit confidence.
- TERMS.
Graham's Magazine will he published on thu
brst Of ca b month in every quarter Of, Uni N
The IN 7 slant subscribers will therefore .cev'
= on that DAYS a we'll a those who reside in Phil
alelph'a Inc proprietor be NJ more DESTROYS 0
presenting tha oast and most beautiful than tn
cheapest work IN the con1try, AMI anx:o is to b i'm
i within the reach of all, offers the following a
the lowest terms at which it car be aTnrde1--
THREE uI.L,Rs per amman in aIvaace for a sin
gle copy, or two copies yearly for ,e dollars fv
copies for dollars, eight for fftss, dollars. q
eleven for twenty dolla-s, cl1bs fIrnshad "a usu
nj Invariably IN advance. Postage Of all letter
81 he pre- paid. GEO 2GE r. GRAHAM
Dec. Z, "a! Nos Chestnut st PbiIodelnh;,
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