The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-23
THE NEW MIRROR
LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
En1rrn ny O u MnnnIa Avn n u WILLIE

LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS
EDITED BY G.. p. MoRRIs AND n. p. WILLIS.
Each number contains a beautiful steel engraving
~ GOD as the Mirror has hitherto been good
VI enough TO prosper) We have edited it as the Is
raelites built the walls Of Jerusalem-with the best
hand otherwise employed. The beginnings Of all en-
teTprses are difficult-more especially beginnings
without capital-and the attention Of one editor has
been occupied with the management of the machinery
in regular operation while the other, till the
cern should be prosperous, was compelled TO labor
diligently for other publications. One by one Ito
change the fgure) these hndering barnacles have
been washed of our keel by going rapidly ahead
and, with the beginning Of the third volume, BorH
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY aud EXCLUSIVELY devoted
TO the MRRoR,-equsl to setting sludding sails allow
and s-loft with the wind dead aft full and steady
or course she will 90 along with bone in her
nou,h"-as they say of craf with the foam on her
| cut-wsier.
We live in the middle Of this somewhat inhabited
i-land Of Manhattan and most that Is worth
ing and hear most that is worth hearing After the
newspapers have had their pick of the news have
a trick Of making a spicy hash Of the remainder,
(glesning many a choice bit, by the way which had
been overlooked or sghted) and undertake, here
by TO keep the readers Of the Mirror UP 10 IN, tunes.
Every body reads newspapers and gets The outline Of the
worlds going round-but we shall do Just what the
newspaper leave undone-h up the outline-tell
you "some more" las the children say)-put in the
lights and shadows Of the picture done by newspa-
pff- IN the IL - NhhA We nave ifltd 10 90 IN
our Letters 10 the National lnteligencer," and as
our brother editors seem 10 think have succeeded
ee will, las we discontinue that correspondence in
April IN raitsr dashing and lighter vein resume
these metropolitan sketches In the Mirror.
secret for your ear, dear reader - By selling the
plate Of each number for half ,ohai Is poih you get
the readirg for nothing Each plate is worth shll-
ling, to Put in album-and the whole Mirror costs
but sxpenoel So II Is, in fact for nothing that you
get sixteen pages Of the best literature that
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are ssdomost described and best worth describing -
or 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 are feeling our
way) will be the first move Of the rising tide that
oyerruns into our pockets
We Keep eve ia N, back Of our head TO IL any
body is likely to overtake land 10 try their trick
before they along .sde,) and keep look o,d
on both sdes iron the salient balconies Of ina
gnatoH) Tor any stray breezes Of novelty for which
Il ~ poss BILE TO trim sail And-to show you our
hand little we have bsgged like EOlus) breeze
or two which we shall reserve awhile for oompeti-
ton. II nothing overhaul u.s. we shall try our speed
by and by with sky-scrapers and ADJUST TO smuse
the reader, and show regard for his respectable
sixpence.
Our plates by the way we undertake 10 say shall
be- from this date Of twice the excellence (st eas
Of those heretofore given. Experience and inquiry
with little more money! make more difference
IN the beterng OF tins branch oil our business than
OF most others
Nor, Brst Subscribe, in all cases, (if you wish
TO serve us-do your LETTER TO OURSELVES. The
Postmaster will forward II free Of expense.
T. S.-As TO our ExTRas, they are, TO booksellers,
what the " mama" must have been TO the Jew ba-
kers. You don't need coaxing to help yourselves to
anything cheap and heavenly. Take what has fall
en- and be that loaves, crisp and satisfying,
are baking in the clouds.
! Terms-THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN
! ADVANCE.
| The first number Of the new year viii be issued on
the sixth day Of April next The work is sent by
mail TO all parts of the country. Address postage
free) MORRIS, WILLIS co.
Editors and Proprietors, No. 4, Ann street
| march 26-u.