The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-18
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A NEW VOLUME
THE NEW MIRROR
LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.

LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
EDITED BY G. p. MeRRis AND n. p. WILLIS.
Each numbtr contains a beautiful steel engraving
GOD as the Mirror has hitherto been good
VI enough TO prospeI) we have edited ii as The ls-
raeliies built the walls Of Jcrusalcm-with the best
hand otherwise employed. The beginnings Of all en-
teTprses diifcult-mors especially beginnings
without capital-and the attention Of one editor has
been O, cuped with the management Of the machinery
regular operation while the other, I'll the con
Germ should he prosperous, was compelled TO labor
diligently for other publica ions. One by one Ito
change the heure) these hndenng barnacies have
been washed OF keel by going more rapidly ahead,
and with the beginning OF the third volume, BorH
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY and EXCLUSIVELY devoted
to the MlaRoR,--equsl to setting s'udding sails allow
and a-lofi with the wind dead aft, full and steady
OF course she will go along icib, bone ia her
,nau h'-as they say of craft with the foam on her
cut-wster
We 1--we in the middle Of this some hat inhabited
iland If Manhattan, and see most that Is worth
ing and hear most that IL worth hearing. After the
newspaper have had their pick of the news, have
trek of making a spicy hash OF the remainder,
CLEANING many choice biz, by the way, which had
been overlooked sRh,ed) and we undertake, here
by to keep the readers OF the Mirror zap 10 the tunes
Every body reads newspapers aud gets The outline 4 the
words going round--but we shall do just what the
newspapers leave undone-hll up the outline-tell
you "some more las the children say put in the
lights and shadows Of the picture done 10y Dewspa-
pers in the rough Il is what we have tired to do in
our e. Letters 10 the National Intelligence" and
our brother editors TO think we have succeeded
We will, las we discontinue that correspondence IN
April IN rather a more dashiny and lighter pein
these metropolitan sketches In the Mirror
secret for your ear dear reader By selling the
plat, Of each number for haf haf Is north, you get
The reading for nothing Each plate is worth sh-
ling to ,ut IN album-and the whole Mirror costs
but xix pence so il Is IN fact, for nothing that you
get sixteen pages Of the best literature that we can
procure for YOU including the things about town that
are ssdomost 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 are now feeling our
way will be the first Of the rising tide that
oyerrins INFO our pc kes.
We keen an cue ~ The back Of our head TO see If any
body is likely to overtske (and TO try their trick
before they along side,) and keep look out
on both sides from the salient balconies Of our INA
gnatioh) for any stray breezcs OF novelty for which
II is poss bic 10 trim sail And-to show you our
hand little we have bagged, dixie Eolus,) breeze
or two which we shall reserve awhile for competi-
ton If nothing overhaul US, shall try speed
by and by with sky-scrapers and ADJUST to smuse
the reader, and show regard for his respectable
slxpcnce.
Our plates by the way, 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 difference
in the lettering of this branch Of business than
Of most others
Nor, BrSE Subscribe, in all cases, &c you wish
to serve us--do your BY LETTER TO OURSELVES The
Postmaster will forward II free Of expense.
p S.-As TO our EXTRAS, they are, TO booksellers,
what the mamma must have been to the Jew ba-
kers You don't need coaxing TO help yourselves 10
anything cheap and heavenly Take what has fall
en-, and be sure that loeyes crisp and satisfying
are baking in the clouds.
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| ADVANCE
The first number Of the year will 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. T. Ann street.
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