Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-12-13
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PROSPECTUS o THE SECOND YEAR.
A t the close Of his second volume, the magazine
IN having been commenced on the first Of January,
1874, the publisher finds himself irresistibly called on
to express the satisfaction and gratitude with which he
has been filed by the brilliant and unexampled success
that has attended his endeavors to win the public favor.
Notwithstanding the difficulties, disappointments and
vexations that almost invariably follow the establish
ment Of a new periodical, in the production of which
there must be the harmonious cooperation of many
heads and many occasional
short-c omings, especially in the pictorial department,
which no care or diligence could avert and no expendi.
tire prevent, the Columbian Magazine has gone on
steadily increasing IN support and popularity from the
mony Of the press may be received as unswayed by par.
TALLY and unblessed by friendship, the efforts Of con.
tributors and editor have been satisfactory to the public
and accepted rs fulfilling the promises made for them
at the commencement Of the enterprise.
The publisher undertook the work with a firm con-
victon that the great city Of New York was the best
and the true home for a magazine of general literature
that Notwithstanding the failure of many previous at
tempts to establish such a work, there could be no i'm
possibility Of success with sufficient capital, persever-
ance and the right system of management both by pub
Usher 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,
We have made arrangements which will enable us TO
present our friends with embellishments Of very superi.
or taste, style and finish. In this respect it is our firm
purpose, if possible, to outvie all competition. Our
music and engrayings, we confidently believe, will moi
be equalled-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 of two pages of music by the
most eminent composers, and plate of AuTHEsTrc
fashions.
1t has long ceased to be Necessary. or reasonable,
that we should speak of the Columbian as an expert
ment- At all events, it is now an experiment substan-
tally tried. We feel ourselves upon as firm a basis as
any similar journal in the world. Our principal cares
VOW regard not so much the securing what ground we
have gained flor we consider this sufficiently secure) as
the extension Of our sphere Of action and utility-not so
much, even, the mere enlargement of our subscription
lIH q n fL. q. asl.tI rn-4a. 4f ua,rsan fa u
amusement land shall we say occasionally for the
profit y Of our subscribers in the present and in the fu-
ture-the many whom we have, and the many more we
shall undoubtedly have as time rolls on.
Regarding the literary and editorial conduct of the
Columbian, the publisher does not feel called upon to
say more than a very few words. The general manage
ment Of this department is as heretofore, entrusted to a
gentleman possessing every qualification for the task
and who has given abundant evidence, not only Of the
highest ability to put forth a meritorious magazine, but
ofthe ability to put forth a magazine exactly adapted to
the, tastes Of our readers. The publisher, therefore,
has every confidence that what has already been done
for the literary value of this journal, will be done again.
We are perfectly willing that our future in this respect
should be estimated by our past. The subjoined list Of
those who have furnished articles for the Columbian
during the by,gone year, will satisfy, we feel assured
particular, either exertion or expense.
Mrs l. H Sigourney, Mrs Kirkland, Mrs Ann S Ste.
phens, Mrs + s Osgood, Mrs Z o Smith, Mrs A C
G Brooks, Mrs James Hill, Mrs M Hunt, Mrs II Light.
hipe, Mrs c ii Butler, Mrs + c Embnry, Mrs Cary,
Mrs Il X Steele, Mrs M a Erving, MISS Mary l. Law
son, Miss Colman, Miss Isabel Jocelyn. Miss Martha
Russell, Miss Emily E Chubbuck, Miss Louis NJ Brau.
ner, Miss Fanny Forester, Miss M G Quincy, Author OF
Summer Frolicking,' J X Paulding, VIM c Bryant,
Fitz Greene Halleck, Edgar A Poe, John Neal, Henry
w Herbert, H Hastings Weld, Park Benjamin; William
Cox, Geo Wilkins Kendall, Henry S schoolcraf, n S
Arthur, HI Grattan, The Author Of the Widow Of
Brugess, III t Tuckerman, James F Otis, Robert L
Wade, Saml d Patterson, Edward S Gould, Seba Smith,
C Fenno Hoffman, TheoS Fay, Rev Francis C Wood
worth, c Donald Mcleod, VIM II Willis, Walter
Whitman, Isaac + Shepard, 4 b Read, VIM GLAND
Bourne, Rich G. White, Henry A Clark, c Wilkins
Eimi, Edward J Porter, E Parmly, Hamilton Myers,
M c Hill, M j. Wilson, Joseph B~oughton, G Nc
Lachlan, Wm Russell, Jr., The Author Of Times Do.
ings,' A M Ide, Jr., Owen 9 Warren, Augustus Snod-
grass, J t Heartley, + L Hagadorn, Henry B Hirst.
With the aid of these contributors (of whom il is
needless to say one word in the way Of commendation)
and of numerous other perhaps equally meritorious IT
less celebrated, who have promised us their support,
we fatter ourselves that, as a literary work, the Colum-
bian need be under any apprehension of being excelled.
But what we have done is already before the public,
who will not fail to Judge us with impartiality and in
respect to what we intend to do, it will be both wiser
and more becoming although less fashionablel not to
boast. We may be permitted to assure our friends in
brief, however; that we have matured numerous plans
flor the Third VoIume) with which we feel confident
they will be pleased. It is our purpose to put forth
every energy and it will be no fault of our own if the
Colombian shall not be found at least equal to any mag
azineS Of any class or price, in America.
DEALERS IN PERIODICALS throughout the Unit
ed States and the Canadas, who wish to become agents
for the Columbian Magazine, will please apply q the
Publisher Immediately. The usual discount will be
made to them.
Terms of the Columbian Magazine.
One copy one year in advance, IS Hs
One copy two years, -f
Two copies one year,
Five do do 10
Eight do do l5
Eleven do do 90