The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-04-17
A NEW VOLUME.
THE
NEW MIlL&1&OlG
THE
AND THE FINE ARTS

LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
EDITED BY G. P. MORRIS AND N. P. WILLIS.
Eael number contains a beautiful S,sel ENGRAVING
Goop as the Mirror has hitherto been
(good enough to prosper) we have edited 1t
as the Israeites built the walls of Jerusalem
with the best hand otherwise employed
The BEGINNINGS of all enterprises are diff
cult-more especially beginnings without
capital-and the attention OF one editor mas
been occupied with the management oil The
machinery now in regular operation, whiie
the other till the concern should be prosper
ous.was compelled to labor diligently Tor
other publications. One by one 30 change
the ficure) these hinderlng barnacles nave
been washed of our keel by gong more rap
w ahead, and, with the beginning OF me
third volume both editors will be entirely and
e1cIus;reIy devoted TO the MIRRoa,-cqual
to setting studding sails a-low and a-loii with
the wind dead aft full and steady. Ofcourse
she will now 90 along "lrith bone Ia. her
n1outhn-as they say OF a craft with the loan
on her cui-Water.
We live in the middle Of this somewhat
Inhabited island ofManhattan, and see most
that is worth seeing, and hear most that is
worth hearing. After the newspapers have
had their pick of the news. we have trick
of making a spicy hash Of the remainder,
(glsaiing many a choice bit. by the way,
which had been overlooked OF sighted and
we undertake hereby. to keep the readers OF
the Mirror up 10 The times. Everybody reads
newspapers and gets theOVtiiRe Of the worlds
going round-bui we shall do Just what the
newspapers leave undone-fll up the out
line-tell YOU some more" las the children
sav)-rut in the lights and shadows oil the
picture done by newspapers in the rough.
II is what we have tried to do in our Letters
to the National Inteligencer," and as our
brother editors seem 10 think we have sue
ceeaed. we will, las we discontinue that cor
respondent in April) IN rather more dash
ing and LIGHTER rein. resume these metroPo-
Titan Sketches in the Mirror.
4 secret for your ear dear reader:-By
selling the plate Of each number for halt
arh1t Il is Jroyfh. yoU get The reading JoT
moth ne! Each plate is worth a shilling.
to put in an albun--and the whole Mirror
costs but sxpence SO il is. in tact for
nothing that you get sixteen Iages OF the
bes- literature that we can procure Tor you,
including descriptions of the things about
iowa that are seldomest described and best
worth describing. OF course we can only
afford this by very small profits on a very
large circulation, and ten thousand subscri-
bers are but the turn of the tide. The next
ten thousand Unto which we are now feeling
our way) will be the first move OF the rising
tide that overruns into our pockets
". keep an eye in the back Of our head to
see fanny body is likely TO overtake US land
to try their trick before they come along side,)
an we keep a lookout on both sides (frOm
the salient balconies of our imagination) for
any stray breezes ofnovelty for which 1t Is
possible to trim sail. And-to show you
our hand a liitIe-we have bagged, Oike
Eolls.) a breeze or two which we shall re-
serve awhile for competition. If nothing o.
verhaul us. we shall Try our speed by and by,
with skv-scrapers and adjust to amuse the
rea Ter, and show our regard for his respect
abb sixpence.
Our plates by the way, we undertake TO
say. shall be- from this date, of twice the ex-
ceIleace lat least) OF those heretofore given.
Experience and inquiry, with little more
money! make more difference in the better
ingol this branch of our business than Of
mosi others.
NORA BEyA.-Subscribe in all cases Gf
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PS. As TO our Extras, they are, 10 book
sellers, what the ''inanna" must have been TO
the Jew bakers. You don't need coaxing TO
help yourselves TO anything so cheap and
heavenly. Take what has fallen, and be
sure that more loaves, crisp and satisfying,
are baking in the clouds.
TERMS.-Three dollars per annum, in
advance.
The first number ofthe new year will he
issued on the sixth day of April next. The
work is sent by mail 10 all parts OF the coun-
try. Address postage freel
MORRIS, WILLIS & CO.,
EDIToRs AND PRoPRIEToRs,
No ! Anu-street New York