The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-01-11
THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF

conry,s MAGAZINE AND I.ADY's BOOK FOR lS43
The best earnest publisher can give Of what he
can and will do nsxt year is reference to wha'
he has done last year, or al any time III the last
ft.cen years. Under this view of the case y
would be oui e sufficient for ord nary purposes
for US to say iii at the high character OF hi maya
zine for literary and artistical merit VIII be
properly snstajneA. Bot we are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession of novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
wears naturally excites lively curiosity, and
every snbscitber is saying TO himself what VIII
Cooley do naxt.
Ii is merely with view to crafty this curiosity
on the part of our friends that we now proceed to
enutne rare some of the features -four next years
plan, promising, howerert that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and incomplete, from
or inca-iable pra zee Of se;zing npon every new
aad b-illilnt form of establishment the moment
il D essnts itself, as well securing the services
OF allGhs POPULAR, LIVELY AND PlQUANT WRITERS
the moment Their characters are distinctly deyei-
opad and pronounced. The honoI OF bringing
lo-aa-d f!rss rale genius iuto public notice and
fasg.r, and serving as q sort of prime conductor
10 eTcc.r flashes which send their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habitual to
he la1y's Boos our original idea OF ldst'ating
American hst0y by views OF batte-gTodpds we
are still calmly pu:sueiug ID style thar deh"
all compel zion. The not less brilliant Idea o
Illustrating the HERosM OF AMERICAN LADIES
By a series of eng7aviogs and narratives when
will serve 10 place in lher true light the patrint-
ism. devotion and self-sacrifce of our female an
ces.ors in the revolutionary war, emphaucaliy
called THE HEROIC Age AMERICA, IS also
o4iginqI with US Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also finnish s;ibect5 for the embei-
lishments of the coming year Among the sab
iects already executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington fight
by barley Ma7ion's entertainment OF the british
oficer-by Whl.s-Female GALLANTRY-by
Hubert-f The storming of red bank fort by
Hamilton--Count Donop's mo 1ument-by liam
lion 'he battle of concord bridge-by Frank
enstein-fhe Ge7nontown battle-ground by
Rus ell Smith--Trenton battle-ground by Ham
ilton, tn lauga number OF others, engaged
buf nor yet sent in by the artists Another new
and striking feature we now propose for the first
time in public, having had artists engaged for
twelve months in working it oar readers
will please to note the date Of the announcement
of this feature. 1t will consist OF Characteristic
state views, in which the pecdliarties Of scenery
costume and customs of evs-y state and territory
of the Union will be presented in succession.
This idea viii Of coarse be ella med by cth9is,
but our readers viii not forget TO marx dates
Our prof.red Uranium of s. for the best
painting OF subject illustrative of American
female patriotism has already brought splendid
array ftaIlens into the field. the award has
been postponed for aa9tacT month oni 10 courtesy
70 artists who have pictures still upon their eases.
The premium OF q; 80 for the best estaVlng VII
Of course bring forward series Of fir1s rate steel
plat,s in addition TO all thesa advantages, the
privilege Of engraving the premium plcta!eS OF
the apoilo associa.ion win serve TO form key
s,ans 70 our splendid system of embellishments
The public know our literary contributors well,
for thav have lolg been in the habit OF recOgni-
zing them as the leading writers of America in
nagaZ, ne litera-Ira-that liter ure viii n eXacts
from the ahlest peEs their most pIqIant AMI brill
liant contributor az the same time that II con-
dences into a compact aud pleasing form, the
moral the ussill and thu solid III narrative, sket:h
AMI ESSAY writing 1lezzoiints. It only ne
csssary TO say that IN ths department we have
Sa.tajn sadd ani warner, aud each OF them has
several plates in han1. we shall, wa think, have
one in each number next year Authentic fash
ion plates. GOdey's LBdy'5 Book is the o1ly
Magazine that can be relied upon for real
fashions, Our transators suffer nothing of mer 7
and interest. which is suited 70 the design of the
Ladv's Book, in the Literature Of GERMANY,
FRANCE, ITALY, AMI other nations Of the Euro
pean continent % escape them. Among many
novel features in the literary way which are now
in the course preparation, for welI-known reasons
we choose to announce bat one il this connection,
viz: The border legends of American, many
of which have just reached from the distant re-
gions which were formerly the scenes of border
wars ami hunting expeditions, aud WHARF, the ex-
plots of the famou. In ian killers and hunters
still furnish themes fos pcrely national ballads,
songs and stories to their children and grand
children by the winters fiTeside. 1t is not ne
cessary for us 70 give the names of our wit rs
previous numbers will show that they the
best in Anierica.
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