The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-01-18
THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF

AMERICA.
GopEY's MAGAZINE hNu bADY's BOOK FcR s45
The best Games, a publishes can give Of what he
can AMI VIII DO n1xt year is a reference to-what
he has done last year, or at any time in the las
fifteen years. Under .his view of the case il
would be qui G sufficient for ord nary purposes
for US 10 say til at the high character OF TN maya
zine for literary aud artistcal merit will be
properly sustained. Bat we are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession Of novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
years naturally exsites a lively curiosity, and
every snbscI tb5T is saying 10 himself what will
Cooley DO next.
Ii is merely with view 70 crafty this curiosity
the part of our friends tina: we now proceed to
enume rate some of the features our next years
plan, promising, ho3eyert that the enumeration
must necessarily he partial and incomplete, from
our invariabe pracrce of Selling npoa every new
and brilliant form of embeishmant the moment
il esents ITSELF as well as securing the services
fall the PQPULAG, LIVELY AND PlqUANr wNITEts
the moment their characters are distinctly devel-
oped and pronounced. The honour of bringing
forward first rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving as a sort Of prime conductor
TO eectr flashes which send their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habitual to
the lady's Book. our original idea of Illustrating
american history by views of batte-grounds we
are still calmly pursueiug in a style thar defP
all compe t.ten. The not less brilliant idea o
illustrating the HFRoIsM OF AMERICAN LADIES
by series of ongravlngs and narratives which
will serve 10 place in their light the patrnt-
ism, devotion and self-sacrifce of our female an
cesrors in the revolutionary war, emphatically
called THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA, is also
original with US. Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also farnish subjects for the embel-
lshmenss of the coming year. Among the sab
jects air eady executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington fight
by Darley- Narion's entertainment of the british
officer-by Whlle-Female GALLANTRY--by
Hubert The storming of red bank fort by
Hamilton-Count Donop's fundamentally Ham
ilton-- he battle of concord brdge-by Frank
enstein- he Gerlnontown battle-ground by
X IS ell SmitI--Trenton battle-ground by Ham
iiton, tn a aGgs number of Others, engaged
buf not yet sent in by the artists. Another new
and striking feature propose for the first
time in public, having had artists engaged for
twelve months in working It out. oar readers
will please TO note the date of the announcement
of this feature. 1t will consist of Characteristic
state views, in which the pecnlarities of scenery
costume and Customs of every stase and territory
of the Union will be presented in success on.
This idea viii Of course be ella med by others,
but our readers will not forget TO mark dates
Our p5ofered premium of s. for the best
painting of -ubject illustrative of American
female patriotism has already brought splendid
array of talent into the field. The award has
been postponed for another m onth ont 70 courtesy
to artists who have pictures sill upon their easels
The premium OF 6 80 for the best egraving W III
of course bring forward series of frs rate steel
plat's. in addition TO all these advantages, the
privilege of engraving the premium pictures of
the apollo association will serve TO form a key
stone 10 our splendid system of embellishments
The public know our literary contributors WE'LL
for ha lone in the habit Of raro,,,i.
zing them as the leading writers of America in
magazine literature-that liter ure viii n exacts
from the ablest peEs their most pquant AMI brill
liant contributions. at tha same time thar il con-
dences into a compact and pleasing form. the
moral, the useful and the solid in narrative. sketch
AMI essay writing Mazzotints. 1t only ne
cessary to say that in this department we have
Sartain sadd AMI warna-, aud each of them has
several plates in hahi. shall, wa think, have
one in each number next year. Authentic FASH
ion plates. Godey's Lpdy's Book is the opI,
Magazine that can be relied upon for e real
Our translarors suffer nothing of merit
and interest. which is suited TO the design of the
Lady'5 Book, i'll the Literature of GERMANY,
FRANCE, ITALY, an other nations Of the Euro
,eah continent TO escape them. Among many
novel features in the literary way which are COW
n the course preparation, for well-known reasons
We choose 10 announce bnt one in this connection
viz: The border legends of American. many
IF which have just reached US from the distant re-
yions which were formerly tie scenes of border
vars and hunting expeditions, aud where the ex-
2loits OF the famou In ian killers and hunters
till furnish themes fos purely national ballads.
songs and stories to their children and grand
children by the winters fireside. IT is not ne
:essary for US TO give the names of our wIiters-
pre- gioas numbers will show that they are the
pest in Aaerica.
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