The Arkansas banner., 1845-06-18
No. 40.
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 Grahan's Rag.ziae has b1en, hnln it's establish ment more than any other, tha favorite periodical oi the people oi the United States rhou9h ifs plan does not entirely exclude articles of inc most imnor tant character, such as have raised Blackwood and some other foreign journals to their high influence and reputation, it's pages are principally devoted to what E usually termed light literature IL is disn Suisaea rom other publications of similar aims by the literary and artistic merit of it's contents While Glose oi other works are unknown or anonymous the contributors to this are the eminent authors of our age ana country the very creators founders, of our National Literature. Especially is if celebrated as containing the choicest productions of the finest ielhaie writers o the time. Every number contains SeUs Wtich may be appealed to with pride hy the sex as VindlcatlNg their intellectual einiGence Ii may be safe to assert, that Grahams Magazine has regularly engaged better corps of writers than any othef magazine; that since it's establishment it has been the pioneer magazine oi terlture and haf inc contributors of "Gfahamn have by their able contri- 1uaohs' gwen highernationa eharaeterto periodical tefdtaIenthe United States than before possessed Nlh such list of writers as our pares exhibit. we may challenge the criticism of Europe. There is to magazine abroad that present anything like such an an array oi eminent writers as James Fennimore cooper, Wm. z, Bryant Hon. James k. panlding t' Il. Dana, H. W Eohgfelow, Nathaniel flaw. thorne, ]. C. Neal, Henry " Herbert James Rus sell Lowell, Charles Fenno Holman, Hon. R. T. Conrad, II. T. Tuckerman, Alfred B. Street, efc m ., Mrs Amelia 5. WeIby, Miss Sedgwicl1, Mrs. ei5oufnel, Mrs. Mary CiaVerS, Mrs. Ann $. Sie- phens, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Osgood Mrs Embnry Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs, Annan, Mrs Nichols, Mrs. Pierson, Mrs Warrington, Miss Rand, Miss Her. yey, and others.
 Many names ofIike celebrity are necessarily omit. ted for want of space.
 While the most able writers of the country are engaged as permanent contributors to Graham's Maea- zine, the Arts are not overlooked
 The most accomplished American artists employ their genus for our subscribers. The most elegant engrayIngs that have appeared in America, have been given to the public in Graham's Maeazine We are now prepared to give the right direction to the talents o our artists, and are resolved that national tnne shall be strictly preserved in Graham Here after we shall place in the engravers hands nothing but American Pictures. Our own country abounds with the finest scenery in the world. It s full Of historical associations, thrilling interest and on every hand subjects start up, fit for the painters pencil and the engrayefs bnrin. Every patriotic sentiment urges the selection of national subjects for the pen | and pencil, and we feel assured that the American l public will sustain the enterprise
 AMERICAN BATTLE-FIELDS Giving correct pictures, taken on the spot of the places m which the most remarkable battles have been fought. These engrayings will be ofthe highest order of art; and We may mention, that in order to | ensure perm1nency in the indulgence for which these designs have already become celebrated, we have engaged MT. Smile forthrce years on American Scenes and Incidents
 PREMIUM PICTURES AND ENGRAVINGS.
 In addition 10 this, we have entered into a psrpa- 1 nent engagement with the house of Rawdon Wright and Hatch, of New York, for a supply of most cx. qnisite pictures, among which we may mention a series of elegant
 INDIiN AND PRAIRIE SCENES, Gotup Tn most magnificent style, and representing, from sketches taken from nature, the most beautiful l scenery ol our western country Our Southern l Views, engraved by the same house, which have become widely popular, will also be continued The exquisite female heads engraved by this firm among which we may instancethat of Mrs. Stephens which has never been eqnlIled in this cDunlry-Wi be further supplied by Messrs. R W and H. whose facilities and talents, in their line of art are unriv aled in the world. We may safely say that we hay, l ALL the best artists employed on eGraham''
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 Is feature originated by the proprietor of Graham and successfully carrieRoat. We defy any compe tition in this branch.
 S ARrAIN'S ELEGANT MEZZOTINTS.
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 COMIC AND HUMOROUS SKETCHES.
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