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THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE FOB 1915.
EDITED RI JOHN 1NMAN q ROBERT A. WEST.
Prospectus for the Second Year.

A r the close ofhis Sc ond volume, the Magazine
"A having been commenced Oh the first of Jan
uary, 1914 the publisher finds himself lrresistbiy
called on to express the satisfaction and gratitude
with which he has been filled by the brilliant aud
unexamped success that has attended bis endeav-
ors to win the public favor. Notwithstanding the
difficulties disappointments and vexatlons that al
most invariably follow the establishment of a new
periodical. in the production of which there must
he the harmonious cooperation Of many head and
many hands Notwithstanding occasionally short-
conings, especially in the pictorial department.
which 40 care or diligence could avert and no ex-
penditure prevent, the Columbian Magazine has
gone OF steadily inc: easing in support and p"pu-
arity from the opening number, and If the unbought
unsolicited testimony of the press may be received
as unswayed by partiality and unbiased by friend
ship, the efforts of contributors and editor have
been satisfactory to the public and accepted as full
filing the promises made for them at the com.
mencement of the enterprise.
The publisher undertook the work with firm
conviction that the great city OF New crk was
the best and the true home for magazine ot gen.
era iiterature that notwithstanding the failure OF
many previous attempts to establish such work,
there could be no impossiity of success with SUIT
ecient capital, perseverance and the right system
Of management both by publisher and editor; slim
ulated by this conviction he embarked iii the enter
prise and the result of the FIRST year has proved that
| his Judgment was correct.
It has long ceased to be necessary. or reasonable,
that we should speak Of the Columbian as an eX-
pertinent, At all events, it is now all experiment
substantially tri,d. We feel ourselves upon as
firm basis as any similar journal n the world
Our principal cares n0l0 regard not so mucn the
securing u hat ground we have gained (for we con-
slider this sufficiently secure) the extension OF
our sphere of action and utility-not 50 much. ev-
en- the mere enlargement Of our subscription Iisl,
as the most suitable modes of catering for the a.
musement (and shall we say occasionally for the
protit!) of our subscribers in the present and III
the future-the many whom. we have and the ma
nv more we shall undoubtedly have as time rolls
on.
We have made arrangements which will enable
us to present our friends with embellishments o.
very superior taste, STYLE and finish. In this res
pect it is our firm purpose if possible to outvie al
competition. Our music and engravings we con-
Efdently believe, will not be equaed-v,ry GER
tanly they shall not be surpassed IN real mer by
those Of any other magazine. We propose to give
each mo tn two or more superb engraVings, indie
pendently of two pages of music, by the most emf
nent composers, and plate of authentic fashions
Regarding the literary and editorial conduct O.
the Columbian, tho publisher does not feel called
upon to say more than very few words The
general management of this department is. a.
heretofore, entrusted to gentleman possessing
every qualification for the task. and WHO has Civ
en- abundant evidence. not only of the highest a
hility to put forth meritorious ma 5azine, but o
the ability to put forth magazine exactly atap
ted to the tastes of our readers. The publisher
therefore, has every confidence that what has al
ready heen done for the literary value Of the jour
e nal will be done again. We perfectly willing
that future this respect shall he estimated
: by our past The suhjoined list Of those who hav
furnished articles for the Columbian during the by
. gone year will satisfy. we feel as ured, the mos
fAstidious that we are resoue to spare in no pa
. tIcuar neither exertion expense.