Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-02-21
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THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE FOR 1916.
EDITED BIZ JOHN INMAN s. ROBERT A. WEST.
Prospectus for the Second Year.

A T the close ofhis Sc ond volume, the Magazine
XA having been commenced on the first Of jan
uary, ID. the publisher finds himself irresstiblv
called on to express the satisfaction and gratitude
With which he has been filled by the brilliant and
unexampled success that has attended his endeav-
ors to win the public favor. Notwithstanding the
difficulties, disappOntments and vtxatioI1s that al
most invariably follow the establishment of a new
periodical, in the production of which there must
be the harmonious cooperation Of many head and
many han1s-notwilhstanding occasionally short
cOmings, especially in the pictorial department,
which no care or diligence could avert and no ex-
pendture prevent, the Columbian Magazine has
gone or steadily increasing in support and popu-
larlty ON 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 full
filling the promises made for them at the COM
menccment of the enterprise.
The publisher undertook the work with a firm
conviction that the great city of New York was
the best and the true home for magazine of gen.
cral literature; that Notwithstanding the failure of
many previous attempts to establish such work,
there could be imposshiity of success with suf-
gcient capital, perseverance and the right system
of arrangement both by publisher and editor slim.
uated by this conviction he embarked in the enter
prise and the result of the first year has proved that
his judgment was correct.
1t has long ceased to be necessary. or reasonable,
that we should speak of the Columbian ex-
pertinent. At all events, it is now an experiment
substantially tried. We feel ourselves upon as
firm basis any similar journal N the world
Our principal cares nO1v regard not so much the
securing what ground we have gained (for we con-
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our sphere of action and utIity-not so much, CIV.
en-, the mere enlargement of our subscription list
as the most suitable modes of catering for the a
musemcnt (and shall we say occasionally for the
proft!) of our subscribers in the present and in
the future-the many whom we have. and the ma
ny more we shall undoubtedly have as time roll:
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 our firm purpose, if possible. to ouvie al
competition. Our music and engravings, we con
fidently belle e, will not be equalled-vcry Ger
tainy they shall not be surpassed IN real merit by
those If any other magazine. We propose to Civ
each mo tn two or more superb engraVlngs, indie
Ipendcntly of two pages of music, by the most emil
nent composers, and plate OF authentic fashions
| Regarding the literary and editorial conduct o
the Columbian, the publisher does not feel calle'
upon to say more than very few words Ih
general management of this department ls' a
iheretofore entrusted to gentleman possessing
evelv qualification for the task and WHO has CIV
en- abundant evidence. not only of the highest a
bility to put forth a meritorious magazine, but c
the ability to put forth magazine exactly adaE
ted to the tastes of our readers. i he publisher
therefore, has every confidence that what has al
ready been done for the literary value of the jour
: nal will he done again. We perfectly wllin
that our future IN this respect shall be estimate
by our past. The subjoined list of those who haV
diminished articles for the Columbian during the by
gone year will satisfy. we feel assured, the mos
If,stdous that we are resoiute to spare IN no pa