Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-05-08
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THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE,
FOR 1S45
FOR 1874;
EDITED BY JOHN INMAN AND ROBERT A. WEST
Prospectus for the Second Year.

Prospectus for the Second Year.
At the close ofhis second volume, the magazine
having been commenced on the first Of January,
lS44 the publisher finds himself irres:stably call
ed on to express the satisfaction and gratitude
with which he has been filled by the brilliant and
Iunexampled success that has attended his endea-
vors to win the public favor. Notwithstanding
the difficulties disappointments and vexatons that
almost invariably follow the establishment OF
new periodical, in the production of which there
must be the harmonious cooperation OF many
heads and many hands notwithstanding occasion
al short comings, especially in the pictorial de-
parment, which no care or diligence could avert
and no expenditure prevent the Columbian Mag
azine has gone on steadily increasing in support
and popularity from the opening number. and II
the unbought unsolicited testimony OF the press
may be received as unswayed by partlaty and
unbiased by friendship, the efforts OF contributors
and editors have been satisfactory to the public
and accepted as fulfilling the promises made fol
them at the commencement of the enterprise.
The publisher undertook the work with firm
conviction that the great city of New York was
the best and the true home for magazine of gen.
era literature that notwithstanding the failure of
many previous attempts TO establish such work,
there could be no impossibiity of success with
sufficient capital perseverance and the right sys-
TEN of management both by publisher and editor :;
stimulated by this conviction he embarked in the
enterprze and the result the first year has proved
that his judgment was correct.
1t has long ceased to be necessary, or reasona-
BILE, that we should speak of the Columbian an
experiment. At all events. it is now an expert
ment substantially tried We feel ourselves upon
as firm basis as any similar journal in the world
Our principal cares now regard not so much the
securing what ground we have gained Qor we con-
slider this sufficiently secure) as the extension OF
our sphere ofaction and utility-not much, even,
the mere enlargement of our subscriptcn-list as
the most suitable modes of catering for the amuse-
ment land shall we say occasionally for the prof
it > Of our subscribers in the present and in the
future-the many whom we have, and the many
more we shall undoubtedly have as time rolls on
We have made arrangements which will enable
US 10 present our friends with embellishments of
very superior taste, style and finish In this re-
spect it is our firm purpose, if possible, to outvie
all competition. Our music and engravings, we
confidently believe, will not be equalled-very GER
taiuly they shall not be surpassed in real merit,
by those of any other magazine. We propose to
give, each month, two or more superb engravings
independently of two pages OF music by the most
eminent composers, and plate of authentic fashions
Regarding the literary and editorial conduct of
the Columbian, the publisher does not feel called
upon to say more than a very few words. The
general management of this department is confded
to the gentleman who has hitherto given abundant
evidence, not only of the highest ability to put
forth a meritorious magazine and one exactly
adapted to the tastes of all readers with whom is
associated another gentleman of ability and expe-
rience. The publisher, therefore, has every con-
fdence that what has already been done for the
literary value of this journal, will be done again.
We are perfectly willing that our future in this re-
spect should be estimated by our past. The sub
joined list of those who have furnished articles for
the Columbian during the by gone year, will sat
isfy, feel assured, the most fastidious that we
are resolute to spare, in particular, either ex-
ertiOn or expense.