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 u for the tisird volume of thoiraa-aznc whic! E eAelasySi} and permanently nn5ef the edltofla control of :. :. &Itbar believe t1at they can ofa 10 the pa5hc iaost substantial claims to patronage The f7st aaj secaHd volumes have baoa achaoWI edged on a hands to be eqaa and jl IaailY fCsnocts superior in eh2faejef strength interest and atrac- tBeacas, to any of the magaznss issaad The aim oi the editor $ hih one. lie rapuaatas the long prevalent system of basiae lis nol1 upaa the repu- t&tion o contributors whose articles, ID matter what they have deae, are, in so many instances, below medocriiy.
 Nothing salns admission lnto the pages of this magazine, which is not excellent in itself. The source from which an article comes is secondary its merits always primary. Such rule, strictly carried out, must give character 10 any 8@plz. hoe given G 3Fthgr's AIagazine,' character acknoWl- edged in all respectable quarters where i has been received.
 Among tho inexbaustible seureas tlat open 10 the hands o literary caterer, German and French lite rture offer wide field for selection. Into this re- gioa WiI al admirable corps ol tan5laters, We are seaaI penetrating. astonsaad atcyelE siep BF the riches We met. Especially s this the ease in lite ratgre. Already We have given some splendid anti e!es lfeH t!ia Gsraa, hTin tsll # Pa9e tfas, and in.cibla illustrations of the power 0I goodness ..ziieat Love. fhe Goyem6raBa his Successors, ,' i s'#Ae ul4nNa patieBt,@ ,.Tbe 5gssin Prince .' sthe PEigy GoUGs or," &c. al 3l.a have read will remember Vit} delight.
 From 'ie French Ha HNa also eivca aany first rate a.fieas aThe Parulexad }. .yaIs. .,' from Mad ane ds Gea5s: also. ...ih2 Lesson If zjj5atula, and 'sfae E@orafa Gead Father lIam Marmontei, "fh fine tal $ from Dumas, ia2I0;X AadIor, BaiZac and other aH9ofs of celebrity.
 h selecting from tie French, GIT traasatogs arc guided hg strict regard to IaFity and excellence
 None knol' better tian they do lo8 mirh taat is objectionable ahoHds ia theligit literature of t.is people BHt, flowing gal5agbF taesii5 otl5jsitaP9fe current is aaatReF. as lGcld a1l as pure as 4Estd. From t4is thzl dip up the bright 8ate.s agai present 1 the5i to oaF F
 af ttis fountain. ,7e shall teaglaad- ess dI5lS. Bat, in doing so. We shail Hot neglect l tba a@calIo8eies oi our o&u EtsatHre.
 fAis would he t5e @ersl e !a!lH. let in doing tHl5s NC s3a El9e 10 parade Ii aaacs4 :. ac abiic afe getting auaast9aa fle5t9 clearly Eaw much tEis k Woh. and to discover tHat excellence is lot always te b aRBa ia tha fugitive productions of Iaa5tRFz WHa haya done wei a books. Gar country iz eeiaiaE Ai' EeIag geaias, taa etgaa oE5lsha5- o#fd aAd hidden hY the successful, who fossess not i.alf their intrinsic worth, aad Wosc writings exert not iali s5 heaitay an in5iaHea. Il5Y are crowded iro&. the path ia which they are ffted to Wdl and th.if merits EePt cut oi sight hy few wjEo have @9IHad hc FEbae ear ant cyo, and Hho are kept be.7ge tha pa5ic, net so much on account Of what theE Eafe done.
 To meri., wherever we Gad |. we will give the rigtt haad of i-llaNstip. Me would not accept a Poar agicia from tia most c-l sb-a,cd writer iu the eo4a'lE but yae. e'l' fat' ,oaF from where il will, saaIl ind uaIc-l.s.
 h all sources al 5uie e} road. we slall seek thc good, tie tiue aai i.ehaatlnul. For some time. and NifH jeu mach iHsae ia the allegation our magazines have been charged With being too light aa3teasv Fri ftu}j tyeIaYe lrointha first steadily avoided t,shas Magazine will continue to ~us- tain high character for excellence in all its depart- mcnts. Something more than mere love tales will be given Its stories Whiie tHli of deep and absorbing interest," oF saai.ia- with wit end happy feelings, will have in ttom aeui- living soui of goodness and trtlI. Reviews. essays. and sketches with poetry ;ra shaitha tg cafl =d such, will b2 bzndsd Wifh the;ain i".t proportion.
 fhas HaHca jl zard to tle F itFHy aI7rtm 7ut oi ouf ma sMlsr. Another matter claims car atjen= tian-thal ef pictorial eab 1iiisHmcns. Custom and tase have rendered .aa indispensable in literary work like uHf-. We shall no sand 10 argue the matter with custom aId tasta, hat proceed to open mp our intentions thj>h had. Eifst. W a, Ha have determine ta present t4a sHn5crita9s to trt#fe Magazne, dtzia- tAe veal. with aHofeity of highly attractive character. No less thah 2 Soi;Gs of six female cha. lct.. lo.u 5lap engraved on steel in highly GH.shetstylc his Shakespeare Gallery of 5 Wty will pres nj imhodjsd 10 the eye some @! the noble b8sl most baautiJ creations oi tla uand as well as oar of two c'i bsascd chaIactesta history around whom lis magiC P-h HdStaFeAn aAeW charm. What lover oi tte Poets immortal ereaoas will i 7 ia=s3 Nj eaa, surely. EseFG Fassessor ot copy et Slakspa are, and Uhose library doas not contain his works. will have, al m te aoIaHal cost, SIX eN- i quise Illustrations, Ael 10 ba obtained H my etAeI way. 'fids k certainly ersai d#S.deiai1n. But, besides these beauties from Shakespeare, Ne are mak- ing arrangements to procQeaseGirs of iemaie figures far surpassing. in oyeiHess fl iarIs and face, and exquisite finish, any fling that hls yet appeared in any American magazine. Celebrated views. in this and other countries will a2 ba leading feature ln our work. Eol.the JauurF nlnheT We shall give d i highly wrought view of iie brldgc of Doon, over which Tam O'Shantcr fled in such hot haste from thc Kirk and the witches. This plandll steel plate will accompany the inst of eur Shakespeare beauties, and will make that uambar ot our work highly attractive ouc. No ess go Wi!i b. tiai oi February Nor shall tber be any laag of n the style of etn- b7shneut or in One character Of t#a literary con tsnis of the work. From the first, we have aimed al gradual aPg5vene.t. We d2 not issue one or two good numbers and tian, after our list oi sub scrbef5 ie flied up fall of Bat We eadeafor to malc every uumbcr bct,erhan the one that preceded it. ENee5aaee, as We belora said. Is our aIn. Bat bgsilas oW Shdk, are Gallery. onf Gallery Of Female E .,aly. our SgebTated Views, We shall iasIddgca from time to tima other attractions in the way of embellishments.
 h addition 10 the foregoing there is yet another ! feature. n1 IaSs than new American Novel, from tie pen oi the Editer, which will be commenced in the January number. and contHGed HHtii eemFle(eQ ilS Will N' NIiliQ til' NtH' sb tt'i scribe for the iaEaAjae curing Sl5, will receive this new work Those Who-haya read B Il! Martin, Fanny Dale. Standardization, Six nights with the Nasiiasteniaas SAeet-h1arts and Wives, Sc. &c., from the pen of Mir. Arthtf. need not be told that this feature will be d leading one.
 In addition to this, Mir Arthur will also continue to furnish for is pagas, his shorter stories, those pointed moral essaf told with mach skill. beauty, and power The attractions of the Editors own pen, H in fact form feature oi peculiar interest to our work, which no other Magazine can possess While to one or two other periodicals, each number of his Magazine will contain many pages ol ms inin:itabe writings, and the whole work bear the impress of his pure taste and sound judgment.
 The style in which s'Arthurs Magazine" IS to be issued will be as beautiful as clear new type fine white paper, and highly illuminated cover pronounced the design that has yet appear ed) can make it.
 Take it altogether, the publishers feel confident that in regard to the quality of literary natter style of embellishments, appearance, and mechanical exc cution, ''ArthuTs Magazine" will not be surpassed by any other similar publication.
 This is not merely idle boast and vain pretenlon one Who has taken the work through the frst and second volumes will so deem it.
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 ..Arthur's Magazine" will contain AS pages of reading matter the same quantity that is given by the three dollar Magazines, and give two steel en- cravings in each number, while the prce Is only S2 % per annum.
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