The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-01-25
THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF
AMEPIC4


GoDEY's MAGAZINE AND LADY's BooX FOR lS4e
The best earnest publisher can give of what he
can and will do n.xf year is reference to what
he has done last year, or at any time in the last
fifteen years. Under this view of the case II
would be qui e sufficient for ord nary purposes
for US to say that the high character oil thi maya
zine for literary aud artsticaI merit will be
properly sns;aned Bat we are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession OF novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
years naturally excites lively curiosity, and
every subscriber is saying 10 himself what viii
Cooley do next.
It's merely with view to crafty this curiosity
on the part of our friends that now proceed to
enume rate some of the features four next year $
plan, promising, however, that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and incomplete, from
our invariabe practice of sezng npon every new
and brill mt form of embellishments the moment
il esents itself, well as scoring the services
of all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIaUANT WRITERS
the moment their characters are distinctly dsvel-
opsd and pronounced The honodr of bringing
forward first rate genius int public notice and
favour, and serving sort OF prime conductor
10 electr flashes which send their light through
thu whole Union, has become quite habtuai to
t he lady's Book. original idea OF illustrating
American history by views of battle-grounds we
are still calmly pursueiug in style that dehe
all compe tition. The not less brilliant idea o
illustrating the HERoIsM OF AMERICAN LADIES
by series of engravings and narratives which
will serve 10 place in their true light the patrnt
ism. devotion and self-sacri6ce of our female an
ces,ors in the revolutionary war, emphatlcaily
called THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA, is also
original with u.s. Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also furnish subjects for the embei-
lishrnents of the coming year. Among the sub
ects already executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington hight.
by Darley-Marion's entertainment of the british
olficer-by Whlts-Female GALLANTRY-by
Hubert-lFhe storming of red bank fort by
Hamilton-Codnt Donop's monument-by Ham
ilton--.he battle of concord bridge-by Frank
enstein-Fhe Gernontown battle-ground by
Rus ell Smith-TTen:en battle-ground by Ham
ilton. With lauga number of Others, engaged
buf not vet sent in by the artists Another new
and striking feature we now propose for the first
time in public, having had artists engaged for
twelve months in working it out. our readers
will please to note the date of the announcement
of this feature 1t will consist of Characteristic
state views, in which the pecnliarties of scenery
costume and customs of every state and territory
of the Union Will be presented iii succession.
This idea will of course be ella med by others,
but our readers will not forget to mark dates
Our profercd premium of 81 for the best
painting of subject illustrative of American
female patriotism has already brought splendid
aTray of talent into the field, The award has
been postponed for another month onto courtesy
to artists who have pictures still upon their easels
The premium OF 4; 80 for the best egraving VIII
of course bring forward series OF frs. rate steel
plar,s in addition 10 all These. advantages, the
privilege of engraving the premium pictures of
the apollo association will serve to fosm key
stone to our splendid system of embellishments
The public know our literary contributors well,
for they have long been in the habit OF recoghi-
ling them as the leading writers OF America in
magazine literatuIe-that liter ure viii h exacts
from the abest pars their most piqdant AMI brill
liant contributions, at the same time thai it con-
dences into a compact and pleasing form, the
moral the useful and the solid in narrative, sketch
nd essay writing. Mezzotints. 1t only ne
cessary TO say that in this department have
Sartain sadd and warner, aud each of ihem has
several plates in hand. we shall, wa think, have
ore in each number next year. Authentic fash
ion plates Godey's LGdy's Book is the ouly
Magazine that can be relied upoa for real
fashions. Our transiarors suffer nothing of merit
and interest. which is siited to the design of the
I.ady's Book, in the Literature of GERMANY.
FRANCE, ITALY, AMI other nations of the Euro
pean continent 10 escape them. Among mahy
novel features in the literary way which are now
in the course preparation, for well-known reasons
we choose 10 announce bnt one in this connection
viz: The border legends of American, many
of which have lust reached us from the distant re-
gions which formerly the scenes of border
wars and hunting expeditions, aud where the ex-
PLOTS of the famou- In ian killers and hunters
still furnish themes fos purely national ballads.
songs and stories to their children and grand
children by the winters fireside. Ii is not ne
cessary for us TO give the names of oar wit rs
previous numbers will show that they are the
best III AueFica.