The Arkansas banner., 1846-01-28
PROSPECTUS
ARTHUR,s LADIES, MAGAZINE.

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 for the third volume of their magazine, which is exclusively and permanently under the editorial control of T. 5. Arthur, believe that they can offer to the pubhc most substantial claims to patronage. The first and second volumes have been acknoWl- edged on all hands to be equal and Tn many respects, superior in character, strength, interest and attrac- tiveness, to any of the magazines issued. The am of fine editor is high one He repudiatas the long prevalent system of basing his work upon the rePu- taton of contributors whose articles, no matter what they have dGne, are, in So many instances, below mediocry.
 Nothing galns admission into the pages of this magazine, which Is not excellent in ltsell l ne source from which an article comes is secondary its merits always primary. Such rule, strictly carried out must give character to any work It has given Arthurs Magazine" a character acknoWl- edged in all respectable quarters where Il has been received.
 Among the inexhaustble sources that open to the hands of literary caterer German and French hte- raure offer wide field for selection. Into this re-
 on swith an admirable corps of transiators we are steadily penetratng asonished at every step by the riches we meet Especially is this the case in lite rature. Already we have given some splendid aTtl- ces from the German, brim full of pure truths, and rorcible illustrations of the power ol goodness.- ..Siieut Love- "The Governor and his Successors" ..The Unknown Pateata s'The Russian Prince, /" ..phe Prvy Counsellor" &c., all who have read will remember with delight.
 From the French we have also given many first rate articles. "The Perplexed Lovers" from Mad ame de Gens; also, 'sThe Lesson of Misfortune" and .sFhe Error of Good Father, from Marmontel, win fine tales from Dumas LacrolX, Nadler BalZac, and other authors of celebrity.
 In selecting from the French, our ransiators are guided by strict regard to purity and excellence.
 None know better than they do how much that IS obeeionable abounds in the light literature of this aloFltr bV kp side q current is another as lucid and as pure as crystal From this they dip up the bright waters and present them to our lips.
 At this fountain we shall continue to let our lead CTS drink But, in doing so, we shall not neglect the exceencies of our own literature.
 This would be the worst oI folly Yet Tn doing this, we shall make ne parade of names The public arc getting to understand pretty clearly how much this is worth and to discover that excellence is not always to be found in the fugitive productions of writers who have done well in books Our country is teemng with young genius, too often oyeTshad- owed and hidden by the successful who possess not half their intrinsic worth, and Wh7se writings eNert not half so healthy an influence IheY are crowded from the path in which they are fitted to Walk, and their merits kept out 5f sight by few who have gained the public and eye, and who are kept before the public, not so much on account oi what they have done.
 To merit. wherever we find 1t, we will give the right hand of act0Wship We would not accept a poor article ffom the most celebrated writer a the country but good one, let 1t come from where Ii will, shall find a welcome.
 In all sources, at home and abroad, We shall seek the good the true and the beautiful For some time, and with too much ustness in the allegation our magazines have been charged with being too light and trashy. This iaulWe have from tine first steadily avoided A-tkur's Magazine Sil continue to sas- tain hsh character for excellence in all is depart ments Something more than mere love tales will be given Is stories, while lull eff deep and absorbing interest, or sparkling with Nit and happy feelings. will have in haa a sagl- tying es'l oi goodness and truth. Reviews, essays, Eetehes, with poetry that shall be truly called sdt i'll be blended with them in just proportion
 Thus much in regard to tba literary department oi our magazine. Another matter claims our attcn- tien-th&t Of pictorial embellishments. Custom and taste have rendered them indispensable in a literary work like ours. Ne shall not stand to argue the matter with custom and taste. but proceed to open mp intentions on this head. First, then, we have determined 10 present the subscribers 10 Arthur Magazine, during the veal, with anovelty O. highly attractive character. No less than sefies of six female characters from ShaSspeare engraved on stee in a highly faished style. This Shakespeare Gallery of Beauty will present mbodied to the eye, some O the noble bard's most beautiful creations oi the mind as well a one two celebrated characters in history around whom his magic pen has thrown anew charm What lover of the Poets immortal creations, vii moi be eager to secure this splendid series of engrav ings3 Not one, surely. Every possessor of a copy of Shakespeare, and whose library does not cGatai his works, will have, at mere nominal cost, six eX qHsite illustrations, Hot to be obtained in any othe way. TAis is certainly great dasidefatum. But besides these beauties from Shakespeare, We are maS
 arrangements to procure aserts lIem1e fl rUrcs far surpassur, in oyeIiness of form and face. aaJ exquisite finish, any thing that has yet appeared il any American magazine. Celebrated views, in thi and other countries will also be leading feature II our work, For the Janpry number we shall give highly wrought view of the Bridge of Doom, ove which Tam O O'5hanter fled in such hot haste iron the kirk and the witches This splendid steel plat will accompany the first of our Shakespeare beauties f and will ,aake that number oI our work a highll attractive No less will ba that of February Nor sAall there be any failing in the style of em bellishmen or in the character of the literary con tents of the work. From the first, we have aimeC at gradual Improvement We do not issue one O two good numbers aud then, after our list ol sub scribers is filled Gp, laI oil. But We cndeayor {, make every number better than the one that precede ! it. Excellence, as we before said, is our aim
 But besides our Shakespeare Gallery, our Caller of Female Beauty, our Celebrated Views we shai introduce from tima to time other attractions in th way of embellishments.
 l In addition to the foregoing, there is yet anothe l feature, no less than new American Novel; iron the pen of the Editor, which will be commenced il l the JanuarY number, and continued until completed | Ihls will be within the year, so that all who sub | scribe for the Magazine aHrng 1915, will receiv i this new work Those who have read Bell Martin 1 Fanny Dale, Insubordinaton, Six nights with tn Washingtonians, Sweethearts and Wives, &c. &e from the pen of Mr. Arthur. need not be told tha this feature will be leading one
 In addition 10 this, MT. Arthur will also continu to tafnish for it's pages his shorter stories. thos pointed moral essays, told with so much skill beauty and power. The attractions of the Editors owl pen, will! in fact form feature of peculiar interes to our work, which no other Magazine can possess While to one or two other periodicals, each numba oi his own Magazine will contain many pages of hi lnlmltable writings, and the whole work bear th impress of his pure taste and sound judgment.
 The style in which sArtEur's Magazines IS { be issued, will be as beautiful as clear new type fine white paper, and highly illuminated cover tpronounced the chastest design that has yet appear ed) can make it.
 Take it altogether, the publishers feel coniidcn that, in regard to the quality of literary matter styl of embellishments appearance and mechanical exc cution, 'Arthur's Magazine" will not be surpasse by any other similar publication
 This is not merely idle boast and vain pretensio one who has taken the work through the first an second volumes will SC deem it.
 Size ofthe 1corh
 "Arthur's Magazine" will contain IS pages reading matter, the same quantity that is given b the three dollar Magazines, and give two steel en cravings in each number, while the price is onl $2 % per annum.
 l copy s2 % per annum ' copies $lo % per al 1 , % IT 20 % , Adress most paid