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Tor US to say shat the high character of tai maya
zine for literary ald auistical merit viii be
properly sustained. Bot we are aware that the
rapid ana dazzling succession of novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
years naturally eXcite5 lively Curiosity, and
every Subscriber il saying 10 himself whal win
Cooley do naxt.
is merely with 6 view to crafty this curiosity
on tho part OF our friends that we now proceed to
inumerata some of the features -four next years
an, promising, however, that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and Incomplete, from
our ihvariable practice of Selling ppoa every new
and brilliant form of establishment the moment
ftp esents itself, web as securing the services
OF all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND rIQUAET WRITER'S
tbs moment their characters distinctly deye-
oped and pronounced. The honour Of bringing
forward first rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving Il sort Of prime conductor
TO alectr flashes which send their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habitual
the lady's Book. our original idea of Illustrating
American history by views of backgrounds we
are still calmly pur5uoiug in a style that detia
.
Illustrating the HERoIsM OF AMERICAN LADIES
by a series of engravings and narratives which
will serve 40 place in their r1e light the patrnt
ism, devotion and salf-sacrifce of our female an
cestors in the revolutionary war, emphatcally
called THE HEROIC AGE or AMERICA, is also
original with us. Other incdentsc Of revolutionary
history win also furnish subjects for the embel-
hmont5 Of the coming year. Among the scpe-
sis already executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington fight
by DaTley-Marion's entertainment of the british
cGficer-by Whlts-Female GALLANTR y---by
I;ubor:-Fha storming Of red bank fort by
llamiltoh-Count Donop7s monument-by Ham
ilton--lhe battle Of concord brdge-by Frank
onsten-Tho Germontown battle-ground by
Russell Smith--Trenton batte-ground-by Ham
ilton, with a lauge number of Others, engaged
bufrot yet sent in by the artists. Another new
and striking feature now propose for the first
time in public, having had artists engaged for
twelve months in working it out. readers |
will please to note the date Of the announcement
of this feature II will consist of Characteristic (
state views, in which the pCcuiiartfes oil scenery
costume and customs of every state AMI territory
of the Union VIII be presented in succession. |
This idea will of course be claimed by others, |
but readers will not forget TO mark dates |
Our proiTsrod premium of s. 0 for the best
painting of a subject Illustrative of American /
female patriotism has already brought splendid /
array of talent into the field. The award has /
been postponed for another month ont 70 courtesy
to artists who have pictures sill upon their easols
The premium OF $3.50 for the best egrayng WI
of course bring forward series Of frs rate steel
plates. in addition TO all these advantages. the
privilege Of engraving the premium pictires at
the apollo association will serve TO form a key
stone 10 onr splendid system Of embellishments
The public know Our literary contributors wbe
for they have long been il the habit of recogno
Zing them as the leading writer's of America in
magazine literatuTe-that Htar'ure viii n eXacts
from the ablast pens their most piquant and bril-
liant contributions, at the time that it con-
dances into compact aud pleasing form, the
moral, the useful aud the solid in narrative sketch
and essay writing. Mezzotints 1t only ne
cessary to say that in .hs department. we have
Sartain sadd and warner, aud each of them has
several plates in hand. shall, wa think, have
one in each number next year. Authentic fash
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Lady's Book, in the Literature OF GERMANY.
FRANCE, ITALY, and other nations of the Euro
pean continent 10 escape them. Among many /
novel features in the literary way which are now !
in the course preparation, for wolI-known reasons
we choose to-announcc but one in this connection.
viz: The border legends Of American, many
of which have just reached from the distant re-
gions which were formerly the scenes of border
wars and hunting expeditions, aud where the ex-
PLOTS of the famous In ian killers and hunters |
still furnish themes fos purely national ballads, |
songs and stories to their children and grand !
children by the winters freside. 1t is tot ne
cessary for us to give the names of write RS
previous numbers will show that they are the
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