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THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF
AMERICA

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The best earnest publisher can give of what he |
can and will do ntxt year is a reference to VIVA,
he has done last year, at any time in the last
hitcen years. Und=- :ais view of the case il
would he qui e su.raseat for Or Aasy purposes
for US TO say I'll at tho high character of ;ii maya
Zine for literary an aatl-tcal merig viii be
properly sustained. Be- e.. are d ar. yhat tine
rapid and dazzling succession 0 Z 10 sf,ies which
we have brought forward within las last few
years natIaEliy excises lively curiosity, ard
every snhScli bef is saying TO hiinsslf what will
Cooley do next.
1t Is merely with a view TO crafty this Curiosity
on the part of our friends that we now proceed to
I.nuu ate some of the features four next years
an, promising, howevert that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and incomplete, from
our invariable practice of seizing npon every new
and brilliant form of embellishments the moment
il esents itself, as well as securing the services
OF all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIoUANT WRITER'S
the moment their characters distinctly devel-
oped and pronounced. The honour of bringing
forward first rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving as sort of prime conductor
10 electr flashes which send their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habitual to
the lady's Book. our original idea of illustrating
American history by views of backgrounds we
are still calmly pursueiug in style that defa
all competition The not less brilliant idea
illustrating the HERoIsM AMERICAN LADIES
by series of engravings and narratives which
will serve 10 place i'll their true light the patrint-
ism, devotion and self-sacriice of our female an
cestors in the revolutionary war, emphaticay
called THE HEROIC AGE AMERICA, is also
original with us. Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also furnish subjects for the embel-
hments Of the coming year. Among the sape-
already executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington fight
by Darley-Marion's entertainment of the british
offcer-by Whlls-Female GALLANTRY-by
Hubert-The stoyming of red bank fort by
ilamilton-Connt Donop's monument-by Ham,
iltoA--the battle of concord bridge-by Frank
enstein-iho Gernontown battle-ground by
Rus ell Smith-Trenton battle-ground by Ham
ilton, with lauge number of others, engaged
buf not yet sent i'll by the artists. Another
and striking feature we gov 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, i'll which the pcculiarites of scenery
costume and customs of every state and territory
of the Union will be presented in succession.
This idea will of course be claimed by others,
but ou7 readers will not forget TO mark dates
Our p7ofercd premium of s. O for the best
painting of a subject illustrative of American
female patriotism has already brought a splendid
array of talent into the field, The award has
been postponed for another month ont 70 courtesy
TO artists who have pictures still upon their easels.
The premium OF $3.50 for the best egraving W Il
OF course bring forward n series of frs rate steel
plates. in addition TO all these advantages, the
privilege of engraving the premium pictures at
the apollo association will to form key
stone 10 oar splendid system of establishment
| The public know literary contributors wbe
for they have long been in the habit of recogno
Zing them the leading writers of America in
magaZine literature-that liter'ura viii n eXactS
from the ahest peEs their most piquant and bril-
liant contributions, the time that il con-
dences into n compact aud pleasing form, the
moral the useful and the solid in narrative, sketch
and essay writing. Mezzo,ints 1t only ne
cessaTy to say that in this department we have
Sart7in sadd and warner, aud each of them has
several plates in hand. we shall, We think, have
one in each number next year. Authentic fash
ion plates. Godey's Lpdy's Book is the only
Magazine that can be relied upon for Q real
fashions, Our transators suffer nothing of merit
and interest. which is suited to the design of the
| Ladys Book, in the Literature of GERMANY,
FRANCE, ITALY, and other nations of the Euro
pean continent escape them. Among many
novel features in the literary way which are now
in the course preparation, for well-known reasons
we choose to announce bat one in this connection,
viz: The border legends of American, many
of which have jus: reached us from the distant re-
gions which were formerly the scenes of border
wars and hunting expeditions, aud where the ex-
plots of the famou n ian killers and hunters
still furnish themes eos rarely national ballads,
songs and stories ~ t1@'- rhil'-ea ana grand
childreN by the wiz -'7'He = - H'' ne
cessary for us to give .ae aamo7 Of our wit rs
previous numbers w.ll >AIF slaf 1i7J are 'he
best in Aierica.
Terms of Godey's MasaZtne.
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