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ARTHUR,s LADIES' MAGAZINE
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 IS Pages Reading Mdtter, besides t,co Elegant Steet PlqteS ia each number
 TEJTJF Publishers in sending forth their prospectus 1 for the third volume of their magazine, winch is exclusively and permanently under the editorial control of IT. s. Arthur, believe that they can offer to the pubic most substantial claims to patronage ! The first and second volumes have been acknoWl-
 dgsd on all hands to be equal and in many respects su7erior in character strength, interest and arac- tiyepess. to any of the magazines issued. The ann of the editor is a high one. He repudlates the long prevalent system of basing his work upon the repu- tation of contributors whose articles, matter what they have done, are, in so many instances, below l mediocrity.
 NotbinS galns admission into the pages of this ,nauazine1 which is not excellent in itself. The source from which an article comes IS secondary 1 its merits always primary. Such rule, strictly carried out must give character to any work mas given Arthur's Magazine" character ackho"l- edged in all respectable quarters where Il has been l received.
 Among the inexhaustible sources that open to the hands of literary caterer German and French hte- rature offer wide field fer selection Into this re- oion with an admirable corps ot Tan5ators, we are steadily penetrating, asonlshed at every step py the riches we meet Especially is this the case in lite rature. Already we have given some splendid aItI- cIes from the German brim full of pure truths, and forcible illustrations of the power of goodness. s.Silent Love- "The Governor and his Successors ..The Unknown Patient" 'The Russian Prince ssThe Privy Counsellor" &c., all who nave read Will remember with delight.
 From the French we have also given many first rate articles .sThe Perplexed Lovers" from Mad ame de Genlis; also ''Ihe Lesson oi Misfortune and s'The Error of Good Father, from Marmontel with fine tales from Dumas, Lacroix, Nadier, Bazac. and other authors of celebrity.
 In selecting from the French, our translators are guided by strict regard to purity and excellence.
 None know better than they do how much that IS objectionable abounds in the light literature of this people, But, flowing along by the side oi thlslmpure 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 fouHtan we shall continue to let our lead | CTS drink But, in doing so we shall net neglect | the excellencies of our own literature.
 This would be the worst of folly. Yet, In doing this, we shall make no parade oi names The public are 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 oi writers who have done well in books. Our country | Is teeming with young genius, too often oYeTshad- owed and hidden by the successful, who possess not half their intrinsic worth, and whose writings exert | not half so healthy an influence. They are crowded from the path in which they fitted to walk, and their merits kept out of sight by a few who have gained the public and eye, and who are kept before the public, not so much on account ol what they have done.
 1 O tneflt, wherever We Hllu It, We WlH SiNe tHe l right hand of fellowship. We would not accept a poor article from the most celebrated writer in the country; but good one, let 1t come from where 1t will, shall find welcome.
 In all sources, at home and abroad, shall seek | the good, the true and the beautiful For some time, l and with too much iustness i'll the allegation our | magazines have been charged with being too light and trashy This fault We have from the first steadily avoided. Arthur's Magazine will continue to sus- tain high character for excellence in all its depart ments Something more than mere love tales will be given. Its stories, while full of deep and absorbing interest, or, sparkling with witand happy feelings will have in them soul living soul of goodness and truth. Reviews, essays and sketches, with poetry that shall be truly called such, will be blended with them in just proportion
 Thus much in regard to the literary department o our magazine. Another matter claims our atten- tion-that of pictorial embellishments. Custom anC taste have rendered them indispensable in a literary work like ours. We shall not stand to argue tho matter with custom and taste, but proceed 10 opel ID our intentions on this head. First, then, we have determined 10 present the subscribers to Arthur Magazine, during the year, with novelty oi highly attractive character, No less than series of sD female characters from Shakspearei engraved on stee in highly finished style. This Shakespeare Caller of Beauty will present imbodied to the eye, some the noble bard's most beautiful creations ot the mind as well or two celebrated characters in history around whom his magic pen has thrown new charm What lover of the Poets immortal creations vii not be eager to secure this splendid series of ensrav ings Not one, surely. Every possessor of a copy of Shakespeare, and whose library does not contail his works, will have, at mere nominal cost six eX quisite illustrations, not to be obtained in any othe way. This IS certainly a great sidcratun. But besides these beauties from Shakespeare, we are mal ing arrangements to procure aseres ofiemale figures far surpassing, in oveliness of form and face am exquisite fnish any thing that has yet appeared il
 any American magazine. Celebrated views, in thi 1..tl,, tlfi-. our work For the Jannry number we shall give i highly wrought view of the Bridge of Doon, ove , which Tam O'Shanter fled in such hot haste iron , the kirk and the witches This splendid steel plat
 will accompany the first of our Shakespeare beauties and will make that number Of our work high attractive one. No less will be that of February Nor shall there be any falling of in the style of en
 bellishment, or in the character of the literary con , tens of the work. From the first, we have aine r at gradual improvement. We do not issue one 0
 two good numbers, and then, after our list of sub
 scrbers is filled up, fail of. But we endeavor {
 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 | oi Female Beauty, our Celebrated Views, we sha
 introduce from time to time other attractions in tn
 way of embellishments.
 1 In addition to the foregoing, there is yet anothe f feature, no less than a American Novel, fror
 the pen of the Editor which will b. commenced
 the January number, and continued until completed
 This will be within the year, so that all who sut 4 scribe for the Magazine turing 1915, will receiv U this new work. Those who have read Bell Martin Fanny Dale, Insubordination, Six nights with tn | Washingtonians, Sweet-hearts and Wives, &c Sc : from the pen of Mir. Arthur. need mol be told thu this feature will be leading one.
 In addition to this Mir. Arthur will also continu to furnish for ifs pages, his shorter stores thos
 pointed moral essays, told with so much skill beauty and power. The attractions of the Editors ow
 pen, will in fact, form feature of peculiar intere. to our work, which no other Magazine can posses While to one or two other periodicals, each numbl t of his own Magazine will contain many pages of h
 inimitabe writings, and the whole work bear tn impress of his pure taste and sound judgment The style in which .sArthurs Magazine" IS
 be issued, will be as beautiful as clear new typ , fine white paper, and highly illuminated cove (pronounced the ehases design that has yet appea r ed) can make it.
 T Take it altogether, the publishers feel confideI
 that, in regard to the quality of literary matter, sy u of embellishments, appearance, and mechanical eXt cution, "Arthur's Magazine" will not be surpasse " by any other similar publication.
 This is not merely idle boast and vain preten;io 0 one who has taken the work through the first ar
 second volumes will so deem it.