Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-01-13
THE
y MON M A c. A ZINE,
OF LITERATURE AND ART,
EDITED BY

EDITED
| MRS. G.. M. KIRKLAND,
! .4l.thor ef".4 .Ne,c Home," Forrest Life" etc.
AND FILLED WITH
| Contributions from the most eminent acriters
Of the country
The Second Volume commences with the January
Number, lS4S.
At the conclusion of the first half-vear of the
Union Magazine, the Publisher feels impelled TO
make some acknowledgment of his sense of the ia
vorable reception accorded to it by the public Its
success has certainly been unprecedented ; and
while it may be pardonabe to ascribe this in part to
the merits of the work, it must not be denied that
public goodwill and kindness have been abundant
ly demonstrated. The press ia all parts of the
country, has given its voice literally and heartily
in favor of the aspirant.
10 flag after tnis would be dshonorable indeed.
1t is the hope Of the publisher that the courage and
enterprise which belong to success will be found ra-
ther to have stimulated than slackened his exer-
tons, If there be talent Of suitable kind in the
country, he is determined to make il available to
the Union Magazine in the various departments
He will continue to give superior engravings in
Nezzotint Line and Wood by H S. Sadd, Thomas
Doney, M. Osborne, Robert Hinshelwood, w. S.
Barnard, B. F. Childs, P. Looms, &C.. from orgi-
nal designs by T. III. Matteson who has the sole
The Literary matter will continue to be under
the exclusive control of the Editor, Mrs. G. M.
Kirkland, assisted by corps of contributors who
are either established avorites of the reading public
or worthy to become Such as Mrs l.. Maria
Child, l.. II. Sigourney, Frances S. Osgood, E. c.
Embury, E. F. Ellet, C. H. Butler, C. Nj. Stark
E. Little S. Fl. Whitman, Mary S. B. Dana, and
Jane C. Campbell Miss C. Nj. Sedgwick, Hannah
F. Gould, Augusta Browne, Louise o. Hunter,
MAY fha hath La, bo+I
Herbert; VIM. c. Bryant, Fitz Greene Halleck, N
p. Willis, G. F. Hoffman, II. S. Arthur, II. w.
Herbert, H. T. Tuckerman, John Brougham, F. c.
Woodwork, Charles Lannan, W. A. Jones, J. Fl.
Mancur, John W. Bryant, Orville Dewey, w. Gill
more Simms Redwood Fisher, VIM GLAND Bourne
Caleb Lyon.
The paper will be the same quality now used
The Fashions will be colored by T. P. Spearing.
There will be two pages of original Music in each
number.
In the course of as many months will be given
fac-simes of the characters used in writing fourteen
different languages, with a short translation into
English similar to the Chinese and Persian Odes in
the November and December numbers of the Maya
zine, by Caleb Lyon, U. S. Consul to Shanghai,
China. which to the curious and intelligent will be
worth at least years subscription to the Magazine
And every exertion will be made, which literary a.
bilty, ingenuity of Artists, and adequate capital
do, to make the Union Magazine worthy of the
place already generously granted it in the public
esteem.
The Union Magazine will be published regularly
on the first of each month.
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States and the Canadas, who wish to become agents
for the Union Magazine. will please apply to the
publisher Immediately. All Post Masters are de-
sired to act as agents for 1.-THE usual discount will
be made to them. Aspecimen number will be sent
to any one wishing to see it, application to the
publisher, post paid.