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6ARTAIN'S UNION mAGAZINR
OF LITERATURE AND ART.


OF LITERATURE AND ART.
The undersigned, having purchased the sub
serip.ion lisI and good will OF the UNION MAoA-
znE, OF New York, purposes removing the Ofics
Of Publication 10 Phadslphia, and commencing
with the number Tor January, l84s, under The tile
ofSarIain's Union Magazine OF Literature and Ar.
This Magazine was begun in July, lS41, and
during the brief period OF lis existence, has risen
so rapidly in public favor, as to already have be-
come a firmly established RVIL VI THE oLDEE
MONTHLY PERIODICALS.
Notwithstanding ius success under the manage
ment Of its present able editor, iis future publish
ers lse confident Of making il far more desirable
still, by the intended Improvements which Their
superior facilities will enable them 10 command.
Besides the varied and occasional ACCOMPLISHMENTS
the work will contain, every month, TWO HIGHLY
FINISHED MEZZITNTO STEEL FLATEs, from pictures
Of the highest merit, engraved by }. SARTAIN, un-
der whose exclusive control the selection and
management Of the Pictorial Department will be.
His partner in this enterprise has been many
years connected with the oldest Weekly and
| Monthly publishing establishments in the coun-
try; so that with their united experience, and
earnest effort, added to a LIBERAL AND JUDcIOUs
EXPENDITURE, they feel assured Of being able 70
cater successfully and to the satisfaction OF dis
eliminating public, and of producing Magazine
| Of real intrinsic value, SURPRISING ANY rERlODl-
CAL OF The CLASS NOW ISSUED FROM THE AMERICAN
PRESS.
| Their aim will be to furnish a Monthly miscel.
lany, that is not only lively and entertaining, but
useful and instructive; in which DOMESTIC HOME
TALES AND SKETCHES, calculated to elevate the
moral and intellectual faculties, shall be substitu-
ted for the namby-pamby articles which occupy
so large a space in the popular periodicals Of the
l., -. H.. If 60 "a A.
ZINE will be such as no parent will hesitate TO
place in the hands of rising family; while in
the quality and character Of the embellishments,
it will be made to distance all competition. 1t
will he emphatically FAMILY MAGAZINE, and oil
The most attractive form.
The contents OF each number will be original,
and consist OF articles in prose and verse, by AU-
THoRs OF ESTABLISHED REPUTATION. The critical
department will be- conducted with the greatest
care and impartiaity and while personality and
needless satire will be seduousy avoided, opn-
ions of merit or demert will be candidly and
J fearlessy expressed. There will also be month
ly record Of all that is interesting to lovers OF the
Fine Arts, respecting the progress oi Arts and
, Artists throughout The country.
, The utmost pains will be bestowed on the ell.
cravings, not only to furnish plates executed with
care and skill, but in the selection OF Subjects to
adopt such as from their dignity and importance
command attention, or from their beauty and ar
tstic excellence, attract and charm. They will
consist of transcripts, eithr OF HISTORICAL! Oh
scRIPTURAL PICTURES Of unquestonable merit, OF
Of original paintings by CELEBRATED AMERICAN
PAINTERS, and occasionally by compositions OF the
best artists made expressly for the work. Por.
traits Of remarkable or eminent persons will also
f add to the interest and variety of the seres TO-
gether with free and spirited illustrative etchings
In the COSTUME DEPARTMENT., (which now appear,
to have become an indispensable adjunct to {
Monthly Magazine,) we shall present coLOREI
PLATES OF THE SPRING, SUMNER, FALL AND WNTET
FASHIONS, in a style no way inferior to anything
OF the kind now published.
r In conclusion, we beg leave to state. that eve
ypromise made will be faithfully and literally lul
filled, (which those accustomed to compare th'
performances with the promise of Magazine pub
: fishers will hardly expect, THAT the first mum
ber of a volume will be found to be always u iai
specimen OF every other that is TO follow, excep
in its possessing beautifully engraved title page
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