Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-01

THOUGHT
The JANUARY NUMsEa contains original
aftIcles from
w. C. Bryant, Miss Coop or.
H. w. Longiellow, Grace Greenwood,
G.. ?. r. James, Miss l. v. Smith,
il. s. Dwight, Alice Carl y,' y
N. p. Willis, Miss Enn Duval,
Geo. P. Morf,s, MIs. E. Eames,
Geo. ID. Prentice, May s! Peass.
Henry w. Herbert, K. H. Stoddard,
J. Bayard Taylor, d. n. Barlow,
E. P. Whipple, CD. Eastman,
Alfred B, Street, t. Wyatt, A. Mi !.
~. Nj. Legare, Vim. P. Brannah,
T. Buchanan Read. J. Hunt, Jr.,
Rich'd Penn Smith. NJ L. Ruler.
THE NOVEL OF JAMES.
We have gone IiuIs out Of our track, this
month, anu paid an English author, G.. P. r.
James, $500 for his story, for we do not see
that we have any more right TO appropriate
a mans brain work, than 10 put on his Goa
and hat, and march off as if the broad clolt
and felt were our own properly. We have
paid all ihs contributors 10 this number lhelr
own price, and that right willingly,--now
the simple but pregnant questions which we
put to the American press and American
people, are:--' Shall we have an American
llteraiurs7I' Is il as profitable 10 sclssors as TO
buyl III
We think that we-one Of the hewers Of
wood and drawers OF water, in the field Of
labor occupied by American magazines
have right to ask these questions and We
ask them.4 Brothers Of the hardy west, the
sunny South and toiling east-whal say you'll
SPLENDID ORIGINAL ENGR AWNINGS
THE SOURCE OF PROSP ERITY-
A magnificent line engraving by w. E
Tucker, from an original drawing by John
Gllberi, Of London.
| UNION PARA. N. Y, a most splendidy
executed landscape engraving BY Sm,Ille
OF Union Park, with view Of SpEinger In
stitute. Unequallsd in artistic beauty by
any engraving IN any other magazine of the
month.
EVENING IN PERSIA From an orig.
inal draw ing by Devereux, done in oil col
ors. A new and costly style of illustration
| PARIS FASHlONS-One or Dayld's
beautiful and spinIed designs, coIoEed by The
artists Of Mo,tieur de la Mode. 10 advance
for Graham"
THE ALAMo-Drawn BY Captain East
man, engraved by BnghlIyI
I CHAPEL OF ST. JOSE Drawn by Capt
Eastman, engraved by Brightly.
CANVASS BACK SHOOfING+Design-
ed by Herbert, engraved byI Brightly.
THE SOLDIER ON Words by N. Lev,
ering Ritter. Music by George Felix Ben
kerr.
The embellishments are of the very highest
efforts of art, IN this country and Europe
the cost being concentrated upon four gems
Of ar,-instead sof being dlssipated upon a
dozen different pictures.
PROPHETIC.
The following announcement in our Pros
pectusewas PROPHETIC:
THE JANUARY NUMBER will con-
tain some Of the most exquisite productions
of artistic skill, and the series then begun
will be continued through Tie year.
Our artists In London, Paris. Italy and the
United States, to whom WE PAY CASH
for the best and freshest promise US that
GRAHAM SHALL NOT BE BEATEN.
however Others may boast.
In the department oil Fashion We shall excel
all that has ever been attempted, either in the
United States or Paris. The ARTISTS OF
MONlTEUR DE LA MODE engage TO fur
nish US with the most splendid dra wings
December and January numbers will contain
specimens. In word, wait for the January
~ WIN SthSi9 pbc
cide--it will eclipse all others, or we shall
submit that we have not learned how mag
azins Of the most brilliant description can be
produced.
THE TERMS FOR THE NEW
YEAR.
The following are the terms for 1851,
from which we cannot WAIVER IN single
instance, without abandoning, utterly. all
hope of the high excellence which we prom
lse Ourseif that Graham shall attain TO-
MONEY, as our friends must have felt, IS
secondary with Us. TO the reputation of being
The owner and editor Of the best Magazine
On this continent; this, unless health. reason.
Or ''seed time and harvest" fail Us, we shall
make this work.
TERMS. SINGLE COPIES s3.
PRICE OF CLUBS FOR 1851:
Two copies, IS; Five copies, $40; and ten
copies for $50; and an extra copy TO the per-
son sending the club of Ten subscfbers.-l
These terms will mol be departed from.
THE PUBLISHER STAKES HIS
on the assertion that this
Number of GRAHAM, in high excellence,
las never been approached in America or
Europe. aud CHALLENGES HIS COM
PETITORS TO EQUAL 1T.
GEORGE Il. GRAHAM.
No i34 Chestnut Street, Philadelphis.