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DOUBLE NUMBERS FOR 1852!
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE
FOR 1852.
The Magazine Of the Union!

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THE NEW yOLU NE Of this unri-
vailed and popular Monthly commences
with the January number. Specimen
copies of which will be ready by the
first OF December.
The well established character Of
Graham's Magazine. as the leading A.
merican Monthly, renders it unnecessa-
ry to sc, forth its merits in each recur-
ring Prospectus. 1t has won its way.
after years Of success, to the front rank
among its rivals, and is now universally
conceded 10 be
THE BEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE.
Its contributors are all of acknowled-
ged ability.
a Galaxy of Literary Names Of f.
mericd.
Graisam's Unrival1ed Writers.
Arrangements are perfected for Sc
ries of most splendid articles from such
writers as
Henry w. Longfellow, w. Gilmore
Simms, James Russell Lowell, E. p.
WhipIle, ] M. Legare, Geo. ID. Prem
,lce, Alfred b. Street, N. p Willis, VIM.
Cullen Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Henry VIM. Herbert, Richard Penn
Smith, Fl. Hastings Weld, Theodore s.
Fay, y. Buchanan Read, III. G. Moore.
head, Henry Is. Ilirst, J. Bayard lay
lor, Geo. Ii. Boxer, r. H. Dana. Rober,
II. Conrad, Robert Morris, Epes Sar-
gent, II. Il. Tuckerman, e.. j. Peterson,
II. II. Sioddard, II. S. Arthur, F. ].
Grund. DIR. VIM. Elder, Mrs. Lydia
Sigcurney, Mrs. E. G. Kinney, Mrs.
E. J. Eames, Mrs. Elizabeth Cakes
Smith, Mrs. Joseph G. Neal. Amelia
B. Welby, Mrs. Julie, III. Campbell.
Mrs. Ann $. Stephens, Mrs. Emma c..
Embury, Mrs. Sarah IL. Whitman, Miss
l.. Virginia Smith, Miss Emma Duval.
Miss Grace Greenwood, Miss Mary l..
Lawson, with many more known to the
readers Of the work, making this maya.
zine
The Organ of American Talent,
IN every department oi mind.
Double Numbers for 1852!
The reading matter of Graham's Mag
aziae tor the next year will be abou,
double that of former volumes, making
"a book unrivalled by any that has ever
appeared IN America or Europe. The
very best American writer's will contin-
ne to contribute TO its pages, and the
wide range of literature OF the old world
will also be brought to aid the worth and
variety Of the let.er-press contents Of
the work.
G. p. H. JAMES.
The original novel written bv this ac-
comrkshed writer for .Graham," will be
commenced in the January number, and
will be found TO be one of the most en-
tertaining of the many romances by this
universally popular author.
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all that taste can suggest or capital COM
mand IN the way of elegance, is to be
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pare them with the same number of any
current periodical. TO test the vast super.
iority of Graham's Maazine in this res.
pect.
The new volume will open in style
o! elegance that will convince our friends
that "Excelsior" is our motto for 1852,
and that abraham" will continue to be
THE FAVORITE OF THE PUB
Lie, both in its pictorial and literary
character, while the extraordinary in
crease Of The amour, of reading matter
will insure il still wider welcome and
circulation.
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