Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-08
THE COSMOPOLITAN
ARR d. LITERARY ASSOCIATION:

Organised JOT ne encouragement ana general az
fusion Of Literature and The Fine Arts, on a new
and original plan, under the management Of
private enterprise and Honorary Directors.
flNHlS new Association is designed to encOur-
4 age and popularisc the Fine Arts, and dis
seminate pure and wholes me Literature thro'-
out the country. For this purpose Gallery Of
Arts is to be permanently fodnded, which will
each year contain n choice and valuable collec-
ton of Painting, &c,
FOR FREE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION.
The As ocaton will publish and issue to its
members the best Literature Of the day, consis
ting of the most popular Monthly Magazines,
Pictorial Library Works, &c.
The officers Of the Association for 1854 have
tho pleasure of announcing that the subscrip-
ton books for the current year are now epen,
and that the first annual distribution OF Works
Of Art contained in the above Gallery will take
place in January next; on which occasion there
will be distributed among the members OF tho
Association, free of charge, several hundred su-
perb Works Of Art, among which there will be
the original and world-renOwned statue OF Hiram
Powers THE GREEK SLAVE.
purchased at an expense of over $1,000! Al
so, q large and very choice selection of magniii-
cent OIL PAINTINGS, consisting Of the best
productions of celebrated American and Foreign
Artists, among which are the works of Read,
Kensett, Clough, Griswold, Frankenstein, and
other eminent American Artists, which, with
the constant additions made through the agent
now in Europe, will render this by far the most
complete Gallery of Art in the United States
| The LITERATURE published for dissemina-
ton among the members Of the Association, Ior
1854, will consist of the following popular
monthly Magazines, viz: The knickerbocker,
New York Monthly, Harper's, Putnam's, Ora
hams and Godey's Lady Book, oil OF which are
three dollar magazines. This ASSOCIATION IL
open to all. Any person on the payment OF SIS,
becomes a member, and receives for one year
either of the above magazines, and FREE
TICKET in the annual distribution of Paintings,
tatuary, &C., contained in tho above Gallery.
The net proceeds derived by this Association
from the sale of membership will be devoted
expressly to the purchase Of Works Of Art for
the ensuing year.
The Gallery of the Association will be located
at SanduskJ City, Ohio, where superb Granite
Buildings are being erected Tor it, und will soon
be open TO visitors.
Eastern and Western Offices for subscriptions
will be located in New York and Sandusky.
Thus il is seen ha, the pa, ment Of 81 consti-
tules membership in the Association, which
not only entities person 10 a Ticket IN the an
nua distribution of Paintings and Statuary, but
also to one years subscription TO the "Giant OF
the Mon,hIies," Harper's Magazine, or either
one Of the magazines named above. The mag.
aznes will be promptly forwarded TO members
by mail, each month, fiom New York and Phil
adelphia.
Pers rs remi ting funds for membership should
state the mouth with which they wish their
| magazines 10 commence, and also their Post Of
fee address in full, On the receipt OF which,
certificate of membership, together with the
magazine desired, will be forwarded to any part
of the country.
The increasing interest felt in the advance
ment Of the Fine Arts, warrants the belief that
this Association will, with the powerful aid Of
Literature, becomes at once
UNIVERSALLY POPULAR,
as it not only cultivates and encourages the Fine
Arts, butdsseminates sterling Ii erture through
out the land thereby adapting itself 10 the present
wants and tastes Of the American people, ena-
bling both rich and poor to make their homes
pleasant and attractive, by the aid Of Sculpture,
Paintings, and the best reading matter which
the wide range Of American and Foreign Liter
ature affords.
i The Managers have determined that all which
energy and industry can d., combined WIN )u-
d,cious and liberal expenditure. shall be done,
in order 10 extend the usefulness of the Asso-
I citation, and to augment its power in advancing
the true interests Of Art in the United States
The new Gallery Rooms in Sandusky are be-
ing rapidly completed, in which the whole col
lection now forming in n York will be exhibited
New volumes of the magazines commence: IN
July, presenting an excellent opportunity for be-
coming member. Each member is entitled to
two volumes year, and can commence with
any number or month Of The magazine from Jan.
!, uary last. Books are now open to receive
names. Office Of the Association in the Knick :,
erbocker Office, No S4S Broadway. N. ~ and
at No. 3 3Water-s.., Sandusky Address @ o. q n
or Office. G. L. DEhb9'
sandusky, July /, "a. Actuary G. A &L. A