The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-28
the cosMoPoLITAN
ART AND LITERARY ASSOCIATION

ART AND LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS
for the announcement and General
I y DiiIuslOn OF LITERATURE aud tho FINE ARTS,
on New and Original Plant
This new Association is designed 10 encourage and
pOpularZe the Fine Arts, and disseminate pure and
rholesome literature throughout tho county. For
this purpose a Galley OF Arts is TO be permanently
v,IuahIc coIleclion Of PfiniinRs Statuary &C.,
Eor Free Distributionc "a
..t.,s,,. ,s,,, .,.o ,,h,,sh .na tam. 40 "a.
The Assoelaloh Will aiso pupiisu ulu lssus " ~
members each year, the best Literature OF the day,
consisting OF the most popular M3n'niy Magaxihes'
Reviews ana Pictorial Library WORKS .o-. ., -
THR OFFIcERs OF THE ASSOCIATION ior leo4 nave the
pleasure OF announcing 'hal me ,ot
the current year are now OPEN ana inat me
Gallery will take place in January next on which oc
caslon there will he distributed among the members of
the Association, Tree OF charge, several hunured SUI
perb Works OF Art among which VIII be the Ofiglna u
and world-renowned statue OF HtRAM POWERS,
The Creek Slave, re.
Mt nm exnense az over a. 00O Also Iargss
and very choice collection of magnificent OIL PAINrL
INGS consisting of the best productions of celebrated
American and Foreign Artists among which are i'm,
works of SoNrA Ao MEEKER RE Ap KEKsETT GRIswoIn.
CLouaH, FRANKENsTIY, and other eminent AmeriCan
througb an agent now in Furone viii nj, nv sa
the most complete Gallery Of Arts in the United states
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Ano EAlcE"ture zr...tl
published for disseminating among the members orthe
Association, for 1854, will consist of the following
Monthly Magazines, Review &C., viz: Hdrper's ka-
gdtine. Putnam, BlGelro0 Knieksrboeksr Code! .
Lady's Book and Graham's Maqasine; together with
the following Quarterly Reviews, reprinted in N, W
York, viz; Westminster, London QuarterIy, NORTH
The association is open to all; any person mny be-
come member on the payment OF So, which entities
him to q membership and one ofthe above Magazines
Reviews Off one yenr. and also 10 fra, firLef IN
in the annuallisrhutlon ST SrATUARY, PAINTINGS,
An persons who take Ave memberships, are entitled
oany Of the five of the Magazines one year and sis
tickets in the distribution. '''-
The wide spread fame Of the above periodicals re
derit needless say any thing in their nrose as ia
conceded that, us literary organs they are far in adj
vance OF any others in the world. The publishe RS
price of each of which is invariably AZ year Tins Inv
becominga member ofhis Association it secures 10 ni
the two fold benefit Of three dollars, worth or steyI
ing literature and ticket in the distribution of the
most Magnificent collection of choice works NJ Art in
the country, equal TO that of the old American
Union. ~ -.
THE GALLERY ofthe Association is located at sandus-
ky city, where SUPERB GRANITE BUILDINGS have been
for it, and in whose SPACIOUS Saloon the whole
collection of Painting and Statuary will be exhibited
The net proceeds derived from the purchase of
of Art for the ensuing year. ON'
ALI PERSONS desiring 10 become uep,b.rs .,n bo~o
the Magazine commence with any month they choose
and RELY its beinr mai IN