The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-09-14

THE COSMOFOLITAS ART AND LiEER,r.Y
ASSOCIATION
Organized for The Encouragement and General Dii-
fusion of Literature and the Fine Arts, on n new
and original plan.
TTNHIS new Association is designed to encourage sEd
Il pOpularize the fine arts and disseminate puro
and wholesome literature throughout the country.
For this purpose, Gallery of Aris 10 he permanent
ly founded, which will each year contain a choice and
valuable collection of Paintings, Statuary &c,
FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION!
The Association viii also publish ard issue t, its
members each year. the best Literature of the GGy
consisting Of the most popular monthly magBli8ts,
reviews, and pictorial library works.
The officers of the Association for 1854 have ih1
pleasure of announcing that the subscription book
for the current year open, and that the first
annual distribution of Works Of ART contained in ha
above Gallery, will take place in January next on
which occasion there will te distributed amen. the
members of the Association free Of charge several
hundred superb Works of Art, among which will 10
the original and wcrldrenowncd statue Of HIRAI
THE GREEK SLAVE,
purchased at an expense of over IS, 600! Also.
large and very choice collection Of msgnifcsrt Oil
Paintings consisting of the best productions Of Amer
lean and Foreign Artists among which the works
OF Sontag, MoekeT, Read Kensett Griswold, Clough
Frsnkenstein and other eminent American Artists,
which with the constant additions made through an
agent in Europe will render this by far the most com
pete Gallery Of Art in the United States.
THE LITERATURE,
published for disseminating among the members Of
the Association for 1854, will consist of the foowu.
Monthly Magazines, Reviews, &c, viz IIarper's
Putnam's, Blackwood. Knickerbockor, Godey's La
dy's Book and Grnbam's Magazine; together with
tho following Quarterly Reviews reprinted in New
York, viz: Westminster, London Quarterly North
British, and Edinburgh.
The Association is open to all; nnv person NAV
become member on the payment of SO, which cn,i-
ties him to membership and any one OF the above
Magazines or Reviews for year, and also to J5,s
ticket in tho annual distribution of Satuary Paint
ings, &C. All who take five memberships, are emit
tied to any five Of tho Magazines one year and SCI
tickets in the distribution
The widespread fame Of the above poriodiealsrsn
ders it needless TO say anything in their praise H.
is conceded that as literary organs they arc far IN
advance of any others in tho world The publishers
price of each is invariably s. a year; thus hv FC-
ing a member of this Association il to al the
two-fod benefit ofthree dollars worth Of sterling If
erature, and ticket in the distribution Of the most
magnificent collection Of choice Works Of Art in the
country.
The Gallery of the Association is located at San
dusky city, where Superb Granite Buildings have
been erected for it, and in whose spacious Saloon tho
whole collection of Statuary and Paintings will 30
exhibited The net proceeds derived from the sale cf
memberships are devoted expressly to the purchase
Of Works of Art for the ensuing year.
The increasing interest felt in tho advancement Of
the fine arts warrants the belief that this Association
WILL with the powerful aid of literature, become at
universally popular, ii not only encourages
and cultivates the fine arts but ditsemin.tes sts,
literature throughout the land thereby adapting it,
self to the present wants and tastes Of the American
people, enabling both rich and poor to make their
homes pleasant and attractive, by the aid of Scup-
ture, Paintings and the best reading matter which
the wide range of American and Foreign Literature
affords.
few of the peculiar advantages derived by join
ing this Association, are:
l. All persons get the full value OF their subscrip
non at the start in the shape of sterling Magazine
Literature;
2. They are, at the same time, contributing toward
purchasing choice Works Of Art, which are in turn
to be distributed among themselves free Of charge
3. Each member is also directly encouraging and
patronizng the Arts and Artists of the country, dis
bursting many thousands of dollars through its agency
Those who purchase magazines at bookstores will
observe that by Joining this Association they receive
the magazine aad free ticket in the annual distribu
on oil at the price they now pay for the mag.
aZne alone.
All persons on becoming members can have their
magazine commence with any month thew choose
and rely on its being mailed TO them promptly on she
first of every month"; direct from the New Yar,r ana
Philadelphia Publishers. Back numbers furnished
ifdesircd.
Books open 70 receive names at the Eastern ofEc.
New York, or Western Office, Sandusky.
Persons renting funds for membershin shopI5
mark letters Registered" and state the month With
which they wish their magazines to commence. and
also their post Office address In full on the recount &c
which, certificate Of membership, together with tha
magazine desired, will BIO forwarded to any part Of
the country.
1- 0Rces of the Association, at the Kn;eksr-
booker Magazine Office, 34s Broadway, New York
ana a, no. water street, sandusky, Ohio Address,
(at either ofhceO c. l.. DERBY,
Aug "a Actuary G, A. and L. A.