Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-01

Organised for The encouragement and general dif-
fusion Of Literature and the Fine Arts, on a neao
and original plan, under the management ef
private enterprise and Honorary Directors.
1NHlS new Association is designed to encour-
l. age and populari,e the Fine Arts, and dis
seminate pure and wholes me itera ure thro'-
out The country. For this purpose Gallery of
Arts is to be perma emily fonnded, which will
each year contain choice and valuable collec-
ton of Painting, &C.,
FOR FREE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION.
The AS ociation 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
! the 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 $5,' 90! Al
50, large and very choice selection of magnif-
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, aud
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 dissemna-
tion among the members of the Association, Tor
1854, will consist of the following popular
monthly Magazines, viz: The Knickerbocker,
New York Monthly. Harper's Putnam's, Gra-
hams and Godey's Lady Book, oil of which hare
three dollar magazines. This Association is
open to all. ANY person on the payment Of Sa,
becomes a member, and receives for ons year
eli her of the above magazines, and a FREE
TICKET in the annual distribution of Paintings,
Statuary, &C., contained in the above Gallery.
The net proceeds derived by this Association
from the sale of memberships will be devoted
expressly to the purchase of Works of Art for
the ensuing year.
1he gallery of the As;ocia ion will be located
at Sandu.ki City, Ohio, where superb Granite
Buildings are beng erected or it, and will soon
be oprn 10 visitors.
Eastern and Western offices for subscriptions
will be located in New York aud Sandusky
Thus it is seen hat the pa, ment of 5 consti-
tutes membership in the Association, " 1ich
no only entities person to Ticket in the an
nua distribution of Paintings and Statuar' but
als' to one years subsc,intion 10 the "Giant OF
the Monlhl;es," Harper's Magazine, or either
one of the magazines named above. The nag-
azines will be premptly forwarded to members
mail, each month, from New York and Phil
adelpha.
Pers MS remi ting funds for membership should
state the Month 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
magaz ne desired, will be forwarded to any part
of the country.
The Increasing interest felt in the advance
nent Of the Fine Arts, warrants the belief that
IN Assoclaton will, with the powerful aid Of
Literature becomes at once
UNlVERS ALLY POPULAR,
as it not only cultivates and encourages the Fi1e
Arts but dissem'nates sterling Il erture through
out The land thereby adapting tselfto the present
wants and tastes of the American people, ena-
bling both rich and poor 10 make their homes
pleasant and attractive, by the aid of Sculpture,
Paintings. and the best reading matter which
the wide runge of American and Foreign Liter
atare affords.
The Managers have determined that all which
energy aud industry can d., combined with Ju'
d clous and liberal expenditure, shall be done,
in ord.r to extend the usefulness OF the Asso.
cation, and to augment i,s power in advancing
the true interests Of Art in the United States.
The new Gallery Roomsin >andusky are be-
Ing rapidly completed, in which the whole col
lection now forming in N. York will be exhibited
New volumes Of the magazines commenctsin
July, presentin- an excellent opportunity for be.
coming member Each m, mber is entitled to
Two volumes q year, and can commence with
any number or month Of he magasine from Jan
uary last. Books are now open to receive
names. Office of the A association in the Knick-
erbocker Office, No 84s Broadway, N. ", and
al No. Water. ST., Sandusky Address st 81 b.
er office. G L. ,iERBY,
Sandusky, July l, '54. Acluary G LILA