The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-15
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iE erbocker Magazine.
0oNSIDERING tina, Louis Gaylord Clark
has been, for the unexampied period of
twenty years, editor of a leading Literary Mag
azine in this country that his iabors mean
while have been constant, arduous aud Hire
Quilted that they have been eminently cred-
table to his abilities and character, and OF great
service to his country in developing its intel
lectnal resources, several of his friends met
last Dec ember to devise some suitable
plan for rendering TO him a substantial compli-
mentary Benefit, in all respects appropriate for
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such a work as is above described and upon
submitting the plan TO Washington Irving, VIII
liam e. Bryant, Fitz-Henry HaIleck, Henry W.
Longfe low and other leading Literary men of
the United States, II received their cordial app
provaf SO that the having the mat
ter in hand are able to announce tor the ensu-
ing season u Literary Sovenie, beyond all par
aIiel in the cminence of its writers and in me
chanical~execution equal ut least to any simi-
lar qualifications ever issued from the American
press. The collection Of portraits of Ameri-
can writers will be far more complete than any
hit1 erto attemp ted. sg ei-b l f
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Mr.. Samuel Hueston, 34S Broadway New York
aud will be ready for delivery to subscribers in
September next. Subscribers will receive the
first Impressions of the pi ates and the series
will possess a value much beyond the cost of
the volume. The entire profits of the work
will be invested for Mr.. Clark. So y !.
John w. Francis, Frederick w. Shelton,
Rdsrs w. iswold, Richard B. Klmball,
George P. Morris. .i ba7a
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The publisher has the pleasure OF anntunc-
ing as contributors to this Literary T~estimoni-
al, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant,
Fitz-Greene Halleck, Nathaniel p. Willis, Rev.
George w. Bethune, D. D. Hon. William II.
Seward, George William Curtis, Donald @.
MITCHELL, Henry w. LoHgfello~ John G. SAKE,
| GeoTge Lunt, Rev. Ere; erick W. Sheldon,
Richard b.. kiInball, George p. Morris, Hon.
Judge Hall, DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, J
Legare, William Pitt Palmer, Charles y. Briggs,
Henry r. Schoolcraft, Rev. Samuel Osgood,
bEpes Sargent, Alfred b. Street., George h.
Clark R.4f. Stoddasd J. L. Mcconnell, The
odore Stay, }. Russell; Lowell, Charles G..
Leland, DIR. Thomas Ward, John t.. Irving /,
William T. G~rliagber, George ID. Prentice, Sam
uel s. Cox, Frederick s. Cozzens, w. H. G
Hosmer, James L. Fields, r. 5. Chilton. and
others.
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