The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08
I'll ute GREATNESS.

we nave always lahOreu unuer
kind o. vague impression, chat We
should wake up some morning, and
find ourself regularly daguerreotyped
and booked down as one Of s,e greal
men, Of this remarkable nation and
generation. A careful glance at the
following stereotyped letter, from the
editor Of The Portrait Gallery OF
,ted~is al the great men now living
will convincs the world at large, that
the foresha1owihgs Of our own mind
only want a small capital stock to
be worked into tangeable reality
t5T psc,rW... NFw ycnE, Sept g5th 1854
To q. A. PiHB, Esar.
Ny Dear Sir--I desire to cal
your Attention to the American I'ol-
trait Gallery, and to say that yout
maine has been proposed for a place
in its pages, Should YOU consent, per
NIT us to give your friends and the
world, true aud permanent record
Of your life and features, please send
me good daguerreotype likeness Of
yourself, to he handed over to our en-
gravefs. Please cause to be forward
ed also. a memoir. OF full and accurate
statement Of such facts as will enable
me, without much labor. to prepare
Il. The sketch may be either lengthy
or brief according to your wishes it
may embrace full history of your
lie. OF be confined to single page, Civ
ing mere date, such as your parent
age, place Of birth, vocation dc.
Having engaged, upon The Portrait
Gallery some of the first artists Of the
country, it enjoys peculiar advantages
for producing superior engravings,
which, unlike daguerreotypes. are not
liable to fade or become injured by
time,
il desired, we can. nj a small cost.
supply you with from 100 to 800 cop
les Of your likeness as these would be
superior, both IN finish and durability,
to any you could obtain. and as you
would thus be enabled to present each
Of your friends and relatives with an
elagant and enduring counterpart of
yourself we trust that. irrespective Of
all other considerations, and il only for
the advantage Of the portrait alone,
you will not deem this proposition uu-
worthy Of consideration. Should you
view this matter tavorably, please for
ward me both Che daguerreotype and
at your earliest convenience
az we have other volumes in progress.
Hoping to hear from you, l am,
Yours truely,
JonN 1lvtsasroN.
2, 8. For examination, | forward
. single part. for which If retained
please remi. to me one dollar IF not
wanted you may return it | will add,
that, to enable you to obtain better
knowledge of the work, we are willing
to send you if desired, the four volumes
just published. bound in cloth gilt for
$40, which is but half the retail
price.
These terms are certainly very lib
sral, and this is evidently, the cheap
est way "now out" for man to be-
come hugely great. Had not Tobias
Tobin, Esqr., answered the Hon. John
Livingston in reply to this same iden.
tioal stereotyped epistlc, in our own
style ; We might dila.e,iaud expand on
this interesting proposition, to at leas,
a couple of columns. AS it is, we are
to be serious, and PROFOUND
few interrogatives to the editor aud
author Of "nearly all the great men
now living" We should like to know
'f him, who the appreciative individu-
Il is, that has done as the honor to sug-
,est our name and fame, as prepon-
ferrous enough, to occupy the columns
# the American Portrait Gallery of
Living Great men pa huge work
evidently designed to 60 down to the
'cmotest posterity. Who shall VIC