Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-10-27
THE COSMOPOLITAN

A RT AND LITERARY ASSOCIATION oRa-
n ginated for tho .Aeosrae ement and Gsner-
alDiffusion Of LITERkTsRB and the FINE
ARTS, On new and Original PlaAl ID 1sU
This new Association is designed y sneenr-
age and popularise the Fine Arts, ard di.-
seminatc pure and wholes me Ltuaiufe thre'-
out the country. For this purpose Gallery Of
Arts is to be permanently founded, which viii
each year cont ain a choice and valuable eollee-
tion Of Painting, &C.,
FOR FREE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
The As OciatiCn will publish and issue TO iss
members the best Literature Of the day, censis~
ing Of the most popular Monthly Msga1ipes,
Pictorial Library MVrka .- ..r .HI
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 chat the frat 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
ASSOCIATE n, free of charge, several hundred su-
perb Works Of Art, among which there will be
the original and world-renowned statue Of Hiram
Powers T
THE GREEK SLAVE. 1900
purchased at an expense Of over $500! Al
SO, large and very choice selection Of magni6-
cent OIL PAINTINGS, consisting Of the best
productions Of celebrated american asd FereigA
Artists, among which are the works Of Read,
Kensett, Clough. Griswold, Frankenstcin, and
other eminent American Artixs, which, with
the constant additions made thu A.gh the agent
now in Europe, will render this by far the most
complete Gallery of Art in the United States.
The LITERATURE published foS dissemina-
ton among the members of the Association, Tor
1851, will consist of the following popular
monthly Magazines, Reviews. &c. viz: Har-
pc!'s, Putnam's, Blackwood, Knickerbocker,
Godey's Lady Book, Graham's Magazine, and
the Magazine Of Art, together with the follow.
ing Quarterly Reviews, reprinted inNew York,
viz: Westminster, London Quarterly, North
British and Edinburgh Review.
This Association.is open to all. Any persop
may becomes member OH the payment OF %,
which entities him to ei her of the above Maga-
zine. or Reviews, for one year, and also FREE
TICKET in the annual distribution Of Paintings,
Statuary. &c.
All pcrs ons who take five memberships are en-
tiled to any FIVE of the Magazines one year
and SIX tickets to the distribution.
The wide spread fame of the above periodicals
render it needless to say anything in their
praise, as it is universally conceded that as lit
erary organs they are far in advance Of any 9th
er in the world. The publishers price of each
coming q member of this Association it secures
to all the two-fold benefit Of three dollars worth
of sterling literature and ticket in the distri-
button of the most magnificent collection Of
choice works of art in the country. ...r
I THE GALLERY of the Association is located
at Sundusky city, where SUPERB GRANTS
BUILDINGS have been erected for it, and in
whose spacious Saloon the whole collection Of
Printings and Statuary will be exhibited. The
net proceeds derived from the sale Of member
ships, are devoted expressly to the purchase Of
g Works of Art for the ensuing ear. ~
THE INCREASING INTEREST felt in the ad-
vanccment of the Fine Arts, warrant the belief
that this Association will, with the powerful did
of Literature become at once unirerenlty popu-
lar, as it not only tiyates and encourages the
Fine Arts, but disseminates sterling Literature
throughout the land, thereby adapting itself to
the present wants and tastes OF tho American
people, enabling both rich and poor to make
their homes pleasant and attractive, by the aid
of Sculpture, Paintings, and the best reading
matter which the wide range of American and
Foreign Literature affords. ..,. .s.,t
. A few of the peculiar advantages derived BY
G joining Association, are: 1st Every pefsoI
4 gets the full value Of his subscription at tn
5 start in the shape of good sterling literature
4 I'd. They are at the same time contributing to
Il ward purchasing choice Works of Art, Ehlel
= arc in turn to be distributed among themselse
c free of charge. Sd. Each member is also indi
rectly encouraging and patronisng the arts AM
artists of the country, disbursing many thous
ands of dollars through his agency. 80,
It These WHO PURCHASE MAGAZINES at Book
stores, will observe that by joining this Asso
citation, M.y yeceire the Mdgozino, and Ffe
s Ticket in the daHual distribution. all Mt the sam
price THEY NOW PAY for the Magazine alone.
ALL PERSONS, on becoming members, cal
e Laye their Magazine commence with any mont
they choose, and rely on its being mailed Z
e them promptly on the first of every month, di
rect from the New York and Philadelphia Pub
fishers, Bach Numbers furnished if desired. aa
Books open to receive names at the Eastern
office, New York. or Western office, Sandusky
Persons rcmitting funds for membership,
should mark letters, Registered" and state
the month with which they wish their maga
zines to commence, and also their Post OGc
Il address infull, on the receipt Of which, certi
h fcatc of membership, together with the maga
Il zine desired, will be forwarded to any part o
the country. ....re -.
IEsy~ Offices Of the Association, atthe Knisk
erbockcr Magazine Office, 34S Broadway, Ne'
le York, and 1865 Watcr ST., Sandusky, Ohio. Al
y dress TAT either oiice,) ... s.& as54 3?
:. G. L. DERBY, Actuary c. A. / L. A..
Of Rl7y" Memberships may be ATTAINED from y
c. P. WRIGHT, Plymouth, Hon See. Plymouth
N SUGAR Loaf, ,crushci, and rofned, fof 50
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