The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-28

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| NoNSIDERING that Louis Gaylord CLARK
" has been, for the uuexampled period of
twenty years, editoraof q leading Literary Mag
azine in this country; that his labors mean
while have been constant, arduous and Hire
quilted that they have been eminently cred
table to his abilities and character, and OF great
service to his county in developing its intel
~lectual resources, several OF his friends mel
together last December to devise some suita bic
plan for rendering to him a substantial compli-
mentary Benefit, in all respects appropriate for
tho Literary Glass to offer, and for him to re-
ceive. The result was a project for publishing
such a work as is above described ; and upon
submitting the plan TO Washington Irving, Will
liam c. Bryant, Fitz-Henry Hslleck, Henry w.
Longfellow and other leading Literary men of
the United States, it received their cordial sP-
proyal SO that the m having the mat
ter in hand are able to announce for the ensu-
ing season a Literary S~oVenie, beyond all par
aliei in the eminence of its writers and in me-
chanical execution equal at least to any .simI-
lar publication. ever issued from the American
press. The collection of portraits of Ameri-
can writers will be far more complete than any
hitherto attempted. -
The Knickerbocker Gallery will be publish
ed, under the direction of the committee, by
Mr.. Samuel Hueston, 34S Broad way, New York
and will be ready for delivery to subscribers in
September next. Subscribers will receive the
first impressions of the plates and the series
Will possess a .Yalues mucn -Oeyonu lno cost OF
the volume. The entire profits of the work
will besinyested for Mr.. Clark. tE1 ~
John w. Francis, Frederick w. Shelton,
Rufus w. Girls void, Richard B. Kimbail4,
6s5f George p. Morris.
The publisher has the pleasure of announc-
ing as contributors to this Literary Testimoni-
al, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant,
Fifz-Greene Halieck, Nathaniel P. Willis, Rev
George w. Bethune, D.. D., Hon. William H
Seward, George William Curtis, Donald G.
Mitchell, Henry w. Longfello y, John G. SAKE,
George Lunt, Rev. Frederick w. Sheldon
Richard B.. KimbalI, George P. Morris, Ho !.
Judge Hall, DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes J
Legare, William Pitt Palmer, Charles Ftp lgs,
Henry R. Schooicraft, Rev. samuel Os good,
Epes Sargent, Alfred B. Street, George h
Clark, R. h. Stoddard j. L. Mcconnell, The
odore S. Fay, J. Russell Lowell, Charles G.
Leland, DIR. Thomas Ward, John T.. Irving,
| William T. Gallagher, George D. Prentice, Sam
uel S. Cox, Frederick S. Cozzens, w. H. O.
Hosmer, james T. Fields, R. s. Chiffon. and
others. -
The price of the work will be Eve Dollars
per copy, in elegant cloth binding, gilt edged /;
and in Turkey extra Seven Dollars. All sub
scriptious payable on the delivery of tie work.
Those who wish the work, and who feel inter-
est enough in its success to get some of their
friends to take it, will c~onfera special favor by
sending the names as early as possible, that
the publisher may be able to judge how many
to print for the first edition.
Please address SAMUEL HUESToN,
nd "a Bro adway, New York.