, 1856-10-17
GRAAAM'S MAGAZINE.
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
Commences the 49M Volume {
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WITH il we shall also commence various improve
w ments in the Typography, style, contents and
business arrangements Of the work. 10 that our reader
may look forward with pleasunble anticipatons
thereto. Il will be our endeav0r to make the Mnga
zine worthy Of the high reputation il has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal support generously cN
tended to 1t by an appreciative public Bringing to
its aid years of experience in the walks Of popular
literature, and in the not less important departments
Of publication and typography, together with all the
modern facilities for issuing hrstcass Magazine
feel confident Of being able to place Graham's Amer
Monthly in the front rank Of national period
cal literature No effort on part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment Of this end, and whatever en-
terprise, judicious outlay, taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined the interesting the
valuable can command, shall be furnished Ia the
readers of this Magazine. Stimulated by a desire to
nfuse fresh spirit into the work, We shall not conne
our scope to particular vein Of literary or pictorial
matter but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste In such periodical. Recogn-
zing the truth that genins is Of cline country
we shall endeayor 10 make our Magazine AZ cosn1p'
Olitan country, and the latter is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring for republican iue
dom, 50, the former shall always have place for
whatever il really interesting valuable in the cur.
rent micellane0us literature Of the world. At the
same time, shall with especial care, study to pre-
serve the high character which Graham's Magazine
has always maintained as the organ Of our pecu-
liar national writers. Deemng that the public look
for something better in periodical Of this kind than
mere fugitive or occasional productions, we shall not
publish anything which Is not interesting, valuable
spirited entertaing. matter from what II
may come, or how eminent may he the name Of it,
author. On the other hand, we shall feel pride In
resehing genius talent from obscury and he ready
at all times IN give place to any good article even
though the writer may not have the sanction OF q
popular name.
The active, entcrprisiug, vigorous and powerful
mind Of the nation requires we think, nutriment
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with its own high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy, sketchy, and insubslantal
h,Fs
no type for those who would venture upon career
Of success In this line II may minister 10 the pleas
ure Of passing moment though even that Is doubtful
in such community But II cannot do more. For
as the figures upon the canvass must not be those Of
still ie they must speak to feelings and sympa
thes The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama of actual ie which is going ON 80 6usy
all around US We know that Il l. difficult tl do ali
this and that II is much easier 10 promise than TO
perform yet as broken promises would he of no adj
vantage TO an enterprise Of this character could
hope to gain nothing more than n mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures. And rrgard-
ing the field before with the perceptve faculties Of
practical men, who have long been accustomed TO
deal with the popular "a te. and have experience
Of the channels in which It runs, we think we make
promises which shall not he fully able to per-
form, as soon as our operations may be rightly under
way.
We shall study to present the public, monthly,
with an ingenious aud agreeable variety Of contents,
afordlng a mental feast not to he met with in other
periodicals. And that the taste for the fnearts,
so rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos
terng we shall present every month a large number
Of the best engravings, by European and American
artists on subjects Of interest to general readers.
0nr fashion department always superior TO that OF
our cOtempnraries will still continue TO be 30. We
shall for this purpose, engare the services OF persons
who are eaIlie. apprizcd Of the variations Of the
modes in the fashionable circles of Paris London,
New York and Philadelphia. On this Magazine,
therefore patrons in the interior may surely rely
as the best monitor of the fashions In America Our
review Of books will he guided by thorough indie
pendence Of tone and thought.
Such are the views with which we enter upon our
new career. lfmert can command success, we shall
most earnestly strive to deserve IL. And having an
abiding faith in the correctness generally, of the
popular judgment we feel sanguine Of liberal sup
port
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