, 1856-10-10
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
Commences The 49h Volume Of
Gr0hHa1

WITH 1t we shall also commence various improve
| w ments in the Typography, style, contents ant
business arrangements Of the work. so that our reader
may look forward with plcasurable antcipatiOn'
thereto. 1t will be our endeayOr to make the Maga
zine worthy Of the high reputation il has previously
enjoyed and of the liberal support generously eX
tended to it by an appreciatye public. Bringing t.
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 lrstcass Magazine we
feel confident Of being able to place Grahams Amer
can Monthly in the front rank OF our national period
ical literature. No effort part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment of this end, and whatever en-
terpTise, judciOus outlay, or taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined, the interesting or the
valuable can command, shall be furnished to the
readers Of this Magazine. Stimulated by desire to
infuse fresh spirit into the work shall not confne
scope to particular vein Of literary or pictorial
matter, but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste In such q periodical. Recogn
zng the truth that genins is Of no cline or country
we shall endeavor TO make our Magazine as cOsmOp-
Oan our country, and as the latter Is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring for republican free
dom, so, the former shall always have place for
whatever is really interesting valuable in the
rent micellaneOus literature Of the world. At the
same time we SHALL with especial care, study 10 pre-
serve the high character which Gruham's Magazine
has always maintained, the organ of our peCu
liar national writers. Deeming 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 source II
may come, or how eminent may he the name OF its
author On the other hand, we shall feel pride in
rescung genius talent from obscurty and be ready
at all times to give place to any good article even
though the writer may not have the sanction of a
popular name.
The active, euterprising, vigorous and powerful
mind Of the nation requires, we think, a nutrlment
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with It's high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy, sketchy, and insubstantHl
q mucl Of
no type for those who would venture upon career
Of success In this line 1t may minister to the pleas
ure of passing moment though even that Is doubtful
in such a community. But 1t cannot do more. For
the figures upon the must not be those Of
still life they must speak to feelings and sympa-
thes The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama Of actual liie which is going busy
all around us. We know that II is difficult to do all
this, and that II Is much easier to promise than 70
PERFORM yet as broken promises would be of no Rd-
vantage to an enterprise Of this character could
hope to gain nothing more than mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures. And regard
ing the field before with the perceptye faculties Of
practical men, who have long been accustomed to
deal with the popular taste and have some experience
Of the channels in which II runs, we think make
no promises which shall not be fully able TO per-
FORM soon as our operations may be rightly under
way
We shall study to present the public. monthly,
with ingenious and agreeable variety of contents,
aifOrdlng q mental feast not TO be met with In other
periodicals. And that the taste for the neaTts,
so rapidly growing IN the INTERIOR may not want los
tering, shall present every month large number
of the best engravings, by European and American
artists, subjects of interest to general readers.
Our fashion department, always superior to that OF
our cOtempOaries, will still continue to be So We
SHALL for this purpose engage the services Of persons
who are earliest apprized 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 new books will be guided by thorough indie
pendence Of tone and thought
Such are the views with which we enter upon our
new career. If merit can command success we shall
most earnestly strive to deserve it. And having an
abiding faith in the correctness, generally Of the
popular judgment, we feel sangune Of liberal sup
port.
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