, 1856-10-31

Graham.
WITH Il we shall also commence various improve
w ments in the typography, style, contents and
business arrangements Of the work. that our readers
may look forward with pleasurable hnticipatons
thereto 1t will be our endeayor to make the Maga
zine worthy Of the high reputation It has previously
enjoyed and OF the liberal support so generously ex
tended to II by an appreciatiye public Bringing 70
It's 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 irstclass Magazine we
feel confident Of being able to place Graham's Amer
can Monthly in the front rank Of national period
ical literature No effort on our part shall be wanting
10 the accomplishment of this end and whatever en-
terprise diciOus outlay, or taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined the interesting or the
valuable can command shall be furnished To the
renders Of this Magazine. Stimulated by desire to
infse fresh spirit into the work, we shall not eonine
our scope TO particular vein Of literary or pictorial
matter but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste In such a periodical. Recogn
zng the truth that genins Is Of no cline or country
we shall endeAvOr to make our Magazine as cosmop-
ulitan country and as the latter Is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring TOR republican iree
dom, so the former shall always have place for
whatever is really interesting valuable In the cur
rent micellaneous literature Of the world. At the
time, we shall with especial care, study 70 pre-
has always maintained the organ Of our own pecu-
liar national writers. Decming that the public look
for something better In periodical Of this kind than
publish anything which is not interesting, valuable,
sprited or entertang matter from what source II
may come, or how eminent may be the name o. It's
author On the other hand, we shall feel pride In
rescuing genius talent from obscurty and be ready
nj all times To give place 10 any good article, even
though the writer may not have the sanction Of .
popular name.
The active, enterprsing, vigorous and powerful
mind Of the nation requires, we think, nutrment
which shall add to its strength, stimulate It's growth
and correspond with its own high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy sketchy, and insubstantal
rharacter Of too much of our current tenture Affords
no type for those who would venture upon career
OF success in this line. II may minister to the pleas
nre of passing moment, though even that Is doubtful
in such community. But II cannot do more. For
a. the figures upon the must not be those Of
stu life they must speak 10 our feelings and sympa-
thies The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama Of actual life which Is going on 70 busiy
all around We know that It is difficult to do all
this and that It Is much easier TO promise than to
perform yet as broken promises would DO Of no ad-
vantage TO an enterprise Of this character We could
hone 10 gain nothing more than a mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures And regard
inp the field before with the pereeptve faculties Of
nroctfrai 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 we make
no promises which shall not be fully able to per
form, IS soon as our operations may be rightly under
We shall study to present the public monthly,
with an ingenious and agreeable variety Of contents,
perodiccls And that the taste for the fne-arts
20 rapidly growing In the interior, may not want ios
tering, shall present every month large number
Of the best engnvings, by European and American
artists on subjects Of interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superior 10 that OF
our cotemporanes, will still continue to be 20. 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, our patrons In the interior may surely rely
as the best monitor Of the fashions In America Our
review Of books will be guided by thorough indie
pendence Of tone and thought
Such are the views with which we enter upon our
new career II 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 sanguine Of liberal sup
port. t..
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