, 1856-09-12
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
COmmenceS the IOth Volume of Graham.


OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
Commences the 10Th Volume OF Graham,
WITH it We shall also commence various improve
w ments in the Typography; style contents Hau
NAV look forward with pleasurable authorizations
thereto. 1t will be our endeayor to make the Maya
zine worthy of the high reputation has previously
enjoyed and of the liberal support so generously eN
tended to it by an appreciatye 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 irst-cass Magazine, we
feel confident Of being able to place Gralaln Alnerl
can Monthly in the front rank of our national period
cal literature. No effort on our part shall he wanting
TO the accomplishment of this end and whatever en-
teprise udiciOus outlay 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, We shall not conhne
our scope to particular vein of literary pictorial
matter but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste in such periodical Kecognl-
zur the truth that genns is Of no cline or country,
we shall endeavOr to make our Magazine as cOsInop-
oan as our country and the latter is the refuge
of all nations and people aspiring for republican irce
dom, sn, the former shall always have place for
whatever is really interesting valuable in the cur
rent micellaneous literature Of the world. At the
same time, shall, with especial care study to pre-
serve the high character which Grahams Magazine
has always maintained, the organ Of our own pecu
liar national writer's. Deeming that the public look
for something better in periodical of this kind than
mere fugitive occasional productions we shall not
publish anything which Is not interesting, valuable
spirited or eRtertang, matter from what source 1t
Il may come, or how eminent may be the name OF its
author. On the other hand, we shall feel pride in
rescuing 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
popular name.
| The active enterprising, vigorous and powerful
mind of the nation requires, we think, nutriment
tvhp all In IL str Il
and correspond with its own high hdfe~ A|N glorious
destiny The dreamy, sketchy, and insubstantial
character of too much of current literature affords
no type for those who would venture upon career
Of in this line 1t may minister to the pleas
ure of passing moment, though that is doubtful
| in such community. But il cannot do more. For
the figures upon the must not be those Of
still life, they must speak to our feelings and sympa
thies. The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama of actual life which is going busy
all around us. 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 be OF no ad
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 perceptve faculties Of
practical men, who have long been accustomed To
deal with the pulartaSte and have some experience
Of the channels in which It runs we think we make
no promises which shall not be fully able to per
form, as soon our operations may be rightly under
way.
We shall study to present the public monthly
With al ingenious anu agTetaDe NaTetl Ol COnWHtSi
aHOrdlng a mental feast not To be met with in other
periodicals. And that the taste for the neRFts
rapidly growing in the interior, may not want fos
tering, we shall present every month large number
Of the best engravings, by European and American
artists, on subjects of interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superior to that Of
our cOtempOrRries, will still continue to be We
shall fCf this purpose engage the services Of persons
who are earliest apprzed 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 the views with which we enter upon our
new career. II merit command success, we shall
most earnestly strive to deserve 1t. And having an
abiding faith in the correctness generally, Of the
popular judgment, feel sanguine Of liberal sup
port.
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