, 1857-04-24
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE,
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
Commences tile 49h Volume Of
Graham.

MYTH II we shall also commence various improve
w ments in the Typography, style, contents and
business arrangements of tie work. that rCadCrs
may look forward with pleasuable anticipation.
thereto. II will be our endeavor to make the Magl
zine worthy Of the high reputation it has previously
enjoyed, ard of the liberal support generously eX
tended to il by an appreciatye public. bringing tC
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 lirstclass Magazine we
feel confident Of being able to place Grahams Amer
can Monthly in the front rank of national period
ical literature. No effort on our part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment of this end and whatever en-
terprsc judiciOus outlay, taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined the interesting or the
valuable can command, shall he furnished to the
readers Of this Magazine. Stimulated by desire to
infuse fresh spirit into the work We shall not confHc
scope to particular vein Of literary pictorial
matter, but shall comprehend all that may he desired
by the popular taste in such periodical. RccOgni.
zng the truth that genius is Of cline or country
we shall endeavor TO make our Magazine as COsmOp.
otau our country, and the latter is the refuge
of all nations aud people aspiring for republican free
/ dom, so, the former shall always have place fgr
whatever is really interesting or valuable in the cur
rent micellaneOus literature Of the world. At the
sane time shall with especial care. study to pre-
serve the high character which Gmham's Magazine
has always aintaned, 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 occasional productions, we shall not
publish anything which is not interesting, valuable.
spirited or entcrtaing, no matter from what source il
may come. or how eminent may he the name of its
author. On the other hand, we shall feel pride in
reseuing genius or talent from obscurty and lie 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, enterprsing, vigorous and powerful
mind OF the nation requires, think, a nutriment
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with its high hopes and glorious
destiny The dreamy. sketehy, and insssstantial
character Of too much of current literature affords
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 it cannot do more. For
as the figures upon the canvass must not be Ore of
still life. they must speak to our feelings and sympa
thes. The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama of actual life, which is going on so bsy
all around us. We know that it is difficult to do ail
this, and that 1t is much easier to promise than to
perform, yet as broken promises would be Of no ad
vantage To an enterprise Of this character we could
hope to gain nothing more than mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures. And regard
ing the field before us with the pcTceptye faculties Of
practical men, who have long been accustomed to
deal with the popular taste and have experience
Of the channels in which it runs we think we make
no promises which shall not lie fully able to per.
orm as soon as our operations may be rightly under
way
We shall study to present the public, monthly
with an ingenious and agreeable variety of contents
afordlng mental feast not to be met with in other
anu tldt lhSIc IOf tnc Hne-altS,
rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos
terng, We shall present every month large number
of the best engravings, by European and American
artists, on subjects of interest to general ~Rders
Our fashion department always superior hat of
our cotempomries, will still continue to Id o. 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 NAV surely rrIy
As the best monitor of the fashions in America Onr
review of new books will he guided by thorough indie.
pendence of tone and thought.
Such are the views with which we enter unon 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
port.
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