, 1857-02-27

MYTH it We shall also commence various improve
w ments in the Typography, style, contents aud
business Hrrangcmens OF the work. thnt readers
may look forward with plcasurable anticpations
thereto. II will be 0m cndeavor to make the Maya
zine worthy Of the high reputation it has previously
enjoyed, and OF the liberal support generously eX-
tended to it 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 rstclaSs Magazine we
feel confident of being able to place Grahas Ameri-
can Monthly in the front rank OF national period
ical literature. No effort part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment Of this end and whatever en-
terpIise, JudclOus outlay or 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, 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 Recogni-
zng the truth that genins is CT cline country
we shall endeayor to make our Magazine as cosnop.
Otan 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 q place for
whatever il really interesting or valuable in the cur
rent miccllaneOUs literature of the world. At the
same time we shall, with especial care, study to pre-
serve the high character which GTahGms Magazine
has always maintained, a. the organ Of own peeu
liar national writers. Decming 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 or enttrting, no matter from what it
may come or how emneut may lie the name of its
author. On the Otheg hand, We shall feel pride in
rescuing genius talent from obscuity ard lie ready
at oil times 10 give plcce to any good article, even
though the writer may not have the sanction Of a
popular name.
The active, euterprisiag, vigorous and powerful
mind Of the nation requires, We think, nItriment
which shall add to its strength, stimulate its growth
and correspond with Its own high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy, sketcLy, and insu6stantial
character Of too much Of cUIen; literature affords
no type for those who would yenturc npon career
of success in this lire. 1t may minister to the pleas
urc Of passing moment, though that i, doubtful
in such community. But it cannot do more. For
as the figures upon the must not he those of
still life, they must speak to feelings and sympa-
thics The writers mu.t take their subjects from the
great drama of actual life, which is going on 80 bsv
all around us. We know that it is difficult to do all
this and that il is much easier to pronfe than to
perform, yet. as broken promises would be of no adj
vantage 10 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 with the percepve 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 he fully able TO per
icrm 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 mcHtA feast not to be met with in other
periodicals. And that the taste for the nearts now
80 rapidly growing in the interior. may not want fos
tcring. we shall present every month large ntpler
of the best engraylngs, by European and American
artists, on subjects OF interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superior to that of
our cotomporaries, 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 or patrons in the interior may surely rcy
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
port.
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