, 1857-06-05
GRkNAM's MAGAZINE.
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1851,
Commences tie 49M Tciatme 0
Graham.

MYTH it We hall also commence yer.oUs improve
w ments in the typography, style, contents and
business arrangements Of the work, so that our readers
may look forward with peasuIGble anticipations
thereto. 1t will be our ondeayor TO make the Naga
zire worthy Of the high reputation il has previously
enoytd and Of the liberal support so generously eX
tended TO it by an appreciltiye 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 irstcass Magazine We
feel confident Of being able to place Gruhams Amer
can Monthly in the front rank OF national period
ical literature No effort part shall DC wanting
to the accomplishment of this end, and whatever
tepIisc, idicious outlay or taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined, the interesting the
valuable can command, shall he furnished to the
readers Of this Magazine. Stimulated by desire to
infuse rc n spirit into the work, shall not conine
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 genius is Of no cline or country,
we shall endeayor to make our Magazine as cosm0p-
uan as country, and as the latter is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring for republican free
dom so, the former shall always have a place for
whatever is really interesting or valuable in the cur
rent micellaneons literature Of the world At the
same time we shall with especial care, study WAYrc-
serve the high character which Glahal4's Magazine
has always maintained, the organ Of our uwn rccu-
liar national writers. Deemag 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 enteTtaing, no matter from what source it
may coIne, or how eminent may lie the name Of It's
author On the other hand, shall feel pride in
rcscung genius talent from obscurity, and be ready
at all times to give place to any good article, even
though the writer may not have tle s1uction CT a
popular name.
The active, ontcrpiising, vigorous and powerful
mind of the nation rcqaires, think, nutriment
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with its own high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy, sketchy, and insnbstantia
ia .r lsf9.l
no type for those who would venture upoa career
Of success in this line. 1t may minister to the pleas
ure Of passing moment, though even that Is doubtful
in such community. But il cannot do more. For
as the figures upon the canvass must not Le those of
still life. they must speak 10 feelings and sylnpa
thes. The writers mast take their subjects from the
great drama Of actual life, which is going busy
all around us We know that Il is diaicult to do ali
this, and that il is much easier to promise than 10
perform, yet, broken promises wOuld lie of no ad.
vantage to 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 perceptve faculties Of
practical men, who have long been accustomed 10
deal with the nopular 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-
way.
We shall study TO present the public, monthly,
with an Ingenious and agreeable variety of coHtens,
aiordlng mental feast not to be met with in other
periodicals. And that the taste for the fnearts now
rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos-
teriDg, shall present every month large number
ci the best engrivings by European ard American
artists, subjects of interest 10 general readers
Our fashion department, always superior to that of
our cotemporares 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 Marazipe
therefore, patrons in the interior iray surely RELY
as the best monitor Of The fashions in America. Our