, 1857-03-27
GRAHANA'S. MAGAZINE.
ooUR JULY NUMBER, 1855,
Commences the 49M Tqtume y
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VTTITH it we shall also confluence various improve
w ments IN the typography, style, contents and
business arrangements O the work. 80 that our rCders
may iOok forward with pleasuT1ble anticinhtibns
thereto. 1t will be our endeayort0 make the 1faga
zine worthy Of the high reputation has previously
enjoyed, and of the liberal support so generously
tended to i by an appreeiatiNe public; Bringing to
its aid years of experience in the walks Of popular
lteratUre and In the not ess important departments
Of publication and typography, together with all The
modern facilities for issuing hrstclass Magazine,
feel confident OF being able To place Grahams Ameri
Monthly In the front rank OF national period
ical literature No effort part shall lie wanting
to the Accomplishment Of this end, and whatever
teTprise, judciU1s Outlay taste for the elegant
the picturesque the refined, the interesting the
valuable can command, shall lie furnished to the
readers of this Magazine. Stimulated by desire to
infuse fresh spirit into the work, shall not conhne
our scope to particular vein Of literary pictorial
matter but shall comprehend all that may he desired
by the popular taste in such periodical. Recogni-
zug the truth that genins is Of no cline or country
we shall endeayor to make our Magazine as cosmop-
otau as country, and as theatter is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring for republican free
dom, 50, the former shall always have a place for
whatever IS really interesting orValuahle in the
rent micellaneous literature Of the world. At the
same time we shall with especi care study TO pre-,
serve, the nigh character which Graham's Magazine
has always maintained, the organ of our own pecu-
liar national writers. Deeming that the puiiic 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 enteraing, no matter from what il
may come, or how eminent may he the name Of its
author On the other hand, We shall ieel pride in
rescung genius talent from obscurty, and he ready
at all times TO give place to any coed article even
though the writer may not have the sanction Of a
pOpuiar name. .t6
The active, eutePnriing vigorous and powerful
mind of the nation requires, we think nutrinient
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with its owIf igh hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy sketchy, and insubstantial
character OF too much of our current literature affords
no type for those who would venture upon career
Of success in this line. 1t may minister to the pleas
urc Of passing moment, though even that is doubtful
in such q community. But it cannot do more. 7For
as the figures upon the canvass must not be those of
still life, they must speak to eur feelings and ympa-
thes. The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama OF actual life, whichis going busily
all arOund u.s. We know that It is di1cdlt to do m
this, and that it is much easier to- promise than to
perform, yet as broken promises would he of no ad
vantage to enterprise Of this character we could
hope to gain nothing more than q mere temporary
success by holding Up deceptive lures, And regard
ing the field before with the perceptive faculties of
practical men, who have long beepi accustomed to
deal with the popular taste, and have experience
OF the CHANNELS in which it runs, we th1,kwe make
no promises which we shall not be fully able to- per,
firm, as soon as our oefStieHs may be rightly under
way. 5ri 4
We shall study to present the public, monthly,
with an Ingenious aud agreeable variety of cuAtents
a0rllng mental feast not to be met with in other
periodicals And that the taste for the inearts now
50 rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos
tering, we shall present every monta large number
Of the best engravngs, by European and American
artists on subjects of interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superiorto that off
our cotemporaries, viii still continue to he s0 We 4
shall for this purpose engage the services Of peFs1na
who are earliest apPTized Of the variations Of the
modes I'm the fashionable Circles Of Paris Lond on
New York and PHILADELPHIA. On this Magazine
therefore, patrons in the inteIiorn surely rev
as the best monitor of the fashions in America Our |
review Of new books will be guided by Thorough inde
pendence of tone and thought .sil9I .Id
Such are the views with which we enter upon our
new career. lfmerit can command success Ne shall
most earnestly strive to deserve it. And having an
abiding faith N the correctness, generally, Of the
port. y. - 'f' l' - y --Fi
t,4 Go. TERMS: A
One eopy' one year, 81; Two copies, ST.: Five
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