, 1857-07-17
GRARAM'S MAGAZINE,
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1857,
Commences the 49M Volume O.
Graham.

WITH it we shall also commence various improve
| w ments in the Typography, style, contents and
business arrangements Of the work. that readers
may look forward with pleasurable anticpations
thereto 1t will be our endeavOr to make the Maya
zine worthy OF the high reputation il has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal lport generously eA
tended to IL 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 frst-cass Magazine, we
feel confident Of being able to place Grahams Ameri
can Monthly in the front rank of national period
ca literature. No effort part shall lie wanting
10 the accomplishment Of this end, and whatever en-
terprse judiciOus 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
niGse fresh spirit into the work. We shall not conlne
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 geninsis Of no cline or country,
we shall enleavOr to make our Magazine as cosmop-
Oltan country, and the latter Is the refuge
Of all nations aud people aspiring for republican free
dom, 50, 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 we shal with especial care, study to pre-
serve the high character which Grahams Magazine
has always maintained, the organ of own pecu-
liar national writers. Deeming 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 entertang, matter from what source II
may come, or how eminent may lie the name OF its
author. On the other hand we shall feel pride in
rescuing genius or talent from obscury and be ready
at all times to give place to any good article, even
though the writer may not have the sanction of a
popular name.
The active, enterprisng vigorous and powerful
mind of the nation requires, think, nutriment
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with itsNyn high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy, sketchy, and insubstantial
oh ni chofn
no type for those who would venture upon career
of success in this line. 1t may minister to the pleas
ure Of passing moment, though even that is doubtful
in such q community. But il cannot do more For
"a the figures upon the must not be those of
still life, they must speak to feelings and sympa-
tes. The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama Of actual life, which is going busily
all around us. We know that il Is difficult to do all
this, and that it is much easier to promise than to
perform, yet, broken promises would bc 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 with the perceptve 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 we shall not be fully able to per-
form, 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
aordlng mental feast not to he met with in other
periodicals. And that the taste for the ne-ats now
so 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, subjects of interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superior to that of
orr cotemporaries, will still continue to be so. We
SHALL for this purpose engage the services of persons
who 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 may surely rely
as the best monitor Of the fashions in America Onr
review of new books will he guided by thorough nde.
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
popular Judgment, we feel sanguine Of liberal sun
port.
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