, 1857-01-16
Furs! Furs!
Graham.

MYTH II we shall also commence various improve
w ments in the typography style, eonients and
may look forward with pieasuiable anticpations
thereto. 1t viii he endeavor to make the Naga-
zine worthy Of the high reputation il has previously
tended to il by an appreeitiIS puhlies lIinaing to
It's aid years Of experience in the walks Of popular
literature and in the net iess important departments
u publication and typography Together with all the
modern facilities for issuing lrstcass Magazine,
feel confident Uf being able 10 place Cfahanls Ameri
can Monthly in the front rank Of national period
ica Literature. No effort part shall be wanting
10 the accomplishment Of this end, and whatever en-
tcrprse jddcious outlay taste for the elegant,
the picturesque the refined, the interesting OF the
VSinsbie can command, t1ah Be furnished g the
readers Of this Magazine Stimulated Py . desire to
nfuse fresh split into the work, We shall not confne
our scope to particular vein Of literary pictorial
matter but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the bopularA taste 10 such pefiOdcalJ Rtcoeni-
zing the truth that genins s a no CLINE or coqntry,
We shall cneator 70 make our Magazine as eosInop
oltan oar country and as the latter is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring for republican free
dom, sO the former shall always have place for
whatever Is really interesting valuable in tie cura
rent micellaneous literature Of the world, A. tho
sane time we shall with especial care, study to pre-
serve the high chaT4cto which Grnhsm's Magazine
has always maintained IS the organ of0ur Iecu-
laf national Nriters. Ieerning tmtthe NIblic look
for something better N perodical u tnia kipd than
mere fugitive OF oecasiolia prcdurtions wbsha1 not
publish ANYTHING which Is not interesting, vauabe,
spirited suttrtang, no matter from What source
author. on the other hand we shah fePl apride in
rescuing genius talent from olscury and Be ready
at all times To give place to any good article even
Though the wIiter may not have the sanction uf o
popular name. ret, go ~ t,..I
The active, euterprisng, vigorous and powerful
nud Of the nation requires, we think, alnutr.a.ent
which shall add to its strength, stimulate It's growth
aad correspond with lis high hopes EHd glorious
des.iny. The dFeapy, sketchy. and ADsubEtantial
character o too much Of our cnrrent literature aos
no type for those who would venture upon career
of SUCCESS in this line i may ninistsE 70 the pleas
In such community. But II cannot do more. For
the figures up0a the canvass must not te those OF
st life, they must speak . our ieellngs snd symha
great drama OF actual life, which u going on 20 9uy
all around us We know that Il tls dihicult 70 do all
this and that II Is mach easier to promise than to
perform. YET broken promises would be Of no al
vantage 10 an enterprise Of this ehaTneter, We could
hone to gain nothing more than mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures And regard.
iug the cd before with the nercaptve faculties Of
jpfactcal men, who have long been accustomed 70
deal with the popular aster and have some experience
Of the ehAunes In which It runs, we think We make
no promises which We shall not be fully able 70 per
form, soon as our operations may be rightly nhder
way. ran r-Hail.H .sie .'.s .tli gt 'sigYee
| We shall study TO present the public, monthly,
with an Ingenious and agreeable variety o. eontens,
afordlng mental feast not to be met with In other
i periolccls And thai te taste iorthe 6nearts, now
20 rapidly growing In the interior, may uot Eas tos
! teriRg we shall present every month large Number
1 Of the best engrayngs BY Europtnn and american
alists on subjects OF intefest 70 general readers
Our fashion department, always superior 10 ti=s @
our cctemp0Earies, will still oentlDne 70 Dc soeiNo
shsH for this purpose engage ne services p pessons
who are earliest apprized Of the variaAlls a abe
modes in the faqIiqnabe circles Of Paris, London
| New York md Plifladolpfia- On this iMagakine,
therefoc oar patrons u the interipr may surely Fey
review OF ne X teoks will e saided By tot6ugh indie
\ pendence OF tone and thought ... .
;, Such are the views with which We enter upon our