, 1857-02-06
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
Commences The 49th Volame Of
Graham.

MYTH il we shall also commence various improve
w ments IN the typography, style, contents aud
business arrangements Of the work that readers
may look forward with pleasurable anticlpations
thereto. Il will be our endeavor 10 make the Maga-
zine worthy Of the high reputation Il has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal support so generously ex.
tended 10 il by an apprecative public, Bringing to
it, aid years Of experience in the walks Of popular
litenture 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 Grahams Aneri-
can Monthly In the front rank Of our national period
ical literature No effort our part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment Of this end and whatever en-
teprise, judiciOus outlay, 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
nfuse fresh spirit into the work, shall not conne
our scope to particular vein Of literary pictorial
natter but shall comprehend all that may be desired
BY the popular taste in such periodical. Recogni-
zng the truth that genins Is Of cline or country
we shall endeavor 70 make our Magazine as cOsmor-
oltan as our country and as the latter is the refuge
Of all nations and people aspiring for republican free
dom, 80, the former shall always have u place for
whatever Is really interesting valuable in the cur
rent micellane0us literature OF the world. At the
same time shall with especial care study to pre-
serve the high character which Grahams Magazine
has always maintained the organ Of our own pecu
liar national writers. Deeming 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 or enteraing, no matter from what II
may come, or how eminent may be the name Of its
author. On the other hand, we shall feel pride n
rescung genius talent from ohscurty and he 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, enterprsing, vigorous and powerful
mind OF the nation requires, we 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 lnsubstantial
character Of too much Of our current literature Affords
no tyne for those who wodd venture upon A career
Of success in this line. II may minister TO the pleas
nre Of passing moment though even that is doubtful
in such community. But it cannot do more. For
the figures upon the must not be those of
st life, they must speak to our feelings and sympa-
thies. The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama Of actual lfe Eich Is going on so busily
all around We know tmt it is difficult TO do all
this and that 1t is much easier TO promise than to
perform, yet, as broken Promises would be Of AL
vantage to enterprise Of this character we could
hope 10 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
~ the channels In which it runs, we think we make
~ promises which shall not be fully able to per
way.
We shall study tn present the public, monthly,
witt an ingenious and agreeable variety Of contents,
anordlng mental feast not TO be met with in other
perodices. And that the taste for the ne-arts now
20 rapidly growing in the interior, may not want fos-
tering, We shall present every month large number
Of the best engnvings, by European and American
artists, on subjects Of interest to general readers.
Our fashion department always superior to that Of
our cotemporries. will still continue to he 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, our patrons in the interior may sureIy RELY
as the best monitor Of the fashions in America Our
review of new books will he guided by thorough indie
pendence Of tone and thought.
Such are the views with which VIC enter upon our
new career. II 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 sangune Of liberal sup
port.
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