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FIu'S /! FUrS I!
Dec. 1913 3m

WITH it we shall also commence variouslimprove-
w ments in the Typography, style, contents and
business arrangements Of the work. that readers
may look forward with pleasurable anticipations
thereto. 1t will be endeayor to make the Maya
zinc worthy of the high reputation it has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal support generously
tended to it by an appreciatiye 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 rstclass Magazine,
feel confident OF being able to place Grahams Ameri-
Monthly in the front rank Of national period
ical literature No effort our part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment of this end, and whatever en-
tepTiSe, judiciOus outlay or 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
infuse fresh spirit into the work, shall not conne
our scope to particular vein Of literary pictorial
matter but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste in such periodical. Recogn
Zing the truth that genins is of cline or country
we shall cndeav0r to make our Magazine as cosmop
Utar a. our country and as the attCr 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 or valuable in the
rent mceaueOus literature Of the world. At the
same time, shall with especial care studyto pre-
serve the high character which Grahams Magazine
has always maOtained the organ of our own pecu
liar national writer's. 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 entertang matter from what source it
may come, or how eminent may lie the name of its
author. On the other hand we shall feel pride in
rescung genius talent from obscurity and be ready
at all times to give place to any good article wen
though the writer may not have the sanction of
popular name.
The active, enterr ising, vigorous and powerful
mind of the nation requires we think, nutrment
which shall add to its strength stimulate its growth
and correspond with its own high hopes and glorious
destiny. The dreamy, sketchy, and insubstantial
1f nf itaYa
no type for those who would venture upon q career
of success in this line. 1t may minister 10 the pleas
ure Of passing moment, though that is doubtful
in such community. But it cannot do more For
as the figures upon the must not be those of
still life, they must speak to our feelings and sympa-
thes The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama of actual life, which is going busily
all around We know that il is difficult to do ali
this, and that il is much easier to promise than 10
perform, yet, as'broken promises would be of no ad
vantage TO an enterprise of this character we could
hope to gain nothing more than a mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures. And regard
ing heeld before with the perceptive faculties of
practical men, who have long been accustomed to
deal with the popular taste and have experience
of the channels in which il 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 contcnts
anOrdlng a mental feast not to he met with in other
periodicals And that the taste for the ncarts now
so rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos-
tering, we shall present every month large number
OF the best engnvngs, by European and American
artists, on subjects of interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superior to that of
our cotemporaries, will ,till continue to be so. We
SHALL for this purpose engage the services of persons
who arc earliest apprzed of the variations of the
modes in the fashionable circles Of Paris London,
New York and Philadelphia. On this Magazine
therefore, patrons in the interior NAV surely relv
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 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 sup
port.
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