, 1857-06-26
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE,
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1851,
Commences the 49th Volume Of
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 pleasurabe anticipations
thereto. 1t will be our endeavor TO make the Maya
zine worthy Of the high reputation it has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal support generously
tended to it 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 trstcass Magazine,
feel confident Of being able to place Graham's Ameri
Monthly in the front rank of national period
cal literature. No effort part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment Of this end, and whatever en-
terpTise, judicOus outlay, taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined, the interesting OF the
valuable can command shall be furnished to the
readers Of this Magazine. Stimulated by desire to
nluse fresh spirit into the work. shall not conine
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-
zing the truth that genns Is Of cline or country
we shall endeavor to make our Magazine as cosmop-
Olitan country and the latter is the refuge
OF all nations and people aspiring for republican free
dom, so, the former shall always have a place for
whatever is really interesting or valuable in the cur
rent miceaneOus literature Of the world. At the
same time we 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
fugitive occasional productions we shall not
publish anything which is not interesting valuable
spirited or entertaing no matter from what source il
may come, or how eminent may be the name of its
author. On the other hand, we shall feel q pride in
rescuing genius talent from obscurty and be ready
at all times to give place to any good article even
though the writer may not have the sanction of
popular name.
The active, enterprising, 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, sketohy, and insubstantal
character of too much of current literature affords
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 that is doubtful
in such community. But it cannot do more. For
as the figures upon the must not he those of
still life, they must speak to feelings and sympa-
thies The writers must take their subjects from the
great drama Of actual fe which is going on so busiy
all around us. We know that It is difficult to do an
this and that 1t is much easier to promise than to
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 the field before us with the perceptve faculties of
practical men, who have long been accustomed TO
deal with the popular taste and have some experience
Of the channels in which it runs, we think we make
no promises which 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
ahordlng mental feast not to be met with in other
periodicals And that the taste for the ne-arts now
so rapidly growing in the interior, may not want fos
tering, shall present every month large number
of the best engravings, by European and American
artists, on subjects Of interest to general readers
Our fashion department, always superior to that of
our cotempoares, will still continue to be 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, patrons in the interior may surely rply
As the best monitor Of the fashions in America OHr
review of new books will he guided by thorough indie
pendence Of tone and thought.
Snch 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
'oldng iaith IN the correctness, generally Of the
port
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