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GRARAM'S MAGAZINE. {,
OUR JULY NUMBER, 1856,
Commences the 49th Volume Of
.. Graham.

WITH il 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 endeayOr 10 make the Maya.
zine worthy Of the high reputation 1t has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal support so generously eX
tended TO II by IN RppTeciatiye public. Bringing to
It's 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 hrstclass Magazine, we
feel confident Of being able TO place Graham's Amer
can Monthly in the front rank OF national period
ica literature. No effort our part shall be wanting
To the accomplishment Of this end, and whatever en-
terprse tudiciOus 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
nfuse fresh spirit into the work, shall not cOnne
our soope to particular vein Of literary pictorial
matter, but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste In such q periodical. RecOgn
zing the truth that genns Is VI no cline country
we shall endeavor 10 make our Magazine as eosmOp-
otan country, and a. 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 valuable in the
rent miscellaneous literature OF the world, Al the
same time shall, with especial care, study to pre-
serve the high character which Grahams Magazine
has always maintained, as the organ Of our peeu
liar national writer's 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 entertang, matter from what source it
may come, or how eminent may be the name Of its
author. On the other hand we shall feel pride in
rescning genius talent from obscurty and be ready
at all times 10 give place to any good article,
though the writer may not have the sanction Of
popular name.
The active enterpisinR, vigorous and powerful
mind Of the nation requires, we think, nutriment
which shall add to its strength, stimulate its growth
and correspond with its high hopes ald glorious
destiny The dreamy, sketehy, and insubstantial
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no type for those who would venture upon career
Of success in this line II may minister To the pleas
uTe Of passing moment, though even that Is doubtful
in such a 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 s going on so busy
all around We know that II is difficult to do all
this, and that it is much easier to promise than to
perform. yet, as broken promises would be of ad
vantage to an enterprise Of this character we could
hope to gain nothing more than mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures. And regard
ing the eld 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 it runs, we think we make
no promises which shall not be fully able 10 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
afordng mental feast not to be met with in other
periodicals. And that the taste for the inearts now
rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos
teriDg we shall present every month large number
Of the best enPravings, by European and American
artists, on subjects OF interest to general readers
Our fashion department always superior to that Of
our cotemponries, 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
Aew York and Philadelphia. On this Magazine
therefore our patrons in the interior may surely rely
rs the best monitor of the fashions In America Our
review Of new books will be guided by thorough indie
pendence of tone and thought.
Such are the views with which we enter upon our
new career. If merit 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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