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.Magazino Literature.


3, Magazine Literature.
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Inc new magazine hl' '''ls eity' assumes The
ground that none but political Magazine or
the. INST history Of mooozt,. I,.r,i,ra j.,
3 ~. '''e' azure J."
Epsiaao anu 'iis country IN support Of his
Posltion:@
$ sItis q plain matter why Putnam and IIarp.
sarliavc gene down into the tI,iu"s of memory.
: tTlfcy could not ike ma we'll Lv nubl;shipr ronI
things rs by .publishipe light ones. Hence, It
"a a Snhininferencc that q literary magazinc
TSahieiiist tfill of sounl and original literature
!. .eannotdivo here. If the intention ia 10 make a
J; a,ins.isinc wl,icl, must make taste 10 a,prcci
SateSit. like. ailtom aud. Shakespeare, we hope
they lare a,lorttnd:te& support it,. You Must
yat catch tlic atkcsatiSn Of man, or.you can
not i,istartc tshiia A gravc c,white crasat talk
jinsft q a child Of The ninntaLle laws oftrutb, /"
win lake tho mort tifcatiou Of sccng top and
nla;F take MI Of a,e attention. ifSyou would
fiifnis man with All article OF merchandise
: laws shat apply 10 tic sales Of mcrchaulisc
[applysto The salcs.of magazines -
4 NOV, helproposnl to start q great American
fors great N ofthera Magazincs as The. nnn1c has
been suggsstcd with tles> first literary names
sof th6 conntry, or the east Mt least MS editors
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SeeliiS uluSlA llkS Inc prOpO-
aalc an 6stats In Spain. is not a wise
thing TO cait it"1 Fortherni shingazine, in the
;ffrst Place---andi in tic second place,it+ is not
s wise Eve being Judges) to start such q p,aga.
Vine upon q literary basis. Our country will
mot suPpaft it. Emerson viii not give the
public his. best essays, Longfellow will not
fwrlte, Under the inspiration OF Apollo, but of
Z money. Lowell will throw. off hotclf-potch,
and take the substantial for his most pernta ncnt
works .I1illiard will talkwelI, but he will not
Mfftc n hitting political review. Prescott will
only. give us Gle odds and ends Of his histori
.scaldrenms and suggestions, for he is not ph
dosophcr of the greatest historical school, and
, cannot think like Huhlc Macaulay or n Glib
bon or Robertson, md Hawthorne will save
his best impulsions for tho bound volume
These men know too we'll that their fame
with tlleir contemporaries. end with pcstcritv
rests ip,something more substantial than any
magazine writing, or mere. magazine swritin.
will SUPPORT. They do not wish to start a;punch
nor a Household Wor1s-if they did they will
!: know that they could not support either.
Fhcfe is ,onlyoa example iuEnglish literature
which would furnish precedent for thcp-
Frazcr's Magazine. Eut the Americans are no
more preparation that than they arc for the
profound architectural dis1uisitions Of Ruskin.
, The truth yis, we must follow example, and
England furnishes it-and furnishes only one
.'cSalnp!e which, We can follow in the maya
zinc linc-that is rank political magazine or
review. All the Old reviews have been rank
Wing or rank tory--dccidedly pofticalin their
aim. England supported them because she is
SnllNCEil5 pDuGlchl. ,4tcr people love politics