, 1857-03-13

GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE. /.
OUR JULY NUMBER. 1856,
Commences The 49h VoIume of
Graham.


MYTH it we shall also commence various improve
w ments in the typography, style, contents aud
business arrangements Of the work. that realers
may look forward with pleasurable antieipatons
thereto. II will be our cndeayor to make the Maga
zine worthy Of the high reputation it has previously
enjoyed and Of the liberal support generously
tended to it by an apprecatiSe public. Bringing 70
its aid years of experience in the walks Of popular
tentpre, 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 GTahams Ameri-
can Monthly In the front rank Of our national period
ies literature No effort part shall be wanting
to the accomplishment Of this end and whatever en-
tcrpr5e, judiciOus outlay, taste for the elegant
the picturesque, the refined the interesting 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 confne
our scope to particular vein of literary pictorial
matter, but shall comprehend all that may be desired
by the popular taste in such periodical Recogni-
Zng the truth that genins is Of no cline or country
we shall endeavor 10 make Our Magazine as cosIuop-
otan as country, and as the latter 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 valuable in the
rent micellaneOJs literature Of the world. Al the
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 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 or entertang 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 pride in
rescuing genius talent from ObscErty and he ready
at all times n give place to any good article, even
though the writer may not have the sanction Of a
popular name.
The active, enterprisng, vigorous and powerful
mind Of the nation requires. we think, nUtriuent
which shall add to its strength stimulate It's growth
and correspond with its own high hopes and glorious
destiny, The dreamy, sketchy, and insubstantial
character OF too much Of our current literature affords
no {spe for those who yogld venture upon career
Of Success In this line. II may minister to the pleas
ure # passing moment though even that is doubtful
in SUCH a-community. But it cannot do more For
as the Gpts upon the canvass must not be those Of
still life, neymust speak 10 feelings and sympa-
great drama Of actual lie which Is going on so busily
all arou9dlls. We know that it Is difficult to do all
this anu that it is much easier to promise than to
perform, yet, as brokcn-promi.es would lie of no ad-
vantage toah enterprise Of this character, we could
hope TO gain nothing more than mere temporary
success by holding up deceptive lures. And regard
ipg the field ioe with the perceptive facnltes of
practical men, who have long been accustomed to
deal with the popular taste, and have some experience
a. the channels in which it runs, we think we make
no promises which we shall not be fully able to per
lorm 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 fineaTts now
so rapidly growing in the interior may not want fos-
tering, We 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 cotemporares Will still continue to he So We
sha Tor THIS purpose engage the services of persons
who are earliest apprzcd 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 nav surely RELY
n the hest monitor Of the fashions in America Our