The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-06-09
LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
. Prospectus for 1858.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August 4, 1921.
The Paper that nerer Suspe~ds-A Family Paper
devoted to Literature and the Neus.

In these times Of Bank suspensions aud
Mercantile suspensions, the proprietors OF
the Saturday Evening Post call the atten-
ton Of the reading public to the old and
firmly established weekly paper, as paper
that never suspends. For over sc years
the Post has been published; and in all
that period-through "good times" and
through "bad tines" through bank intla-
lions and bank contractions, thr ugh pros
porous seasons and through panics, the
Post has been regularly issued every week
and forwarded to its thousands Of subscri-
bers. Its proprietors therefore point to
the past as an uufailing index of the future.
And they feel that in asking # the reading
public a continuance Of the Patronage
heretofore go literally bestowed upoqbe
Post, they are asking no more than it viii
be both to the interest and pleasure Of the
pubic to grant.
Anong the contributors to the Post, We
NAV mention the following gifted writers !:
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, T. S. Ar
thur, Grace Greenwood, Anna Blackwell,
Augustine Duganne. Mrs. NJ. A. Dennison,
Emma Alice Browne, the author Of "An
Extra-Judicial Statement" the author Of
"ZiIlah, the Child Medium" DC.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper Of January, an original Novelet, by
rs. Arthur.
Mr.. Ar,hur's production, are so widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone of the present Noveet will be entirely
consistent with the moral and instructive
character which we have always st,iven to
imp ess upon the Posi-. Readers who wish
to pe,use the flash stories which abound in
the land-pernciou in their tendency and
effects-can find them, we regret to say. at
eve corner. But the Post will still main
tain its high character a. a paper which
the most scrupulous parent may allow free
ly to enter the family circle; and which
will purify and instruct, instead of demon
alizing and corrnptirg the youthful mind.
Especially will its conductors avoid, in the
publication Of the weekly news, all those
long and disgusting reports-un'ortunately
now so common-of Vile Criminal Cases;
believing, as they do, that the practice Of
publishing the details of such loathsome
cases, and of criminal cases trials resulting
therefrom, is fruitful cause OF the recent
alarming increase of vice and crime in the
Like begets like, and what
the mind feeds upon that will it grow to
resemble.
Choice Selections of all kinds, from the
best :oreign and domestic sources, shall
continue to De, as heretofore, leading fea
ture of the Post. The Stories, Essays, Ag
ricullural and Scientific Facts. &c, &c,
obtained in this way for the readers of the
Post.are among the most instructive as we'll
a. interesting portion of its contents.
The Very Cream OF the Periodical Lit
erature of the British Isles is thus given to
our readers. The Post, weekly, has some
thing for all the members of the family
Novelcts, Essays, Stories, Engravings, Ag-
riculturaI Articles, the News, Sketches,
Poetry, Anecdotes, Riddles, the Wholesale
and Retail Markets, Bank Note List, &c.
Finally, we may mention three good
reasons why the reading public should
give the preference to the Post:
1t is superior to any other paper of the
same pnce.
1t is cheaper than any other paper of
equal merit.
1t will be certain to come when paid fol.
TERMS (Cash in advance)
Single copy, one year, 81
copies
g (and one to getter up Of the elub) 10
IS 10
20 20
The postage on the Post to any part of
the United States, paid quarterly or yearly
in advance, at the Office where it is recei
we'd, is only 26 cents year.
Sample Numbers sent Gratis to any one,
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