The independent., 1858-04-14
Prospectus for 1853.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August 4, 1921.
The Pcper that neper Suspends-A Family Paper
devoted to Literature and the Ne~s.

Tn these times of Bank suspensions and
Mercantile suspensions, the proprietors of
the Saturday Evening Post call the atten-
ton of the reading public to the old and
firmly weekly paper, as paper
that never suspends. For over SO years
the Post has been published l.; and in all
that period-through "good times" and
through "bad tines" through bank inda-
tions and bank contractions, thrt 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 unfaiHng index of the future.
And they feel that in asking If the reading
public a continuance of the patronage
heretofore 60 literally bestowed upon the
Post, they are asking no more than it will
be both to the interest and pleasure of the
public to grant.
Among the contributors to the Post, we
may mention the following gifted writer's ::
William Howitt, Alice Cary, 7. 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
"Zilah, the Child Medium" &c.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper of January, an original Noyelet, by
T. S. Arthur.
Mr.. Arthur's productions are so widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone of the present Novclet will be entirely
consistent with the moral and instructive
character which we have always st,iven to
impress upon the Post. Readers who wish
to pe,use the flash stories which abound in
the land-pernicious in their tendency and
etfects-can find them, we regret to say, at
every corner. But the Post will still main
tain its high character as paper which
the most scrupulous parent may allow free
ly to enter the family circle and which
will purify and instruct, instead of demor
alizing and corrupting the youthful mind.
Especially will its conductors avoid, in the
publication of the weekly news, all those
long and disgusting reports--unfortunately
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
community. Like begets like, and what
the mind feeds upon that will it grow to
resemble.
Choice Selections Of all kinds, from the
best foreign and domestic sources, shall
continue to be, as heretofore, leading fea
ture of the Post. The Stories, Essays, Ag-
ricultural and Scientific Facts, &c, DC,
obtained in this way for the readers of the
Post,are among the most instructive as well
as 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
Novelets, 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 price.
1t is cheaper than any other paper of
equal merit.
1t will be certain to come when paid for.
TERMS (Cash in advance)
Single copy, one year, s.
copies 5
$ (And one to getter mp of the club) 10
20 90
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,
when required.
Address, always postpaid