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THE NEW YORK MERCURY
Enn rIIE NEM. VI A

In accordance with tmc-honorcd custom, the pub
fishers Of The New York Mercury the largest twodolar
literary weekly in the world, maze the opening Of New
Year the occasion Tor issuing comprehensive prospoe-
tive prospectus bulletin
Although the patriarch OF the weekly press (being
in its twenty third yearl The Mercury teens with the
fire and ygorof youth we'll with the wisdom and
dignity Of mature years. Presenting, Il does, the
de IA Of hterature-enrched with the en-
rancng pieces OF the greatest in the
world-gltterng with the brilliant wit and humor Of the
sharpest pens Of the tme-abundantly garnshed with
the rarest gems Of native poesy - overlooking with
Thoughts that breathe and words that burn from the
writer's Of its immense contrhutoral stan, and
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Of hundreds Of thousands Of American homes,
The publishers and propretoTs OF The New York Mer'
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" Here shall young Genius wing his eagle flight,
Rich dew-drops shaking from his plumes Of hghti'
and during the present year 0s6l It's grand niIatablc
army Of wrers-whose united salaries exceed the total
United States and its brilliant constellation OF literary
specialites will be materially extended Thus one Of
the propnetors new engagements is that OF the witty,
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gent q. X. PHILANDER DOESrlCkS, p B., who
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Criticisms Of Paintings Plays, Staues, etc under the
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or, Harlequin Hits at the Times"
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Journal Of American Literature will contain gori-
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NOR Moral and Domestic Essays Criticisms, etc, by the
noted American and English writer's who have been
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may the following regular contributonal force;
O X. PHGLANDER DOE | COUSIN MAY earle
STICKS T. b. TON,
ARTHuRM. GRANGER DIR. j. ii. ROBINSON,
JOSEPH BARBER, s. r. URBAN,
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GRACE GARDNER, }. A. PATrEN,
GEORGE ARNOLD, REV, X. Is. WEIGH,
REV. r. NJ. DEVENS, w. o. EATON,
NED BUNTLINR GEORGE MARTIAL,
WIN. ROSS WALLACE, HATTIE TYING,
X. H. NEWELL.
~ otasr celebrated writer's will also cOnribute-makns
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strucuvo, Witty and Wise.
our special New Years Gin to our readers will be
brilliant rev novelette,, entitled
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OR,
THE NICHE IN THE WALL.
A Tale Of Louisiana.
!. H. ROBINSON.
The opening chapters Of which will appear in The Mcr
curry for January 8, 1861.
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