Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-20
PROAPECTUS
THE NEW YORK LEDGER !

WK INTEND TO MAKE THE NEW YORK
LrouEh Tor 1861 Superior to that of 1850,
- " my "tnef year IN the past Among con-
tributors will be the PRESIDENT OF JuE Isur,n
STATES, EDWARD EvKRkrr, GxnEGE BAhcnovr
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT JoHH g. SAyE Iro
NORRIS, '. I. WILLIS, GEORGE ID. PPESTicE
THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, ~YlvaNUs Com. Jr
nsER'1H BEshErr, T. ). ARTHUR +. HAMILTON
MYERS, Col. WALTrH Is. DuNLAp, s. GospTos
SMITH, JOHN EsrKN COOK, Mgs. SIGouKNEY MRs
SoU TnwoRTn, FANNY FERN, Anna CoxA aITouIE
ALIC. CARY. MARY FsRRxsT, MARIos HARLA>D,
MISS A. DuruY, MAKY STANLEY GIBSON PHtBR
GARY and many Clergymen, Professors in Col
icges, Statesmen ana othcr eminent writers resid-
ing IN different parts Of the Unen.
Our corps Of contributors for tho coming wear
Will be SO large, and will embrace such y variety
o. eminent talent, that every department Of liter
ature Will receive the particular attention Of some
one competent to deit ample and special Justice
whether i DO popular romance scientific essay
historical sketch, scholastic DISCUS ton, spicy
paragraph, pathetic ba lad, humorou. psen old
fashioned love story. timely editorial, or any
other ingredient Of popular and elevated journal
Ism, mat ls te be furnished, the LEDGER corps
Will be sufficient for tho task In fact our con
tributors will send us from week to week much
mfre matter than We can possibly uso ~ that we
shaii always nave % fresh aud superabundaut sup
ply from which t. select the VERY Bgsr. These
iaats, taken In connection with our largely in
creased means, facilities and experience warrant
u.s. we think, In promising our readers n family
paper Tor the year 1851 wh ch will be more inter-
esting and instructive, and in every respect more
valuable, even than tho LEDGER has been in the
nait an i,a,..,;on o,,.
fh, We neoi only state the simple fact tlat it's
circulation 10 larger than that Oi any other TIN
ii'erary papers IN the country. Its great success
Is owing to the fact that secure the best writ
.'' ~ 'ne country, ana spare no expense in get
ting up 81 Q best family paper-a paper Of hlrb
moral Tone The exalted reputation OF is contrib
utors, tho practical and invariably pure and heal
thy character Of all it, articles the care which n
taken that not even one offonsive word shall An
pear IN its columns, and tbs perior,y Of its Taes
and Sketches, have gained for the NEW YORK
LEDGER n position that no Iternry pnrer ba.
ever before reached.
anna CORA RITca!R, of Richmond Va and
'"i ALTER u. DUNLAP. the author of the popu-
lal crest Sketches, which were published in
our columns 'orne time since, will each begin n
story IN the LEDGER early in tho new wear Mrs
'oC Ih"' RIH ~ Also engaged upon n new talo.
IN the next number Of the LEDGER wo
shall publish n very interesting article wri.to,
expressly for our columns, entitled DAY VIM
LORD hf HON, from tbs pes VI tho Hon. George
bancroft.
1t Is with much satisfaction that we an
nounce that Mr. EyERkrr will continue his el.-
CANT and interesting contr buttons to the LEDGER
during the next year.
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