The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-01
TWENTY-slxTHy BIRTHDAY oFTnE STAR
9 - y PAPER OF AMERICA
January 1, 1854.
THE NEW YORK MERCURY
For the Coming year!
January /, 1854,

AFTER more than quarter Of a century of
IA uninterrupted success, THE NLw York
MERcURy-s standing first on the muster-roll Of
the Literary Press in this country--points proud
ly TO its past career us a guarantee Ut new hi
umphs in the future. y i@.
Heretofore, j. has. eclipsed all rivalry; hut 1t
proposes to- make the coming year memorable by
eciips,ng IFS ora past history, and looming up
before the world as the most marvellous speci-
men Of fascinating, brilliant, amusing, and
comprehensive Literary Newspaper that has ever
been published in either hemisphere
- sexTtfE GENIUS OFsEUR0PE e9
will be laid under contribution 10 give brilliancy
to Its columns, and side by side with original pro-
dnctlons of the most popular romancists of the
Old Word, will be paced the chef deurres of
the most eminent story-writers Of the New.
MISS NJ. r. BRADDON, f
Authoress Of Aurora Floyd" Lady Audey's
Secret, F" John Marchmon,s Legacy ETC., etc..
who has suddenly risen, like ). -,isslh
A STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE
in the literary horizon of Great Britain, has been
specially engaged to supply TIE NEW YORK
MERCURY from tmeto time with the wonder
iul creations OF her genius, at "A cost which no
other weekly in America could venture to incur.
Among the multitude of distine uished writers
and artists who have become familiar 10 the masses
through the vast circulation of the STAR WEELY
oF AMERICA, may ne slneploned the following,
all of whom are still upon its staff
Dr.. j. II. Robinson, Cousin Moy Carleton,
Margaret Romt, W. o. Eaton.
Ned Buntline, Georqe Martial
Arthur N. Grainyer, Julia s. Lgrafam,
Grace Gardner, Ea,eard Walett,
Fslir o. c. Darley Mari Chief, va
Mss M. Il. Braddon, George Albany.
Scores of other distinguished iterat, under va
rious mons de plume contribute to its columns,
while It's pictorial illustrations are from the in
imtable pencil Of Felix D. G. barley, Esq.,, the
best draLgh,sman of The age.
The War, which has given the coup de grace to
SO many pretentious jurisdictions and half de-
slroyed those that still survive, has added thou
sands to the circulation Of THE NEW YORK
MERCURY.
Its heart-stirring short stories, its military
hstorettes, its matchless serial romances its Iacv
burlesques, its genial wit and humor, its deli
cious gossip, its fairy tales for little folks its rare
poetry, its fresh and vigorous editorials, the in.
finite variety Of its contents, and the largo
amount oil reading matter that IL comprises, rem
der ii welcome everywhere, and to all classes Of
society. Containing, as it does,
FORTY COLUMNS t
of closely-printed NATTER il may safely be pro-
ngunced the cheapest, as we'll US the best Literal
ry, Newspaper extant,E = u 81 LH
iMSe 'oli'c "ilteis, i'uCtoT 10 H.
Cousin May Carleton, and Ned Buntline are
now preparing three stories fop The NEw YORK
MERCURY. One Of these productions was COM
menced in the Opening Number the New Year.
The authors being aware of this fact are engaged
in an cumulative contest for precedence, and the
result will unquestionahly be that the most effec-
tive story ever penned by any of the three, will
commence in the NEW YEARS NUMBER of
the great REPRESENTATIVE WEEKLY ofthe Western
World. .a-
The New YORK MERCURY is sold by all news
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subscribers, it is regularly mailed every Saturday
morning, for 81 year, three copies for $5
six copies for SO; eight copies for $l2, with an
extra copy, free to the getter-up of the club. Six
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Gs> Specimen Copies sent to all applicants
Address all letters and remittances. post paid,
TO CALDWELL Il WHITNEY,
Proprietors Of the New York Mercury,
Nos. 4s Ann street, and lib Fulton street,
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