The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-03-18
TW ENTY- sixth BIRTHDAY OF THE, STAR
PAPER OF AMERICA.
THE NEW YORK MERCURY
3 For the Coming Yeary

A FTER more than quarter Of a century OF
IA uninterrupted success, The New YORK
MISUNDERSTANDING first ON the muster-roll OF
the Literary Press in this country-poinis proud
ly to its past career as a guarantee of new ui-
umphs in the future. gf5 4atl1
Heretofore, it has eclipsed all rivalry hut It
proposes to make the coming year memorable by
eciipang its oaon 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.
I THE GENIUS OF EUROPE
will be laid under contribution TO give brillancy
10 its columns, and sideby side with original pro-
Iuctlous Of the most popular romancists of the
I'd World, will Re placed the chef dGurres of
To most eminent story-writers ofthe New.
! MISS NJ. E. BR3DBQSi
Aehoress ofHAurora Floyd 'ei.ady A udley's
Sevet, .Jobn Marchmont's Legacy, etc, aetc.,
WHY has suddenly risen, like
STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE
in tn literary horizon of Great Britain, has been
speedily engaged. to supply TIE NEW YORK
MERCURY from time TO time with the wonder
ful cretions of her genius, at a cost which no
other teeklyih America could venture to incur.
| AmQg the multitude of disting ushed writers
and artists who have become familiar to the masses
through the vast circulation of the STAR WgELY
OF AMEhcA may be mentioned the following,
all of wlDm are still upon its staff:
DR.. j. n Robinson, Cousin May Carleton,
Maryara RlOunt, W. o. Eaton
| Ned Bunttne, Georqe Martial,
Artaur N. Granger, Julia S. Ingraham,
| Grace Gather, Etl,card Witiett,
Fsliz 0. C.(Ddrley Mary ChiT,
MISS NJ. II. Brdddon, George Albany
Scores of dher distinguished hterati, ufsler va
rious mons deplume, contribute to its colGmns
while its pictorial illustrations are from the in
imitable pencil Of Felix o. @. barley, Esq, the
best draughts,pan Of the age.
The War, which has given the coup de grace to
so many preteltious publications and half de-
stroyed those thtt still survive, has added thou
sands to the circulation of The New York
MERCURY.
Its heart-stirrhg short Stories its military
hisoriettes its machless serial romances its racy
burlesques, its genhl wit and humor its deli
cous gossip, its fairy tales for little folks its rare
poetry, its fresh and vigorous editorials, the in.
finite variety of its contents, and the large
amount Of reading matter that il comprises, rem
der II welcome everywhere, and to all classes Of
society. Containing, as ii does,
FORTY COLUMNS :
of closely-printed matter, IL may safely be pro-
nounced the cheapest as well as the best Litera-
ry Newspaper extant.
Three favorte writers, Doctor j. II. Robinson,
Cousin May Carleton, and Ned Buntline, are
now preparing three stories for THE NEW YORK
MERCURY. One of these productions was COM
menced in the Opening Number of the New Year
The authors being aware of this fact are engaged
in an cumulative contest for precedence, and the
result will unquestionably 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 of the w estern
World. B T: ~ 81. Z.