The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-02-26
s. January !, 1864. .i.,y,,
THE NEW YORK MERCURY
For the Coming Year!
January ], 1866

AFTER more than aquafter Of centuryAof
IA uninterrupted success, TIE NEw YORK
MERcbRY standing FIRST on the muster-roll of
the Literary Press in this conntry-points proud
ly to its past career as o guarantee of new ui-
amphs in the future. 500 $500
Heretofore it has eclipsed all rivalry; hut it
proposes to make the coming year memorableb by
sciipssag Us owa past history, and looming up
before the world as, the most marvellous speci-
men of fascinating, brilliant, amusing, and
comprehensive Literary Newspa per- that has ever
been published in either hemisphere. *
yriate. n THE GENIUS OF EUROPE ~. ~,
will be laid under contribution TO give brlliancy
toitscolumus, and side by side wth'origlua pro-
dqctlons Of tie most popular romancsts of the
Old World, will be. Placed the ch9 d'eucres OF
the most eniRient story-writers of the New. =
MISS NJ. e. BRADDON, ~
Authoress of "Aurora Floyd" "Lady Audley's
Secret, y .sJohn Marchmont's Legacy ETC., etc.,
wholhas suddenly risen, like Al, iii Lin.
=. A STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE ~
in the literary horizon Of Great Britain, has been
specially eDga@ed to supply TIE NEW YORK
MERCURY from time TO time with the wonder
full creations of her genius, at a cost which no
other weekly in America could venture to incur
Among the multitude of distinguished writers
and artists who have become familiar to the masses
through the vast circulation of the STAR tWEELY
OF AMERICA, may aforementioned the following,
all ofwhom are still upon its staff: Ill no
Dr..J.H. Robinson, co4sin Nay Carleton
Margaret Bioanh So ". O. Eaton.
Arthur NJ G,aiaycr, Jaiia S. Iagra9ana, rs
Grace Gardner, ~ @ Eaicard ,TVillen,
Ffliz 0. G. Darley, Mary Chief, -as.
HISS IL. e. Bradaon, r. George Albany. .,.
Scores of other distinguished lterati, under va
1s a,l,f ,buFa IN to
while its pictorial Illustrations are from the in
Irritable penciIof Felix 0. g. barley, Esq, the
best draIghtssnan Of the age. l,tB Esa,u
The War; which has given the coup dc grace to
so many pretentious publications and half de-
srroyed those that Still survive, has added thou
Sends to the circulation of TIE Nav YORK
MERCURY. = s..t% "a .ae,s y'
II, Its heart1stirring short stories, its military
hisoriettes its matchless serial romances its raey
bnrlesques, its genial wit and humor, its deli
cous gossip its fairy tales for little folks its rare
poetry, its fresh and igorous'editorals. the in.
finite variety of its contents, and, the large
amount 81 reading matter that II comprises, rem
der welcome everywhere, and TO all classes Of
society. Containing, ast does, a'tt at'
G T. i III FORTY COLUMNS .... rsgd
OF closely-printed matter, it may safely be pro-
nounced the cheapest, as well as the best Litcra-
ry Newspaper extant. ,A>". "a.
Three favoyite writer's, Doctor J.. H. Robinson,
Cousin May Carleton, and Md 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 REPRESENTATIVES. WEEKLY ofthe Western
World. so
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men and periodical dealers in America. To
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