The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-02-19
BIRFDHAY OF THE. STAR
\ PAPER OF gAMERICA-,a
THE THE NEW y i YORK RI ~ MERCURY I'R
For the Coming Year! .slea

"A FTER more than q quarter of O. century of
On 3uninterfupted success, THB New sYoRK
MERCURY standing first on the muster-roll of
the Literary Pressin this scountry-points proud
ly to its past career as a guarantee of new TIL
umphs in the future. as.s.
Here etofore, it has eclipsed ali rivalry but It
proposes to make the coming year menorableby
eelipssngs u.s. os0a past history, and looming up
before the world as the most marvellous lspeci-
men Of a fascinating, brilliant, amusing, and
comprehensive Literary Newspaper that has ever
been published in either hemisphere. "a -
90 THEGENIUS OFEUR0PEa
will be laid under contribution togiye brillancy
to columus and side by side with original pro-
ductlonsofr the most popular romancistso Of the
the most eminent story-writers of the New.
MISS NJ. e. BRADDON,
Authoress of "Aurora Floyd" "Lady .Audley's
Secret John Marchmont' Legacy" ETC., ETC.,
who has suddenly risen, like 5ddn ga gh,..s
,na A STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE a
in the literary horizon of Great Britain, has been
specially engaged. 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 writer's
and artists who have become familiar to the masses
through the vast circulation. of the STAR WEELY
OF AMERICA, may be mentioned the following,
all of whom are still upon its staff:
Dr.J.GH: R0eihsoa,T CSasias May Carleton,
Margaret BloaHt,s = - '-- W.40. Eaton. .lt i.
Ned Buratlins, ,ify, an George Martial, ,.sy
Arthur M. Granger, Julia S. Ingraham,
Grace Gardsier, ''.i@5 El,card WilleH, H'
Fslir o! O., ,Darley, M Harry CAig, 'g~.
Mss M. q. Braddon, lrGeorye Albany. ,.,.s
Scores of other, distinguished Hterati, under va
rious mons de PLANE, contribute to its columns,
while its pictorial Illustrations are from the in
initable pencil Of Felix o. @. barley, Esq, the
best draughtsnan of the age. asil 1l"H
n. The War, which has given the coup de grace to
80 many pretentous publications and half de-
sIroyed those that still survive has added thou
sands to the circulation Of The New YORK
liz Its .heart-stirring short stories, its military
historettes, its matchess serial romances, its racy
burlesques, its genial wit and humor, its deli
cions gossip itsfairy tales for little folks its
poetry, its fresh and vigorous editorials the. in
finite variety of its contents, and the large
amount Of reading matter that it itcomprises, rem
der welcome everywhere, and to all classes of
society. Containing, as ii does, "'li'i'
-Fl :. -, FORTY COLUMNS "gia' sai
of closely-printed matter, it may safely be pro-
nounced the cheapest, as well as the best Litera-
ry Newspaper extant. r-
Three favorite writer's, Doctor J. H. Robinson,
Cousin May Carleton, and Ned Buntlns, are
now preparing three stories for The NEW York
MERCURY. One Of these productions was COM
menced in the Opening Number'of the Now Year
The authors being.aware of this fact are engaged
in an cumulative contest for precedence, and the
result will unquesdonably be that the most effec-
tive story eva penned by any of tho three, will
commence in the NEW YEARS NUMBER of
the great REPRESENTATIVES, W sHKLy of the Western
World. ..,...,.,.,.., ,'.,,, r ....,.f..r IN
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