With such miiterials, mid with such uhlc fellow
luhorem in tho literary vineyard, w hope to pre
sent to tlm American reader a weekly journal of
Ureal value mid unusual excellence. J lie panicle
of inero liuiiies will ho seduously avoided. Tho
.Mi 11 lion will he rriiuiikiihle, we hope, rather fur
Hood nrlii'lcs without iiuiues, lliiin lor poor arli
elm with ilistiunuisheil niinin. It will einhracu
in itn m opn rrery department if tbgnnt litera
ture, roinprisiiit! tales of romance, sketches of so
ciety and mini ne r, eiitiuient, und cvery-day
life, pi. punt (Huayn, dnuiestii; and foreinn corres
peiuhiuee, literary intellii;eiiee, wit and humor,
fashion and u-issip, poetry, tin; line arts, ami lite
rary, miisieul und dramatic criticisms. lis re
views nf lie iv works will ho careful; discririiiiiu
1 1 it and iiiiparlial. It wi'l aim to foster a litem
In n; suited to tho lasto und desired of tho ajjo and
country. Its tendency will he cheerful und en
livening, as well as improving. U will seek to
ratify every refined taiti, hut never to offend the
most fastidious, and it will ever feel its duly to
he, to ' turn the sunny side of things to human
eyes."
Tho work will ho puhlisn'.l every Saturday, in
nuiiihurs of sixteen l.iryo superroyal pnyes, with
doiihlo columns, ami enclosed in a lieut nrnaincn
tut cover. Il will form, at the end of tho year,
two Hiiperh volumes, each of four hundred und
sixteen pui;es, filled with tho gems uf literature
and tho lino arts.
