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October 1, 1853
The Gonzales Inquirer
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
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Prospectus for the Southern Eclectic magazine, edited by J. L. Fittes and James M. Smythe, featuring selections from British, French, German, and American periodicals, with translations, aimed at providing affordable access to European literature and rivaling Northern publications.
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PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN ECLECTIC.
J. L. FITTES AND JAMES M. SMYTHE, EDITORS.
This work, the first number of which was issued in March, 1853, is composed mainly of Selections from the Periodical Literature of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States—chiefly, however, from that of Great Britain. In addition to American Journals, we have ordered and are constantly receiving by mail, the following European publications:
The Edinburgh Review
North British Review,
Westminster Review,
London Quarterly Review,
Eclectic Review.
Retrospective Review,
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
Eliza Cooke's Journal,
Household Words
United Service Journal,
Colburn's New Monthly
Dublin University Magazine
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,
Ainsworth's Magazine,
Fraser's Magazine,
Hood's Magazine,
Sharp's Magazine.
Tait's Magazine,
Gentleman's Magazine
Blackwood's Lady's Magazine
The Repository of Arts and Inventions,
Bentley's Miscellany,
Revue des deux Mondes,
Hogg's Instructor,
Annals of Natural
History.
Weser Zeitung
London Literate
Gazette,
The Navigator,
Cath: The Athenaeum, The Examiner,
These rare and costly publications, containing the best and choicest productions of the best writers of the age will be carefully examined, and their most attractive and valuable articles reproduced in the columns of the Eclectic. They form a fraction of the cost of any one of them, so that our readers will obtain the greatest profits of the whole.
Extracts from the French and German will be translated expressly for our work
The Magazine we now deliver to the public is the first attempt to introduce to the great body of readers ready made and adapted to their wants the rare wealth of European literature.
As such it is intended to supply a want long deeply felt and a long
cherished project of our publishers.
We only add that while we are giving the selections and reviews of all respectable kind known to man, we shall impart our own to make it in every respect equal to the vaunted Northern.
The Eclectic is conducted to advance, this. the
broad daily world, man's social code demanding it
is in the first attempt to introduce to the great body
of readers ready and to adapt to their wants
and wants, the rare wealth of European
As such it is intended to supply a want long deeply felt
and a long cherished project of our publishers.
We only add that while we are giving the
selections and reviews of all respectable known to man, we shall impart our own to make it in every respect equal to the vaunted Northern.
The Eclectic is conducted to advance, this. the
Brw dery womdh, sae's sendee cdadedeg di
by lege artate paged is dntle oalagst jrlate!
an good paguen aind are type qaaking toe Fehsmts
and peo yonges in the your
TERMS FOR ONE YEAR
Liberal arrangements are now made with Book sellers and Postmasters for extending the circulation of the work. The Eclectic will always be
whesinnd peindy Sy addo
J. L. Fittes,
Augusta
Ga
SOUTHERN ECLECTIC.
J. L. FITTES AND JAMES M. SMYTHE, EDITORS.
This work, the first number of which was issued in March, 1853, is composed mainly of Selections from the Periodical Literature of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States—chiefly, however, from that of Great Britain. In addition to American Journals, we have ordered and are constantly receiving by mail, the following European publications:
The Edinburgh Review
North British Review,
Westminster Review,
London Quarterly Review,
Eclectic Review.
Retrospective Review,
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
Eliza Cooke's Journal,
Household Words
United Service Journal,
Colburn's New Monthly
Dublin University Magazine
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,
Ainsworth's Magazine,
Fraser's Magazine,
Hood's Magazine,
Sharp's Magazine.
Tait's Magazine,
Gentleman's Magazine
Blackwood's Lady's Magazine
The Repository of Arts and Inventions,
Bentley's Miscellany,
Revue des deux Mondes,
Hogg's Instructor,
Annals of Natural
History.
Weser Zeitung
London Literate
Gazette,
The Navigator,
Cath: The Athenaeum, The Examiner,
These rare and costly publications, containing the best and choicest productions of the best writers of the age will be carefully examined, and their most attractive and valuable articles reproduced in the columns of the Eclectic. They form a fraction of the cost of any one of them, so that our readers will obtain the greatest profits of the whole.
Extracts from the French and German will be translated expressly for our work
The Magazine we now deliver to the public is the first attempt to introduce to the great body of readers ready made and adapted to their wants the rare wealth of European literature.
As such it is intended to supply a want long deeply felt and a long
cherished project of our publishers.
We only add that while we are giving the selections and reviews of all respectable kind known to man, we shall impart our own to make it in every respect equal to the vaunted Northern.
The Eclectic is conducted to advance, this. the
broad daily world, man's social code demanding it
is in the first attempt to introduce to the great body
of readers ready and to adapt to their wants
and wants, the rare wealth of European
As such it is intended to supply a want long deeply felt
and a long cherished project of our publishers.
We only add that while we are giving the
selections and reviews of all respectable known to man, we shall impart our own to make it in every respect equal to the vaunted Northern.
The Eclectic is conducted to advance, this. the
Brw dery womdh, sae's sendee cdadedeg di
by lege artate paged is dntle oalagst jrlate!
an good paguen aind are type qaaking toe Fehsmts
and peo yonges in the your
TERMS FOR ONE YEAR
Liberal arrangements are now made with Book sellers and Postmasters for extending the circulation of the work. The Eclectic will always be
whesinnd peindy Sy addo
J. L. Fittes,
Augusta
Ga
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Essay
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Political
What keywords are associated?
Southern Eclectic
Magazine Prospectus
European Literature
Periodical Selections
Northern Rivalry
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J. L. Fittes And James M. Smythe, Editors.
Literary Details
Title
Prospectus Of The Southern Eclectic.
Author
J. L. Fittes And James M. Smythe, Editors.
Subject
Introduction Of Selections From European And American Periodical Literature To Southern Readers
Key Lines
This Work, The First Number Of Which Was Issued In March, 1853, Is Composed Mainly Of Selections From The Periodical Literature Of Great Britain, France, Germany, And The United States
We Shall Impart Our Own To Make It In Every Respect Equal To The Vaunted Northern.