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Douglas Jerrold's Magazine. Were We Simp...
DOUGLAS JERROLD'S MAGAZINE . Were we simply to follow our own wish , this page would contain no syllable beyond the subjoined brevity ; ( namely , tbat)—On the First of May , was published , NUMBER I ., of the ILLUMINATED MAGAZIN-E . ( PRICE ONE SHILLING . ) EDITED BY DOUGLAS JERROLD .
YES ; we would content ourselves with the above laconic sentence , in tbe bigoted belief that no minute and radiant painting of the work to come—no harmonious promise of its future excellence ever yet—so wayward is the human heart ' . —secured a reader past the experimental NUMBER ONE . A PROSPECTUS may be likened to the miniatures of kings and queens exchanged preliminary to marriage . It may present a fascinating promise of grace and loveliness , and so bring the parties together ; but once brought , their after good-liking must depend upon themselves . It is provokinghoweverthat the simile does not hold throughoutinasmuch the reader is
, , ; as only wedded to a book ( surely this evil calls for statutable remedy !) just so long as the said book shall content him . Thus , we shall endeavour to portray the features of our work , with the conviction , that however glowingly they may be painted in this miniature page , their welcome must entirely depend upon their own flesh and blood , and the healthful spirit that shall animate them . And first , " to make our title good . " It has been said— " Ha ! the Illuminated Magazine ! Of course 'twill be a thing like cardinal ' missalenriched and adorned with fi ?
a s , painted gures " No , it will not . Figures and objects of every kind there assuredly will be , illustrative of the text in its every variety of Essay — Narrative — History — of social right and wrong—of the trayedy of real life , as of its folly , its whim , its mere burlesque . These " Illuminations" —for we use the word in its original , and not in its convential sense—though colourless , will be so placed and scattered , that Literature may , it is hoped , reveal new graces by the pure light of Art . We have already almost indicated the literary contents of the work Pensstained with
. , honourable ink—quills that have already " made the grove harmonious "_ are employed for us . Our prime object will be variety of matter ; so that the readers of THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE , like the lovers of pine-apples , may choose us , some for one flavour , some for another , and some , and , we trust , the greater number , for all . We shall endeavour to assert a strong and healthful constitution . Thus we shall give no encouragement to literature , when she presents herself with the mincing grace and holiday phrase of a consumptive prude , —but a hearty welcome to her with truth and nature upon her side h her talk be loftier
, thoug no than a milk-maid ' s . We care not for the civet of very fine boudoir-writing , preferring—such is our homeliness—the odour of the mere hawthorn . THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE will contain ample reviews of the literature of the day . Without—bashaw-like—dismissing some fifty books per page with Turkish fashion , a line about the neck of each—it will address itself to a consideration of the principal works of the past month , of those few that aspire to standard worth and duration . THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE will be printed on a handsome 4 to such size being
. page , considered best adapted to an illustrated text;—and will consist of eight sheets , in double columns . The Artists engaged upon the ivork—to register their names will , it is thought , be a sufficient guarantee of its graphic character , are—KENNY MEADOWS , LEECH , HINE , BROWNE , AND SARGENT .
London : Published at the Office of THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE , No . 2 , Crane-court , Fleet-street—where all communications are requested to be addressed ; sold also b y Messrs . Longman and Co ., Whittaker and Co ., Simpkin and Co ., and Sherwood and Co . ; and hy all Booksellers in town and country . % * No . 2 was published on the 1 st of June . No . 3 will appear on the 1 st of July .
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Douglas Jerrold's Magazine. Were We Simp...
DOUGLAS JERROLD'S MAGAZINE . Were we simply to follow our own wish , this page would contain no syllable beyond the subjoined brevity ; ( namely , tbat)—On the First of May , was published , NUMBER I ., of the ILLUMINATED MAGAZIN-E . ( PRICE ONE SHILLING . ) EDITED BY DOUGLAS JERROLD .
YES ; we would content ourselves with the above laconic sentence , in tbe bigoted belief that no minute and radiant painting of the work to come—no harmonious promise of its future excellence ever yet—so wayward is the human heart ' . —secured a reader past the experimental NUMBER ONE . A PROSPECTUS may be likened to the miniatures of kings and queens exchanged preliminary to marriage . It may present a fascinating promise of grace and loveliness , and so bring the parties together ; but once brought , their after good-liking must depend upon themselves . It is provokinghoweverthat the simile does not hold throughoutinasmuch the reader is
, , ; as only wedded to a book ( surely this evil calls for statutable remedy !) just so long as the said book shall content him . Thus , we shall endeavour to portray the features of our work , with the conviction , that however glowingly they may be painted in this miniature page , their welcome must entirely depend upon their own flesh and blood , and the healthful spirit that shall animate them . And first , " to make our title good . " It has been said— " Ha ! the Illuminated Magazine ! Of course 'twill be a thing like cardinal ' missalenriched and adorned with fi ?
a s , painted gures " No , it will not . Figures and objects of every kind there assuredly will be , illustrative of the text in its every variety of Essay — Narrative — History — of social right and wrong—of the trayedy of real life , as of its folly , its whim , its mere burlesque . These " Illuminations" —for we use the word in its original , and not in its convential sense—though colourless , will be so placed and scattered , that Literature may , it is hoped , reveal new graces by the pure light of Art . We have already almost indicated the literary contents of the work Pensstained with
. , honourable ink—quills that have already " made the grove harmonious "_ are employed for us . Our prime object will be variety of matter ; so that the readers of THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE , like the lovers of pine-apples , may choose us , some for one flavour , some for another , and some , and , we trust , the greater number , for all . We shall endeavour to assert a strong and healthful constitution . Thus we shall give no encouragement to literature , when she presents herself with the mincing grace and holiday phrase of a consumptive prude , —but a hearty welcome to her with truth and nature upon her side h her talk be loftier
, thoug no than a milk-maid ' s . We care not for the civet of very fine boudoir-writing , preferring—such is our homeliness—the odour of the mere hawthorn . THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE will contain ample reviews of the literature of the day . Without—bashaw-like—dismissing some fifty books per page with Turkish fashion , a line about the neck of each—it will address itself to a consideration of the principal works of the past month , of those few that aspire to standard worth and duration . THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE will be printed on a handsome 4 to such size being
. page , considered best adapted to an illustrated text;—and will consist of eight sheets , in double columns . The Artists engaged upon the ivork—to register their names will , it is thought , be a sufficient guarantee of its graphic character , are—KENNY MEADOWS , LEECH , HINE , BROWNE , AND SARGENT .
London : Published at the Office of THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE , No . 2 , Crane-court , Fleet-street—where all communications are requested to be addressed ; sold also b y Messrs . Longman and Co ., Whittaker and Co ., Simpkin and Co ., and Sherwood and Co . ; and hy all Booksellers in town and country . % * No . 2 was published on the 1 st of June . No . 3 will appear on the 1 st of July .