The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Vol. 1

Download or read book The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Vol. 1 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Vol. 1: January to June, 1821 The length of the articles has been sometimes found fault with, as obstructive to variety. Were the Editor really convinced that his papers could be compressed and multiplied with advan tage, he would immediately and zealously act on this suggestion. But he has strong grounds for believing, that no benefit could be derived from his doing se. Ah augmented variety of articles would make it necessary either that individual correspondents should write on a greater number of subjects, some of which would necessarily be foreign to their particular habits and abili ties; or that the circle of his contributors should be widely ex tended. But to a very great number of contributors, it would not be possible for the proprietors of this, or of any other work, to offer acknowledgments for their communications, at all wor thy of their acceptance. It is-a truth neither unknown nor dis honourable, that no important periodical publication can be sup ported by gratuitous contributions. And for the usefulness of the literary profession, it is of no slight consequence that its honest industry should be profitable. Ut setting aside, if they should be thought indelicate, all ideas of profit, it is still 't a sorry invitation to literary men, to tell them that, whether eir subiiect be grave or gay, they must be stinted to a very few pages, an that their sentences are to be counted on the hugers of the Editor. Sometimes, it is true, and with painful feelings, he has been obliged to abridge the contributions of his coadjutors; but, on the Whole, the system of compression could not be carried to rigour without either alienating useful writers, or requesting to contribute mere scraps and fragments. Were the public even clearly disposed to patronize the scrap - system of literature, a spirited editor would be disposed to set his face against their taste. But England has, in fact, of late shown decided symptoms of a predilection for a very different system of periodical writing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.