Chicago Magazine The West As It Is

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ISBN 13 : 9781330805800
Total Pages : 112 pages
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Download or read book Chicago Magazine, 1857 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chicago Magazine, 1857: The West as It Is The Association in whose name this Magazine is published, have undertaken this work, they trust, with a consciousness of its responsibilities and the difficulties that must be encountered. But the self-evident importance of a publication of this kind is their justification, and their reliance for the support that will be needed for its continuance. We are conscious that the world is full of Magazines, and various periodical publications, enlisted for the advocacy of every department of human knowledge and human progress; that there are a number of very valuable and popular monthlies, which flow into every ramification of society, forming an apparent monopoly of magazinedom so that, it would seem, there is not room enough even for one more in the world's literary omnibus. Well, if it be so, we are content to take an outside passage, for we belong to that particular genus of enterprises that likes an open sea of experiment an open range, with vision unchecked, in a pure outside atmosphere. Like the outside rider, on the slow coach of exploration over our new western regions, in days not long gone, we are conscious of our position; that we are in a great country, where there is room enough for all, the largest liberty for every body, and every thing, with a fair chance of success to all; and in the characteristic Western phrase, "the largest number of persimmons to the longest pole." Our title sets forth that this is to be a Chicago Magazine, and that it is to portray the West as it is. There is a concentration of glorious destiny in a happy baptism. No genius wearing the cognomen of Scroggs, can ever bear the standard of pre-eminence in this age; and John Smith, we will warrant, though he may help to fill the police reports, and may ascend to the dignity of a Justice of the Peace, will never be President of the United States; and Laura Matilda is hopelessly environed in her sphere of the sentimental novel. If we have attained the true region of manhood in the selection of our title, we shall consider our christening propitious, and an assurance that the battle is half won. We believe failure was never yet wedded to Chicago. And the Chicago Magazine has a ring of vitality about it, which will distinguish it from all soft metal - has a pre-ordained character of respectability, and a guarantee of success - while Literary Magazine, or even Western Magazine, will go quietly to the death-bed of indifference. The West as it is, is a pass word that will go like the electric chain of thought from one end of the Union to the other. "Chicago" and the "West as it is," have become national, whatever may be the conclusions of philosophers in regard to the character of political parties. 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.