WE HOPE THAT EVERY" CHRISTIAN PARENT AND TEACHER WILL SUBSCRIBE TO SEARS' 

 NEW MONTHLY FAMILY MAGAZINE." — New York Morning Chronicle. 



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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC. 



The Cheapest and Best FAMILY MAGAZINE in America! 



" Education is the guardian of liberty, and the bulwark of morality. Knowledge and Virtue are gen- 

 erally inseparable companions, and are in the moral, what light and heat are in the natural world, the 

 illuminating and vivifying principle. Circulate good and cheap books, by the thousand and tens of thou- 

 sands ! Every effort ought to be made to encourage and patronize them. By so doing, we fortify our 

 own free institutions ; for all must admit that the great bulwark of our security is to be found in edu- 

 cation — the culture of the heart and the head, the diffusion of knowledge, piety, and morality." 



In JANUARY, 1843, was Published at Richmond, Va., by A. S. Maddox, 

 The First NUMBER of 



* SEARS' 



NEW MONTHLY FAMILY MAGAZINE; 



A Monthly Miscellany of Moral and Religious Instruction, embellished with numerous Engravings. To be pub- 

 lished on the first of every month, in parts of 40 to 50 large octavo pages each, (double columns,) at 20 cents 

 per part, payable on delivery. Mail subscribers Two Dollars per annum, invariably in advance. 

 In offering sucn a Miscellany as the above Periodical to the Public, we wish to make it clearly understood, what 

 is the object proposed to be accomplished by its publication, and what will invariably be the character of its con 

 tents ; and by no species of disguise, or form of deception, attempt to make an impression, or gain a favor, with' 

 out possessing a legitimate claim to their enjoyment. " Sears' Family Magazine," is a Periodical whose ob- 

 ject is to collect, condense, and systemize the great mass of standard general knowledge, contained in works so 

 numerous and voluminous as to be altogether beyond the reach of mankind in general ; and thus collected and 

 prepared, to place it, by its cheapness and comprehensiveness, within the acquisition of all. 



That a desire for information, and a taste for reading, have increased beyond all that the most sanguine expec- 

 tations of the men of the past generations could have predicted, is unquestionable ; and numbers of individuals, 

 taking advantage of this mental craving, have supplied, in overwhelming abundance, the most unwholesome and 

 deadly food, rather than such substantial and healthy provision as wouid have nourished and invigorated the hun- 

 gry soul. The Press, at the present period, teems frightfully with publications of the most demoralizing and 

 ruinous tendency ; the influencing nature of which, and their immoral character, may easily be traced in the con- 

 duct and dispositions of thousands among whom they are circulated. The object, therefore, of the present Mag- 

 azine, is to furnish the heads of families, in the middle and humbler classes of society, as well as the youth of 

 buth sexes, with a work which will not merely possess the negative quality of not being injurious, but in which 

 the positive one of being really useful, will alone be found ; so that while it provides them with pleasing inform- 

 ation on a variety of subjects, it will at the same time give a healthy tone of feeling to their minds, and become 

 instrumental, it is hoped, in rendering them more happy in themselves and in their families— more useful in the 

 various relations of life which they sustain— better members of society at large, and prepare them for a state 

 where all is absolute perfection. One particular feature of this new Magazine will be an entire freedom from all 

 sectarian spirit, and a careful avoidance of political »hd controversial subjects in its pages, making it a work suita- 

 ble for all who profess and call themselves Christians, and proper to be read at all times. 



Such is the brief outline of the object and character of our new publication ; to join in the promotion of the 

 interests of which, we respectfully invite the Ministers and Christians of all denominations, assuring them 

 that we will spare neither pains nor expense to make it worthy of their confidence and support. 



IC? Please to read the following, from the Editor of the " United States Literary Advertiser," for January, 

 1S43 : — " A new and great literary enterprise has been commenced by Robert Sears, which has for its object the 

 diffusion of Popular Information on General Knowledge, to be called 'Sears' Family Magazine.' We wish all 

 success to this deserving endeavor in behalf of popular instruction, and as we hear it is to be profusely embellish- 

 ed, and to include among its contents the quintessence of all the valuable contributions of the London ' Penny 

 Magazine,' Chambers' ' Edinburgh Journal,' and other admirable works of their class, we cannot doubt but that 

 it will successfully compete with these in point of intrinsic value." 



VlT AGENTS WANTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.^ 

 The Proprietors of the above magazine will be happy to employ Postmasters, Clergymen, Students, or others, 

 who may wish to act as Agents. For particulars as to remuneration, &c. please address the subscriber, postpaid, 

 without which no letter will be taken from the office. A. S. MADDOX, Richmond, Va. 



. IC7* Sold by all Periodical and Newspaper Publishers and Agents, Postmasters, and Booksellers, throughout 

 the UnitSd Staces and British North Amer. Provinces. No subscription received for a less period than one year. 



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An easy method to procure a copy of " Sears 1 Bible Biography." 

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 X^y Any person either subscribing himself, or procuring a new subscriber to u Seay-s 1 Family Mag- 

 azine," for one year, and remitting $3.50 current funds, free of all expense, to the publisher , shall re- 

 ceive a copy of that periodical for one year } and a volume of either of the above works, to be kept subject 

 to his order. 



H7* Persons in the City of Richmond, Va., who may find it inconvenient to subscribe for one 

 year to the Magazine, can be supplied at their own doors, by city carriers, at 20 cents per number, 

 -payable on delivery, with the privilege of discontinuing whenever they may see proper. 



"WE PREDICT THAT THE PUBLISHER WILL HAVE 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS. IT IS INDEED 

 DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES, CLASSES, AND CONDITIONS." — New York Youth's Cabinet. 



