1853, 
THE CULTIVATOR, 
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PROSPECTUS FOR 1854. 
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. 
UNRIVALED ARRAY OF TALENT. 
ripHE Proprietors of the POST, in again coming before the public, would return thanks for the generous patronage which 
X has placed them far in advance of every other Literary Weekly in America. And, as the only suitable return for such 
free and hearty support, their arrangements for«1854 have been made with a degree of liberality probably unequaled in the 
history of American newspaper literature. They have engaged as contributors for the ensuing year the following brilliant 
array of talent and genius :•— 
MRS. SOUTHWORTH—EMERSON BENNETT—MRS. DENISON—GRACE 
GREENWOOD AND FANNY FERN. 
In the first paper of January next, we design commencing an Original Novelet, written expressly for our columns, 
entitled „ 
THE BRIBE ©F THE WILDERNESS. 
BY EMERSON BENNETT , 
Author op “ Viola,” “Clara Moreland,” “The Forged Will,” etc. 
This Novelet, by the popular author of “ Clara Moreland,” we design following, by another, called 
THE STEP-MOTHER. 
BY MRS . MARY A. DENISON , 
Author of “ Home Pictures,” “ Gertrude Russell,” etc. 
We have also the promise of a number of 
SKETCHES BY GRACE GREENWOOD, 
Whose brilliant and versatile pen will be almost exclusively employed upon the Post and her own “ Little Pilgrim.” 
Mrs. Southworth—whose fascinating works are now being rapidly republished in England—also will maintain her old and 
pleasant connection with the Post. The next story from her gifted pen will be entitled, 
MIRIAM, THE AVENGER; OR, THE FATAL VOW. 
BY EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH, 
Author of “The Curse of Clifton,” “The Lost Heiress,” “The Deserted Wife,” etc. 
And last—not least—we are authorized to announce a series of articles from one who has rapidly risen very high in 
popular favor. They will be entitled a 
MEW SEMES OF SKETCHES, 
BY FANNY FERN, 
Author of “ Fern Leaves,” etc. 
We expect to be able to commence the Sketches by Fanny Fern— as well as the series by Grace Greenwood— in the 
early numbers of the coming year. 
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Super-phosphate of Lime. 
TN bags and barrels, made by C. B. DeBurgh, a warranted 
X pure and genuine article, for sale by 
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P RACTICAL Treatise on the Culture of the Grape Vine, 
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Price $1.00. 
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