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Graham's Magazine Vol XVIII No. 4 April 1841

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Title:Graham's Magazine Vol XVIII No. 4 April 1841
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Graham, George R.   
(23 of 94 for author by title)
Graham's Magazine Vol XVIII No. 5 May 1841
Graham's Magazine Vol XVIII No. 3 March 1841
Published:   1841
Publisher:George R. Graham & Co
Tags:compendium, literature, magazine, periodical, poetry, book reviews, mixed fiction/nonfiction
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This issue of Graham’s contains the continuation of the stories “The Reefer of ’76”, “The Lady Isabel” and “The Confessions of a Miser”. Of special interest in this issue is “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allen Poe, and this was the first printing of this now famous story. Poe also wrote the extensive review of Night and Morning by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton) which you will find in “Review of New Books”. Also included in this issue are an assortment of other articles and poems, as well as the latest Fashions for April 1841. [Suggest a different description.]

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Author Bio for Graham, George R.

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Graham first began his publishing work with an editorial position with the Saturday Evening Post. Its owner Samuel C. Atkinson announced on November 9, 1839, that he had sold the Post to Graham and John S. Du Solle. He then became the proprietor of Atkinson's Casket. At the age of 27, Graham combined the fledgling publication with Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in December 1840. The acquired publication had 3,500 subscribers, bringing his total list to 5,000. In its first year, that number jumped to 25,000. Success was partially owed by Graham's willingness to include brand new engravings and illustrations at a time when most monthly publications were re-using old plates from other magazines. He also paid his freelance writers very well. In fact, in later years, a "Graham page" was the new standard of payment for magazine work.

Edgar Allan Poe was hired as an editor and writer in February 1841. Graham agreed to help Poe with his planned journal The Penn if Poe worked for him for six months. By all accounts, Poe and Graham got along very well and had a good working relationship. Poe was paid $800 per year while Graham boasted $25,000 in profits. Poe originally called this salary "liberal" but later referred to it as "nambypamby" when compared to Graham's profits. Graham's Magazine was the first to publish many of Poe's works, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Colloquy of Monos and Una". Poe left the magazine in April 1842.

Allegedly, Poe had offered first publication of "The Raven" to Graham, who refused. He may have given $15 to Poe as a friendly charity, but did not like the poem. Graham made it up to Poe a short while later by publishing the essay "The Philosophy of Composition" in which Poe tells of his inspiration for his famous poem and the technique of writing well.

After Poe's death, Graham defended him against critics like Griswold. In March 1850, he published in his magazine "Defense of Poe" and, four years later in February 1854, "The Genius and Characteristics of the Late Edgar Allan Poe."

Graham and his magazine worked with many other notable authors including William Cullen Bryant, James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Russell Lowell and others.

In 1848, he sold his magazine to Samuel Dewee Patterson, though he retained the title of editor. A year later, artist John Sartain, whose engravings had become a major selling point of Graham's, left to found his own journal, Sartain's Union Magazine. By 1850, Graham was able to buy back his interest in Graham's Magazine with the help of friends who sympathized with his financial woes. However, competition with Harper's New Monthly Magazine caused significant drops in subscriptions, as did the lack of an international copyright. Charles Godfrey Leland took over when Graham left the magazine in 1853 or 1854 and Graham's Magazine ceased publication in 1858.--Wikipedia

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