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ADVERTISE MENT.
SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE KNIcKER
BOOKER MAGAZINE.


SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE .KNICKER
BOOKER MAGAZINE.
The January number of The Knick
erbocker, or New.York Monthly
| Magazine commences a new volume,
and will form the twenty first number
issued under the supervision Of i,s
present Proprietors and Editors. Ia
The brief Advertisement't1y which the
new series was introduced to hepublic
whose patronage was Only so far soil
cited, as it should seem to be deser.
ved,-that the assistance Of some of
the ablest pens 'in the country had
been secured in behalf OF the work,
and that, ss it was thereafter 10 de.
pend rather upon its meFitJ, than up.
on frequent announcements Of the
future excelleneeto which it was 10 al
lain, ii was submitted to is readers
with the confident hope that it would
prove deserving OF the public favor.
This hope has not been Disappointed.
Up to the present moment, the Jour
mails Of The different States in the Uni.
on, Ito the number of more than six
hundredy) y and that silent bot convin.
cling sign, a steady increase Of patron
age, have borne testimony, that the
labors Of the many eminent writer's
presented to the public thro' The medi
um Of this periodical have not been
undervaIued. While, therefore, the
publishers acknowledge with graft
tude the kindness vita which their
exertioDs have been received, they
would take this occasion 10 repeat,
that their efforts willbe untiring, and
that in a ratio with the enhancement,
ef tt.eir ability, through the lIberaIIIy
Of the public, will be their endeavors
without regard to labor or expense
to cater acceptabIy for the various
literary appelites o(a wide National
community. The subjoined is
brief plan of The work, rs Original
papers will be so varyed Us to tUrma
combination of The UesruI wi the
Entertaining and The Agreeable.
These will embraceNhe departments
of Useful science, Essays, Tales and
Poetry which may deserve the name.
The Literary Notices will comprise
summary aud candid reviews Of new
works, with such extracts, when prac
ticable, as may -benecessary TO evIEce
the Justice Of th4 accompanying cri'i.
icismS. The Editors i abIes will BE-
devoted to the familiar discussion Of
local and general matters,-inc uding
the Drama, The Fine Arts, etc. The
publishers design 10 make the Mega
zine agreeable to he old and young
to the sedate and the gay,-,o all par
ties 10 politics. a subject from
which, being non partiz'ns, they
stand all aloof,) to minsIe the val
uable with the amusing. and 10 pur.
sue the tenor CT their way, with cordi
al feelings towards all contemporaries.
The work will cOnlaia bel ween SO
and 80 pages, OF a close and beautiful
type, per monlh,-msking two vol
umes, olupward of thousand pages,
at the end Of The year. And the pro.
prietOrs believe they may safely affirm
that. as regards beauty of execution,
The Knickerbocker Magazine will mol
suffer in comparison with any similar
publication foreign or domestic. II may
not beamiss TO say 10 addition 10 many
contributors whose merits are incon.
testable, and whose tSlents are homer
able to the country, this Magazine
will be found, before the close Of the
seventh vol. TO contain articles from
the pens of James X. Paulding, w,
C. Bryant, the Rev, Timothy Flint,
II. w. LongfeIIow, author Of '0atre.
Mer,' Dr. r. NJ. Bird, author of Pc
ter Simple Jacob faithful JapheI
in search Of Father, ETC., William
Legge,, author of Naval Slories,' E.
L. Bulwer, author Of pelham, ,"Deve-
reux,' ect. James G. PercivaI, ESQ;
william A. Duer, LII. D., President
Of Columbia College, William l.
Stone, Rev. Waller c ollon, author of
Ship and Shore,' Matthew Carey, Esq
Miss Fanny Kemble, lMrs. Buder,)
Gen. II. l.. d. HOIstein, author oil
Tsllsyrand,' Secret Police Of NapO.
leon,' etc. Mrs. H. Sigourney, Miss
Mary Anne Browne, London, Mrs
Elicit, Miss Leslie Rev. Calvin Col
ton, author of -Four Years 10 Europe.
Mrs. Daponte, Mrs S. A. Philips,
Rev J, F. Schroeder, MssL l. L. Lam
don, Henry r. Shoolcra(l, Esq, Ty.
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