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ADVER TESE MENT.
SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE KNIcKER
BOOKER MAGAZINE.

BOOKER MAGAZINE.
The January number OF The .Knick
erbocker, or New.York Monthly
MsSs zine commences new volume,
and will form the twenty first number
issued under the supervision Of It's
present 'Proprietors and Editors. In
the brief Advertisement by which the
new series was introduced o the public
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 ia behalf Of the work,
and that, as it was thereafter to de.
pend rather upon its merits, than up
on frequent announcements Of the
future excellence to which it was to al
tain, ii was submitted 10 its readers
with the conR2 ent hope that it would
prove deserving Of the public favor.
This hope has not been disappointed.
Up 10 the present moment, The Jour-
naIs Of the different States in the Uni.
on, to the nH mbev of more than six
huOdred,) and thst silent but convn
cling sligo, steady iWcreate Of patron.
age, have borne testimony, that the
IaborS Of the msny eminent writer's
presented to the public rhro' tbe medi
um Of This periodical have not been
undervaIued, While, therefore, the
publishers acknowledge with graft
lude the kindness with which thrir
exertiOns have been received, they
would take this occasion 10 repeal.
that their eFJrls will b. urliring, and
lhalin ratio with The enbancemenI,
Il lI:efr sblily, through the liberallty
Of the public, will be their endeavors
without regard to labor or expense
to ca'er accyptsbIy for the various
literary appetites ofa wide National
com maniry. The sabjoined is g
brief plan Of The work, Its Original
papers will be so vsryed ssto form a
combination Of the Uesfu with the
Entertaining and the Agreeable.
These will embrace the departments
OF Useful Science, EssayS, Tales and
Poetry whish may deserve the name.
The Literary Notices will comprise
summary and candid reviews Of new
works, with such extracts, when prac'
licable, as may be necessary to eVIrce
the Justice oCthe accompanying crili. !
icisms. The Editors Tables will BE-
devoted TO The familiar discussion Of
local and general matters,--inc udins
the Drama, The Fine Arts etc. The
publishers design to make he Msga.
zine agreeable to The old and young
TO the sedate and the gay,--tO all par.
ties in politics. { subject from
which, being non partizlns, they
stand all alOOf1 tn mingle the val.
uable with the amusing, -and 10 pur-
sue the tenor cftheir way, with cordi
al feelings towards all cotemporaries.
The work will contain between so
and 90 pages, Of q close and beautiful
type, per mOnth,-msking two vol.
Imss, of upward Of thousand pages,
It the end ofthe year. And the pro.
orietors believe they may safely affirm
hat. as regards beauty of execution,
he Knickerbocker Magazine will not
Iufer in comparison with aOy similar
publication foreign or domestic. II tmay
lot be amisS 10 say in addition 10 many
whose merits are incon.
estable, and whose tslents are honor.
BILE to the country, this Magazine
will be found, before the close Of the
eventh vol. TO contain articles from
he pens Of James K. PauldiOg, W.
J Bryant, The Rev, Timothy Flint,
I. w. LonSfellow, author Of 'Outre. /.
Ner,' DR.. R. M. Bird, author Of Po
er Simple Jacob faithful Jsphet :
n search of a Falher,' ETC., William !
4egget, author of NAVAL stories,' e. 4