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erb0cker, or NeW-1 orK MontnIy
Magazine commences new volume,
and will form the twenty-6rst number
issued under the supervision Of its
present Proprietors and Editors. In
The brief Advertisement by which the
new series wasintroduced TO the public
whose patronage was only SO far soil
cited, as it should seem 10 be deser-
d,-that the assistance OF some OF
the ablest pens ia the country had
been secured in behalf Of the work,
and that, as it was thereafter to de.
Lpend rather upon its merits, than up
on frequent announcements Of the
future excellence to which it was 10 at
tain, it was submitted to its readers
with the confident hope that il would
prove deserving Of the public favor.
This hope has net been disappointed.
Up to the present moment, the Jour
mails Of the different States ia the Uni
on, Ito the number of more than six
hundred,) aud that silent but conVl n
Ecing sign, a steady increase OfpatroH'
age, have borne testimony, that the
Ilabors Of the many eminent writer's
presented to the public thro' the sedi
um of this periodical have not been
undervaIued. While, therefore, the
publishers acknowledge with graft
4 tude the kindaess with which their
Iexertions have been received, they
would take this occasion TO repeat,
that their efforts willbe untiriOs, and
Ethat in a ratio with the enhancement,
ef their abiIity, through the libsralIty
of the public, will be theirendeavors
without regard to lsbr or expense
Ito cater acceptabIy for the various
literary appetites Ofa wide National
com munity. The su6joined is q
brief plan Of the work, It's Original
papers will be SO varyed aste form
combination Of the Uesful with the
Entertaining and the Agreeable.
These will embrace the departments
of Useful science, Essays, Tales and
Poetry which may deserve the name
The Literary Notices viii comprise
summary and candid reviews Of new
works. with such extracts, whea prac'
ticable, as may be necessary to evince
ihe Justice oCthe accompanying criti
Iicisms. The Editors Ta5Ies viii b.
devoted 10 The familiar discussion Ol
local and general maltsrS,-inC!udins
the Drama; The Fine Arts, etc. The
lppbIisbers design TO make the Maga'
hgreeahlesto the old and young
M aRdlhe gay,-tO all par
ss sllsl "a subject from
ng non.partiz4ns, they
lakn5 I6olO ito mingle the val
laabIa #lth the amusing. and TO pur'
sue the tenor cftheir way, with cordi
aEfeelings towards all contemporaries.
The work will contain bel ween 50
and 80 pages, Of a close and beautiful
Type, per month,-msking two vol
umes, of upward Of q thousand pages,
at the end Of the year. And the pro
prietors believe they may safely aifirm
that. as regards beauty of execution,
The Knickerbocker Magazine will moi
softer in comparison with any similar
publicatiOa foreign or domestic. 1t may
not be smiss to say in addition to many
contributors whose merits are incon-
able, and whose ttlents are honor
able to The country, this Magazine
will be found, before the close OF the
seventh vol. 10 contain articles from
| the pens Of James K. PsdIding. w,
C. BrS ant, The Rev, Timothy Flint,
| II. w. LoOgleIlow, author Of 'OI're'
Mer,' DR.. R. NJ. Bird, suhW Of Pc
Ter Simple Jacob faithful tJaphet
10 search Of Father, etc, William
Legget, aulhor Of Naval SlOries,' E.
l. Bulwer, author Of 't'eIham,"Deve.
reux,' ect. James &. Percival, Esq;
William A. Duer, LII. D., President
Of ColUmbia College, William l.
Stone, Rev. Walter C oltOn, author OF
Ship and Shore Matthew Carey, Esq
Miss Fanny KembIe, (Mrs. Buller,)
Gen. Il. L. D. HOlstein, author Oi
Talleyrand,' Secret Police Of NapO.
Ieon,' e,c. Mrs. II. SigourHey, Miss
Mary Anne Browne, London, Mrs
Elicit, Miss Leslie Rev. Calvin Col
ion, author Of -Four Years ia Europe.
Mrs. Dapoale, Mrs. S. A. Philips,
Rev ]. F. Schroeder, Miss L. Z. Ian.
don, Henry r. ShOolcraft, Esq. Ty'
rome Power, Rev. Constantine Z. PiSe
Col. McKenuy, Hon. d. D. Barnard
B. w. Richards, ESQ.,, Robert Nor
ris, Esq Dr.. John Barber, Professor
Of Elocution, w. b, Chorley, Liver
pool, translator Of Korner, w. Fisher
Ames, Esq, Philadelphia, w. D.
Berrien, ESQ, George, Professor l.
l. DapoDte, w. g. Simms, author Of
Guy Rivers n. B ThstCher, aHlhor
of q 'Biogrsphy of the Aborigines Ol
lAmericU.p Samuel l.. Knapp. DR.