Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-08-26


TENTH VOLUME OF THE
KNIcKERBoCKER MAGAZINE.
81 national Periodical! LITERATURE says dis
,inpuished American statesman, lis the graceful or
nalnent of civil liberty. and happy restraint up
ON the asperi,es which political controversies scme
times OCCASION. 1t is establishment of society,
and difuses positive good throughout the whole ex-
tent of its influence And one OF scarcely less
eminence. both as man and a patriot, has decla-
red, that tLeisue and Money bestowed upon in
structive and entertaining periodical reading, can
never be abused or misapplied and it is honorable,
he adds to thousands in our country--ot our young
incubation especially---that both (oflen obtained
by much labor and self-denial,) are Literally and
worthily applied to this object. The good effects
of this propensity notconhned to present intel
lectual enjoyment; they pervade the future, WIN
an influence alike salutary and powerful Such
native literature as here alluded 10, it has been
the purpose of the Magazine, new volume OF
which is herewith announced to render honored at
home and respected abroad. Its editors have alm-
ed 10 suit their periodical to readers of every de-
nominalion-to make it generally tetalnlng anu
useful They have endeavored to blend lnstfuc-
ton with amusement---to pass from light ana gay
illusions to stern disHuisiton; to m'ngie efud.tioh
with wit: TO allure and please the studious and the
grave, as we'll as the lover Of light readings to the
former suggesting matter for reflection and remark,
infsing into the latter the love OF knowledge, ana
afordng TO both not inelegant nor uninstructiVe
relaxation and amusement.
On the first day of July 1887, will commence
the tenth volume of the kSlcKER BocKER,of NEW
York MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The publishers,
mindful of the favor with which their efforts have
been received at the hands Of the public, would EN-
brace the recurrence of new starting point, as a
fit occasion to slook backward and forward at the
past and prospective character and course OF their
periodical Within the brief space OF little
more than two years and a halt the NUMBER OF CO.
pies issued of the knickerbocker has increased from
less than FIVE hundred to more than four thousand
without other aid than the acknowledged merits OF
the work---acknowledged, not more explicitly oy
this unprecedented success, than by upwards OF
three thousand highly favorable notices of the
Magazine which, at different tmes have appeared
in the various journals of the United States emora-
cng those of the first and discriminating class,
, in every section of the Union. vi many hundreds
who desired specimen numbers, and to whom they
have heen sent for examination, previous TO SUD-
scribing, not ono but has found the work worthy Of
immediate subscription. A correct inference in
regard to the interest or quality Of the matter fur
nished by the publishers, may be gathered from the
foregoing facts. In relation to the quantity given,
it need only be said, that it has alwsys exceeded
the ma ximum promised, and in the numbers for the
last wear, by more than four hundred pages. OF
the ciearhess ana Deauty OF 'ns yposap "ss "a
ecutlon ana materiai OF inc Ahicheloo:Mei, a'"
the character OF Its si'o
not expected oy IT'S readers nor PROMISED ~ US
propriotors, nave heVef'he,ess pren nv
deemed necessary to speak. They Will challenge
comparison it is believed, with any similar period
cal.
1t has been observed, that the cons'an, am o.
the editors in the management OF the hnickefDock
CT, has been to make the work entertaining and
agreeable as well as solid and alscta". IS per,
haps owing to apreponderance OF these hrst named
characteristics, that It has become SO widely KNOWN
and popular series of numbers---such as the sodds
and Ends of Penny-a-Iiner,' 'Ollapodiana,' the
sPalmyra Letters AN Actors Alloquy,' Leaves
from tho Blank Book OF Country schooimaster,
Wilson'S Conworth,' sLife i'll Florida sLoaief-
iana,' srhe ElectIc,' Passages from the oo""oh-
place Book OF oeptuasenarian,' VOTES r E" :,e
Journals ottravels IN America, anu various o.e,n
has been devoted to interesting ares 'us''"ss
Americac society, manners ue ."es' s'' en' ad
cling, besides, stories OF me stories o. we ses' ""
of pathos and humor, upon srea. variety u SUI
jects, together with biographies, csehos' ana es-
says, upon numerous ana varied i'emes, lntei-
spersed with frequent ar''cles o! suc.
as to secure for the Magazine, IN inns aepa,'"ea.'
~ ati'y'''s pis -. " - M - ,ho
ther the sc,cnthc nor ieaTeo, 1ne sou n'' ~ NE
useful, has been omitted, or llgnuy iegarueo Cti-
ginal articles, from distinguished WRITER'S l"hicl
have attracted much attention i'll this country, ana
several of which have been COPIED ana iaudea a.
broad,) have appeared in the recent numbers OF
the work, upon the following sueJect:l
Past and Present state OF American Literature !;
South American Antiquities; lEland Naviga no, !;
Geology aud revealed Religion; Insanity ana Mon
onania Liberty ref'us Literature ana me lai,s
Early History oil the country C S,. y ."e
Physical Sciences; Atmospheric Electricity, anew
Theory Of magnetism, and Molecular Attraction;
American Female charac.er;; Pulmonary Con,
sumption; Pulpit Eloguence; The Prospects ana
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