Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-08-05
TENTH VOLUME OF THE
kkIcK ERBOCkER MAGAZINE.


nanent OF civil liberty, and a happy restraint up
n,he asperities which political Controversies somc-
times OCCASION II is an establishment of society,
and ditflses positive good throughout the whole
tent OF its influence And one of scarcely less
emnence, boih as man and patriot, has dacla-
red, that ti.eisu.e AID Money bestowed upon in
structve and entertaining periodical reading, can
never be abused OF misappsd; and it IS honorable,
he adds, to thousands in our country-of our young
population especially that both Often obtained
by much labor and sai-denial,) are literally and
worthily applied TO this object. Tbs good effects
OF this propensity are not confined present intel
lectual enjoyment; they pefSade the future, with
an influence alike salutary and powerful Such
native literature as is here alluded to, it has been
the purpose of the Magazine, new volume Of
which is herewith announced, 10 render honorod at
home and respected abroad. its editors have aim
ed TO suit their periodical TO readers of every de-
nominaton--to make 1t generally entertaining and
useful They have enIeavored TO blend instruc-
ton with amusemeht---to pass from Light and gay
illusions to stern disquisitioa TO mng1e erudition
with wit: 20 allure and please the stidious and the
grave, as well as the lorero light reading; to the
former suggesting matter for reflection and remark,
nfusing into the latter the love of knowledge, aud
afording TO both not n2esant nor uninstructive
relaxation and amusement.
On the first day of July 1881, viii commence
YoR9 MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The publishers,
mindful of the favor with which their efforts have
been received at tho bands OF the public, would EN-
brace the recurrence OF n nav starting point, as a
fit occasion 'Iook backward and forward at the
past and prospective character and Of their
periodical. Within the brief space of little
more than two years and half the number of CO.
pies issued of the knickerbocker has Increased from
less than five hundred to more than four thousand
A..
the work acknowledged, not more explicitly by
this unprecedented uccess, than By upwards of
three thousand highly favorable notices of the
Magazine, which, at d fierent tiniss haze appeared
in the various journals of the Unitsd tatss, embra-
cling those of the first aud most discriminating class,
in every ssction of the onion. Ofmany hundreds
who desired specimen numbers, and TO whom they
have heen sent for examination, previous to sub
scribing, not one but has found the work worthy Of
immediate subscription. A correct inference in
regard 10 the interest quality OF the matter fur
nished by the publishers, may be gathered from the
foregoing is,s. IN relation the quantity given,
il need only be said, that it has alwsys exceeded
the ximum promised, and in the numbers for the
last year, by more than four hundred pagcs. Oh
the ciearness aud boaury of the typographical eX-
ecution and material of the knickerbocker, and
the character of its altho'
not expected by its readers, nor promised by its
propriotors, have nevertheless baen gven- il is not
deemed necessary to speak. They Will challenge
comparison it is believed, with any similar periot-
ical
1t has bsen observed, that the constant aim OF
the editors in the management Of tho knickerbock-
or, has been to make the work entertaining and
agreeable MS well as solid aud uaefA 1t IS por-
haps owing to preponderance of these first named
characteristics, thatit has become 30 wide known
to the public In addition to scvcralwell known
and popular series Of nuuibers--sich as the sOdds
and Ends Of Penny-a-liner,' sOllapodiana,' the
palmyra Letters IAN Actors AlloGuy,' sLeayes
f.om the Blank Book of n Country sSchoolpaster,'
Wilson's Conwof,h,' si.ifa in Floid,, tiIoaier-
iana,' The Electic,' Passages from the Common
place Book of a Septlascnarian,' Notes from the
journals oftrayels in America md various Foreign
Countries, She Fidget Papers,' etc.--liberal space
has been devoted TO interesting aies. illustrating
Americac society, manners, the times, ETC. emna
cling, besides, stories Of the stories Of the sea- Hn'
Of path0s and huinor, upon great variety u 'uo'
jects, together with biographies, LEGENDS anu %
says, upon numerous and varied themes, 'ntcf-
spersed with freonen, articles OF such a discripion
as to secure for the Magazine, IN tins oapas'hen.,
a gratifying pre-eminence and CELEBRITY. Du1 nv
ther the scientific nor learned, the sol,a nor INC
useful has been omitted, or lightly regarded. Orl-
ginal articles, from distinguished "'i'ois, lwH'c
Ia Va attracted much attention in TINS country, aud
several Of which have been cople' a .au"o
broad,) have appeared in inc re:en' nu'no,fs ~
the work, upon the following SUBJECT
Pas. asd presen, state Of American Literature;
s.o,,,n ,n.yican Antiquities; Inland rla.aigation;
Geology and revealed Religion inssni and Mon
EarIv History Of the Country; 3Gonnsxion Of the
PHYSICAL Sciences; Atmos phoric Electricity, new
Theory Of Magnetism, and Molecular Attraction;
american Femnla Character; Pulmonary Con-
sumption; Pulpi. Elpquence; The Prospects and
Duties of the Age; Health Of Europe and Amor
lea; Literary Protection and Intsrnational Copy
Right; Poetry of the Inspired Writings; Chinese
Nations and Languages; Chemistry Laboratory
of Nature); The Past, the Present, and the Flu
,ure Our Country, with Comnenis OH i,s patics,
Laws, Public Schools, and Sketches Of American
Society, Mon, Educ .,tion, Manners, and Scenery;
Philosophy of the Rosciciucians; Intolleotua! Phi
losophy, Philology, Astronomy, Anins! and "
getable Physiology, Astrology, Botany, Minefaio.
gy, and Pllrenology; Progress Of t'el Agc, sta o.