The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-06-19
ELEVENTH VOLUME OF THE
KmicxerbOCker Magazine.

A NATIONAL Periodical Literature, says a
IA distinguished American statesman, rs ,ns
graceful ornament of civil liberty, ana a hsPPy ~
straint on the aspertes which PohueAi conuo,ei
sizes sometimes occasion. IL is an embellishment OF
society and diffuses positive good threuBnou' 'n'
whole extent of its influence ANA one oi scar
| ly less eminence, both US man Ahu pau -.
declared that LEISURE and MONEY bes'oWed uPo"
instrucyo and entertaining periodical feactng, can
never be abused misapplied ana llls noho'4o'e,
be adds 'to thousands in our country-oi our young
nonulation especiallyihat both (oiten obtained oy
poh Iahor and selcdeniaD arc literally aud worth
ily applicd to this object The good effects on In's
propensty are not confined TO present in'rhee'ua'
enioyment they pervade the future, WIN an iuuu'
| ence alike sanitary and powerful, Sueh ""
literature as is here alluded to- il has been the Pur-
nose of the Magazine, new volume oil whleh ~
here with announced To render honoredat nome ana
respected abroad. Its Editors have aimedfio SUI
their periodical TO readers OF every denomlnan"h
10 make il generally entertaining and useful. lhey
have endeayored TO blend instruction with amuse'
mout-to pass from light and gay illusions TO stern
disuuistion minge eruditlon with W.T. 10 azure
and please the sudous and the grave, Ms wela as the
lover of ght reading; to the former suggesting mat
Ter for reflection and remark, infusng INTO the lat
ter the love of knowledge and afiording to both
not inelegant nor uninstruClive relaxation and a.
musemert.
On the first of January will commence the tenth
volume of the KNICKRHBocKER, OR NEW YORK
MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The publishers, mindful OF
the favor with which their efforts have been recev-
ed al the hands ofthe public, would embrace the re-
currence OLA new sartlng.pont, AS mt occasion 10
look backward and forward al the past and pros
pcctve character and course of their periodical
Within tho brief space of little more Than two
wears and half the number of copies issued OF the
X nickerbocker has been increased from less than
five hundred to more than four thousand, without
other aids than the acknowledged merits OF the
Observation-Disclosures, not more explicitly ny THIS
un precedented success, than by upward OF three
thousand highly favorable notices of the Magazine,
which, at different times, have appeared in the va
rous Journals of the United States, embracing those
of the first and most discriminating class, in every
section of the Union OF many hundreds who de-
sired specimen numbers, and 10 whom they nave
been sent for examination, previous to subscribing
not one but has found the work worthy OF iInmedi
ate subscription. A correct inference in regard to
the interest qnalty of the matter furnished by tho
publishers, may be gathered from the foregoing
iucts In relation to the quantity given, II need
only be said, that it has always exceeded the max
imlm promised, and in the numbers for the last
year by more than four hundred pages or the
clearness and beauty of the Typographical execution
and material ufthe Knckerbocker, and the charae-
ter of its embellshmens-which,a although not e1'
pected by its readers, promised by It's propretors
have nevertheless been givenit is not deemed ne
cessary to speak. They will challenge comparison,
it is believed with any similar periodical, at home
| abroad.
| Among .hose who have contributed papers OF a
learned scientific or solid and useful character
including two or three whose articles IRE in Ptepar-
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