The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-11-14
TENTH VOLUME OF THE
KNICK ERBOCKER MAGAZINE.

IN the first Of July 1887, commenced the TENN voume
" Of the Knick erbocker, New York Monthly Maya
zine The publishers, mindful Of the favor with which
their efforts have been received at the hands OF the public
would embrace the recurrence OF new starting point as
t occasion look backward and forward nj the past
and prospective character and course Of their periodical
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half the number of copies issued Of the Knickebocker
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city by this unprecedented success than by upward OF
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in regard the quality Of the matter furnished
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said that II has always exceeded the maximum promised
and in the numbers for the last year. by more than four
hundred pages or the cearness and beauty of the typo
graphical execution and material Of the knickerbocke
and the character of its embeishmens-ehich although
expected by its readers promised by us propne-
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cessary to speak They will challenge comparison, Is
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1t has been observed that the aim Of the edi
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RED themes, ntenpersed with frequent articles Of poetry,
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ample and suspicious at present and that not only
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printed, to meet the demands ofnew subscribers
few brief notices OF The Knckerbocker, from well
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season we have little space Literary extracts and cannot
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our assurance that they are of high order York
american :,
mire and so little to condemn, that we can hardly Trust
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