The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-07-26
TENTH VOLUME OF THE
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ON the first OF July 1887, commenced the tenth volume
| " Of this Knckerhoeker, o. New York Monthly Maya
zine The publishers, mindful OF The favor Nth which
their efforts have been received a The hands o. the pane
would embrace the Of starting point as
ft occasion TO look backward and forward M ihe pss
and character and Of their periodical
Wnin the brief spane of little than Two years and
half lie number OF copies issued Of the knickeIboehcr
has been increased from less than @ hundred TO more
than four uio1,and without other aids than the arknow-
eased merits or the not more expli.
city by this unprecedented than 10y upward Of
three thousand highly favorable notices Of the Magazine
which, a. dsni times have APPEARED n me NJ, yaIo ~.
snd discriminating Glass 10 every section OF the
Union or many hundreds who desired specimen num-
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nryious TO subscribing NOT one bur has fmd the work
worthy OF immediate subscription correct inference
in regard the quality OF the matter furnished
facts IA relation to the quantity given, IL need only be
said that il has always exceeded the maximum promised,
and in the numbers for As Last year. ~ more man yo~
graphical execution and material Of the knirkerhocker,
and the character OF It's although
tors have nevertheless beengiven is not deemed
cessary speak. They will challenge comparison -
believed with amy similar periodical al home OF abroad
Il has been observed that the constant aim Of the edi-
tors in the management Of the Knickerocker has hcen
TO make the work entertaining and agreeable, MS well as
solid and useful II is perhaps owing othe performance
these si named na = mas become ,s 10
known and popular series Of nnberssneh as the Odds
and Ends Of Penny Liner" olspodiana the Pal
myra Letters" An Actors Alloquy," Leaves from the
Blank Book Of a Country schoolnayier,' Wilson Con-
WORTH" Life in Florida" Loaferana, The Eclec-
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tuagenaan" Notes from Journals OF Travels IN Ameri-
Ca and in various Foreign Countries" "The Fdset Pa
pes," &clibera space has been devoted TO interesting
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&C. embracing besides, stories Of the and OF pathos
aud humor upon variety Of SUBJECTS together with
biographies, legends, and upon and va
RED themes ntespersed with frequent articles OF poetry,
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Their with MANY articles Of kindred description which
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rate in detail
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" add that ut no period since tho passed their
hands have its literary capabilities and prospects been
ample and suspicious ut present. and that not only
viii the excrions e continued, which have secured
TO their subscription list xamplcd increase but their
claims upon the public favor will he enhanced 10y every
which increasing endeavos, ENLARGED facilities,
and the most liberal expenditure, can command
Back numbers have been reprinted to supply Volume
Nine, and five thousand copies OF Volume Ten will be
printed, to meet the demands Of new subscribers ~
few brief notices OF the knickerbocker, from well
known journals are subloined:
1.-THE progress Of the Knickcbocker is still onward Il
is conducted with decided ability, copious and varied
in is contents md Is printed II and
therefore, enable those Of readers who may not see
this Magazine Judge Of its merits otherwise than upon
assurance thai they are OF high order York
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ave have found in the Knickerbocker much TO ad-
mire and little condemn, that hardly trust
ourselves speak Of from first Impressions We could
not do without being suspected OF extravagnnt praise
81 is surpassed by any of its contemporaries ut home
abroad" II sustans high ground in all the requisites
OF Magazine, and we are pleased 10 see tha us neI
appreciated abroad well as at home--Aby Argns
"This monthly periodical is well known thaf u
hardly needs having established for itself
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he Knickebocker increase in attractions as
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"rhe work is IT, the highest degree creditable to the
| literature Of our country. Wash. GLOBE.
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| foreign sources. "-Nao York Mirror.
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lent articles. London Atlas.
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