Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-05-09
LADIES' COMPANION.


terly Fashions ; and with Fashionable and
Popular Music, arranged for the Piano
Forte, Harp aud Guitar.
Since the publication Of the number for
November, the demand for the LADIES' cont
rANroN has been unprecedented aud beyond
the most sangune anticipations At the
commencement orthe volume an addltIonai
number Of copies were printed, which was
considered at the time adequate to satisfy
= all the orders which might be received, and
leave considerable number on hand Tor sub
sequent calls The publisher Is more than
graifed in stating that the whole OF an edI-
lion of SIX THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED cor
les, was completely exhausted belole the
issuing OF the third number Of the volume;
and, consequently, he was compelled to
REPRINT Second Edition of T'oo Ihous-
and Copies, making the circulation OF the
Ladies' Companion Fight thousand tee
hundred, at the termination ofthe Tenth
Volume
In consequence of the great and nnparal-
lcled increase of new subscribers, he has
determined to commence the new volume
for the ensuring year, with Thirteen thoos-
and hoping that he will thus be enabled
TO supply all the additional demands for the
Ladies Companion, as well as those dlsap-
pointed in commencing with the tenth
volume The proprietor feels grateful tor
that encouragement which has been so
lavishly bestowed upon bis magazine, and
at the same time he begs to assure the
readers of the Ladies' Companion, that It'll
his determined resolution to meet it with
corresponding liberaliiy TO merit its con-
in,
BEAUTIFUL NEW TYPE,
printed on the finest paper, smoothly press
ed, and neatly stitched in handsome cover.
The Companion contains larger amount
Of reading than any other magazine issued
in this country, and its subscription price
is only three doliars gear, while the great
combination of talent secured for the COM
ing year will render in unequalled by any
other periodical.
SPLENDID STEEL ENGRAvJNs,
Prepared by Mr.. A. Dick ornament the
work, one of which accompanies each num-
Der. These plates are entirely new, and
engraved at heavy expense by one of the
best artists in America, expressly for the
magazine The designs are selected with
view of interesting the gentle reader, aud
enhancing the value of the work, for its
superior pictorial embellishments. 1T is
with pride the proprietor announces that
the Ladies' Companion Is the only maya
zine published, in which ese,o and chgant
steel plates appear regularly, Those &C
'companying other monthly periodicals, are
generally first worn out IN ANIMALS.
In addition 10 the engravings above men
toned, correct plate ofthe quarterly FASH
al Inn
September, December, and March numbers,
Independent of the establishment. 1t is
the dissemination Of the proprietor, that
these Fashion Plates shall appear in style
hitherto unknown.
MRS. ANN s. STEPHENS
WILLIAM sNowDEN, Ed1ofS
HENRY F. HARRINGTON,
OF the Ladies' Companion has ever
commanded a large share of attention, and
has been looked upon with no little interest
by its readers, and more especially the
LADIES, whom the publisher is anxious to
please 1t will continue TO be subject of
more than usual care TO him, and the Pro-
Gssor under whose Supervision it is placed,
TO make that portion of the magazine de-
serving of the countenance OF every lover
Of music.
THE WORK IN GENERAL.
Over every department an equally care
iul supervision will be strictly exercised by
the Editors, and all appropriate eXpendl-
lures will be literally bestowed, as II is the
design of the publisher, with the aid of his
contributors and the advice of his friends to
make the Ladies' Companion distinguished
for the beauty and accuracy fats typogra-
phy-the RARELY and high tone Of its hcra-
~ articlcs-the quality and value Of ats nln-
sic-and the unequalled splendor of its
pictorial embellishments, and The accuracy
Of lis quarterly fashions.
The proprietor pledges himself to use all
honorable means to maintain the superiority
which the Ladies' Companion has obtained
For five years he has steadily pursued a
course of improvement, and he flatters him
self that his present facilities are such as TO
give the Ladies' Companion eminent adj
vantages over all other publications.
From the foregoing it vii! be perceived
that the Ladies Companion embraces every
department within the range OF Belle-let-
tiers and the fine arts and no exeftions or
expense will be deemed too great to render
the work equal to any extent. The flat
tering and general testimonials of nearly
every contemporary journal in the United
States, and in fact, many on the other side
of the Atlantic, have strongly asserted the