Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-03-28
LADIES' COMPANION.
vw Volume commenced wi1A he Nay N,aa6er.

Nw Volume commenced ,OtLA the May NaaBer.
4 HE Ladies' Companion established in Nav,
1854 popular and highly esteemed magazine OF
General Literature and the Fine Arts embellish-
with gorgeous and costly engravings on steel. aui
the QuartSrly fashions and also with Fashioaa-
BILE and popoi,r Music, arranged for Tie Piano
Forte, and Guitar.
Since the publication of the number for Novem-
Der, tie demand for thG Ladies Companion has
been unprecedented and hey yOnd the most sargUiue
anticipatonS. AT the commencement OF the vol
ume additional number of copies were printed,
which was considered at the time adequate to "a
tsfy all the orders which NIGH be received, nd
leave considerable number on hand for sub Sc
quent calls The publisher is more than grati;ied
lE stating that the whole of an edition of thou
sand, five hundred copies, was completely exhaus-
ted before the issuing of the third number of the
volume; and, consequently, he was compelled to
reprint a second edition of two thousand copies,
making the circulation of the Ladies' Companion
eight thousand five hundred, at the termination Of
the tenth volume. In consequence of this great
and unparalleled increase of new subscribers he
has determined to commence the new volume for
the ensuing year with thirteen thousand: hoping
that he will thus be enabled to supply all the de-
mands for the Ladies Companion as we'll as those
disappointed in commencing with the tenth vol
ume. The proprietor feels grateful for that Ell
couragement which has been so lavishly bestowed
upon his magazine, and at the same time he beqs
TO assure the readers OF the Ladies Companion
that it is determined resolution to meet it with
corresponding hherali,y to merit It's Continuance
The work appears in beautiful new type, printed
on the finest paper; smoothly pressed and neatly
stitched in handsome cover
The Ladies' Companion contains larger GUAM
tity of reading than any other magazine issued in
in this country and its subscription price is only
three dollars year, while the great combination
of talent secured for the coming year will render
it unequaled by any other periodical.
| Splendid Steel Engrarings, prepared by Mr. 4.
| Dick ornament the work-one of which accomua-
MES each number. These plates are entirely new,
and are engraved at heavy expense by one Ofthe
best arstists in America, expressly for the maga-
| zine. The designs are selected with view OF IN
tereSting the general reader and enhancing tie
value of the work. for It's superior pictorial em5el-
lshments. 1t is with pride the proprietor annoUn-
ces that the Ladies Companion is the only maGa-
! zine published, in which new and elegant S,ecl
| plates appear regularly. Those accompanying
other monthly periodicals, are generally fIstworn
out in ANNALS. In addition to the engravings
mentioned, correct plate OF the Quarterly Fash
ions for Ladies. will appear in the June, Septem-
Der, December, and March numbers, independent
of the usual establishment. 1t is the determina-
ton of the proprietor, that these fashion plates
shall appear in style hitherto unknown. 1t lite
rary character will undergo no change, as it will
remain under the charge of the same Editors az
heretofore. Articles from the pens OF the most
distinguished writer's will appear in the forthcOil,
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma G.. Embury
Lydia II. Sigourney, Frances S. Osgood, -
Ellet. Caroline Orne, Seba Smith, Mrs. HarrHg,
ton, Ann S. Stevens, Miss Hannah f. Gould, Ma
ry Ann Browne, Charlotte Cushman, Mary Emily
Jackson, Henry w. Herbert. author of Cromwell,
&c. Professor J II Ingraham, author of Burton,
Capt. Kidd &C., Professor III w Longfeliow
author of Outre Mer,,Wm Z Burton, Chief Jus
hce Mellen John Neal, Park Benjamin, Greuyi!le
Mellen, n Brooks. A NJ, George P Morris, Ro-
bert Hamilton, Isaac G Pray, VIM Comstock, Hi
} ram B tennis, Rev II Clinch James Brooks,
Albert Pike, F A Durivage, Henry F Harrington,
together with several others, with whom negotia-
tions are pending They will hereafter he an
nOunced,