, 1840-02-15
FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF Fl =
Err BOCk Ell MAGAZINE

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TIME January number Of the knickerbock-
l. er, uS4O9 commenced the hiteenth
volume Of that periodical. The work has
been so long before the public, and such has
been its constant increase in repute aud cir.
culation. that little is deemed necessary TO be
said in relation to its character, which Is
now thoroughly established in America, and
widely and favorably known abroad. As a
new volume, however, affords q starting
point for new readers, it may be proper to
say, that it is the aim Of the Kn'cker6ocker
TO reach nearly every division Of general lit
%erature, and to comprehend IN It's ample
though transient survey. a wide range OF
amusement and instruction. Ii has pre-
scented, and will continue to present. inter-
esting articles, illustrating American society,
the times, manners, ETC.. entertaining records
of travel, foreign and domestic; humorous
stories and sketches; tales Of the sea. OF pa
thos, and Of real life; poetry, and legends
and ESSAYS upon numerous and varied themes;
with occasional brief articles, of a more SOL
id description, intended to refresh the minds
of the curious aud the learned; 10 stimulate
inquiry in the young; and to excite IN all
trains OF profitable reflections, and give slim
ulous to thought. In short, the divine, the
moralist, and the statesman; the humorous
observer, and the interpreter of nature; the
poet and the novelist. have made and will
continue TO make the knickerbocker the re-
| osi,ory of their various treasures.
Among the many writer's who have con-
tributcd original articles TO this Magazine,
from its commencement, including matter in
store for the fifteenth volume, will be found
the following; and it may be asserted, with
out fear Of contradiction, tina; no periodical,
native or foreign. can exhibit so distinguish
ed Il galaxy of high and various talent. 1t
should be added, moreover, that the most
eminent of these contributors are not the
least frequently encountered in the pages Of
the Knickerbocker. Mr.. lRvISc has had IN
average Of three articles in the different de-
par,nrnts of each number Of the work, since
his rermanent connection with it; Mr.. CooPER
followed up his first paper with Others
equally spirited; and itmay well be doubted
whether Mr.. BKrAXr has ever penned finer
lines thar srhe Prairies.' the Arctic Lover
To his Mistress" and his magnificent poem,
The Winds" or whether Professor LONG
yellow has ever exceeded his several beau
tiiul .'Ps#lms Of I.ife;" or M. WARE his
vo'uninous Letters from Pamyra,' and
Letters from Romeo ali of which had their
origin in the KHlcKERsocKra:
Washington Iniu-. Rev Henry Bascon.b, ~
William BnaGt, Charles Syrague, E,q
! F~sramnu, Coo,er, PItk Benjamin, Esq
Hon J + Pau-!iu-, Theodore : Fay, Esq
Charles Dickens, (BoID Mr.: Fanny kemble Butler
fitz- Creme IIsilrCk, Hon Chancellor Kent,
Prof IL " LuuCi.ilou, Rev Waiter Cotton. q : y
Ms, q VI Seicxirk, President Duer, Columbia
Rev Timothy flint, College,
N.chois, RLGir E.q, Joseph Barber, Esq
Eub-r, Scsthry, ii:ng,) Min II + Gouid, Mass
J Saudcr'on American in ME. Landon, Eng
Pari.,) Hon Judge Hall, III
Rer Vim Ware. C'PaIrny- william LStone, Esq
IA Ic:tcr,O Rev DR. BrAntley. : e.
ilUa Levi. Ca>., Nathaniel Iiswthsrn, Mas,
Cant + Marr,at, (Ers Rev W B Pe.pOdy,"
J II stephens, (sIucident. Charles Anthem, Columbi-
Of Travel an College
Sir Edward Lytton Bulwef Alfred B Street, Esq y Y
Rev Ofyile Dewey, rrsfrssorIngGAhan NJ, author
lion L " Charlton, ga. Of 'Lsftte,'
Jane. G PercivsI, E.q. Consul C " Greene, Rome
Ills E1c.l!oucy VIM II James Brook, Esq
Seward, Rev DR. Spring,
willi,GayIoh CLARK Esq. J II HilIhouse. E,q
Hon Il II Wilde, (Ga Robert { Sands, Esq
Harry Franco K VI Bird, author Of Gal.
" Gilmore Simm', E,q avar,'
Mrs L. III SIsourGeT, ffHiefsof teitoh' MISS
Rev Dr. Bcthune, (Phila Stacy C Potts, Esq NJ
Mis-. Leslie, JIG Whittier,
W d Gallagher, (ohio. William Pitt Pulmer, Esq
IIonJudse Conrad, Phila. DR. CarutheTs, Va
DR. o w Holmes, Mass PIof Beck, NY
Joseph c Neal, Esq. Pa Miss VI A Browne, Eng
Prof Hitchcock, Mass Hon Charles Miner, Pa
Mrs T. G Embury DIR A Brigham, Conn
Hon ID ID Barnard, Edward : Gould, Esq
Mr. C~atherwood, Onentnl Charles Hoffman. Esq
Traveller Mrs L F Ellet, s T.
Oh Justice Mellen, Maine Rufus Dawc,, Esq
Robert BuIts. U ) fIon NV Richards. PLila
: d Dakin, Esq Grcnville Mellcn, E.I
Rev Mr. Gaunctt, Mass Horace Greeley. Esq
Mrs Gilman, &C Rev DIR Pi'e, NY
T. Il L Martin, Esq George Lunt, Esq
VIM f Burton, Comedian D % Thatcher, Esq Boston
II w Ellsworth, Dc W E Red6rld, E'q Ny
Rev Dr. B-a.lcy, II Tuckerrnan, Esq
II z Schoolcraft, Eco Massachusetts,,
Tyrone Power, Eco Com DR. Caleb Ticknor, Mass
Rev J PIerpont. Mass w II Simmons, Ma"
Hon C C verplauck, Rev DIR Schroeder, Ny
Col T S McKcnney L $ s w A Rogers, Esq Del
PERSONAL OPINIONS.
ms rxcELLENcy GOVERNOR EVERETT, OF MASS.
Il peruse the numbers Of the knickerbock-
err with high qualification. They seem to me
OF an order of merit quite above the average
ef the periodicals of this class, American OF
English. If | should not find it in my pow