, 1840-02-22
FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF THE
MAGAZINE

TNHE January number of the Knickerbock.
l. er, O8409 commenced the fifteenth
volume of that periodical. The work has
been so long before the public, and such has
been its constant increase in repute and 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 10
say, that it is the aim Of the Knickerbocker
to reach nearly every division OF gcnerallit.
~erature, and to comprehend in its ample
though transient survey, a wide range of
amusement and instruction. 1t has Ore.
sented, 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 yaried themes;
with occasional brief articles, Of n more sol.
id description, intended to refresh the minds
of the curious and the learned; to stimulate
inquiry in the young; and TO excite in all
trains Of profitable reflections, and give slim.
ulous TO thought. In short, tho 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 tho knickerbocker the re-
l~osiiory Of their various treasures.
Among the many writers who have con-
tributed 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, that no periodical,
native or foreign, can exhibit so distinguish.
ed n galaxy Of high and various talent. II
should be added, moreover, that the most
eminent Of these contributors are not the
least frequently encountered in the pages of
the kHickerbocker. Mr.. lRvING has had an
average Of three articles in the different de-
parimentsof each number Of the work, since
his permanent connexion with it; Mr.. COOPER
followed up his first paper with others
equally spirited; and itmay well be doubted
whether Mr. BRYANT has ever penned finer
lines than "The Prairies,' 'The Arctic Love,
to his Mistress" and his magnificent poem,
"The Winds or whether Professor Lone.
Elbow has ever exceeded his several beau.
tiful "Psalms of Life;' or Mr.. Ware his
.Letters from Palmyra and
from Romc;" all Of which had their
in the KNICxEnsocKkR:
Washington Irving, Rev Henry Bascomb, Ky
William Bryant, Charlie. Sprague, ESQ
J Fennimore, Cooper, Park Benjamin, Esq
Hon J X Paulding, Theodore S Fny, ESQ
Charles Dickens, (Boz,O MrsFsnny kemble Butle-
Fitz-Grecne Hnlleck, Hon Chancellor Kent,
Prof II w Longfellow, Rev Walter Cotton, U S n
Hiss o VI Sedgwick, President Duer, Columbia
Timothy Flint, College,
Nicholas Biddlc ESQ, Joseph Barber, ESQ
Robert Southcy, (Eng,) Miss II + Could. Mass
Sandcrson, American in Miss Landon, Eng
Fari',) Hon Judge Hall, III
Rev VIM Ware. cralmy- William T.. Stone, Esq
m Letters,D Rev DR. Brantley, sc
Hon Lewis Cass, Nathaniel Hawthorn, Mass
T Marryat, (Eng.) Rev W b o Peapody,"
j III Stephens, CIncilcnts Charles knthon, Columbi-
OF Travel an College
Sir Edward Ly tton Bulwer Alfred d Street, ESQ
OFyille Dewey, ProfessorIngrahom m, author
Hon z VI Charlton, ga. of sLaftte,'
James C rerciyal, Esq. Consul C W Greene. Rome
Ills Excclioncy VIM ii James Brooks, Esq
Seward, Rev DR. Spring,
WiliisGnylOrd Clark Esq J III fHllhouse, ESQ
Hon X III Wilde, ga Robert c Sands, ESQ
Harry Franco X VI Bird, author Of Gal
Gilmore Simms, Esq aynr,'
Mrs L II Sigourncy, Professor FELTON,, Mass
DR. Bcthunc, (Phila Stacy C Potts, ESQ J
Miss Leslie, A." j Whittier.
" d Gallagher, (Ohio, William Pitt Palmer. E.o
.ionJudge Conrad, Phila. DR. Caruthcrs. Va
Dr. o W Holmes, Mass Prof Beck,
Joseph c Neal, Esq. Pa Miss NJ A Browne, En-
'rof Hitchcock, Mass Hon Charles Miner. Pa
tlrs L Embury DR. a Brigham, Conn
Ion ID Barnard, Edward s Gould, Esq
lr C~atherwood, Oriental Charles Hoffman. Esq
Traveller Mrs E r Ellet, S C
h Justice Mel!en, Maine Rufus Dawes, ESQ
robert Burts. U 5 Hon b w Richards Phil,
ID Dakin, Esq Grenyil,e Mellen. "a,
lev Mr "annctt, Mass Horace Greeley, Esq
irs Gilman, sc Rev DR. Pise. NV
L 4 Martin, Esq George Lunt, Esq
: m Il Burton, Comedian ID ID Thatcher, ESQ Boston
w Ellsworth,DC w Redfeld, ESQ Nv
cy Or Bensley, NJ Tuckerman. Eco
X schooicrait, Esq Massachusetts,,
'yrone Power, Esq Com DR. Caleb Ticknor. Mass
,cv J ~Pierpont, Mass W III Simmons, Mass
lon C C Verplanck, Rev DIR Schroeder. N
oil L 5 Mckinney, u S S w A Rogers, Esq Del
PERSONAL OPINIONS.
ms ExcELLEScr GOVERNOR EVERETT, OF MASS.
Il peruse the numbers Of the Knickerbock-
r with high qualification. They seem TO me
an order of merit quite above the average
the periodicals of this class, American or
nglish. If | should not find it in nv DOW
+ TO place myself in the excellent company