Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-04-14
LADIES, COMPANION.
A CErcuIation OF a0,Ooo.

l834-a popular and highly esteemed magazine o.
General Literature and the Fine Arts embeliish
with gorgeous and costly engravings on Steel and
the Quarterly fashions and also with Fashiona
bic and popular Music, arranged for tie Piano
Forte, and Guitar
Since the publication of the number for Nav
the demand for the Ladies' Companion has been
unprecedented and beyond the most sanguine
anticpations. At the commencement of the vol
ume an additional number of copies were printed
which was considered at the time adequate 10 sa-
tisfy all the orders which might be received, and
leave a considerable number on hand Tor Subse-
quent calls. Tie publisher is more than gratihed
ih stating that the whole of an edition OF six thou
sand, FIVE hundred copies, was completely eyhaus-
ted before the ssuiag ihe third number OF the
volume; and, consequently he was compelled to
reprint second edition ul twO thousand copies
making the circulation OF the Ladies Companion
eight thousand five hundred ii 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 10 supply all the de-
mands for the Ladies Companion. as well as those
disappointed in commencing with the tenth vol
ume. The proprietor feels grateful for that en-
couragement which has beenso iayishly bestowed
upon his magazine, and at the same time he begs
to assure the readers of the Ladies Companion
that it is determined resolution TO meet it with
corresponding hberali,y to merit its 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
tty of reading than any other magazine issued In
in this country, and its subscriptlo price Is only
three dollars a year, while the great combination
Of talent secured for the coming year will render
ii unequalled by any other periodical.
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Dick, ornament the work-one of which accompa-
nies each number. These plates are entirely new,
and are engraved at heavy expense by one ofthe
best arststs in America, expressly for the maga-
zine. The designs are selected with view of in
teresting the general reader and enhancing the
valte of the work, for its superior pictorial embel-
lishments. 1t is with pride the proprietor announ-
ces that the Ladies' Companion is the only maga-
zine published, in which new and elegant steel
plates appear regularly. Those accompanying
other monthly periodicals, are generally frstwom
out in ANIMALS. In addition to the engravings
mentioned, a correct plate Of the Quarterly Fash
ions for Ladies' will appear IN the June, Septem-
ber, December, and March numbers, independent
of the usual establishment. 1t is the determine
ton of the proprietor, that these fashion plates
shall appear in a style hitherto unknown. 1t lite
rary character will undergo no change, ii viii
remain under the charge of the same Editors as
distinguished writers, will appear in the forthcom
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma G.. Embur,
Lydia H. Sigourney, Frances S Osgood, -
Ellet, Caroline Orne, Seba Smith, Ann S Stevens
Miss Hannah F. Gould, Mary Ann Browne, Char
lotte Cushman, Mary Emily Jackson, Henry w
Herbert, author of Cromwell &c. Professor ]. H.
| Ingraham, author of Burton Capt Kidd &c,
Professor H. W. Longfellow, author of 'Outre
Mer,' VIM. E, Burton Chief Justice Mellen John
Neal, Park Benjamin, Grenviile Mellen, n c.
Brooks, A. NJ, George Morris, Rot Hamilton
Isaac Pray, VIM Comstock Hiram B. nennis,
Rev ] II Cinch, James Brooks, Albert Pike, F.
A. Durivage, C. F. Daniels, former Editor Of the
n. Y. Gazette together with several others, with
whom negotiations are pending They will here
after be announced.
Mrs Ann S. Stephens,
William w Snoucden, ! Editors.
! The Musical Department of the Ladies' Compa-
MON has ever commanded large share of atten-
ton, and has been looked upon with no little in
terest by its readers, and more especially the La
dies, whom the publisher is anxious to please. 1t
will continue to be subject of more than usual
care to him, and to the Professor under whose SUI
pervision it is placed, to make that portion of the
magazine deserving of the countenance of every
/ lover of music.
Tae Work in General OF every department an
cised by the Editors and all appropriate expeDdi-
lures will be literally bestowed, as it is the de-
sign of the publisher with the aid of his contribu
tors and the advice of his friends to make the La
dies Companion distinguished for the beauty and
accuracy of its Typography, the variety and high
tone of its literary articles, the quality and value
OF It's music, and the unequal splendor of its pic
toral embellishments, and the accuracy of its quar-
terly fashions. The proprietor pledges himself to
use all honorable means to maintainthe superori-
| ty which the Ladies' Companion has Obtained
For five years he has steadily pursued course of
improvement, and he flatters himself that his pre-
sent facilities are such as to give the work eminent
advantages over ali other publications
From the foregoing it will be perceived that the
Ladies Companion embraces every department
within the range of Bellies -Lettres and the Fine
Arts: and no exertions or expense will be deemed
too great to render the work equal to any other
extant. The fattering 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 undcniable
claims of the Ladies' COmpaniOn To the slInnort nt