Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-04-07
LADIES' COMPANION.

A Circmlatiosa 0f 2O,O00.

l834--a popular and highly esteemed ulaoozire f
| General Literature and the Fine Arts; embelisl,
with gorgeous and costly engrayings on steel. and
! the Quarterly fashions and also with Fashona
bic and popular Music, arranged for the 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 sang,Iige
anticipationS. At the commencement of the vol
ume an additional number of copies were printed.
which was considered at the time adequate to sa-
tisfy all the orders which might be received, and
leave considerable number on hand for subse-
quent calls The publisher Is more than gratifed
R stating that the whole of edition OF slX 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 Volutle. In consequence of this great
and uHParaiici1Q increase oil new subscribers, he
has deleualheo 10 commence the new volume for
the ensuing year "lJh thirteen thousand hoping
that he VIII thus he enabled to SUNNY all the de
mands tor 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 beeDs0 layishlv bestowed
upon his magazine, and al the same time he begs
to assure the readers ol the Ladies Companion,
Il
corresponding lberali,y to merit lis continuance.
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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 viii render
it unequalled by any other periodical.
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Dick, ornament the wori-one of which accompa-
MES each number. These plates are entirely new,
and are engraved al heavy expense by one ofthe
best arstists in America, expressly for the maga-
zine. The designs are selected with a view ofin-
teresting the general reader, and enhancing the
value of the work, for its superior pictorial embel
lishments. tits 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 fTstworn
out in ANNALS In addition to the engravings
mentioned, a 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 determine
ton of the proprietor, that these fashion plates
shall appear in a style hitherto unknown. It1i,c-
rary character will undergo no change, as it vii
remain under the charge of the same Editors IS
heretofore Articles from the pens of the most
writer's will appear in the foTthCOu
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma C.. Embury,
Lydia II. 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 J. II,
lngraham, author of Burton Capt. Kidd, &C.,
Professor H. w. Longfellow, author OF Oure
Mer,' VIM. f, Burton, Chief Justice Mellen John
Neal Park Benjamin. Grenviile Mellen, n. C.
Brooks, A. NJ, George p Morris, Rot Hamilton,
Isaac Pray, VIM Comstock Hiram B. Dennis,
Rev II Clinch, 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.