Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-05-05
LADIES' COMPANION
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The Ladies Companion, established in Ma.
lS34--a popular and highly esteemed liagazine 81,
General Literature and the Fine Ar,s. e9ibel5sb
with gorgeous and costly engravines On Steel, and
the Quarterly fashions and also with Fashiona-
BILE 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 sanauine
anticipations. At the commencement of the vol
ume additional number of copies were printed.
which was considered at the time adequate to sa-
flsfy all the orders which might be received and
leave considerable number on hand for subse-
quent calls. The publisher is more than gratified
n STATING that the whole of an edition of SIX thou
sand, tive hundred copies, was completely exhaus-
ted before the issuing of the third number of the
volume; and, consequently, he was compelled to
reprint 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 oreat
and unparalleled increase of new subscribers no
has determined 10 commence the new volume for
the ensuing year with thirteen thousand hoping
that ne 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 en-
couragement which has been so lavishy bestowed
upon his magazine, and at the same time he beos
to assure the readers of the Ladies Companion.
that it is determined resolution to meet it with
corresponding liberal.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
tity of reading than any other magazine issued in
in this country, and its subscription price is only
1oll 1xyIi1 tbo
Of talent secured for the coming year will render
it unequalled by any other periodical.
Splendid Steel EngraCings, prepared by Mr. A.
Dick, ornament the work-one of which accompa-
MES each number. These plates are entirely new,
and are engraved at heavy expense by one ofthe
best arstists in America, expressly for the maoa-
zine. The designs are selected with view fin
teresting the general reader, and enhancing the
value of the work, for its superior pictorial embel
ishments 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 frstworn
cut in ANNALS. In addition to the engravings
mentioned, a correct plate of the Quarterly Fash
ions for Ladies' will appear in the June, SepteI0-
Der, December, and March numbers, independent
of the usual establishment. 1t is the detemna-
tion of the proprietor, that these fashion plates
shall appear in style hitherto unknown. IL ire
rary character will undergo no change. as it viii
remain under the charge of the same Editors as
heretofore. Articles from the pens OF the most
distinguished writer's will appear in the forthcorl-
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma G. Embury,
Lydia H. Sigourney, Frances 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. 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, Grenvi.e Melen, n. c.
Brooks, A. NJ, George P Morris, Rot Hamilton,
Isaac c Pray VIM Comstock, Hiram B. Tennis,
Rev ] H 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.
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens,p
William w Snopden, 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 su-
pervison it is placed, to make that portion of the
deserving of the countenance of every
lover of music.
Tae Work in General. OF every department an
equally careful supervision will be strictly exer-
csed by the Editors, and all appropriate expeAdi-
tures will be literally bestowed, as it is the de-
sign of the publisher, with the aid of his contrbu
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 its 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 SUPERIOR
ty which the Ladies' Companion has obtained-
For five years he has steadily pursued course of
improvement, and he fatters himself that his pre-
sent facilities are such 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 Belles-Lettres and the Fine
Arts: and no exertions or expense will be deemed
too great to render the work equal to any other
sxtant. The fattering and general testimonials
of nearly every contemporary journal in the United
States, and in fact, many the other side of thr,