Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-01-08
LADIES' COMPANION.
Ne,c T0lune commenced arIth the N0p. VA
A Circulation of 90. 600.

1854 popular and highly esteemed magazine VI
General Literature and the Fine Arts; embeilish
with gorgeous and costly engravihgs on steel, and
the Quarterly fashions; and also with Fashions
BILE and popular Music, arranged for the Piano
Forte, and Guitar.
Since the publication of the number for May,
the demand for the Ladies Companion has been
unprecedented and beyond the most sanguine
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 Tor subse-
quent calls. The publisher is more than gratlted
In stating that the whole of edition OF SIX 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 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 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 to 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 been so laviShly 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
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 subscr Ptlon price Is only
three dollars year, while the great combination
of talent secured tor the coming year WILL render
it unequalled by any other periodical.
! Splcndid Steel EngrGrlngS, prepared by Mr.. A.
Dick, ornament the WOrk-One of which accompa-
nies each number. These plates entirely new,
and are engraved at heavy expense by one otthe
best arstists in America, expressly for the maga-
| zine. The designs selected with view OF IN
teresting the general reader. and enhancing the
value of the work, for its superior pictorial em0el-
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 tirstworn
out in ANNALS. In addition to the engravings
mentioned, correct plate of the Quarterly Fash
| ions for Ladies' will appear IN the une SePteIn-
ber December, and March numbers, independent
| of the usual establishment. 1t is the determina-
ton of the proprietor, that these fashion plates
shall appear in style hitherto unknown. II lite
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 forthcom'
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma e. Embury,
Lydia HI. Sigourney, Frances S Osgood, -
Ellet, Caroline Orne Seba Smith, Ann 5. Stevens,
Miss Hannah +. 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. G.
Brooks, A. NJ, George Morris, Rot Hamilton,
Rev H Cllnch, James Brooks, Albert Pike, f.
A. Durivage, G.. 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,
i William W SnO,0den, Editors.
i The Musical Department of the Ladies Conlpa-
nion has ever commanded large share of atten-
ton, and has been looked upon with no little in
terest by its readers, and 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 SUE
pervsion 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
equally careful supervision will be strictly exer-
cised by the Editors, and all appropriate expeAdi-
lures 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 superiori-
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 suchas 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 tie
l Atlantic, have strongly asserted the undcniab!c
claims of the Ladies' Companion to the support ol
the public generally. There is no work that give
its readers such great return for their money.