Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-03-24
LADIES, COMPANION.
A Circulation Of 10000.

THE Ladies Companion, established in Nav
1S34-a popular and highly esteemed magazine Of
General Literature and the Fine Arts embellish
with gorgeous and costly engravines ON steel, and
the Quarterly iashiolls and also with Fashiona-
BILE and popular Music, arranged for the Piano
Folte, and Guitar.
Since the publication of the number for Nav
the demand for the Ladies Companion has been
unprecedented and beyond the most sanguine
antlc1patlons. AT the commencement OF the vol
ume an additional number of copies were printed
which was considered at the time adequate to sa-
tlsfy all the orders which might be received, and
leave considerable number on hand ior subSe-
quent calls The publisher is more than gratifled
h stating that the whole of an edition of six thou
sand, five hundred copies. was conpletelv 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 10 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 lavlshly 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 Gberality to merit It's 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 q larger guam
tity of reading than any other magazine issued i'll
In this country, and It's subscription price is only
three dollars year, while the great combination
of talent secured for the coming year Will render
it unequalled by any other periodical
Splendid Steel EngraotngS prepared by Mr. A.
Dick, ornament the work-one of which accompa-
lies each number These plates are entirely new,
and are engraved at heavy expense by one ofthe
best arstists in America, expressly for the maga-
zine. The designs are selected with view OF in
teresting the general reader. and enhancing the
value 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 tirstwem
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 detemna-
ton OF the proprietor, that these fashion pates
shall appear in a style hitherto unknown. 1t 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 moSl
distinguished writer's, will appear in the forthcon-
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma C.. Embury,
Lydia IL. Sigourney, Frances Osgood, -
Eilet, Caroline Orne. Seba Smith, Ann s. Stevens,
Miss Hannah +. Gould, Mary Ann Browne Char
lotte Cushman Mary Emily Jackson, Henry ".
Herbert, author of Cromwell, &C Professor j. II
lngraham, author of Burton Capt Kidd &c,
Professor H. w. Longfellow, author of Outre
Mer,' VIM. +. Burton Chief Justice Mellen, John
Neal, Park Benjamin, Grenvi.le Mellen, 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. Duriyage, 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 Snosvden, { 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-
pervision it is placed make that portion of the
magazine deserving of the cOuntenance of every
lover of music.
T'ae Work in General. OF every department an
equally careful supervision will be strictly exer-
cised by the Editors, and all appropriate expeLdi-
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 its music, and the unequal splendor of its pic
toral embellishments, and the accuracy of its quar-
tery 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 sucha 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 undeniable
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