Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-05-12
LADIES' COMPANION.
New Volume commenced cih the Nor Nt,nbe
A Circulation OF 2O,GGe.

2 A Circulation OF 2O,GGG.
THE Ladies' Companion, established in Nav.
lS34-a popular and highly esteemed magazine ct
GeaeTal Literature and the Fine Arts; embeish
with gorgeous and costly engravngs OH steel, and
the Quarterly fashions and also with fashona-
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 sanguine
antcipations 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 grathed
III stating that the whole Of edition OF SIX thou
sand, hVe 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 bopiu0
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 Tor that en-
upon his magazine, and at the same time he bees
to assure the readers Of the Ladies Companion,
that it is determined resolution TO meet it with a
corresponding liberality 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 4 larger guam
tity of reading than any other magazine issued III
in this country, and its subscription price is only
three dollars a year, while the great combination
of talent secured for the coming year viii render
it unequalled by any other periodical.
Splendid Steel Engrarings, prepared by Mr. A.
Dick ornament the work-one of which accompa-
nies each number These plates are entirely new,
and are engraved at heavy expense by one otthe
best arstists in America, expressly for the maga-
zine The designs are selected with view otin-
teresting the general reader, and enhancing the
value of the work, for its superior pictorial embel-
lshments. 1t is with pride the proprietor announ-
ces that the Ladies Companion is the only maya
zine published, in which new and elegant steel
plates appear regularly. Those accompanying
other monthly periodicals, are generally frstworn
out in annualS. In addition to the engravlngS
MENTIONED 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
snail appear III q SLyle nltleTlO uHkuONH. II Att-
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 writers, will appear in the lorhcom
ing numbers, among which may be enumerated the
following Mrs. Holland, Emma c. Embury,
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 ".
Herbert, author of Cromwell, &c. Professor J. II,
Ingraham, author of Burton Capt. Kidd &C.,
Professor H. w. Longfelow, author of Outre
Mer,' VIM. E, Burton, Chief Justice Mellen, John
Neal, Park Benjamin, Grenville Mellen, n, C.
Brooks, A. M, George Morris, Rot Hamilton,
Isaac C Pray VIM Comstock, Hiram B. Dennis,
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