Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-10
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Ladies, Companion!
A STANDARD NATIONAL MAGAZINE.

WILLIAM w. SNowDEN.
Numerous Engr0UingS IN each Number.
The exalted reputation of this popular magazine
has been so long and so widely established that il
may perhaps be deemed by some supererogatory on
the part of the proprietor to offer direct EXPOSE
ton Of its merits and its claims The Ladies
Companion needs no Iaudatory putls to force it into
a precarous existence il has for number of
years, spoken for itself, and in voice which has
found most satisfactory response in the literary
taste of the age, Conforming, however, to GUS
tom which seems to demand few words occa-
siOnaly from the proprietor to his patrons and the
public, we will simply and succincly enumera %
the chief titles which this standard national maga-
zine has to the enormous patronage which il has
for so many years enjoyed, and to that regular and
uninterrupted advance in the favor of the critical
the literary and the refined which has ever in a
degree peculiar to ITSELF characterized The progress
of the work.
On the minor merits of the Ladies Companion,
the mechanical execution, paper, typography, etc,
II is needless to dwell. 1t has been the object
of the proprietor to place his magazine, even in
these points, beyond competition; but in doing so,
he has had no disposition to sacrifice the more i'm
portunt ind substantial qualities which ought TO
distinguish national and standard periodical. 1t
is its preeminence in the literary department,
upon which is based the principle claims of the
Ladies Companion. To its pages the proprietor
boldly refers for proof of the assertion that by
none of its numerous rivals and imitators has the
Companion ever been equalled or even approached
in its
LITERARY CHARACTER.
If further proof were needed, the proprietor
would point with emotions of pleasure and pride
to the following list Of distinguished names, en-.
bracing the principal regular contributors, whose
able pens have eXerted so much influence through
the pages Of this magazine upon the literary taste
of the day.
PROMINENT CONTRIBUTORS.
Emma c. Embury, author of "Pictures of Early
Life" the blind Girl" etc.
Lydia II. Sgourney, author of Boys Reading
Book" Letters TO Mothers"
Frances S. Osgood, author of "Casket of Fate"
"Wreath of Wild Flowers" etc.
Mrs Seba Smith.
Mrs E F. Ellet, author of Character of Schiller"
etc. Ann S. Stephens.
Hannah F. Could Mrs. E. r. Steele, author of
"Herones of Sacred History" etc.
Mrs. A. NJ F. Amman, late Miss Buchanan.
Miss A. D. Woodbridge. Mrs Emene S. Smith.
Mrs H. Lighthipe. Caroline Orne, of Wolfsboro,'
N. H. Miss Mary Ann Browne, England author
Of "lgnatia," and other poems. Mrs. NJ. St. Leon
Loud, Pennsylvania. Professor J. H. Ingraham
author of "Laiitte," Burton" Capt. Kyd" etc.
Louis Fitzgerald Tasistro. Nathaniel P. Willis
Theodore S. Fay; w Thomas, author of "ClIn-
ton Bradshaw" etc. William Burton; Professor
F B Calvert 1t G w Patten; William Wallace; A
D Paterson; H w Herbert; John Brougham, Eng
laDd Edgar A Poe; w S. Mayo, NJ D; F A Duri-
wage; Rev II Clinch, Boston, Mass, author of
Captivity in Babylon" etc; Rev Charles Consan-
tine Pise; John Brougham; H T Tuckerman, author
of "Isabel of Italy," etc; Rufus Dawes, author o.
"Nix's Mate" "Athenia of Damascus" etc; W
Gilmore Smms, author of Guy Rivers" etc;
Epes Sargent author Of "Velasco," etc; Robert
Hamilton; William B Tappan; George Morris,
author of "Brier Cliff" and the "National Melo.
dies C F Daniels Alexander McNIakin, Pha
delpha; Hornto Gates, Of Buffalo; John Neal, au-
thor OF the Yankee" Down Easter" etc; Seba
Smith, author of "Major Jack Downing" etc; AL
bert Pike, author of Mexican Sketches" etc;
Isaac NJ Lelan, Jr; Thomas Dunn English, M d, Of
Philadelphia; William G Howard of Ohio John
NJ Cabe, NJ D.; Henry Hrst, ofPhiadeIpha
This list, embraces some Of the most profound
original and vigorous intellecs of the male sex,
and the most brilliant, graceful and witty of the
fair, cannot easily be paraleled by any other mag
azine in the country. 1t affords the surest guar
antee Of the determination and the ability of the
proprietor to make the literary character of his
work commensurate with its immense and increas-
ing circulation. From the variety of talent every
diversity of taste may expect to be gratiied, and
every kind Of elegant literature receive proper
attention. Poetry, tales, sketches essays embody
ing the brilliant conceptions, the graceful imagin-
ings, the original inventions, and the witty pro-
found thoughts of the able writer's we have emu
each in proportion to the amusements and instruc-
ton Of the readers of the Companion.
EDITORS TABLE.
In this department is embraced short notice of
those occurrences which are deemed Of sufficient
interest to demand attenton--critical remarks
upon new books, and upon the productions of the
age 1t vii. be an object of the proprietor TO
preserve the reputation, which this department
has acquired for sound and unprejudced decisions.
THE EMBELLISHMENTS.
It may be safely asserted that in this interesting
md striking feature, the Ladies Companion is yet
unrvalled. 1t is not merely in the beauty and per-
tectiou Of the engravngS that it excels, but also
in the character Of the subjects which nvaria-
lily selected with the greatest care and reflection,
and with reference to their utility and artistcal
merit, not to the facility and consequent cheap
ness with winch they yield themselves to the BURN
Of the engraver. Every number is ornamented
with steel plates, executed BY the first artists in
the most finished manner, expressly for the work.
ScriPturdl engrGringS also occasionally pub
lished. The reader therefore, for the low price at
which the Companion is afforded, in addition to
its admirable literary articles, obtains port folio
of elegant steel engravings.
THE MONTHLY FASHIONS
make another, and the proprietor thinks, valuable
department! Attention is paid well to the cx
celence and finish of the plate, TO correctness
of costume. To the ladies', it furnishes a faithful
and beautiful record of the mutations in dress
THE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT
offers an opportunity TO the display Of taste in the
selection of pieces, which it may be safely affirmed
has been always taken advantage Of. Most of the
popular and valuable songs published under the
supervision of a distinguished musical professor,