Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13


Numerous Engrarings IN each Number.
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has been 81 long and So widely established that II
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port Of HE proprietor To offer direct expn>i
tiun If its merits and it. claims The Ladies
Companion nred> NJ Ia dat"r' potts tn force ;, int
prrcarinus existence: has. tIr nurnhrr ~
Years. spoken tor i'.elf. and ~ voice nhic' ia
trGud most satisfaction, response in tho literary
taste of the age. C"u',jm ng. however. 10 rns.
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The chiet titles which thu ~Ianda ri national maga-
ziue has 10 the enormous patronage which 1t has
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uninterrupted advance in the favor of the critical
the literary and The refined. which has ever in
degree peculiar to ITSELF cha racterzed .he progress
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On the minor merits Of the Ladies Companion,
the mechanical execution, paper, Typography, ETC.,
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| of the proprietor to place his magazine, even in
these points, beyond competitions; but in doing so.
he has had no disposition to sacrifice the more i'm
porant nd substantial qualities which ought to
distinguish national and standard periodical. 1t
| is its pre-emnence 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 mitators, has the
Companion ever been equaed 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 CONTRIB UTORS
Emma c. Embury, author of ''Pirtures of Early
Life" the blind Girl" etc,
lydia H. Sigourney, author of Boys Reading
| Book" Letters TO Mothers"
! Frances s. OsgUod, author Of "Casket of Fate
Wreath Of Wild Flowers" etc.
Mrs Seba Smith
Mrs E F. Elet author of character of Schiller"
etc Ann s. Stephens.
Hannah F Gould. Mrs. Z. r. Steele. author Of
HerOines of Sacred History" etc
Mrs. A. NJ F Amman, late Miss Buchanan.
Miss A. D Woodbridge Mrs. Emeline s. Smith.
Mrs. H. Lighthipe. Caroline Orne Of Wullsboro,
N H. Miss Mary Ann Browne, England, author
of "Ignata," and other poems Mrs. NJ St. Leon
Loud Pennsylvania Professor ]. H. lngraham.
LOUIS Fitzgerald Tasistro. Nathaniel P Willis.
Theodore S Fay; " Thomas, author Of Chm
ton Bradshaw" etc; William Burton; Professor
F Calvert; 1t W Patten " lillian Wallace; A
D Paterson; H w Herbert; John Brougham. Eng
land; Edgar A Pee; w S. Mayo, NJ D; F Duri-
vBge Rev J Fl CIinch, Boston, Mass, author of
Captivity in Baby on, etc. Rev Charles Constan-
Tine Pise; John Brougham; 7 Tuckerman, author
of Isabel of Italy, etc; Rufus Dawes, author o!
.'Nixs Mate" Athena Of Damascus" etc; W
Gilmore Simms, author of Guy Rivers" etc;
Epes Sargent. anther Of "Velasco," etc; Robert
Hamilton; William B Tappap; George Morris,
author of "Brier Cliff" and the National Melo.
dies" F Daniels; Alexander McMakin, Phiia-
lpha; lIorato Gates, OF Buffalo; John Neal, au.
thor Of the Yankee" Down Easter" etc; Seba
Smith, author of "Maor Jack Downing" etc; AL
bert Pike, author of "Mexican Sketches" etc;
| Isaac MLellan, Jr; Thomas Dunn English, NJ D, of
! Philadelphia: William Howard, of Ohio. John
N Csbc. NJ d; Henry B Hirst, Of PhiladeIphia.
| This list, embraces ~ the most profound
original and vigorous intelects of the male sex,
and the mos, brilliant graceful and witty of the
fair cannot easily be pura!eIied by any other mag
nzine in the country. 1t affords the sureS 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 grutlfied, and
every kind Of elegant liter tuTe receive proper
attention. Poetry, tales, sketches, essay. embody
ing the brilliant conceptions, the graceful lmagin-
lngs The Or gina Inventions and the NIFTY OF pro-
found thoughts of the anle writer's We have emu
Imrruted have ana will continue to adm Stcr.
leach IN proportion 10 the anu ,e,nents and instruc
ion OF The rrudrr. Of he C'inpaniun.
EDITORS TABLE.
! In tins depar ment i embraced short "ptce of
! l,,-. u,c. 7TruCcs which deemed of sufficient
| interest to demand at,cnrr'n-- critical Remarks
upon nov books, and Upon the productions Of tie
age II vii, be uhjrct Of the proprietor To
preserve the reputation. which this department
has acquired for SOUND and unprejudiced decisions.
THE EMBELLISHMENTS.
| 1t NAV be safey asserted that in this interesting
and striking feature the Ladies Companion is yet
unrveIled 1t is not merely i'll the beauty and per-
ectiou of the cngravingS that it eXcels, but also
in the character OF the subjects which invaria-
hly selected with the greatest care and reflection,
and with reference to their utility and artistical
merit, not 10 the facility and consequent cheap
ness with winch they yield themselves 10 the burin
Of the engraver. Every number is ornamented
with steel plates. executed by the first artists, in
lie most finished manner expressly for the work!
ScriptQral engrari"gS are also occasionally pub
,hed The reader therefore, for the low price at
which the Companion" Is afforded, in addition Il
its admirable literary articles, obtain, port jotO
"f elegant steel engravngs.
THE MONTHLY FASHIONS
make another, and the proprietor thinks valuable
department! Attention is paid as well to the ex-
cellence and finish of the plate, as to correctness
Of costume. To the ladies', it furnishes faithful
and beautiful record of the mntat ons 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
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