Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-04-29

A STANDARD NATIONAL MAGAZINE.
Published Monthly in the City Of NeW York, by
WILLIAM w. SNowpEN
Numerous Engrauings in each Number.
The exalted reputation of this popular magazine
has been SO long and so widely established that it
may perhaps be deemed by some supererogatory on
The part of the proprietor to offer direct expos.
ton Of its merits and its claims The LADIES'
Companion needs lsudetory puffs to force ii into
a precsrious existence. II has. for q 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-
sonally from the proprietor to his patrons and the
public, we will simply and succinctly enumerate
the chief titles which this standard national maya
zine has to the enormous patronage which it 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
degree peculiar to ITSELF characterized hs progress
of the work.
On the minor merits Of the Ladies Companion,
the mechanical execution. paper, typography, ETC.,
il is needless to dwell It has ever been the object
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 inn
portant End substantial qualities which ought to
distinguish national and standard periodical. 1t
is its pre-eminence 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 CHARA CTER.
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 Pictures of Early
Life" the blind Girl" etc.
Lydia H. Sigourney, 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. Gould. Mrs. E. R. Steele. author of
..Heroines of Sacred History" etc.
Mrs. A. M F Amman, late Miss Buchanan
Miss A. D Woodbridge. Mrs. Emeline S. Smith.
Mrs. H Lghthpe. Caroline Orne, of Wolfsboro,
N H. Miss Nary Ann Browne England, author
Of "Ignutia," and other poems Mrs. M. ST. Leon
Loud, Pennsylvania Professor J. H. Ingraham.
author Of "Laf,,e," Burton" Capt Kyd," etc.
LOUIS Fitzgerald Tasistro. Nathaniel P, Willis.
| Theodore S Fa,; + w Thomas. author Of "C!in-
ION Bradshaw" etc: William E Burton; Professor
| F B Calvert; 1t q W Patten; William Wallace; A
D Paterson; H w Herbert; John Brougham. Eng
land; Edgar Poe; w S. Mayo, NJ D; F Duri-
wage; Rev h CIinch, Boston, Mass. author OF
Captivity in Baby On" etc; Rev Charles Constan-
line Pise; John Brougham; H T 'ruckerman, author
| OF isabel Of Iay," etc; Rufus Dawes. author Of
'.Nix's Mste," "Athen,a Of Damascus" etc; W
| f. of
Epes Sargent, 4uther Of "Velasco," etc; Robert
Hamilton; William Tappan; George Morris.
author of .'Brier Cliff" and the National Melo.
dles;' C Daniels; Alexander McMakin, Phila-
d.lphia; Horatlo Gales, 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 "Mexcan Sketches" etc;
Isaac M'Lellan. Jr; Thomas Dunn English. NJ d, Of
Philadelphia; William G Howard, of Ohio John
NJ Cabe. NJ D; Henry B Hirst, of Philadelphia
This list embraces some Of the most profound
original and vigorous intellects 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 gratihed, and
every kind of elegant literature receive proper
ing the brilliant conceptions, the graceful imagin-
ings, the original Inventions and the witty or pro-
| found thoughts of the able writer's we have emu.
merated. have and will continue to administer,
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 attention--critical remarks
upon new books, and upon the productions of the
age. 1t viii. be an object Of the proprietor 10
preserve the reputation, which this department
has acquired for sound and unprejudiced decisions.
THE EMBELLISHMENTS.
| It may be safely asserted that in this interesting
and striking feature. the Ladies Companion is yet
unrivalled 1t is not merely in the beauty and per-
ectiou Of the engravings that it excels, but also
in the character Of the subjects which are invaria.
bly, selected with the greatest care and reflection,
and with reference TO their utility and ertistical
/ merit, not to the facility and consequent cheap
ness with which they YIELD themselves to the BURN
of the engraver. Every number is ornamentsd
with steel plates, executed by the first artists, in
the most finished manner, expressly for the work!
ScrtpturaL engrdutngs are also occasionally pub
ished. The reader therefore, for the low price at
which the " Companion" is afforded, in addition to
its admirable literary articles, Obtsins port toI'c
u elegant steel engravings.
| THE MONTHLY FASHIONS
make another, and the proprietor thinks, valuable
department! Attention is paid as well to the ex
ceilence and finish of the plate, as to CORRECTNESS.
Of costume. To the ladies', it furnishes a faithful
and beautiful record of the mu,aton s In dress.
THE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT
offers an opportunity 10 the display Of taste in the
selection Of pieces, which it may be safely affirmed
has been always aiken advantage OF. Most Of the
popular and valuable songs published under the