Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-04-22

WILLIAM w. SNowDEN.
Numerous Engrduings in each Number.
The exalted reputation of this popular magazine
has been long and so widely established that it
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 Mandatory puffs to force it into
a precarous existence: il has, for a number OF
years, spoken for itself, and in a 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
siona " 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 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.
il is needless to dwell. 1t 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 disposition TO sacrifice the more inn
porant end substantial qualities which ought TO
distinguish a 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 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 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. Il. Steele, author Of
Herones of Sacred History" etc.
Mrs. A. NJ F Amman, late Miss Buchanan.
Miss A. D Woodbridge, Mrs. Emeine s. Smith.
Mrs H. Lighthipe. Caroline Orne, of Wolfsboro,
n. II. Miss Mary Ann Browne England author
of ''Ignatia," and other poems Mrs. NJ. st. Leon
Loud, Pennsylvania. Professor ]. H. lngraham
author of "Laftte," Burton" Capt Kyd," etc.
Louis Fitzgerald Tasistro. Nathaniel P. Willis
Theodore s. Fay; w Thomas, author of "C!in-
ton Bradshaw" etc. William E Burton; Professor
Calvert 1t G 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 Clinch, Boston, Mass, author of
Captivity in Babylon" etc; Rev Charles Constan-
tine Pise; John Brougham; H r Tuckerman, author
of "Isabel of Italy," etc; Rufus Dawes, author Of
"Nix's Mate,' "Athenia of Damascus" etc; W
Gilmore Simms, author Of "Guy Rivers" etc;
, Epes Sargent, auther Of "Velasco," etc; Robert
Hamilton; William B Tappan; George Morris,
author of "Brier Cliff" and the National Melo-
r. IL ,lor AIalyt In
delpha; Horauo Cafes, 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 MLean, Jr; Thomas Dunn English, NJ D. Of
Philadelphia; William G Howard, of Ohio. John
NJ Cabe, NJ D; Henry 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 paraleed 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 grathed, 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 or pro-
found thoughts of the able writers 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 10 demand attention--critcal remarks
upon new books, and upon the productions of the
age 1t will! be an object Of the proprietor to
preserve the reputation, which this department
has acquired for sound and unprecedented decisions.
THE EMBELLISHMENTS.
1t may be safely asserted that in this interesting
and striking feature, the Ladies Companion is yet
lunriyaied. 1t is not merely in the beauty and Der.
tec,ou Of the engravingS that il excels, but also
in the character OF the subjects which are invaria-
hly selected with the greatest care and reflection,
and with reference TO their utility and artistica
merit, to the facility and consequent cheap
ness with which 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.
! Scyiptural engrdUingS are also occasionally pub
lished The reader therefore, for the low price at
winch the Companion" is afforded, in addition to
its admirable literary articles obtains port folio
of elegant steel engravngs.
THE MONTHLY FASHIONS
make another aud the proprietor thinks valuable
department! Attention is paid as well to the ex-
celence and finish of the plate, as to correctness
of costume To the ladies', it furnishes faithful
and beautiful record of the mutations in dress.
THE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT
offers opportunity 10 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