The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-15
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THE KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE.
Edited hy Lewis GAYLORD Clark.

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Edited ~ Lewis Gaylord Clark
THIS is pronounced, by the press of America and
il England, sthe best magazine in America II
has nearly reached it's Girty ,tourt. uolume and in
its list of p,card of hundred contributors are found
the names of every distinguished writer, male and
female, in America with several equally prominent
of Great Britain, Turkey, Sweden, etc new
volume, containing a superb engraving, portrait
of the editor engraved by CHENEY from a painting
l849. Thefollowing notices of the NICKERBocKER
are from the American and EngIisb press and from
American and British writer's 81 distinction.
The KNlcKERBooKEn -The last number OF this
upon entirely new and beautiful tyne, in all its de-
pa rtments and in its rich and dversified Contents
rontinues 10 vnd;cate its renntat;or a. the Inost
agreeable and entertaining Maga.ne published IL
New Yorker our friend c. ANY had preceded us
as Editor of the KNrcx.RBocxER about a twelve-
month: II has now reached an age greatly beyond
that Of any American Monthly; fact which liter
ally sspeaks yoluI1es' In praise of the manner in
which the work has been conducted. No number
of the K has ever been Issued under CLARk's super
vision that did not bear indubitabe evidence of edi
torial care and anxious thought and well directed
labor epstamped upon its pare. We have known
no monthly of this country or Europe 30 thorough
ly edited in the strictest sense of the term. -Netc
York Daily Tribune
sMArHEMA ricrANs tell US of certain curves called
asmptotes whose popularity is always to approach
each other and vet. even when infinitely extended
never to intersec4 The KNIcKsRBocksR, which
has reached an aee for a Magazine much greater
than hundred years for a man, and only to be at
tanned by a more marvellous miracle, has perpetu-
ally the highest possible point of interest
and excellence and vet it seems to have ercel-
si0r for each number seems better than that which
went before. How it is done our friend CLARK may
Understandable il is a sealed m ystery to u.s. There
is no publication in the United States that has at
tractve or popular feature as the Editors table of
Y,
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I'VE regard il AZ the very best work of its kind in
the Union. ST Adams (Ha) Journal.
Its contents are as invariably good as its appear
ance is p,lnct,,al ,-WuIIAM CULLEN Bryant, IN
he Ne,p York Eue,,ine Post
Its articles are worthy of BLAcKwooD's paimiest
days The Editors Table is in Mr. CLARK's hap,
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by our Mag zines %, hi. af the Atlantic.
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! bioblv eyeditabe 10 American writer and verv
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10 wmch humanity mas YET arrived.
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