St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-02
AMERICAN and ORIGINAL.
The Knickerbocker Magazine
Edited by Louis Gaylord CLARK.

The number for July, 1856, begins the 48th
volume or the Knickerbocker Magazine.
Since the price Of subscription has been re-
duced from five to three dollars year, the
circulation of the knickerbocker has been in
creased nearly f1Rr to one. In many,plac
ten are sold where there was but one before,
and through the year it is steadily increasing.
1t is now offered as cheap as any of the Maya
zines, all things considered. Instead of max
ing new and prodigious promises, we submit a
few extracts from notices of late numbers,
which we might extend to a number of pages.
Those familiar with the Editors monthly
Gossip with his readers, have doubtless, with
ourselves, admired the perennial source of its
pleasant wit and joyousness. In each number
the gossip holds on its way like some fair riv-
ulet glancing and dancing in the sunshine of a
May morning. We used to wonder how Mr..
Clard held out, expecting he must certain ly
snow brown in the coming number; but as
yet we see no sign of exhaustion. - National
LnteHigencer, Washington. a
mo one ever rose from the perusal of the
Knickerbockcr . disappointed reader, What
ever may have been his anticipations, they
have always been rewarded When he took
up new number, he felt sure of literary
treat: it was no mere snowy repast he was in
vited to. Did he seek the grave or didactic
essay, the touching story, poetic gems, or the
humorous tale, he was always sure of finding
tina object OF his search. And then, besides,
there was the Gossip of old 'Knick, ALWAYS
looked to with eagerness, never put down ex-
cept with regret that there were not more pa
gcs OF inimitable random sketches-the Knick-
packs Of that repast. Courier, Nmchez, Mss
1.-THE Knickerbocker has been and will be n
fact of its own; a genuine living thing, all the
more desirable now that the new crop of mag
azines, filled with articles pirated from English
authors, makes fresh home creations more
conspicuous and welcome" York Chris
tian Inquirer.
Rev. F. W. Shelton, Author of Letters from
Up the River, &C., will be a regular contribu-
tor. The best talent in the country will be
enlisted, and no expense or effort spared, to
make the KnickerbOcker more than ever de-
serving of the first position among our original
American Magazines.
TERMS.-Three Dollars year strictly in
advance-there will be no deviation from this
condition; Two copies for five dollars; Five
copies and upwards, two dollars each. Book
sellers and Postmasters are requested to act as
agents. Those who will undertake to procure
subscribers will receive favorable terms. Spec
linen numbers will be sent gratis on applica-
ton, postpaid.
, INDUCEMENTS FOR CLUBBING. The Knicker-
booker and Harper's, Putman's, Graham's or
Cooley LAdy's Book will be sent one year for
five dollars; the Knickerbocker and Home
Journal, for four dollars a year.
PosrAGE.-Two cents per number, prepaid
at the Office where the work is delivered, quar-
terly in advance
All remittances and ell business communica-
tions mnst be addressed, post paid, to
SAMUEL HUESTON,
348 Broadway, New York.