St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-09-18
AMERICAN and ORIGINAL.
The Knickerbocker Magazine
Edited by Louls Gaylord Clark. 1e.

The number for July, 1856, begins the 48th
volume or the Knckerbocker Magazine.
Since the price of subscription has been re-
duccd from five to three dollars a year, the
circulation OF the knickcrbocker has been in
creased nearly four to one. y In many places
ten are sold where there was but one before,
and through the year it is steadily increasing
1t is now offered as cheap Ms any Of the Maya
zines, all things considered Instead of max.
ing new and prodigious promises, we submit q
few extracts from notices Of late numbers
which we might extend to number of pages
Those familiar with the Editors monthly
Gossip with his readers, have doubtless, will
ourselves, admired the perennial source of it.
pleasant wit and joyOusness. In each number
the gossip holds on its way like some fair riy.
ulet CHANGING and dancing in the sunshine of
May morning. We used to wonder how Mr.
Clard held out, expecting he must certain ly
SNOW brown in the coming number; but a
yet we see no sign of exhaustion. Nationa
Iatelliyeacer, Washington.
No one ever rose from the perusal of tn,
knickerbocker disappointed reader. What
ever may have been his anticipations, the,
have always been rewarded. When he tool
up a new number, he felt sure Of q literar,
treat: it was no mere snowy repast he was in.
vited to. Did he seek the grave or didacti,
essay, the touching story, poetic gems, or til.
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 eageness, never put down ex
cept with regret that there were not more pa
gcs of inimitable random sketches Knick
n;lcks of that repast Courier, Natchez, Mss
''Thc Knickerbocker has been and will be Q
fact ofits own; a genuine living thing, all the
more desirable now that the new crop of mag.
azines, filled with articles phated from Englisl
authors makes fresh home creations more
conspicuous and .welcome'--NeW York Chris
tan Inquirer.
Rev. F. Ws Shelton, Author of Letters from
Up the River, &C., will be regular cOntribu
tor. The best talent in the country will be
enlisted, and no expense or effort spared, K
make the Knickerbocker more than ever de
serving of the first position among our origina
American Magazines. zsfg
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