Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-24
BoNNEE'S LIDGER.

Every week brings Us a nun,,rof t'i;> palm
bearer among periodicals. with increased Claims
'opu'IIc approval Mr. Bonner o-,,,,cs CON.
>u'''a'e sSl!i /" noting the ,arobt.ug> OF the
popular pulse and supplying the b, dy pubic
with intellectual fool suited to it, most m.,i/
douS taste, without cg.. m!ui,tclin., "a W.
cravings Of diseased appetite. This is dne
great secret Of h!> uncNamp,ci success. U,.js
u Napoleon among editors. The a>; stroke e(
his gcncrll>hip was the chl:>pnc OF Morhy.
the scu'!eman.like chcSs.h,ro. The move b,.
fore tina, was TIE marsh..l.lng OF the wor.c re.
nowned Dickens into the Ledger ranks
Dickens whose mrrh.p'oyokins pen has ut to
flight more dyspepsia than Was ever cared hy
the Galens Of modern days,
The wisdom .! M Bonuers alliance with
Mr.. Everett soon ceased 10 hc 4 matter o. qu,s.
tion-thaI rohcy achieved u speedy triumph
Tie best judge q! the success. winch crowa,d
this arrangement, i, the proprietor q: thy Lad.
ger himself and We learn iyon reliable sources
tha. he has declared h;, most >an.uinc au,,c..
pation> have been traa>ccndcl VIA, Greater
testimony can there be of the va!uc %. l!r
Everett article:
No reader o. the Ledger can wonder 3, its
widely spread popuaiiiy The cditoga! dc
partment is conducted IN the ro,l r.:>teiiy
manner, not Only by Bonnpr Lim>e.', hu; Ly
clcrsymen and literary men Of high stanins--
his co-laborers, whose name. never apPcar, and
his lis, OF regular contributors form 4 sa.aXy
that may challenge competition with any pc.
riodical in the !an! W. have tae exquisite
/ poetry Of Mr-. Sisourucy, long crowned by
fame; the pure, LARK Ike hcait.>tiirIng notes Of
Alice Carey; the lofty s.raln, OF Bryant. and
Prentice, and Wallace. and SAKE, tie proposed
Governor Of Vermont; the d,llcou, hose
warbng Of G.. p. Morris, and the melody e
not few othc: m.ia,trels. who can draw gouu.
Inc music from the sacred Tyre. Amons pose
writers. we have Mr., sou;Awu:;H, whose To-
nance Of tie Hidden LAND i, uiii Of graphic
power. While the exciting element Of mystery
is managed with naryc.!og, skill. We Lave
Sllvanus Cobb. Jr.. who give, t., in has last,
The Queca'> Plot. the Gnc>: oi h., cTDrt>--
tale tia, belongs in degree. To the sca,l.
ton school, "ih stormy lights aAi >tlatowS,
and startling crises, Yet ch:>tc wit:!al clio.
quent!y told, and not ovtr>lcrpins tae bounds
of possibility. We have thoughts It. thcy
Occur, by one who keeps rs eyes anl cnra
opcn-cssays which night probably be iran
scrbcd into the notebook U. every Youth an!
maiden in the lan! We have Fanny Fern, w;h
her quaint piquant sa.lieS Of humor. scattering
about ycii.nc!i HON, trurh, ~; have tn !!isn
Of diamonds .arrvw, tia; seem AIMED ~ riniOHi,
ye, hit manv marks. We have Mary Forest,
the womanly, graceful. poetic, Vet heart search.
ing. We have that continued History Of tne
Colony Of New Piympain,' 50 often attributed
to Holmes. and which, Of ;,elf. woud ma>e
the paper worth possessing. Aud, added TO
I these, We have nu;uLcr Of other writers. Of
more or iess note. who have all received the
stamp Of public approval. before thrY t,ok
their places under the banner Of th. Ledger
Wha: wonder that il Is the mG,. successful
periodical Of tea age: y s'Inins proof o:
lis popularity, wc may refer 10 = rcmilr" Of
fair grl, tha; when ncw number iulci To
come 10 hand, shc made herself i.ap?y b., read.
in. over IN oh ">tc ol the Ledger.