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knickerbocker Magazine.

Tue Thirtieth Volume of the KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE will commence on the first of July, 1847. The work has been so long before the public, that it is not deemed necessary to enlarge upon its claims to general favor. T'he annexed List of Contributors to the Magazine, and a few notices of the work, (up to and including the last number) will sufficiently attest its character and its popularity: WASHINGTON IRVING, F. W. EDMONDS,

HENRY BREVOORT,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT, WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, CHARLES M. LEUPP,
J. FENIMORE COOPER, CHARLES ASTOR BRISTED. Hos G. C. VERPLANCK
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, Mrs. GILMAN, (8. C.)

J. N. BELLOWS,
PROF. H. W. LONGFELLOW, E.T. T. MARTIN,

REV, MR. GANNETT, (Mass.) J. K. PAULDING,

H. W. ELLSWORTH, PROFESSOR FELTON, Miss C. M. SEDGWICK, H. J. RAYMOND, Esq. STACY

G. POTTS,
REV, WM. WARE,

H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT, J. G. WHITTIER,
HON LEWIS CASS,
REY. J. PIERPONT,

H. W. ROCKWELL,
Capt. F. MARRYAT,
Col. T. S. McKENNY,

WILLIAM PITT PALMER,
J. H. STEPHENS,
PHILIP HONE, Esq.

ROBERT 8. CHILTON, Esq. SIR E. L. BULWER, JOHN T. IRVING,

DR. A. BRIGHAM, REV. ORVILLE DEWEY, ALBERT PIKE, Esq.

FREDERICK W. SHELTON,
J. H. PRESCOTT, Esq., REV. HENRY BASCOM, EDWARD S. GOULD,
Hon. R. M. CHARLTON, CHARLES SPRAGUE, CHARLES F. HOFFMAN,
JAMES G. PERCIVAL,

RICHARD B. KIMBALL, Esq. MRS. E. F. ELLET.
Gov. W. H. SEWARD,
PARK BENJAMIN,

ANSON H. CENTER, Esq.
Hon, R. H. WILDE,
THEODORES. FAY.

J. H. GOURLIE, Esq. JARED SPARKS,

MRS. FANNY K. BUTLER, HORACE GREELEY, HARRY FRANCO,'

Miss CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN Rev. Dr. PISE, NATH. HAWTHORNE, Hon. JAS. KENT,

THOMAS W.STORROW Esq. Mrs. L. H. SIGOURNEY, REV. WALTER COLTON, R. H. BACON, CAMBRIDGE, Mass REV. DR. BETHUNE, PRESIDENT DUER,

GEORGE LUNT, MRS.KIRKLAND,(Mary Clavers) JOSEPH BARBER,

H. T. TUCKERMAN, 1 Miss LESLIE,

Miss H. F. GOULD,

Mås. M. E. HEWITT.
W. D. GALLAGHER,

Hon. JUDGE HALL, (ILL.) PROF. JAMES J. MAPES,
HON. JUDGE CONRAD, ALEXANDER WATSON, EsQ REV. MR. BACON,
Dr. O. W. HOLMES,

Rey. W. B.O. PEABODY, J. H. SHELDON, JR.,
JOSEPH C. NEAL,

PROF. CHARLES ANTHON, THOS. W. PARSONS,

ALFRED B. STREET, JOHN HENRY HOPKINS,(VT.) PROF. HITCHCOCK, JOHN WATERS,

J. F. JACKSON, ALABAMA, MRS. E. C. EMBURY,

CONSUL G. W. GREENE, Mr. F. PARKMAN, (BOSTON,) Hon. D. D. BARNARD, JAMES BROOKS,

JAS. RUSSELL LOWELL, Esq. J. P. BROWN, Constantinople. Rev. Dr. SPRING,

• PETER SCHEMIL The foregoing list included also ROBERT SOUTHEY, Rev. TIMOTHY FLINT, Miss LANDON, CH. JUSTICE MELLEN, TYRONE Power, ROBERT C. Sands, Willis GAYLORD CLARK, B. B. THATCHER, Dr. CALEB TicKNOR, WM. H. SIMMONS, JOAN SANDERSON, the 'American in Paris,' NICAOLAS BIDDLE, Miss MARY-ANNE BROWNE, (Mrs. Gray,) Eng'and, Rev. Dr. BRANTLEY, South-Carolina, Wil. LIAM LI. STONE, Rev. Dr. BEASLEY, New-Jersey, J. II. HILLHOUSE, and other distinguished writers who have paid the debt of uature.' The following notices of the KNICKERBOCKER are from the American and English press, and from American and British writers of distinction,

The first number of the Twenty-Seventh Volume of this venerable and widely popular periodical appears upon entirely new and beautiful type, in all its departments; and in its rich and diversified contents, continues to vindicate its reputation as the most agreeable and entertaining Magazine pube lished in the United States. When we first started the old 'New-Yorker,' our friend CLARK bad preceded us as Editor of the KNICKERBOCKER about a twelvemonth; it has now reached an age greatly beyond that of any American Mootbly; a fact which literally speaks volumes' in praise of the manner in which the work has been conducted. No number of the K. bas ever been issued under:CLARK's supervision that did not bear indubitable evidence of editorial care, aud aoxious thought and well-directed labor epstamped upon its pages. We have known no montbly, of this country or Europe, so thoroughly edited in the strictest sense of the term. With a corps of contributors embracing the most eminent writers of the country, with not a few from the otber side of the water, it has been able to present articles of a high order of merit, and in rich variety while, as if emulous of the contributed portions, the editorial department has regularly increased in variety and abundance.'- New-York Daily Tribune.

"Nothing is more remarkable than the unfailing promptitude of this old Monthly, except perhaps its constant and constantly increasing excellence. Mathematicians tell us of certain curves called asymptotes, whose peculiarity is always to approach each other, and yet, even when infinitely er. tended, never to intersect. The KNICKERBOCKER, which has reached an age for a Magazine auch greater than a hundred years for a man, and only to be attained by a more marvellous mirac e, nas perpetually approached the highest possible point of interest and excellence ; and yet it seems to have an excelsior, for each number seerns better than that which went before. How it is done our friend CLARK may understand - but it is a sealed mystery to us. There is no publicatips in the United States that has so attractive or popular a feature as the Editor's Table of the KNICKERBOCKER.' - Nero-York Courier and Enquirer.

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Art. I. THE OREGON TRAIL, BY F. PARKMAN, JR.,

II. SOURCES OF THE GENESEE. By W. H. C. HOSMER, Esq.,
III. A NEW RAPE OF THE LOCK. By J. G. Saxe, Esq.,
IV. THE EGYPTIAN LETTERS. NUMBER NINE,

V. STANZAS: ‘LEND A HAND.' By R. S. CHILTON, Esq.,
VI. LINES ON THE DEATH OF A GOOD MAN,
VII. FACTORY-LIFE IN NEW-ENGLAND. BY T. THROSTLE, GENT.,
VIII. NATURE'S CONSECRATION. BY D. W. BELISLE,
IX. THE LADY LEONORE. BY SUSAN PINDAR,
X. REFLECTIONS ON MAN IN SOCIETY. BY JAMES CHADWICK,
XI. STANZAS: WHEN AND HOW SHALL GOD BE WORSHIPPED?
XII. A WELCOME TO WINTER, .
XIII. OLD FRENCH EPIGRAMS. BY IoTA,'
XIV. THE RETURN AFTER HOLIDAYS. BY WILLIAM PITT PALMER, Esq., .
XV. ORATORIOS IN NEW-YORK: OR HOW IT STRIKES A STRANGER,
XVI. LUNAR HOSPITALITY: AN EXTRACT,
XVII. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT By W. H. C. Hosmer,
XVIII. GOSSIP OF SEA-TRAVEL. BY THE LATE HENRY L. CHIPMAN,

XIX. LINES ON THE DEATH OF M. L. W *
LITERARY NOTICES :

1. FOUR NEW POEMS BY AMERICAN POETS,
2. POEMS OF EARLY AND AFTER YEARS. BY N. P. WILLIS,
3. XENOPHON'S MEMORABILIA OF SOCRATES, By D. C. ROBBINS,
4. ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THOMSON'S SEASONS,

5. GOLDSMITIIS POEMS, ILLUSTRATED, Editor's TABLE:

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1. RICHARDSIANA: OR HITS AT POPULAR AMERICAN AUTHORS,

546 2. MUSIC AMONG THE BLIND: MR. DEMPSTER,

549 3. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS, .

550 1. 'A PLEA FOR AMUSEMENTS.' 2. ANOTHER RAIL-Road LYRIC: 'AUDI ALTERAM

PARTEM.' 3. HUMBUGEOUS KNOWING ONES.' 4 AGGLOMERATE ENGLISH.
5. TRUE SORROW: STOLEN TEARS. 6. A PERSONAL REMINISCENCE. 7. ASTRO-
LOGY AND FORTUNE-TELLING. 8. A FEW WORDS FOR PROFESSOR TAYLER
Lewis. 9. PATRIOTISM AND HORSE-RADISH. 10. A SLAB' OF CAVENDISH: THE
WEED,' ITS USES AND ABUSES. U. AN ELECTION ANECDOTE. 12. MONEY: ITS
POTENCY AND IMPOTENCY. 13. A WARNING TO COQUETTES. 14. A MARINE
MOKALIST. 15. LOVE AND WAR: FAIR ROSA MOND. 16. LONGFELLOW's EVANGE-
LINE, 17. VIEWS AND REVIEWS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.' 18. EARLY W00-
ING AND EARLY WEDDING. 19. REV. PROFESSOR INGRAHAM, THE AUTHOR OF
ALL-WORK. 20. SKETCH OF THE GREAT FISHER AMES. 21. RESEMBLANCES OF
AUTHORS. 22. DEATH OF GEORGE H. COLTON, Esq. 23. THE COLUMBIAN FIRE-
ENGINE. 24. 'KIAR'S JOURNEY.' 25, COUNTRY V3. City. 26. THE RETURN AFTER
HOLIDAYS : DEATH OF CHILDREN. 27. THE AUTHOR OF MARY'S DREAM,' 28. A
• VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.' 29. · WOMEN IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES'
AND LADIES' IN THE New.' 30. THE SAINT LEGER PAPERS.' 31. UNITED
STATES' SENATE CHAMBER' 32. DEFENCE OF CHANTICLEER. 33. CoWLEY's Com-
PLAINT TO HIS MUSE. 34. PLAN FOR THE RELIEF OF BROADWAY. 35. “LINES TO
*E. M.,'UNDER A BLAZE OF Gas:' THE CARCEL LAMP. 36. A STRAIT THRUST BY
A CROOKED SWORDSMAN. 37. THE ALBION' JOURNAL'S ENGRAVINGS OF THE
QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT. 38. COLONEL SNOW, THE GAY DECEIVER.' 39. DEATH
of ROBERT EMMET HOE : LINES. 40, ANECDOTES OF ELDER KNAPP. 41. THIRTY-
FIRST VOLUME OF THE KNICKERBOCKER. 42. DRAMATIC REMINISCENCES :'
HUDSON KIRRY. 43. THE SHWEWSBURY' STEAMER. 44. MINIATURES. 45. LOUD-
MOUTHED FAITH vs. Good WORKS. 46. MR. BERGE, THE PIANIST. 47. ADVICE TO
THOSE ABOUT TO MARRY. 48. •BOOK OF THE FEET: PATENT BOOTS AND SHOES.

49. LINGUAL ANECDOTE. 50. PUNCTUAL PUBLICATION OF THE KNICKERBOCKER. 4. BRIEF NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS,

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