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OF THE

Knickerbocker Magazine.

THE 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. The 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,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT,
J. FENIMORE COOPER,
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK,
PROF. H. W. LONGFELLOW,
J. K. PAULDING,

MISS C. M. SEDGWICK,

REV. WM. WARE,

HON. LEWIS CASS,
CAPT. F. MARRYAT,
J. H. STEPHENS,
SIR E. L. BULWER,
REV. ORVILLE DEWEY,
J. H. PRESCOTT, Esq.,
HON. R. M. CHARLTON,
JAMES G. PERCIVAL,
Gov. W. H. SEWARD,
HON. R. H. WILDE,
JARED SPARKS,
HARRY FRANCO,'
NATH. HAWTHORNE,
MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY,
REV. DR. BETHUNE,

MRS.KIRKLAND, (Mary Clavers)
MISS LESLIE,

W. D. GALLAGHER,
HON. JUDGE CONRAD,
DR. O. W. HOLMES,
JOSEPH C. NEAL,
THOS. W. PARSONS,
PROF. HITCHCOCK,
MRS. E. C. EMBURY,
HON. D. D. BARNARD,
J. P. BROWN, Constantinople.

MRS. GILMAN, (S. C.)
E. T. T. MARTIN,
H. W. ELLSWORTH,
H. J. RAYMOND, Esq.
H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT,
REV. J. PIERPONT,
COL. T. S. MCKENNY,
PHILIP HONE, Esq.
JOHN T. IRVING,
ALBERT PIKE, Esq.
REV. HENRY BASCOM,
CHARLES SPRAGUE,

J. N. BELLOWS,

REV. MR. GANNETT, (MASS.)
PROFESSOR FELTON,
STACY G. POTTS,

J. G. WHITTIER,
H. W. ROCKWELL,
WILLIAM PITT PALMER,
ROBERT S. CHILTON, Esq.
DR. A. BRIGHAM,

FREDERICK W. SHELTON,
EDWARD S. GOULD,

CHARLES F. HOFFMAN,

RICHARD B. KIMBALL, Esq. MRS. E. F. ELLET.

PARK BENJAMIN,

THEODORE S. FAY,

MRS. FANNY K. BUTLER,

Miss CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
HON. JAS. KENT,

REV. WALTER COLTON,
PRESIDENT DUER,
JOSEPH BARBER,
MISS H. F. GOULD,
HON, JUDGE HALL, (ILL.)
ALEXANDER WATSON, ESQ
REV. W. B. O. PEABODY,
PROF. CHARLES ANTHON,
ALFRED B. STREET,
JOHN WATERS,
CONSUL G. W. GREENE,
JAMES BROOKS,
REV. DR. SPRING,

ANSON H. CENTER, Esq.
J. H. GOURLIE, Esq.
HORACE GREELEY,
REV. DR. PISE,

THOMAS W.STORROW ESQ.
R. H. BACON, CAMBRIDGE, MASS
GEORGE LUNT,

H.T. TUCKERMAN,

MRS. M. E. HEWITT,

PROF. JAMES J. MAPES,
REV. MR. BACON,

J. H. SHELDON, JR.,

J. G. SAXE, Esq.,

JOHN HENRY HOPKINS, (VT.)
J. F. JACKSON, ALABAMA,
MR. F. PARKMAN, (BOSTON,)
JAS. RUSSELL LOWELL, Esq.
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, JOHN SANDERSON, the American in Paris,' NICHOLAS BIDDLE, Miss MARY-ANNE BROWNE, (Mrs. GRAY,) Eng'and, Rev. Dr. BRANTLEY, South-Carolina, WILLIAM II. STONE, Rev. Dr. BEASLEY, New-Jersey, J. H. HILLHOUSE, and other distinguished writers who have paid the debt of nature.' 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 published in the United States. When we first started the old 'New-Yorker,' our friend CLARK had preceded us as Editor of the KNICKERBOCKER about a twelvemonth; it has now reached an age greatly beyond that of any American Montbly; a fact which literally speaks volumes' in praise of the manner in which the work has been conducted. No number of the K. has ever been issued under CLARK's supervision that did not bear indubitable evidence of editorial care, and anxious thought and well-directed labor enstamped upon its pages. We have known no monthly, 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 other 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 extended, never to intersect. The KNICKERBOCKER, which has reached an age for a Magazine much greater than a hundred years for a man, and only to be attained by a more marvellous mirac chas perpetually approached the highest possible point of interest and excellence; and yet it seems to have an excelsior, for each number seems 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 publication in the United States that has so attractive or popular a feature as the Editor's Table of the KNICKERBOCKER.'-New-York Courier and Enquirer.

See third page of Cover.

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.,.

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XV. ORATORIOS IN NEW-YORK: OR HOW IT STRIKES A STRANGER,
XVI. LUNAR HOSPITALITY: AN EXTRACT,

527

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XVII. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT By W. H. C. HOSMER,

535

XVIII. GOSSIP OF SEA-TRAVEL. BY THE LATE HENRY L. CHIPMAN,

536

XIX. LINES ON THE DEATH OF M. L. W *

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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. GOLDSMITH'S POEMS, ILLUSTRATED,

EDITOR'S TABLE:

1. RICHARDSIANA: OR HITS AT POPULAR AMERICAN AUTHORS,

2. MUSIC AMONG THE BLIND: MR. DEMPSTER,

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. ASTROLOGY AND FORTUNE-TELLING. 8. A FEW WORDS FOR PROFESSOR TAYLER LEWIS.' 9. PATRIOTISM AND HORSE-RADISH. 10. ASLAB' OF CAVENDISH: THE WEED, ITS USES AND ABUSES. 11. AN ELECTION ANECDOTE. 12. MONEY: ITS POTENCY AND IMPOTENCY. 13. A WARNING TO COQUETTES. 14. A MARINE MORALIST. 15. LOVE AND WAR: FAIR ROSAMOND. 16. LONGFELLOW'S EVANGELINE.' 17. VIEWS AND REVIEWS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.' 18. EARLY WooING 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 FIREENGINE. 24. KIAR'S JOURNEY.' 25. COUNTRY VS. 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 COMPLAINT 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. THIRTYFIRST VOLUME OF THE KNICKERBOCKER. 42. DRAMATIC REMINISCENCES :' HUDSON KIRBY. 43. THE SHREWSBURY' STEAMER. 44. MINIATURES. 45. LOUDMOUTHED 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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