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THE

Knickerbocker Magazine,

EDITED BY LOUIS GAYLORD CLARK,

will commence its THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME with the number for January,

1852.

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SEQUEL TO ST. LEGER

AND

MEISTER KARL'S SKETCH-BOOK,

will be continued regularly through the coming year. In addition to these, and a host of highly esteemed contributors,

'I K

MARVEL,'

THE POPULAR AUTHOR OF THE

'REVERIES OF A BACHELOR,'

has engaged to furnish a new and original work, which will be given in every number of the KNICKERBOCKER during the year 1852. It will be entitled

THE FUDGE PAPERS,

BEING THE OBSERVATIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD OF DIVERS MEMBERS
OF THE FUDGE LA SILY; RENDERED INTO WRITING

BY TONY FUDGE.

The contributors' department of this Magazine will be more interesting and valuable than it has ever been.

ART. I. SKETCHES IN SOUTH-AFRICA. NUMBER FOUr,

II. MILTON'S LAMENT FOR BISHOP ANDREWS. BY REV. DR. LYONS,
III. THE NEW SPIRE AT INNISFIELD. BY F. H. UNDERWOOD,.
IV. TYRANTS IN TARTARUS. BY C. D. STUART,

V. STEDFASTNESS. BY HORACE RUBLEE,

VI. ROUGH SKETCHES OF FEMALE FIGURES: BELLE BRONSON,
VII. CAPE COTTAGE AT SUNSET. BY WILLIAM B. GLAZIER,

VIII. THE HOUSEHOLD CLOCK.

BY R. T. MACOUN, U. S. N.,

IX. ADVENTOOR ON CONEYN ILAND,

X. STANZAS: ALONE. BY SIGMA,'

XI. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE BOWERY THEATRE,

SON ...

571

577

. 579

588

. 589

590

593

594

595

599

601

606

NOTICE.

EDITORS will do us a particular favor by noticing the reduction of price, and also, that "IK MARVEL," author of the "Reveries of a Bachelor," the most popular writer of the day, will contribute a series of articles to be given in every number of 1852, which will add greatly to the interest and value of the work.

OF THE PICTURESQUE:' 'THE WOMEN OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY.
NIGHT-THOUGHTS: LEAFLETS OF MEMORY: THE EVENING-BOOK,' EY
MRS. KIRKLAND: LOUIS' SCHOOL-DAYS,' ETC. 2. A POETICAL MAN OF LET-
TERS. 3. A SPECIMEN OF SPICY CORRESPONDENCE. 4. WRONGS OF MEN'
BY WOMEN. 5. NAPOLEON AND MAS. JUDSON AT ST. HELENA. 6. A QUEPU-
LOUS RAIL-ROAD CRITIC. 7. AN AWFUL BEREAVEMENT: DEATH OF LITTLE
CHILDREN. 8. A FEW THOUGHTS ON TRUE CHARITY. 6. SONG FOR PUNCH-
DRINKERS, PUNCHED FROM THE GERMAN. I. OLIVE-LEAVES,' BY RS.
SIGOURNEY. 11. A COOL REASONER AND LIBERAL MORALIST. 12. THE
IDFLUEDZA, OR A COLD ID THE EAD, WITH A So’G.' 13. MUTTERINGS
AND MUSINGS OF AN INVALID. 14. THE BELLES OF TOSTINE, NEW-HAVEN.
15. SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, REDIVIVUS: SIR ROGER AT CHURCH. 16. THE
OPERA. 17. DR. PILL, THE MEDICAL QUACK.' 18. THE UPPER SOCIETY OF
NEW-YORK,' BY ONE OF THE LOWER STRATA.' 19. PARSON THOMAS BELL,
THE AUCTIONEER 20. LINES BY A CRIPPLED CHILD. 21. SOME REFLEC-
TIONS ON THE USE WITHOUT THE ABUSE OF WINE. 22. A 'GRAVE' OMNIBUS.
23. LAY OF THE LAZY.' 24.NEW-YORK MEDICAL TIMES.' 25. WESTERN
DUTCH POETRY. 26. A CHRISTIAN TS. A CRACK' CHURCH. 27. DRAYTON,
A STORY OF AMERICAN LIFE.' 28. EPITAPHS AND OTHER ELEGIAC KARITIES.
29. A THOUGHT FROM FRIENDS IN COUNCIL. 30. POMPOSITY REBUKED.
31. PROFESSOR PAGE'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENGINE. 32. THE ENGLISH AND
SCOTCH REBELLION OF 1688. 33 'THY WILL BE DONE BY GEN. GEORGE
P. MORRIS. 34. WARREN'S BOOK OF ELOQUENCE. 35. AN 'ORID PUN.
36. THE LORD'S PRAYER: A CORRECTION. 37. COMPLIMENTARY ART-CRITI-
CISM. 38. STEPHEN BURROUGHS. 39. MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET. 40. AN-
ECDOTES OF CHILDREN. 41. THE ILLUSTRATED KEEPSAKE. 42. A RESO-
LUTE BRICK.' 43 LEUTZE'S GREAT PAINTING OF WASHINGTON CROSSING
THE DELAWARE. 44. ADVENT OF OUR THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME: A WORD TO
OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE FRIENDS. 45. A CAUTIOUS SCOTT.' 46. NOTICES
TO PUBLISHERS, CORRESPONDENTS, ETC.

ART. I. SKETCHES IN SOUTH-AFRICA. NUMBER FOUR,

II. MILTON'S LAMENT FOR BISHOP ANDREWS. BY REV. DR. LYONS,
III. THE NEW SPIRE AT INNISFIELD. BY F. H. UNDERWOOD,
IV. TYRANTS IN TARTARUS. BY C. D. STUART,

V. STEDFASTNESS. BY HORACE RUBLEE,

VI. ROUGH SKETCHES OF FEMALE FIGURES: BELLE BRONSON,
VII. CAPE COTTAGE AT SUNSET. BY WILLIAM B. GLAZIER,
VIII. THE HOUSEHOLD CLOCK.

BY R T. MACOUN, U. S. N.,.

IX. ADVENTOOR ON CONEYN ILAND,

X. STANZAS: 'ALONE.' BY 'SIGMA,'

XI. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE BOWERY THEATRE,
XII. DEATH: AN EXTRACT,

571

577

579

583

589

590

593

594

595

599

. 601

606

XIII. KING JAMES THE SECOND. FROM HISTORIC FANCIES,'

XIV. THE GENTLE ROY THAT DIED SO YOUNG. BY J. CLEMENT,

. 607

608

XV. THE SAILOR-BOY'S DEATH-BED. By J. HOWARD WAINWRIGHT, XVI. LINES ON REVISITING BERKSHIRE IN AUTUMN. BY WM. PITT PALMER,. XVII. SCHEDIASMS: LAKE RYE, A SUMMER'S DAY-DREAM, XVIII, GRAVE' STANZAS. BY DELTA,'.

. 608 615

.616

XIX. ANACREONTIC STANZAS. BY R. S. CHILTON, Esq.,.

622

XX. SKETCH-BOOK OF ME, MEISTER KARL. BY CHARLES G. LELAND, ESQ.,
XXI. THUNDER-STORM ON THE TAPPAAN-ZEE. BY MARY E. HEWITT, .
XXII, QUEBEC: FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A TRAVELLER,
XXIII. STANZAS: NOVEMBER. BY GEORGE H. THURSTON,.

622

628

629

631

LITERARY NOTICES:

I. PICKETT'S HISTORY OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI,

2. THE FAIL OF POLAND. BY S. C. SAXTON,

3. THE CAPTAINS OF THE OLD WORLD. BY HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT,

4. AMERICAN POETRY. BY STREET, TAYLOR, AND STODDARD,

5. SWALLOW-BARN. By J. P. KENNEDY,

6. PUTNAM'S 'HOME-CYCLOPÆDIA' HAND-BOOKS,

4. THE OUNTRY CHURCH: AN ORIGINAL SKETCH BY THE 'REVERIE-BACHELOR, 552
5. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS,
554

1. BOOKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: CHRISTMAS WITH THE POETS: THE BOOK OF
HOME-BEAUTY:' REVERIES OF A BACHELOR,' ILLUSTRATED: HOME-BOOK
OF THE PICTURESQUE: THE WOMEN OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY:' ' YOUNG'S
NIGHT-THOUGHTS: LEAFLETS OF MEMORY: THE EVENING-BOOK,' BY
MRS. KIRKLAND: LOUIS' SCHOOL-DAYS, ETC. 2. A POETICAL MAN OF LET-
TERS. 3. A SPECIMEN OF SPICY CORRESPONDENCE. 4. WRONGS OF MEN'
BY WOMEN. 5. NAPOLEON AND MAS. JUDSON AT ST. HELENA. 6. A QUEPU-
LOUS RAIL-ROAD CRITIC. 7. AN AWFUL BEREAVEMENT: DEATH OF LITTLE
CHILDREN. 8. A FEW THOUGHTS ON TRUE CHARITY. 6. 'SONG FOR PUNCH-
DRINKERS, PUNCHED FROM THE GERMAN. P. OLIVE-LEAVES,' BY MRS.
SIGOURNEY. 11. A COOL REASONER AND LIBERAL' MORALIST. 12. THE
IDFLUEDZA, OR A COLD ID THE EAD, WITH A So’a.' 13. MUTTERINGS
AND MUSINGS OF AN INVALID.' 14. THE BELLES OF TONTINE, NEW-HAVEN.
15. SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, REDIVIVUS: SIR ROGER AT CHURCH. 16. THE
OPERA. 17. DR. PILL, THE MEDICAL QUACK.' 18. 'THE UPPER SOCIETY OF
New-YORK,' BY ONE OF THE LOWER STRATA.' 19. PARSON THOMAS BELL,
THE AUCTIONEER 20. LINES BY A CRIPPLED CHILD. 21. SOME REFLEC
TIONS ON THE USE WITHOUT THE ABUSE OF WINE. 22. AGRAVE' OMNIBUS.
23. LAY OF THE LAZY.' 24. NEW-YORK MEDICAL TIMES. 25. WESTERN
DUTCH POETRY. 26. A CHRISTIAN S. A CRACK CHURCH. 27. DRAYTON,
A STORY OF AMERICAN LIFE.' 28. EPITAPHS AND OTHER ELEGIAC RARITIES.
29. A THOUGHT FROM FRIENDS IN COUNCIL.' 30. POMPOSITY REBUKED.
31. PROFESSOR PAGE'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENGINE. 32. THE ENGLISH AND
SCOTCH REBELLION OF 1688. 33. THY WILL BE DONE BY GEN. GEORGE
P. MORRIS. 34. WARREN'S BOOK OF ELOQUENCE.' 35. AN 'ORID PUN.
36. THE LORD'S PRAYER: A CORRECTION. 37. COMPLIMENTARY ART-CRITI-
CISM.' 38. STEPHEN BURROUGHS. 39. MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET. 40. AN-
ECDOTES OF CHILDREN. 41. THE ILLUSTRATED KEEPSAKE.' 42. A RESO-
LUTE BRICK.' 43 LEUTZE'S GREAT PAINTING OF WASHINGTON CROSSING
THE DELAWARE. 44. ADVENT OF OUR THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME: A WORD TO
OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE FRIENDS.' 45. A CAUTIOUS SCOTT.' 46. NOTICES
TO PUBLISHERS, CORRESPONDENTS, ETC.