OF THE

Knickerbocker Magazine.

THE Twenty-Fifth Volume of the KNICKERBOCKER commenced with the number for January, 1845. The Proprietor does not deem it necessary, in announcing this fact, to enter into an elaborate statement of the claims which it is believed to present to the favor of the American reading public. The work is thoroughly known and widely patronized throughout the United States, and has many readers in other countries. It has always embodied original communications from the first writers of America, with those of others of our countrymen less known to fame, certainly, but who have also established in its pages a wide and enviable literary reputation. Its list of more than a hundred contributors, including several eminent writers from abroad, is wholly unequalled by any native periodical. What American Magazine (or European either, for that matter) beside the KNICKERBOCKER, ever presented in a single number articles from WASHINGTON IRVING, COOPER, BRYANT, HALLECK, LONGFELLOW, WHITTIER, STREET, General Cass, and the American in Paris?'-or a galaxy of more gifted writers of any country? Not one, it is confidently asserted. It should be added, moreover, that the most eminent of its contributors are not the least frequently encountered in the KNICKER BOCKER. Mr. IRVING had an average of three articles in the different departments of each number of the work, after his permanent connection with it; Mr. COOPER followed up his first paper with others equally spirited; and it may well be doubted whether Mr. BRYANT has ever penned finer lines than The Prairies,' 'The Aretic Lover to his Mistress,' his magnificent poem The Winds; his equally noble Antiquity of Freedom,' an Evening Reverie,' etc.; or whether Professor LONGFELLow has ever exceeded his several beautiful Psalms of Life,' or his Saga of the Skeleton in Armor; or Mr. WARE, his voluminous Letters from Palmyra,' and 'Letters from Rome;' all of which had their origin in the KNICKERBOCKER. As an evidence that the constant additions which are making to the list of writers for the work are calculated to enhance its reputation, we need only mention the series of Quod Correspondence, the papers of Polygon, the Reminiscences of an Old Man,' (The Young Englishman, the Edward Alford,' and Meadow Furm,' articles, the polished Idleberg Papers, etc., etc. The publisher has not been unmindful of his duty, but has produced the work in a style of typographical neatness and beauty which will challenge com parison with any periodical in the world. It remains only to say, that as it is the oldest, so will the publisher and editor continue to strive to make it the best Magazine in the United States. Permanently established; with a fervid esprit du corps among its cor respondents; and all persons immediately connected with its interests emulous to sustain its character and enhance its value; the KNICKERBOCKER will not for a moment be suffered to flag. Many of its contributors, since its commencement, are named below:

WASHINGTON IRVING,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT,
J. FENIMORE COOPER,
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK,
PROF. H. W. LONGFELLOW,
J. K. PAULDING,
MISS C. M. SEDGWICK,
JOHN SANDERSON,
REV. WM. WARE,
HON. LEWIS CASS,
CAPT. F. MARRYAT,
J. H. STEPHENS,
SIR E. L. BULWER,
REV. ORVILLE DEWEY,
HON. R. M. CHARLTON,
JAMES G. PERCIVAL,
GOV. W. H. SEWARD,
HON. R. H. WILDE,
HARRY FRANCO,'
NATH. HAWTHORNE,
MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY,
REV. DR. BETHUNE,
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,
MR. CATHER WOOD,
F. W. EDMONDS,
REV. MR. GANNETT, (Mass.)
MRS. GILMAN, (S. C.)
E. T. T. MARTIN,
H. W. ELLSWORTH,
REV. DR. BEASLEY,
H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT,
REV. J. PIERPONT,
HON. G. C. VERPLANCK,
COL. T. S. McKENNY,
PHILIP HONE,
JOHN T. IRVING,
REV. HENRY BASCOM,
CHARLES SPRAGUE,
PARK BENJAMIN,
THEODORE S. FAY,
MRS. FANNY K. BUTLER,
HON. JAS. KENT.
REV. WALTER COLTON,
PRESIDENT DUER,
JOSEPH BARBER,
MISS H. F. GOULD,
HON. JUDGE HALL, (ILL.)
WILLIAM L. STONE,
REV. DR. BRANTLEY,
W. GILMORE SIMMS,
REV. W. B. O. PEABODY,
PROF. CHARLES ANTHON,

ALFRED B. STREET,
'JOHN WATERS,
CONSUI. G. W. GREENE,
JAMES BROOKS,
REV, DR. SPRING,
J. H. HILLHOUSE,
J. N. BELLOWS,
DR. R. M. BIRD,
PROFESSOR FELTON,
STACY G. POTTS,
J. G. WHITTIER,

H. w. ROCKWELL,
WILLIAM PITT PALMER,
CHARLES M. LEUPP,

PROF. BECK,

MISS M. A. BROWNE,
HON. CHARLES MINER,
DR. A. BRIGHAM,

FREDERICK W. SHELTON,

EDWARD S. GOULD,
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
MRS. E. F. ELLET,
JOHN HUNTER,
HON. B. W. RICHARDS,
HORACE GREELEY,
REV. DR. PISE,
GEORGE LUNT.
H. T. TUCKERMAN,
REV. DR. SCHROEDER,
W. A ROGERS.

See third page.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

ART. I. THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY AS A SCHOOL-CLASSIC,
II. THE ADVENT OF SPRING: AN ODE OF HORACE,
III. THE SCALP-HUNTER: A SEMI-HISTORICAL SKETCH,
IV. DOUBTING MOMENTS. BY HENRY A. CLARK,

VL SCENES AT CONSTANTINOPLE: THE HOLY MONTH RAMAZAN,
VII. SONNET ADDRESSED BY AN OLD HUSBAND TO A YOUNG WIFE,

VIIL

283

296

297

303

304

305

· 310

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD.' BY JOHN RHEYN, 311

IX. ON PERCEPTION. BY JOHN WATERS,

X. DAYS LONG AGO. BY J. S. FRELIGH,

XI. SKETCHES OF THE GREAT WEST. BY LEWIS F. THOMAS, ESQ.,..

312

315

- 316

1. THE PIASAU ROCK. 2. BARBEAU'S CREEK, A LEGEND. 3. THE MISSOURI RIVER.

XV. BURIAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. BY SUSAN PINDAR,
XVI. THE POLYGON PAPERS. NUMBER THIRTEEN,

XVII. LINES FROM A HUMBLE LOVER TO A CRUEL LADY. BY 'PENSIEROSO,'
XVIII. HINTS TO LOVERS, OR COURTSHIP REDUCED TO RULE,
XIX. THE GALES OF SPRING. BY CLAUDE HALCRO,

1. PHRENO-MNEMOTECHNY, OR THE ART OF MEMORY,

352

2. THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN TEACHER. BY J. N. BELLOWS, Esq., 3. THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY,

354

355

356

4. INDA: A LEGEND OF THE LAKES, WITH OTHER POEMS,

EDITOR'S TABLE:

1. EARLY AMERICAN TRAVELLERS IN THE HOLY LAND, 2. SCENE IN A PARISIAN COURT OF JUSTICE,

3. NOTRE-DAME AUX VIOLETTES, A LEGEND,

4. A SPECIMEN OF EARLY WESTERN ELOQUENCE,

5. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS,

1. SALUTATORY: ALL FOOLS' DAY: THE VICTIMIZER VICTIM'D. 2. GRATEFUL RE-
MEMBRANCES FROM A KIND LADY-CORRESPONDENT: THE BOY AND THE HOLY
IMAGE. 3. AN INCIDENT AT A LADY'S FAIR: OR THE 'DEAD-SET, AT A BACHELOR.
4. FORCED HOSPITALITY.' 5. TRANSPOSED CAUSE AND EFFECT. 6. Precept vs.
PRACTICE: WORDSWORTH THE POET. 7. THE BLACK CAT,' A PARODY. 8. BOYD
ON 'BOYD'S RHETORIC.' 9. SOME THOUGHTS ON HOSPITALS. 10. PERSONAL CLEAN-
LINESS: SIR PETER PAWSEY. 11. SUNDAY IN A COUNTRY VILLAGE. 12. MR. HUD-
SON AND MR. SHAKSPEARE. 13. 'HEARING SOMETHING DROP,' A COLLEGE ANEC-
DOTE. 14. NOT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD:' THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE. 15. RE-
SUME' OF OUR PRESENT NUMBER. 16. DEATH OF REV. SYDNEY SMITH. 17. A
'SUCKER' OFFICE-HUNTER IN WASHINGTON. 18. PARISIAN GOSSIP. 19. A FLA-
GON OF PUNCH. 20. LAURIE TODD:' NEW TRINITY CHURCH. 21. MATTER-of-
FACT MEN. 22. SATISFACTION' TO A SUBSCRIBER. 23. NOTICES TO CORRESPON-
DENTS, ETC.

LITERARY RECORD.

DUNNIGAN'S DOUAY BIBLE; EDSON'S 'VOCAL GUIDE;' MESSRS. BURGESS, STRINGER
AND COMPANY'S PUBLICATIONS; THE 'LONDON LANCET;' MR. COOPER'S NEW
WORK.