Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-07-04
NEW VOLUME OF
THE LADY'S BOOK.

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II. OF this fashionable and interesting publication.
When the last volume was commenced, the Pub
Usher announced that he would issue an immense
edition. He did so. II was exhausted in three
months-see cover Of Nay Number. The increase
from 0,500to IL, 900 in the short space of three
months, is certainly Unprecedented in this or any
other county. Itcan be accounted for, probably.
by the fact that the Publisher of the LADY's Book
has always kept bis word with the public, never
promising more than he intended to perform; nor
among other petty sins, f~alsifying his edition.
u READING MATTER, we consider equal
TO any ever published, and it is our constant aim to
furnish an agreeable variety to this end, We have
employed the talents ofthe msst celebrated Litera.
ny persons of the day.
OUR PLATES-We give every month a Steel
Plate Engraved ezpressiy for our cork. and col
ored-never before used in this or aug other coun.
try. The Engraving alone without the coloring
would be an ornament 10 any work. Also an extra
Steel plate, engraved by the first Artists of the u
nited States; either a Portrait or a View. We ask
a comparison betwet n our own plates, and those
Of any other similar publication.
OUR FASHIONS are Colored by first rate
Artists-they are given monthly, and we wish it TO
be distinctly understood, Always coiored, with des-
c%riptions accompanying each. Quarterly we pub
lish PATTERNS OF Window DRArERY, ALSO COL
oRED. Embroidery occasionly. Superior Engra-
wings on wood, and TWO PAGES OF CHOICE MUSIC
~ EVERY NUMBER. This latter department is un-
der the superintendent of J. g. Osburn.
Our FASHION PLATES alone cost as much as the
Embellishments of any similar work, because the
immense number we print requires tsco Impressions
on steel to expedite the printing for the hands ufthe
colorers. Ipelre Plates Of Fashions Engraued
on Steel, tweiue Engravings on Steel of Fancy
Subjects. Qaariey Plates Of WindOw Curtains,
too Engraved IiHe Pages.-In ali tpenty.tour
engravings in a Year, nearly double the number
Published in any other work, besides Wood Cuts
Of the finest kind, Embroidery and Music.
1t has been suggested that a practice prevails in
this country to import old English plates, have them
-etouched here, the name of the English Epgraver
erased, and an American one substituted. This Is
mol done By us-oar plates are all engraved here.
OUR CONTRIBUTORS are TOO numerous TO
come within the limits of an advertisement. They
may be found on the covers of the various numbers.
This we will say. that the names most prominent
in the Literature ofour country may be found among
them. We use the name of no person who has not
actually contributed. (See Editors Table ofthis
No. for a list Of cont, i6utionS on hand
The Publisher las not waited till this day for
" advice" to make his book hereafter pre-eminent.
II has always been so. The work has no rival: il
never had. The Publisher endeavors to make it
the best publication in the country, and fine can be-
lIeve the contemporary press, he has succeeded
The following from the veteran NJ. NJ. Noah, of the
view iorh Guar, Is one among the many thousand
notices we can give.
Gladys ~BOOK.-Thi, Magazine. decidedlv
one Of the best and most esteemed Of The class Of
productions to which it belongs, is now in it's tenth
year, and Its pages bear evidence of the advanced
state OF periodical literature in our country. We
understand that 1t has a circulation ofupwards of
$4,000, which must convince the most sceptical of
Its merits and popularity. The number for the
present month is made up ofcontributions from the
mems of Mrs Siaournav hrS Hata Nil 7 ,Iu -
other eminent Female writer's; also articles from
Professor Alden, l.. A. Wilmer, ETC, and embel.
ished with a colored plate of the Fashions, and n
very neat engraving of the "Farmer's Return"
which with two pages of Music, comprise the con-
tents OF this very interesting number. This work,
80 strongly by the high character Of
its contributors, should be in the possession of every
young lady and gentlemen, who, we venture to say
will derive much pleasure and instruction from its
perusal. The typographical execution is unexceps
tionable. The subscription price is only three dol
lars"
QUANTITY OF READISa MATTER is about the
same as any similar publication: probably a little
in favor of the Book. Our object is quality, no,
quantity.
The LApr's Book, is Edited by Mrs. Sarah j.
Hale and L. A. Cooley. The senior Editor is too
well known in this country TO need any further mem
ton than her name, as a guarantee for the proper
manner in which the publications. conducted.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
Three dollars per annum, for a Single copy al.
ways payable in advance. Five dollars will com
mapd Two copies one year.
No Letters taken out of the Post Office unless the
postage is paid on ihem.-To this rule in every
case the Publisher wiA strictly adhere.
Address l.. A. Cooley.
Literary Rooms, oil Chestnut street.
philadelphia. June -. 1889.
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