Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-06-27
NEW VOLUME OF
the LADY'S BOOK.

Law VON
UyHE July No. will . new volume
ofthisj fashionable and interesting publication.
When the last volume was commenced, tss r"o-
l;.ber announced thss he would issue an immeSse
sdition. He did 90. II was exhausted in three
months-see cover Of Nay Number. The increase
from 10. 500 to Is, 900 in the short space of three
months. is certainly unprecedented in this or any
o,b.r Country. 1t team be accounted for. probably,
bv the fact that the Publisher fthe LADrs Book
has always kept his word with The public, never
promising more than he intended to perform; nor
among other petty sins, fsisifying his edition. :,
OUR READING NATTER, we consider equal
10 auy ever published, and it is our constant aim to
furnish an agreeable variety to this end, we have
,mrloyed the talents ofthe NEST celebrated Lltera-
~ persons Of the day.
Our PLATES-We give every month . Steel
Plate Esgraved express,y for oar cork. and col
ored-never before used in this or aug osher coar-
frv. The Engraving alone without the coiofing
would be an ornament to any work. Also an extra
Steel plate, engraved BY the hrst A,t'sts Of the y
uited STATES; either a Portrait or a View. we ask
: comparison betwet n our own plates, and those
Of any other similar publication.
OUR FASHIONS are C0lored by first rate
Artists-they are given monthly, and we wlsnit 10
be distinctly understood, olUays coIosed, with des-
criptions accompanying each. Quarterly we pup
lsh PATTERNS or WISDOM DRArrRY, ALSO COL
oRED. Embroidery occasionly. Superior Engra-
vinps on wood, and rwo PAGES OF CHOICE MUSIC
~ Every NUMBER. This latter department Is uH-
der the superintendence of J. G. Osburn.
OuR FASHION PLATES alone cost as much a. the
Embellishments Of any similar work, because the
immense number we print requires tt0o tmpresstons
ON steel to expedite the printing for the hands OF the
coIorors. TtDeive Plates Of Fashions Engracea
on Steel, fUeiue Engrarings on Steel Of Faaey
Subjscts, Quarley Plates Of WindoD Curtains,
HEIy. D~-..-In III f1npufJ-foHF
euerav,ngs in a Year, nearly double the numbsr
n ,blished in any other work, besides Wood Cuts
of the finest kind, Embroidery and Music.
Ii has been suggested that a practice prevaiisin
tbi, country to import old English plates, have them
,etouched here, the name Of the English Engraver
erased, and an Amer lean one substituted. Ihasas
.ol done by ss-our plates are all engraved here.
OUR CONTRIBUTORS are too numerous to
come within tho limits of an advertisement. They
NAV he 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
,hem, We use the name Of no person rho hds NOS
netuaHv contributed. (See Editors I4ole effhss
No. for q list Of contribution on hanS.)
The Publisher has not waited till this day tor
advice to make his book hereafter pre-eminent.
IL has always been so. The work has no rival; It
never had. The Publisher endeavors to make 1t
the beet publication in the country. and i'll he can be-
lieve the contemporary press, he has succeeced.-
The following from the veteran M. M. Noah, OF the
New York Star, is one among the many thousand
notices we can give.
Gladys BOOK.-This Magazine, decidedly
ono Of the best and most esteemed OF the class OF
productions to which it belongs, is now IN its tenth
year, and its pages bear evidence OF the advanced
st,te of periodical literature in our country. we
understand that it 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 Of contributions from the
pens Of Mrs Sigourney, Mrs. Hale, Miss Leslie. and
other eminent Female writers; also articles from
Professor Alden, L. A. Wilmer, etc, and embel'
lished with a colored plate of The Fashions, and q
very neat engraving Of tho Farmers Return
which with two pages of Music, comprise the con-
tents of this very interesting number. This work,
80 s,ronyly recommended by The high character OF
il. contributors, should be in the possession OF every
Young lady and gentlemen, who, wa venture to say
will derive much pleasure and instruction from It's
perusal. The typographical execution is unexceP-
iionable. The subscription price is only three DOL
lars"
OuANrrrY or READING Matter is about the
same as any similar publication probably a little
In favor Of the Book. Our object is quality, not
quantity.
The LApY's Book, is Edited by Mrs. Sarah J..
Hale and L. A. Cooley. The senior Editor Is 100
we'll known in this country TO need any further men
tion than her name, as a guarantee for the proper
manner in which the publication is conducted.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
Three dollars per 4nnum, for a Single copy al
ways payable in advance. Five dollars will COM
mand Two copies one year.
No Letters taken out Of the Postofice unless the
postage il paid on them To this rule in every
case the Publisher wiH strictly adhere.
Address L.. A. 6ODEi.
Literary Rooms. oil Chestnut street.
PHILADELPHIA. June 13. 1899.