Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-06-13
NEW VOLUME OF
H LADY'S BOOK.

yuNHE July No. will commence a new volume
ofthis fashionable and interesting publication.
When the last volume was commenced, the Pub
Usher announced that he would issue an immense
edition. He did so. 1t was exhausted in three
months-see cover Of Mag Number. The increase
from 10, 500 to Is, 600 in the short space of three
months, is certainly Unprecedented in this or any
other country. 1t can be accounted for, probably,
by the fact that the Publisher ofthe L4DY's Book
has always kept his word with the public, never
promising more than he intended to perform; nor
among other petty sins, classifying his edition.
OUR 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 taleits of the most celebrated Litera-
ny persons of the day.
OUR PLATES-We give every month a Steel
Plate Engraved expressly for our work, and coll
ored-neverb before used in this or aug other coun-
try. The Engraving alone without the coloring
would be an ornament TO any work. Also an extra
Steel plate, engraved by the first Artists of the t.
nited States; either a Portrait or a View. We ask
a comparison between our own plates, and those
ofany other similar publication.
OUR FASHIONS are Colored by first rate
Artists-they are given monthly, and We wish il to
be distinctly understood, Arrays cotored, with des-
c%riptions accompanying each. Quarterly we pub
lish Patterns OF WINDOW DRArERY, ALSO Col
oRED. Embroidery occa.ionly. Superior Engra-
wings on WOOD, ana TWO PAGES OF CHOICE MUSIC
IN EVERY NUMBER. This latter department is I'M
der the superintendence 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 tro Impressions
on steel to expedite the printing for the hands ofthe
colorers. Isoelce Plates Of Fashions Engraved
or Steel, ttceive Engraviags on Steel Of Fancy
Subjects. Quorley Plates Of Windo,o Curtains,
two Engraved IMe Pages.-ln all ttoentyJour
Dnrou,no - N Va pa,rty 1a5IIe tho nnph.r
Published in any other work, besides Wood Cuts
of the finest kind, Embroidery and Music.
IL has been suggested that a practice prevails in
this country to import old English plates, have them
=etouched here, the name of the English Engraver
erased, and an American one substituted. Ihtsss
mol done By us-our 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 pko has net
actually contributed. (See Editors Table ofthis
No. for a list Of cont buttons On hand)
The Publisher has not waited till this day for
{" advice" to make his book hereafter pre-eminent.
1t has always been so. The work has no rivals it
never had. The Publisher endeavors to make it
the best publication in the country, and ifhe cat be-
leve the contemporary press, he has succeeded.-
The following from the veteran NJ. NJ. Noah, of the
New York Star, is one among the many thousand
notices we can give.
"LADY'S BOOK-This Magazine, decidedly
one 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
state of periodical literature in our country. We
understand that il has a circulation ofupwards of
1900, which must convince the most ~sceptical Of
its merits and popularity. The number for the
present month is made up Of contributi1ns 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-
lshed with a colored plate of the Fashions, and a
very neat engraving Of the "Farmer's Return, "
which with two pagss of Music, comprise the Con-
tents ofthis very interesting number. This work,
so strongly recommended 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 unexcep-
tlonable. The subscription price is only three dol
lars"
QUANTITY OF 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 LADY's Book, is Edited by Mrs. Sarah ].
Hale and l.. A. Cooley. The senior Editor is too
wen known IN this country to need any further mem
non than her name, as n guarantee for the proper
manner in which the publications. is conducted.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
lhree dollars per dnnum, for a Single copy al
ways payable in advance. Five dollars will com.
mand Two copies one year.
No Letters taken out of the Post Office unless the
postage is paid on them.-To this rule in everv
case the Publisher TiA strictly adhere.
Address l." A.. Cooley.
Literary Rooms, oil Chestnut street.
Philadelphia. June Is. 1889.