Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-07
GODEY'S LADY,S BOOK.

-Ni4NL -clA pages OF lcdulng miUer, ny au
thors whose names stand among the foremost in
the literary ranks of our country, as follows:
Essdyisfs.-Mss Mary w. Hale, Professor
Walter, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Sigourney, Mis-. Hale,
Mrs. L. +. ElIet.
Poeis.-Miss Mary r. Milford, Miss c. H. Wa
terman, Eliza Earle, Miss H. F. Gould, Mrs. ST.
gourney, Mrs. F. s. OsSood, Mrs. G. Baron Will
son, VIM. Gutter, James L, Field1, Isaac &. R,y.
J. S. Dusolle, James Montgomery, Miss Juliet II,
Lewis, Miss A. ID. Woodbridge.
NoreEsts.-H. w. Her ert, Profe ssor Ingraham,
Richard Penn Smith, W. Landor.
Writers Of TGeS.-Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs En-
ma &. Embury, Mrs. Caroline l.. Hentz, Mrs. Ma
ry II. Parsons, Miss A. NJ. +. Buchanan, Mrs. ii.
Beecher Stowe, Mrs. M. st. Leon Loud Seba
Smith.
Of the above eminent writers, celebrated In our
own, and most of them well known in other coun
tries, each have had article either in the Janaary
or February number Of the Book. 1t is unneces.
sary for us To say that such ar ay of names can
he shown by any other magazine in this country,
of any PAIGE.
We give three times as many emh llishmen,s as
any other mag zine and each plate is equal, if not
superior to the Of any cotem orary and yet the
price of the magazine is not increased. Our eli>
ton is immense, therefore we are enabled to Go to
a greater expense than any other publisher.
better return may therefore be expected for the pce
paid for subscription.
In the two numbers just published we have g-
ven four Plates of Fashions, containing eleven FL
CURES. One beautiful specimen of Lace work.
One splendid Steel Plate beyond compare, the best
line engraving ever published in an American Ma
gazine new emhlematical cover.
In addition tn our usual well arranged embelish-
ments, we always pul lish steel tile pages twice
year.
| Tie whole amount Of engravings and embflsh-
ments of various binds that the book contains, or
will contain this year, may be estimated at about
sixty.
| A new series of papers of great value has been
lately commenced by Mrs. Hale. "The Domestic
Department" This during the year will compose
| II great amount OF usual matter.
For enteTpnze at least, we think we deserve some
credit; we have been the first 10 give to an Ame>
rcan public original articles from the pens Of Mary
! Russell Milford, author of "Our Villsge"--Mrs. e..
Baron Wilson editor Of London La Belle Assem-
blee, Mrs. Holland, author of several useful and
valuable works flames Montgomery, author of
"Omnipresence of the Deity" &c; Thomas Miller,
author of Fair Rosamond and Royston Cover =
Ebeneezcr Elliott, auth of Com Law RiLaymes.
| We do not particularly mention these lanes he
cause they all date from Iionlon-c,ur object only
Is to show that where there -. good articles 10 be
had' there VII we ac9r,,y No author Of any repu-
! la''". IN our own country has ever sought admis-
sion 10 " The Book" in ain.
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