Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-06-13
SOUTHERN LADIES, BOOK.
EDITED BIZ

P. c. PENDLEToN & G. F. PIERCE.
10 the ladies' Of Georgia and to the South
generally the following plants most ~.
specifiI Submitted. It's hoped that il
will receive their serlpus attention, und !
meet their appreciation, since It is Tor
Their especla! benelit that ,hhe work is
projected.
PROSPECTUS.
I'm submitting the following plan, we
! IA should first call the attention Of the
Ladies and all those who lerl Interested,
1 (and who arc those that do noI,) ia the
welfare and Improvement Of the female
sex, to the present condition Of the South
eIn press. Nearly all publications when
issue from 1t are engaged in political dis.
cussion, anj their columns item wihaccu
Stations, denlals, abuse, and every torn, Of
4 worldly warlare--carried on ia languaqe
Frequently cnit for sears polite" and sci
dom suited 10 the delcacy and gen;leness
which belong 50 peculiarly 10 the Female
character.
OF tue few literary papers published
South Of the Potomac, there is not one
exclusively dedicated to the LADIES'
We have fell this as want which ought
to be supplied: and We propose to make an
effort 10 DO so, confident that our endeay-
ours will be crowned win success, If we
can only secure the hearty cooperation Of
those Tor whose welfare we are about TO
labour The Ladies of The South. And
we Apeci farther, that every intelligent
MAD among the other sex Will view with
approbdtlon, and aid ia sustaining, an
enterprise designed 10 improve the minds
, OF those who without whose cheering
/ smiles and soothing companlonship, life
would be dreury and this FAIR world u
desert.
We also wish TO afford TO the Ladies, a
field for the exercise Of their own talents,
aud for the developememen; Of the resour,
/ ces Of lhtdr minds. The list Of authors
] for some years past, have frequently en-
/ rolled the Eanes Of Females whose plorl.
GUS success has shed an additional rndi-
dHLe Oll liS lfdHc VI = W OtlIdn. ne
.'lords creation" have been forced TO ac-
Knowledge that tie Female mind is by n,
means, deficient in capacity and inlellec-
tual endowmenls, whilst, at the same time,
it is possessed Of superior delicacv and
tact Long Was igonan', mind held il
thrGldom, long were her powers moderated
aud forced 10 remail. inactive unexercised
by the force Of conVenlioal arrangements
! but her chains arc broken, and her liberty
has been proclaimed, The article Of Mos
leu iaiih; that Women have no souls, no
longer obtains among US Let the Ladies'
now assert their own privilege, aud we
offer them, in our proposed work, a medium
for the expression of their own views aud
sediments, on all all that appertains, in any
degree, u the welfare aud Improvement
OF their sex.
In oasriog the plan of ScatferR Ia
dies Book, we DO not intend that Il shall
be precis lily similar to Il work OF like name,
at the North. We lave 10 our Nothern
contemporary pictorial representations Of
, fashion and dress, Tor the embellishment
OF thelrperson: 5eit ours 10 provide garb
Of purity, elegance refinement, aud grace,
lur the adorDuent Of the mind.
al that may contribute TO inform the
= heart, invigora.e the mind, purify the atfec-
: tlons, aud refine the manners, Shall be our
: especial care, that our work nay bc use
: tu aid TO the young, and fair, and beauti.
! lui, in preparing themselves for the dis.
J charge of the noble aud arduous duties
] which dcyolve on Woman, 10 her varied
4 capacity Of Daughter Wife and Mother
J And ue repeat in the accomplishment d
u this high enterprise, we confidently expect
u the aid and supporter enlightened and ju.
y dicious Of both sexes. Arrangements ioI
u regular aid will be made with several
y LADIES' whose productions have already
d gained them high lame III the Literary
81 wDlld--and several gentlemen OF distin
1 gulshed auulnmeuts have already been Sc
'e cured as contributors, from whence scien
70 thc tracts, with notes and observations OF
d The arts may he expected, This depart
menl of the work Will receive marked at
lcnllon liz short, nothing will be omitted
which may tend 70 give the publication
9 such character us viii render it worth,
the attention Of the learned, and those 4
!, whom it il dedicated The Ladies Of IN
j South and West. II only remains 10 OBJ
!, tain The requisite number Of subscribers-'
- saw two thousand--and If the Ladies wil
4 smile upon, and aid our efforts, that nun