Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-01-07
Godey,s I.asIy,s Book.


Yoiamss xxFI and YyfiY 1871. Edited bs Mfs.
/ SursA Ha's and Afss. Lydia "a S'gou,n<y
Miss n. Leslie sesn hare ccnirfbaiion IA
sssvy rsnsbsr
rUyHE only Magsxine in this country intended for
- the prfusAl Of Females that is edited ~ their
own This il m important matter. aud shoald
be borne ~ n.nd By ihose aaoihers v ho intend ca
serinz hr their ewa or thSf daashssrs Instruction
aud amusement
The Lad,.s Beck has bern published hy sae same
proprietor for nearly eleven years. aud durag that
time hr safely say that 40 srtice has been as.
tnittrd IN Us columns thas psrcRts might not With
salty rad 10 their ehsAARes u has been his con,
ssaai 10 pv.senf ihv work from being seciasiaa
political or disra stious. lie has watched he pro
gress from its htss appearance ~ ~ wosid at let.
tsrs. 10 its aisaoss mature How many vain
slFotis have been made during the psi led VI lss
is,enre to establish rivalry bcw macy sti
making, bat in vaia The BOX ia, almost be
considered the creation % taste ios psrieiica Ia,
ri sturc. There Is but Que Magazine now ~ This
cotsasry IL at can DAT. esiaia iom tho pert
cd as the Lady, BOOK; tut the latter a. the sasll
TO otter rrmunc alton Zoe iisesar, ooa.
trbu,ions
CssraAl CowrrSrs --cae original large szel
Steel Engrayieg. by A, L. Dick. IN each na.nber.
A Fa.h,oa Plate. eoioFcd. tnaEA ,hap every
month.
npmhcr.
Forty eight pages reading msttcr.
TBs PleTonIAL DgpAaTmrsr.- The same ~
tentiou tins Department W ~ be displayed. Thuse
Splendid Steel Emgrar,.gs, by J. Dick. Esq !.
that gave 80 much satisfaction last volume. will be
| continued
we give twice a. rasay embellishments any
other Nisssxins aud each plate ~. because We pay
more for its engraving superior 10 xuy ecntesnIsora
ry am, vet the price OF the Magazine is ;aesens
ed. Our edition IL immense. double auy other pvf
llcson, therefore are ensblcd 10 20 TO greater
expense than any other publisher better rrfnrn
may therefors, be expected Tor the price paid Tor
subscriptions.
The voice o. tho public press has pronounced Co
| DEy'S LADY'S BoOK at the bead of the r.ri-
odcal Literature Of the country. sad be Is de.ormn
cd that il shall retain ITS proud supefority Win
this view h. has chcsea Tor its conductors two u
the most emin.n female writers 81 this, OF asy
other country, Mrs HALE, and Mrs sfGoUR
NEy assisted monthly by one Of no icsss ability,
| Miss LESLIE
| In speak ing II our Engrdvinge. GO beg isass 10
call attention to The following pablishod IN iast 70.
4 iumc, viz. ~
View Of con-,aptiecple. The Pilgrim.
Schnv ihill Wafer Works Happy as hng,
| The Indan Maid, The Death Of Luaih.
| With each Of these wa. published Fahou plate.
containing either three or four hsures, beautifully
| aud tastetally coiored
/ GODEY'S BOOK has been emrhaiiraly iermci
! THE LADIES NATIONAL MAGAZINE. rs Il
IL REC, p,acIr for the utrbuions OF hv most CO l.
rbra,,d FEMALE WRI TIERS OF AMERICA.
| most Of whom of any eninrnce, contribute TO lis
pages,
10 publishing the sames Of contributors. ], 10
| 100 long except for a separate adscitissment
But iet this be remembered. thai VI never in any
inst encs mention the name OF coni, !Sutof fIpia
whom we have not the reniotcst idea OF procuring
! snnIyibu,i,n There are enough writers in our
country, and who, " they are paid, viii iuatsh
matter sufficient for all our periodicals
TwENTY.ONE VOLUMES have already been
issued. II Is usua TO announce that small edition
only " IN be published CONTRARY 90 this. the Pro
prietor Of the i.ad,s Book anuounces that he will
publish AN IMMENSE EDITION, with which
| he hopes TO supply all those VITO VIII iasor nm
with orders commencing " i,h the January number
II will De seen by thu. advertisement that every
Q fort has been made BY the proprietor u this work,
TO make il sup-rnr 10 any other ~ Amttlea; and
as 4 NEW YEARS GIFT, the Lady's hook is
probably the most proper that could ~ dssifea Tor
Ladies edited by their own srx. and assisted, rs
| the Editorial Department ~, by the PtctotAi I'm
h.il.hnen,s. /, i, positively the PARLoR COM
PANI0N
SHlON PLATES The Publisher OF the Lady \
Hook .ish.s il to be distinctly nnderstood, tina, the
principal Fashions IL his work AXE CoLoRED.
and in every nua,bef; which - moi the cas-. with
any other work pablished 10 TINS country = unless
/ they are colored they are nseiess
! TnE LiTERAsy DEPAHrMEsr Is Under the su.
periutcudance Of Mrs SARAH J. HALE and M,s'
lLYDIA ~. SlGOURNEY.
Tae MUSICAL DEfABTMEsT - under The super
| inter nd ance Of J. G. O-i5URNE-ihan whom no
| person il more capable IL doing a justice.
CsssaAL FEAruaEs p Literature. Tales, Es,
says, l. .gcnis, Romantic lcidchih IN itisiott, TX
tracts from The Old Poets, Reviews, pothy, fe-
! male Education, T. Establishments, Fashions Color
I'd Lace Enbroii.r,. Fac SimiIi' >. Music. &c &c
era, deal uf curiosity /. oiien cHres. 10 ree
the hiroer sph, ofe,i, b'a,ed persons We shal
en.avor 50 far lies Ia our power 10 Rraiiy this
I.eiins b, giving from t,mr 10 time CORR CT imta.
ii, n. uf the most bra,d Female writers u the
day
Any embellishments 10 be found II any other
Mspaxip. may be looked fur in the Lsiy's Book
tjua READING MATrEa is about I'll. same ~
quantity any similar production probabl, a little
10 favor OF The Book
We still coni,pue to furnish WALTER SCOTS
now ELS. complete. and the LADY'S HOOK one
wear. for TEN DOLLARS.
Address J. buDrt,
No oil Chesnat ST PhiiadeIphia