, 1841-12-18
AMERICAN LADIES, NATIONAL
MAGAZME-

AMERICAN LADIES' NATIONAL
MAGAZINE. S.
'GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK FOR 1912.
The most .plndid and psixabk Masesins essr
pu6hahed.
TIME only Magazine devoted to Ladies. and con.
Quoted BY members Of their own SEX. Com.
posed entirely of original articles. BY the most emf.
nent writers of the age, and embellshed with . large
number and greater variety CT costly, elegant. and
attractive Pictorial illustrations, than any similar
publication. Edited by
Mrs. Sarah Hale, Morton M'Michael,
Mrs. L, H. Sigourney, l.. A. Cooley,
Contributor to each number.
Miss C. M. sedgewiek, N. P. Willis.
Miss. E. Leslie, Mrs. c.. Lee Hunts,
Mrs. E. C. Enbury, r. s. Arthur,
Theodore s. Fay, Mrs. E.. F. Ellet.
In announcing to his numerous patrons and the
public at large his arrangements for the year 1912, the
proprietor Of Godsy's Lady's Book takes occasion to
acknowledge the unparalleled and triumphant sue.
cess Of his Magazine, which has now reached the ex-
traordinary number Of
1000 Copies Monthly,
being a larger edition than has ever been printed Of
any other work. of any description, in America -
This success he is aware has been attended by the
vast superiority which the Lady's Book has always
maintained over the various contemporary mngaa:ns'
which have attempted to rival its merits, a superion
ty which he is still determined to preserve, by keeping
il, in all its departments, Literary, Intellectual and
Moral. as well AZ Pictorial, EmblematIc, Artistic
and Mechanical
That this i. no idle boast, be appeals to the exp :
rience of the past twelve years, in all wich time be
has made no prsmi.est to the public which he has mol
folly performed, nor undertaken any thing which hi'
means did not enable him to accomplish TO the ut
termost.
Entering as he is about to do, on the 9th volume o
the Lady's Book with increased energy and accumu-
lated resources; with an ample knowledge OF the
business in which he is engaged, acquired BY long
year, of u%nremitted application. with a subscription
list unparalleled in the annals Of literature; with nu.
merous facilities not possessed by any other publisher;
with-well designed and wide extended arrangements;
and above all. with . steadfast purpose Of maintain.
ing the lofty elevation his work has reached, the pro-
pnetor has not hesitated to incur expenses which un-
der other circumstances might well prove startling
but by means of which he will be enabled to make
the Lndy's Book the richest, the rarest. the most Mt
~tractive, and the most valuable periodical, intrinsic
ally and eItrin.icslly, ever offered to the public.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT
Mrs s. Hale, Mrs l. II Sigourney, Miss E Leslie.
Mis-, C NJ Scdgwick, Mrs Emma C Embury. Mrs F
5 Osgood. Mrs A N F Annar. Mrs F. F Eilet, Miss
Dupuy, Mrs Volney E Howard, Mrs F. Allen, Mrs
1 - cficy WIS II 'to"cs az u cuieh
Mrs J Thayer. MrsC Lee Hentr, Mrs E c Stedman.
Mis- Meeta NJ Duncan, Mrs C II W EsIing. Mrs N
ST Leon Loud, Mise NJ D Snow, Kate Franklin
lie will be enabled to furnish occasional articles
from Maria Edgeworth, May Russell Milford Mr.,
Cornweli Baron Wilson, Mrs S C Hall, Mrs Holland,
Mary Hewitt, and other English lady writers Of dis.
~tinction, some Of whom have already published in
the Lady's Book the first original contributions they
have ever made to American Literature.
Nor has he omitted to procure the services OF emf.
nent writer, of the opposite sex. Awnre Of the
universal and well-de'erved popularity Of N P Will
lis, Esq. and confident that the productions Of his
graceful and eloquent pen will be highly acceptable
TO the readers Of the Lady's Book, the proprietor
ha. entered in an arrangement by which he will be
able TO give in each number Of the work. an eXcIu-
.ive article from that gentleman; and he mas also
retained all the contributors whose writings have
heretofore given such general satisfaction, including
w. C. Simm,, Esq, Professor Ingraham. Professor
D;mity, Erofessor Frost, Professor Walter, Park Ben
iamin. Esq. R S Mackenzie, LII d T S Arthur Esq,
In w Herbert. Joseph C Neal, Hon. Robert T Con-
rad, Dr. J X Mitchell. Morris. P Earle, N D, N c
Brooks. A NJ E Holden, A M'Makin, L + Ta,istro,
Ruff. Dawes, E D Squier M'LelIsn, u. James
Aldrich.
With such aid, il is n ( too much to say, that
the Literary Department of the Lady's Book will sur
pass any thing that has ever been or can be attempted.