Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-03-29
LADIES NATIONAL
MAGAZINE.

HODEY'S Lady's Book, Tor lS42, the
" most splendid and valuable monthly Pc
riodical ever published. The only Magazine
devoted to Ladies, and conducted by members
other own sex. Composed entirely OF ORGY
nal Articles, BY the most eminent writers OF
the age: and embeIshed with larger number
and greater variety of costly, elegant and at
traciiye Pictorial Illustrations, than any SINH
lar publication. -
Mrs Sarah J. Hale, Morton M'Michael, Mrs.
l.. H. Stguurney, l. A. Cooley.
Contributors to each number.-Miss {. Nj.
Sedgwick. N. A Willis, Miss. +. Leslie, Mrs.
c. Lee Hentz, Mrs. +. c. Embury, L. 5. Au-
thur, Theodore S. Fay, Mrs. E. + Ellet.
In announcing to his numerous patrons and
the public at large his arrangements for the
year 1912, the proprietor OF Godeys Lady s
Book takes occasion to acknowledge me
UNPARALLELED and triumphant success OF his
Magazine, which has now reacneu the extra
ordinary number OF ..u,,,,,
Reing larver Edition than has ever been
printed of any other work OF any description in
America. THIS success he is aware has been
attained by the vast superiority which the La
dye Book has always maintained over the va
rious contemporary magazines which have at
tempted to rival It's merits, superiority whlcf
he is still determined to preserve, by keeping
IL, in all its departments, Literary, intellectual
and Moral, as well as Pictorial, EmblamatlC
Artistic, and Mechanical. That this IS no i'd,
boast, he appeals to the experience of the pas
twelve years, in all which time he has made n
promise TO the public which he has not full.
performed, nor undertaken any thing to tie ut
termost.
Entering, as he is about to do, on the 2it
volume of the Lady's Book, with increased ca
-ergy and accumulated resources; with an am
pie knowledge Of the bu .inJ SIS IN Which he }
engaged, acquired by long years Of unremtte
application; with a subscnptIon-llst unpareliel
ed IN the annals othterature; with numerous Ia
cilties not possessed by any other publisher
with well-digested and wide extended arrange
ments; and above all, with steadiast purpose
of maintaining the lofty elevation his worl
has reached the proprietor has not hesitatet
to incur expenses, which under other cir
cumstances might well prove startling, but b,
meansof which he will be enabled to make thu
Lady,s Book the richest,the rarest, the most at
tractive, and the most valuable periodical, IN
trnsically and extrnsically, ever offered 10 the
American public.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT..
II has ever been the aim of the proprietor tC
impari TO the Lady's Book high literary anC
moral tone; and for this purpose he has, with
out regard to cost, procured the aid Of the mos
eminent writers; and for several years past
has committed its editorial supervision to Mrs
Sarah J. Hale, Mrs. Lydia II. Sigourney, ant
Miss f Leslie, ladies' Of whom not only thei
own sex, but the whole country, have reason
to be proud. In this respect, the Lady's Bool
enjoys decided advantage over all other pub
locations, as il is only work devoted to ladies'
dlrect-an advantage which must be obvIOu:
to every parent, husband, brother, and friend
as well as to every lady who properly appreci
ates the dignity and importance of her sex
To add to its superiority in this particular, tie
proprietor has secured, IN addition to the ladies
already mentioned, the invaluable services o
Miss &. NJ. Sedgwick, author of Redwood, Cla
renee, Letters from England, &c. &c, a wri
ter, whose efforts in raising the intellectual
standard of her sex, and indicating the true
rights of woman, not less than her riChly-gilteC
intellect and varied information, have gained
her reputation as wide as it will be enduring
lie has also made arrangements, by which, be
sides regular contributions from Mrs E. G
Embury, Mrs. F. s. Osgood, Mrs. VI. II. Par.
sons, Mrs. A. NJ. +. AMMAN, Mrs. +. f. ElIet
Miss Dupuy, Mrs. Volney l. Howard, Miss E
Allen, Mrs :. r. Farley, Miss +. Leslie, Mrs
II. Beecher Stowe, Mrs. Soba Smith, Mrs. J
Thayer, Mrs. G.. l., Hentz, Miss f. c. Sted
man, Miss Meeta NJ Duncan, Mrs NJ St
Leon Loud, Mrs. G.. II. w Eslng, Miss VI
Il. Snow, Kate Franklin.