The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-16

Edtedby
Mrs. SARAH J. Hale, Morton M'MIcHAEL,
Mrs. l.. ii. SlcouRNEy, l.. A. GopEY.
! Contributors 10 each Number.
Miss o. W. Sedgwick Miss +. Leslie, Mrs. +, c.
Embury, Mrs. c. Lee Ientz, Mrs. T.. f. Ellet, N. +.
Willis, T. > Arthur, Theodore S Fay.
| 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 the unparalleled and triumphant sue
cess OF ms Magazine, which has reached the ex-
traordmary number of
Az WD MONTHLY
being larger edition than has ever been printed Of
any other work of any description in America. This
success he is has been attained by the
periority which the Lady's Book has always main
tanned over the contemporary magazines which have
attempted to rival its merits, a superiority which he
Is still determined to preserve by keeping it, in all It's
departments, literary, intellectual and moral as well
as pictorial, emblematic, artistic and mechanical
That this Is no dfe boast he appeals to the experience
OF the past twelve years, mall which time he has made
no promise 10 NE public cheh he has not strictly pet0r
ed nor undertaken anything which his means did not
enable him TO accomplish TO the utmost Entering,
as he is about to do on the oath volume Of the ladys
BOOK, with increased energy and accumulated re-
sources with an ample knowledge of the business in
which he is engaged ACQUIRED by long years Of unre
united application; with subscription list unparal-
eled III the annals of literature; with numerous FACT
es not possessed by any other publisher with we'll
digested and wide-extended arrangements and above
all, with stedfast purpose of maintaining the lofty
elevation his work has reached, the proprietor has
not hestated to incur expenses, which under other
circumstances might rroye startling; but by of
which he will be emf ed to make the Ladys Book
the richest the rares, the most attractive, and the
most valuable periodical intfinsicay and eXtrnsc-
ally, ever offered to the American public
Literary Depdrtmem,lt has ever been the aim of
the proprietor 10 impar to the Ladys Book high
literary and moral tone and for this purpose he has,
without regard TO cost procured the aid of the most
eminent writers and, for several years past, has
mitfed lis editorial supervision to Mrs Sarah j. Hale,
Mrs. lydia III Sigourney and Miss f. Leslie ladies,
OF whom not only their own sex, but the whole
Try, have reason TO be proud. In this respect the
Ladys Book enjoys adecided advantage over all other
publications, as it is the only work devoted to ladies'
which ladies dlrect--an advantage, which must be OBJ
ylous to every parent, husband brother, and friend
well To every lady who properly appreciates the
dignity and importance to her TO add TO its su
perory IN this PARTICULAR the proprietor has secured
in addition to the ladies already mentoned the inva
liable services Of Miss G. NJ. Sedgwick author of
Redwood Clarence Letters from England, &C., sc. II
a writer, whose efforts in raising the intellectual
standard of her sex and indicating the true rights of
woman, not less than her richy-gifted intellect and
varied information, have gained her a reputation rs
wide as II viii be enduring. He has also made ar
rangements, by which, besides regular contributions
from Mrs. f, c, Embury, Mrs +. $. Osgood, Mrs. NJ.
II. Parsons Mrs. A. NJ. F. AMMAN, Mrs f. F. Ellet,
Miss Dupuy, Mrs V, f. Howard, Miss f. Allen, Mrs. /
$. f. Farley, Miss f. Leslie, Mrs H. Beecher Stowe,
Mrs E"t; steiihaA rs i Theta NJ. Duncan, Mrs. NJ. /
St Leon Lo,id Mrs. G. H. W. Esling, Miss NJ B. +
Snow and Kate Franklin, he will be enabled to fur
nish articles from Maria Edgeworth, Mary Russell
Milford Mrs G., Baron Wilson, Mrs. 5, c. Hall, Mrs. [
Holland, Mary Hewitt, and other English lady wrers
of distinction; some of whom have already published
in the Lady Book the only original contributions they
have ever made to American literature Nor has he
omitted to procure the assistance of eminent writers
of the other sex, Aware of the universal and well
deserved popularity of n. r. WILLS, ESD and conf
dent that the productions of his graceful and elegant
pen will be highly acceptable TO the readers Of the
Lady's Book, the proprietor has entered into ar
by which he will be able to give in each
number Of his work anexcusive article from that gen
tcman and he has also retained all of the conri !
butors whose writings have heretofore given such
pie satisfaction including w G. Simms, Esq, Pro-
cssor lngrafam, Professor Dmitry, Professor Frost
Professor Walter, Park Benjamin Esq, h. $ Mac |
kenzie, Ill, d.; f. 5 Arher H. w. Herbert, Jos. c.
Neal Hon Robert T. Conrad, DR., J, X. Mitchell, /
Epes Sargent George r Morris, Joseph r. Chandler, \
Robert Eae, VI. d. n. c. Brooks, +. Holden, A.
MMakm, l.. Fitzgerald Tasistro, ituius Dawes, +. 1
G. Squier, J. N'Lellan, .lr, and James Aldrlch. u
With such and, it is not too much to say, that the
literary department of the Lady's d}ook will surpass
any thing that has ever been or can be attempted.
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