The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-11
GODEY'S LADY,S BOOK FOR 1912.

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| rINHE most splendid and valuable monthly perodi
4 cal ever published. The only magazine devoted
TO ladies' and conducted by members of their own sex
Composed entirely Of original articles by the mos
eminent writers Of the age and embellished with
larger number and greater variety OF costly elegant
and attractive pictorial illustrations than any similar
publication
Editsdby
Mrs SARAH J HALE, MoRros M'MIcHAEL,
| Mrs L. II. SIGoURNEY, l.. A. Cooley.
Contributors 10 each Number.
Miss =. NJ. Sedgwick, Miss E Leslie, Mrs. E. c.
Embury Mrs C. Lee Hentz Mrs E. F. Ellet, N P.
Willis, I. 8. 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 his Magazine, which has now reached the ex-
traordinary number of
4U,UOO MONTHLY
being larger edition than has ever been printed Of
any other work a any description in America, This
success ne is aware has been attained by the vast s-
periority which the Lady's Book has always main
tanned over the contemporary magazines which have
attempted to rial its merits, superiority which he
is still determined TO preserve by keeping IT, in all its
departments, literary, intellectual and moral, well
as pictorial, emblematc, artistic and mechanical
That this is no idle boast, lie appeals to the experience
of the pasttwelve years in all which time he has made
no promise TO the public ichich he has not strictly perform
ed, nor Undertaken any thing which his did not
enable HIM TO accomplish to the utmost Entering
as he is about to do the Oath volume of the Lady's
Book, with increased energy and accumulated re-
sources; with an ample knowledge of the business in
which he ~ engaged, acquired by long years of unre
United application; with subscription list unparal.
leled in the annals of literature with numerous faci-
lities moi possessed by any other publisher with we'll
digesed and wde-extended arrangements aud above
all, with a sledfast purpose of maintaining the lofty
not hesitated TO incur expenses, which under other
circumstances might prove startling; but by of
which he will be enabled 10 make the Ladys Book
the richest the rarest the most attractive, and the
most valuable periodical, lntrinsicaly and extrnsc-
ally ever offered TO the American public
Literary Departmental has ever been the aim of
the proprietor to impart to the I.ady's Book high
literary and moral tones and for this purpose he has
without regard to cost procured the aid of the most
eminent writers and for several years past has com
mtted It's 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 cour-
try, have reason to be proud. In this respect, the
Ladys Book enjoys decided advantage over all other.
publications., as it is the only work devoted to ladies'
which ladies direct-an advantage, which must be OBJ
vious TO every parent husband brother, and friend
web to every lady who properly appreciates the
dignity and importance to her sex, To add to its su
perorty IN tins particular the proprietor has secured
in addition to the ladies already mentioned the nya-
liable services oil Miss Y. M SedgWick, author OF
Redwood, Clarence, Letters from England &C. sc
a writer, whose efforts in raising the intellectual
standard OF her SEX and indicating the true rights of
woman, not less than her richy-gltted intellect and
varied information, have gained her reputation as
wide as 1t will be enduring. He has also made ar
rangemens, by which, besides regular contributions
from Mrs. f. G. Embury, Mrs +. $ Osgood Mrs M |
II, Parsons, Mrs. A Nj. r. Amman, Mrs. f. +, Elet,
Miss Dupuy, Mrs, V f. Howard, Miss +. Allen, Mrs
$. +, Farley, Miss f. Leslie Mrs Fl. Beecher Stowe,
Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. j. Thayer, Mrs. G. l.. Hentz
Mrs. f. C. Stedman, Miss Meeta NJ. Duncan Mrs. M |
st. Leon Loud, Mrs. G, ii. W. Esling Miss NJ b. |
Snow, and Kate Franklin he will be enabled to fur
nish articles from Maria Hgeworth, Mary Russell
Mrs. G. Baron Wilson, Mrs $. c. Hail. Mrs
Holland Mary Hewitt and other English lady-writers |
of distinction; some of whom have already published
in the Lady's Book the only original contributions they
have ever made to American literature. Nor has he |
deserved popularity of n T. wlLis 'fsYs,Ht ny rters
dent that the productions Of his graceful and elegant
pen viii he highly acceptable to the readers of the
iadys Book the proprietor has entered into an ar
by which he win be able to give in each
number Of his work an exclusive article from that gen
tleman and he has also retained all of the contr
butors whose writings have heretofore given such am
pie satisfaction; including w. G Simms Esq, Pro
lessor Ingrnham, Professor Dmitry Professor Frost,
Professor Walter, Park Benjamin Esq, K, $. Mac
kenzie LIZ D.. T. S. Arther, III w Herbert JOS. G,
Neal, Hon Robert L, Conrad Dr. J X Mitchell,
Epes Sargent George P Morris, Joseph h. Chandler,
Robert Earle, M d., ~. c. Brooks, E. Holden, A
M'Makin, L. Fitzgerald Tasistro, Rufus Dawes, f.
G. Sauier, j M'Lellan, Jr., and James Aldrch.
With such aid, il is not too much to say, that the
literary department of the Ladys Book will surpass
any thing that has ever been or can be attempted