, 1842-08-13

A magazine 81 CHOICE american Late.
nature.
TINE first number Of new Month.
4 ly Magazine with the above Ii.
tie, embellished with the earliest
Fashions from Paris and London.
elegant, steel and mezzotint engra-
wings, lace work, embroidery, music
etc. was issued for January, l849.
The work will be devoted especially
to the ladies, and will be issued in a
style eve before attempted in this
country. 1t will contain articles
from the most popular and pleasing
writers of the day, on every variety
of subject, but the work will be in
the main devoted to the cultivation
ofthe home virtues. Hence most'of
the stories will be of q practical, do
nestle character, from the pens of
our best female writers, while the
earliest fashions IN all their varieties
shall be correctly given; so as to
make the work welcome at every
fire side, in the halls of the fashiona-
BILE and the ~gay-the home Of the
virtuous matroD, whose own needle
supplies her raiment, as well as 10 the
store and sewing room of the mantua
maker and milliner.
The main design of the mork.
The prominent design Of the Maya.
zine will be 10 furnish in elegant and
attractive style, the earliest, most cor.
rect, and fu'l report in advance of all
the ether Magazines, and prior 10
the issuing of them here, Of the
Monthly Fashions direct from Paris
and London. The advantage of this
to every lady. who makes taste in
dress the least matter of life, will at
once be apparent, and TO the p~rofes.
>ional dress maker and milliner of the
United States. the enterprise will be
1T incalculable advantage. 1t is pro.
posed t" issue every month a number
and variety Of costume, which will
put to the blush every thing in the
way of monthly reports of the FASH
ions heretofore attempted.
For this purpose the publisher has
embarked the most ample means end
resou ces in the enterprise. and las
marured his plans both in this coun-
try and in Europe. prior 10 Cum.
m~encement. |: has been a favoIite
project, and has been deliberately
undertaken, and Will be carried
through vigorously. The first num-
Der gives m idea Of the beauty and
rea! excellence of the plates.
Elegant Steel E~Rgrnrings.
In order To render The work orna.
mental in the highest degree, and to
make it n perfect par!or companion,
and an ornament to the centre table,
as well as entertaining in its literal
lure. and useful in the style Of the
fashion plates. i, is proposed To issue
The most elegant Steel and Mezzo-
tint ~engravings from the first artists
in the country, illustrated by choice
and entertaining stories of domestic
life. To varv the style of i~llustra-
tons, occasional Lace Patterns and
Embroidery. got out in unsurpassed
beauty and truth, by that excellent
artist, F. Quaree. Esq. will also be
given; and 10 leave nothing undone,
at times. will be given. the most popu-
lar and elegant Music Of the day,
Songs, GAIlopades. Marches. etc.
The Topographic.
The work will be printed on clear
and beautiful type. on a page larger
than any Of the present three dollar
Magazines, with fine margin, AMI
strong. white paper, and will contain
as much matter as can be compress
ed into thirty two large octave
pages.
Time of Delirery.
The Mngaziene will be issued on or
before the 18th of the month pre-.
ceding the month for which it will
bepublished. or dated. or about the
time the steamships which sail from
Europe on the first of the month,
usually arrive. Thus the work will
be in the hands of every subscriber
with the most correct fashions. before
they a be got out here, and antici-
pating all the Magazines al least six
weeks.
The Terms.
To bring the work within the reach
of all. it will be issued at two dollars
per annum for a single, or three co-
pies for five dollars invariably in ad.
vance. post paid. The cheapest Of
the work will he at once appreciated,
when we state that the London
World of Fashion retails in this coun-
try at $40 per annum and the Lady's
World of FoShinp will include every