The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-09
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK FOR 1912.


Il cal ever published. The only magazine devoted
to ladies' and conducted by members of their own sex
Composed entirely Of original articles, by the most
eminent writers of the age and embeshed with
larger number and greater variety Of costly, elegant
and attractive pictorial illustrations, than any similar
publication,
Mrs. SARAH J. HALE, MORTON M'MIcHAEL,
Mrs L. II. slGouRNEY, l.. A. GoDEr.
Contributors 10 each Number.
Miss c. Nj. Sedgwick Miss E. Leslie, Mrs. E. C.
Embury, Mrs. C. Lee Hentz, Mrs. +. F. Ellet, N. p.
Willis, 7 s. Arthur, Theodore s Fay.
In announcing to .hs numerous patrons and the
public at large his arrangements for the year 1912,
the proprietor of odey'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
10000 MONTHLY
being larger edition than has been printed of
any other work of any description in America. This
he is aware has been attained by the vast
periority which the Ladys Book has always main
tanned over the contemporary magazines which have
attempted to rival its merits superiority which he
is still determined TO preserve by keeping it, IN all its
departments, literary, intellectual and moral as well
pictorial, emblematic, artistic, and mechanical.
That this idle boast he appeals to the experience
of the past twelve years in all which time, he has made
no promise the public ,chich he has not strictly perform
ed, nor undertaken anything which his means 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 ample knowledge Of the business in
which he is engaged acquired by long years OF unre-
mitted application with subscription list unparal-
leled in the annals of literature; with numerous aci-
tes not possessed by any other publisher with we'll
digested and wde-extended arrangements and above
all, with sedfast purpose of maintaining the lofty
elevation his work has reached, the proprietor has
not hestated to incur expenses, which under other
circumstances might prove startling; but by means OF
which he will be enabled to make the Lady's Book
the richest, the rarest, the most attractive, and the
most valuable periodical, intrinscally and extrnsc-
ally, ever offered to the American public
Literary Departmental has ever been the aim of
the proprietor to impart to the Lady's 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 com
mitted its editorial supervision to Mrs. Sarah j. Hale,
Mrs. Lydia ii, Sigourney, and Miss h. Leslie; ladies,
of whom not only their SEX but the whole coun-
try have reason to be proud. In this respect, the
Lady's Book enjoys adecded advantage over all other
publications. 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,
well as to every lady who properly appreciates the
dignity and Importance to her sex. To add to its su
periorty in this particular the proprietor has secured
in addition to the ladies already mentioned the nyal
liable services of Miss G. M. Sedgwick, author Of
Redwood, Clarence, Letters from England, &C., Sc.
standard of her SEX and vndcating the rights of
woman not less than her richly-gifted intellect aud
varied information, have gained her reputation as
wide as it will 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. +. AMMAN, Mrs. E. F. Ellet,
Miss Dupuy Mrs. " +. Howard, Miss E. Allen, Mrs
S. L. Farley Miss E. Leslie, Mrs. IL Beecher Stowe,
Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs, J. Thayer, Mrs. G. L. Hentz
Mrs. T.. c. Stedman, Miss Meeta Nj. Duncan, Mrs NJ
st. Leon Loud, Mrs. C. H. w. Esling, Miss M. B.
Snow, and Kate Franklin, he will be enabled to fur
nish articles from Maria Edgeworth, Mary Russell
Milford, Mrs. G. Baron Wilson, Mrs s. c. Hall, Mrs
Holland Mary Hewitt and other English lady-writers
of distinction; of whom have already published
in the Ladys Book the only original contributions they
omitted to procure the assistance Of eminent writers
of the other Aware of the universal and we'll
deserved popularity Of N P Willis, Esq, and conf
dent that the productions of his graceful and elegant
pen will be highly acceptable to the readers of the
Ladys Book, the proprietor has entered into AIN ar
rangement by which he will be able to give in each
number of his work exclusive article from that gen
tleman and he has also retained all of the contr-
butors whose writings have heretofore given such
pie satisfaction; including w. G. Simms Esq, Pro
fessor Ingraham, Professor Dimtry, Professor Frost
Professor Walter Park Benjamin ESQ., h. S. Mac
kenzic LII. d., Il. S, Arther, III. w Herbert, JOS G.
Neal, Hon, Robert T. Conrad Dr. ]. h Mitchell
Epes Sarge George P, Morris, Joseph r. Chandler
Robert Earle, D., N. c. Brooks, E, Holden, A.
M'Makn, l.. Fitzgerald Tasistro, Rufus Dawes, f.
G. Squer J. MI.ellan, Jr., and James Aldrich
With such aid it 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.