The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-23

|
publication.
Editedby
Mrs. SARAHJ Hale, MoRrON MrMucnAEl,
Mrs. l.. ii. SIGoURNEy, l.. A. GopEY.
Contributors TO each Number.
Miss Z. NJ Sedgwick, Miss +. Leslie, Mrs. f. c.
Embury, Mrs c. Lee Hentz, Mrs. f.. f. Ellet, n F.
willis, /. ). Arthur, Theodore $. Fay,
In announcing to his numerous patrons and the
public at large his arrangements for the wear ls42
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-
traordihary number of
O,OOO MONTHLY
being larger edition than has been printed Of
any other work of any description in America This
success he is aware has been attained by the vast SUI
periority which the Lady's 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
as pictorial, emblematc, artistic, and mechanical
hat this Is no idle boast he appeals to the experience
of the past twelve years in all which time he has made
no promise 10 the public lcch he has strictly perform
ed, nor undertaken anything which his means did not
enable him TO accomplish TO the utmost Entering
as be 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 Is engaged, acquired by long years of
mltted application; with subscription list unparal-
leed in the annals of literature with numerous faci-
ities not possessed by any other publisher with we'll
dgested and wide extended arrangements and above
all with a stedast purpose Of maintaining the lofty
elevation his work has reached the proprietor has
not hesitaed to incur expenses, which under other
circumstances might prove startling; but by Of
which he will be enabled to make the Lady's Book
the richest the rarest the most attractive, and the
most valuable periodical, ntrinsicaly and extrinsic
ally, offered TO the American public.
Literary Departmental has 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 IT, 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
Lady's Book enjoys adecded advantage over all other
publications. it Is the only work devoted TO ladies'
which ladies drect-an advantage, which must be OBJ
yious to every parent, husband, brother and friend
as well as to every lady who properly appreciates the
dignity and Importance to her sex. To add to its
perorlty in this particular the proprietor has secured
IN addition To the ladies' already mentioned, the nval-
liable services of Miss G. NJ. Sedgwick author of
Redwood, Clarence, Letters from England, &C., SC
a writer, whose efforts in raising the intellectual
standard of her and indicating the true rights of
woman, not less than her richygifted intellect and
varied information, have gained her reputation
wide as IT VIII be enduring. He has also made ar
rangements, by which, besides regular contributions
from Mrs. h. {. Embury, Mrs. f. S. Osgood, Mrs. NJ
II. Parsons, Mrs. A. Nj. F. AMMAN, Mrs E. f. Ellet,
Miss Dupuy, Mrs. " +. Howard, Miss f. Allen Mrs I
). +. Farley, Miss f. Leslie Mrs. Fl. Beecher Stowe
Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs. j. Thayer, Mrs. c. l.. Hentz,
Mrs. G. Stedman Miss Meeta Nj. Duncan, Mrs. NJ. 7
ST. Leon Loud Mrs. c. IA, W. Esling Miss NJ b. /
Snow, and Kate Franklin, he will lie enabled to fur
nish articles from Maria Edgeworth, Mary Russell I
Milford, Mrs c. Baron Wilson, Mrs. S. C. Hail. Mrs
Holland, Mary Hewitt, and other English lad wrters
&c distinction some OF whom have already published
In the Lady s Book the oni,-o.-'at ,viis tey
have ever made TO Ameli lean literature Nor has he
omitted to procure the assistance of emineut writers
of the other sex, 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
l.adys Book, the proprietor has entered into ar
rangement by which he will be able to give in each
number of his work exclusive article from that gen
teman and he has also retained all of the contrl
butors whose writings have heretofore given such
pie satisfaction including w. G. Simms, Esq, Pro-
fcssor Ingraham, Professor Dimry Professor Frost
Professor Walter, Park Benjamin ESQ., r. S. Mac
kenzie LII. d.. T. 5. Arther, II. w Herbert, JOS G.
Neal Hon Robert T. Conrad, Dr. J. X Mitchell,
Epes Sargent George p. Morris Joseph r. Chandler
Robert Earle, NJ. D., n. c. Brooks, +. Holden, A
M'Makin, l.. Fitzgerald Tasstro, Rufus Dawes, f.
c. Squier, J. M'Lellan, Jr., and James Aldrich
With such aid, it is not too much to say, that the
literary department of the Lady's Book will surpass
any thing that has ever been or can be attempted.