The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-20
GODEY'S LADY's BOOK FOR 1912.

J. cal ever published The only magazine devoted
to ladies' and conducted by members of their sex
Composed entirely of original articles, by the most
eminent writers Of the age and embeshed with a
larger number and greater variety of costly, elegant
and attractive pictorial illustrations, than any similar
publication.
l. Ediiedby
l Mrs SARAnJ HALE, MORTON MMIcHAEL,
| @lrs. l.. H. SlGoURNEY l.. A. Cooley.
| ~ Contributors 10 each Number
Miss Q. NJ Sedgwck, Miss L. Leslie, Mrs E. c..
Embury, Mrs G. Lee Hentz, Mrs. f.. F. Ellet ~ p.
Willis, T. 5 Arthur, Theodore s, Fay
In announcing to his numerous patrons and the
public at large ms arrangements for the year 1912,
the proprietor Of Godey's Iadys Book takes occasion
to acknowledge the unparalleled and triumphant sue
cess Of his Magazine, which has reached the eX-
traordinary namber of
4U,UOO MONTHLY
being larger edition than has ever been printed of
any other work OF any description in America This
success he aware has been attained by the vast SUI
periority which the I.ady'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
rs PICTORIAL emblematc, artistic, and mechanical.
That this is no idle boast he appeals to the experience
of the past twelve years. in all which time he has made
promise 10 the public ,chich he has not strictly perform
ed nor undertaken anything which his means did not
as he about to do, on 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 unre
mted application; with subscription list unparal-
leed n the annals of literature; with numerous faci-
lties not possessed by any other publisher with we'll
dgested and wde-eXended arrangements and above
ALL with stediast purpose OF maintaining the lofty
elevation his work has reached, the proprietor has
not htsltated to incur expenses, which under other
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which he will be enabled to make the Ladys Book
the richest, the rarest the most attractive, and the
most valuable periodical intrinsicaly and extrnsc-
ally, ever offered to the American public
Literary Departmental has ever been the aim of
the proprietor to impart to the l.ady'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
mtsd its editorial supervision to Mrs Sarah J. Hale,
Mrs Lydia III Sigourney and Miss +. Leslie ladies,
of whom not only their own sex, but the whole eoun-
try, nave to be proud. In this respect, the
Lad,s Book enjoys decided advantage over all other
publications, it is the only work devoted TO ladies,
whih ladies direct--an advantage which must be OBJ
vous to every parent, husband brother, and friend,
wdl to every lady who properly appreciates the
dignity and importance to her To add to It's
peroiy in this particular the proprietor has secured,
in addition to the ladies already mentioned, the nval
liable services Of Miss c. Nj. Sedgwick, author of
Redwood Clarence, Letters from England &c, &c. );
q writer, whose eHOrts III raising ue HleHeclual
standard of her sex, and vindcatng the true rights of
woman, not less than her rchly-gited intellect and
varisd information, have gained her reputation as
wide as it will be enduring He has also made ar
raneements, by which, besides regular contributions
from Mrs f. c. Embury, Mrs. F 5, Osgood, Mrs M
H. Parsons, Mrs A. NJ +, AMMAN, Mrs. f. f. Elle
Mis-, Dupuy Mrs. v, E. Howard, Miss f. Allen, Mrs
s. !. Farley, Miss f. Leslie, Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe
MIS- Seba Smith, Mrs. J. Thayer, Mrs. G. L. Hentz
Mrs T.. c. Stedman, Miss Meeta Nj. Duncan, Mrs Nj
ST. Leon Loud, Mrs c, II. w, Esng, Miss M. B.
Snow and Kate Franklin he will be enabled to fur
nsh articles from Maria Edgeworth, Mary Russell
Milford Mrs. c. Baron Wilson, Mrs S. c. Hall, Mrs
Holland Mary Hewitt, and other English lady writers
of distinctions 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 we'll
deserved popularity of n Z. WILLIS, ESQ, 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 an ar
fangement 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-
buors whose writings have heretofore given such am
pie satisfaction; including w. G.. Simms ESD, Pro
fessor Ingraham, Professor Dimtry Professor Frost,
Professor Walter, Park Benjamin ESQ., II. 5. Mac
kenzie, LII d., r. S. Arther, II. W. Herbert JOS G.
Neal, Hon. Robert L. Conrad DR.. j. H. Mitchell,
Epes Sargent, George r. Morris, Joseph r. Chandler
Robert Earle, Nj. d., N. c. Brooks f, Holden A.
M'Makn, l.. Fitzgerald Tasistro Rufus Dawes, Z.
G. Squier, !. 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.
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