The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-28
GODEY's LADY,s BOOK FOR 1912


| Il cal ever published. The only magazine devoted
to ladies', and conducted by members of their
Composed entirely of original articles, by the mos
| eminent writers of the age and embeished with
larger number and greater variety of costly elegant
and attractive pictorial Illustrations than any similar
publication.
Mrs, SARAH j. HALE, MoRroN M'MIcHAEL,
Mrs, L. H. SIGouRNEY, l.. A. Cooley.
Contributors 10 each Number.
Miss G. NJ Sedgwick, Miss f. Leslie, Mrs. j.. c.
Embury, Mrs c. Lee Hentz, Mrs. f. +. Ellet, ~ +.
Willis, T. s. Arthur, Theodore s. Fay.
In announcing to his numerous patrons and the
public at large his arrangements for the year ls42
the proprietor of Godeys Lady's Book takes occasion
to acknowledge the unparalleled and triumphant
cess of his Magazine, which has now reached the ex-
traordinary number of
10000 MONTHLY
being larger edition than has ever been printed Of
any other work OF any description in America. This
success he is has been attained by the vast SUI
periorty 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 well
as pictorial, embematc, artistic and mechanical
That thss no idle boast, he appeals to the experience
of the past sweve years in all which time he has made
promise to the public ichich 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 Ladys
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 faci
lities not possessed by any other publisher with we'll
digesed and wide extended arrangements and above
all, with sedfa.t purpose Of maintaining the lofty
elevation his work has reached, the proprietor has
heSltated he
circumstances might prove startling; but by of
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 Depaitnent.-lt has ever been the aim Of
the proprietor to impart to the Iady'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
mtted its editorial supervision to Mrs Sarah j. Hale
Mrs, Lydia II, Sigoumey 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
Ladys Book enjoys adeclded advantage overall other
publications. as it is the only work devoted to ladies,
which ladies direc-an advantage, which must be OBJ
vous 10 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
perory in this particular the proprietor has secured
in addition to the ladies already mentioned the nva
liable services of Miss C.. NJ Sedgwick author of
a writer, whose efforts in raising the intellectual
standard of her SEX and indicating the true rights of
woman, not less than her richy-gifted intellect and
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. e. c. Embury, Mrs. F. S. Osgood Mrs M.
II. Parsons, Mrs A. Nj, F. AMMAN, Mrs. E. F. Ellet
Miss Dupuy, Mrs. V. l.. Howard, Miss f. Allen, Mrs
S. f. Farley, Miss L. Leslie, Mrs. II. Beecher Stowe
Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs, ], Thayer, Mrs C. l.. Hentz
Mrs. l.. c. Stedman, Miss Meeta NJ Duncan Mrs. NJ.
St Leon Loud, Mrs C. II. w, Esling, Miss Nj. 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. G. Hail. Mrs.
Holland, Mary Hewitt, and other English ady-writers
Of distinctions some of whom have already published
in the Ladys Book the only original contributions they
have made to America literature. Nor has he
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 an ar
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 conri-
buors whose writings have heretofore given such am
pie satsiaeton including w G. Simms, Esq, Pro-
fessor lngraham Professor Dimitry Professor Frost
Professor Walter, Park Benjamin Esq, r. s. Mac
kenzie LIZ. d. +. S. Arther, II. w. Herbert JOS c, I
Neal, Hon. Robert t. Conrad, DR.. J. X. MITCHELL !
Epes Sargent, George p. Morris Joseph R. Chandler,
Robert Earle, NJ. d., n c, Brooks, f. Holden, A. |
NJ Maxim, l.. Fitzgerald Tasstro, Rufus Dawes, +.
G. Squer J. MLellan, Jr., and James Aldrch
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 can be attempted.