Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-12-15
Literary, Domestic and Fash
ionable Family Magazine.
G5ODl5HSS
LhDY,S E00k EnR 1919.

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Edited By Mrs. S. J. Hale and others The long
established atbter Of Taste, Fashion a1d the
Bellies Lettres for the Ladies Of America
* oDEY's LADY's BOOK having been, for 50
" long series Of years, universally recognized
as the exclusive snd indsputable guide 70 the lar
sex in matters Of taste fashion and liieratare-the
only work conducted BY distinguished female au-
ihors. who have won for themselves high place
among the guiding spirits Of the ase-ihe only
work which IN point Of fact has been
Ezczusirely deroted 10 the Ladies,
its favor with its fair patrons has not been less re-
mark sble than is perfect adaptation 10 their feel
| iDgs and tastes and their requirements In enter
\ ing upon new gear, the publisher, without dimin-
ishisg in the least thar sterling and useful Ltera
ture, which has long resulted from laying under
contribution the native good sense and elegant fam
| cy Of our American female writers, will, as each
successive number ar pears present in the several
departments Of Literature Fashion and Pictorial
Establishment, constant and ever varying sue
cession Of new and striking features Nor does he
promise without ample ability to perform. The
best literary talent, the best efforts OF the most dis
tinguished artists in the couotry-aud TO crown as
well 20 adorn the whole, the most perfect ar
engagements for the reception of the
American, London and Paris Fashions,
far in advance of any other publication in this
country, enable him to assure the patrols Of tbe
LADY'S BOOK that the forthcoming volume will
more Than justify its well-esrned title OF the Mag
azine Of MGga=laes for tie ladies Of oar county.
1t has passed into custom assert that dress Is
matter Of triAiUg Importance, bur this every lady
knows to be utterly false Taste in dress is uniser
snlly felt to be the index OF thousand desirable
qualities in woman, while deficiency in this res-
pect always Injuries in the estimation of siran-
gers, and even uf her intimate frends-the beauty
of Helen aud the viii Of Aspasia would hardly
commend to general favor acknowledged 9oudg
in dress. Hence the importance of accredited
Guide 10 the Fashions.
This useful office, already f led for fourteen years
with universal acceptance by the ''Ladys Book,
the publisher pledges himself to discharge in fu-
,ure in style SURPRISING all his former efforts.
The Ladies' know perfectly well that our Magazine
is the highest authority in Fashion.
No Lady considers herself well dressed who con-
this authority, and in own city, in New
York, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati Louisville,
Lexington. St. Louis, New Orleans, Mobile, Rich
mond, Charleston, Savannah, and the other
ropotan cities of the various States, the tasteful
Fashion Plates of the "Lady's Book dictate the
laws Of dress
ia future the figures viii be thrown into tasteful
groups, displaying the graces Of dress the best
advantage and the back grounds of the plates will
present interesting views, designed by hrstrate ar
tsts. As further assurance of thorough excel
ence in this department, the publisher has secured
the services of Miss LESLIE, who will Illustrate
the Fashion Plates in her usual felictous and graz
pho style, uniting thorough knowledge of the
subject with clear. ineligible and graceful man
ner OF treating 1t. Her descriptions worthy OF
the productions OF her own glowing pencil, which
drew the earliest Fashion Plates for the Ladys
Book
The Publishers correspondent in Paris ia pos.
se,sed Of such ample means OF obtaining the real
and present Paris fashions, and OF transmitting
them in advance Of all competitors, that the La
dies may continue, they have always done, to
copy from Plates what has received the
ton of mdisputabie Ton. the last, the newest, the
best fashions, fresh from Paris.
The arrangements for producing mos, brilliant
and attractive series oi mezzotnt and line engrav
rigs complete. Pictures fresh from the
cssels Of our first rate American artists are
actually 10 the bands Of the ablest American en-
grayers, the subjects embracing not only the usual
popular and domestic topics, but others which
interviewer into the very heart'strings OF American
nationality, treating, they do, Of stirring Incl
dents in the gloriou, and heroic age of America
With respect to the general literary and moral
tone of the "Lsdys Book Tor 1913, it will main
tain its usual consistent character of Dom stic
and Fashionable Family Magazine While such
contributors as Miss Leslie Miss Sedgsick, Ms
Han, Mrs Embury, Mr.. f, F. Elicit Mrs Sig
Quincy, Mrs volneyE. Howard, MIS- Seba Smith,
Mrs. A. M. + AMMAN, Mrs. c. Lee HEINZ, Mrs,
Parsons, and Ms. S. J. Hale continue heir
nibuons the beautiful and the useful. oil that
charms the fancy, and all that mends the datt and
guides The best affections of nature, will coptr
nue. to adorn aud dignity our pages. The lovers of
historical romance, and those who regard orr
tion's glory "a the prime object Of nation iasra-
tre will nave their pecu,ar tastes gra,iti,d nv the
cop,,ibu,ions of DR. Eober, NJ. Bird, the author of