The Weekly register., 1843-10-07

Arbfter of caste, FASHION, ann
The Bellies I.ettres.
FOR THE LADIES OF AMERICA.
TODEY'S LADY,S BOOK having been for
Oso long series of years, universally recogni-
2ed as the exclusive and ndisputable guide to the
fair sex, in matters of taste, fashion, and ltera-
tdrs--th0 only work conducted by distinguished
female authors, who have won for themselves
high place among the guiding spirits Of the age
the only work which in point of fact has been e7-
cusively devoted to the ladies-its favor with its
fair patrons hes net been less remarkable than its
perfect adaptation to theirfeengs and tastes and
their requirements. --Ir entering upon new year,
the publisher, without diminishing in the least that
sterling and useful literature, which has so long
suited from laying under contribution the native
good sense and elegant fancy of our Arsercan Fe-
male writers, will, as each successive number APP
pears, presen, in the several departments of Liter
AZURE, Fashion, and Pictorial Establishment,
constant and ever varying succession of new and
striking features. Nor does he promise without
ample ability to perform. The best literary tall
emit, the best efforts of the distinguished artists
in the country-and, to crown as well as adorn the
whole, the most perfect arrangements for the re-
ception of the American, BoIdon and Paris Fash
ions, far in advance of any other publication in
this country, enable him to assure the patrons of
the LADY'S BOOK that the forthcoming volume
will more than Justify its well earned title Of the
Magazine of Magazines foT the ladies OF
country Sc
Ii has passed into custom TO assert that dress is
a ter of trifing importance, but this every lady
knows TO be utterly false. Taste in dress is uni
versallYfelt to be the index of thousand desirable
qualities in woman, while deficiency in this res
pect always Injuries in the estimation of stran-
gers, and even other intimate friends-the beauty
of Helen and the wit of Aspasia, would hardly
commend to geneIal favor an acknowledged DowDY
in dress. Hence the importance of an accredited
guide to the Fashions. e
d. This useful office, already filled for fourteen
years, with universal acceptance, by the Lady's
Book, the publisher pledges hmselfto discharge in
future, in a 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-
tfave,es thisauthority, and ,n our own city, in N
York, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Lexington, St. Louis, New Orleans, Mobile, Rich
mond, Charleston, Savannah, and the other metrop-
olitian cities of the various States, the tasteful
Fashion Plates of the Lady's Book dictate the laws
ofdress. 80
Asa further assurance of thorough excellence in
this departmen the publisher has secured the ser
vices of Miss LESLIE, who will illustrate the
Fashion Plates, in her usual felicitous and graph
ic style, uniting thorough knowledge Of the sub
ect, with & clear. graceful and Ineligible man
ner oftrea ting it. Her descriptions are worthy of
the productions Of her own glowing pencil, which
drew the earliest Fashion Plates for the Lady's
Book. &c.
= The pnblisher's correspondent, in Paris is pos
| sessed of such ample means of obtaining the real
| and present Paris Fashions, and of transmitting
them in advance of all competitors, that the ladies
may continue, as they have always done, to copy
from plates what has received the sanction of
ndisputable ton the last the newest the best fash
ions, fresh from Paris ..
| The arrangements for producing a most brilliant
and attractive series OF Line and MezZotnt En-
cravings afe now Complete. Pictures fresh from
the easels ef our first rate American Artists,
now actually In the hands f>the ablest American
engravers the subjects embracing not only the usu
al popular and domestic topics, but others which
interviewer into the very heart strings of Amer
lean nationality, treating as they do of stirring in
cidents in the glorious and heroic age of Amer
lea - i .saz-,=- a.. -sa-----~--s e,
With respect. the generals literary and moral
tone of the Lady's Book, for lS43, it will MAIN
tain its usual consistent character of domestic
and fashionable family magazine. While such
contributors as Miss Leslie, Miss Sedgwick, Mrs
Hall, MrsEmbury, Mrs E F Eilet, Mrs Sigour-
ney, Mrs E Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs A
NJ L Apnan, Mrs Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons, and
Mrs S J Hale continue their contributions, the
beautiful and the useful, all that charms the fancy
and all that mends the heart and guides the best
affections of our nature, will continue to adorn and
dignity our pages. 'tt sr
The lovers of historical romance, and those who
regard our nations glory as the prime objects Of
our nations literature, will have their peculiar
tastes gratied by the contributions of DIR Rober, nj
Bird, the author of the Gladiator, sCalvar' &C.
The admirers of Southern scenery and manners
will recognise with plea sure; among correspond
ents, the name of w Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
author of Guy Rivers,' 'Yenasses,' &c.
Those who are partial to graceful, easy, noncha-
halant,. gentlemanly story telling, will always
hail with pleasure the monthly return of n p Will
lis the most piquant, lively and fertile Of all mag
azine writer's.
The admirers OF the high toned, moral and do
mestic Nouyellette, will recognise with pleasure,
among our contributors, the name of L 5 Arthur,
author of tSix Nights with the Washngtonians,'
&c. Contributions are also ready from the pens of
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache, late Principal
of the Philadelphia High School, Professor ] Ohm
Sanderson, author of "a Year in Paris Professor
John Frost, editor of sthe Young Peoples Book.
Curlimits will not giYe US space enough to en-
umerate the names of tithe of our contributors.
Our list of foreign contributors is enriched with
the names of
Joanna Baltic, Mary Russell Milford,
= Mary Hewitt, Maria Edgeworth,
Hon, Mrs C. Norton, Mrs. S. C. He'll,
recognised in Europe the elite of British female
authors.
The publishers means cf increasing the beauty
and value of the Lady's Book are accuA ulating
ear by year. To his already inestimable list of
yntributors, he is constantly receiving accessions
booth at home and abroad.
His arrangements with respect to ORIGINA
PAINTINGS. from such Artists as
Rothermel, Frankenstein, Croome,
Chapman, .Maclise, Huntingdon,
are now complete, and he numbers among the en-
gravers whose services are constantly retained,
fucker, Smith, Warner,
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