, 1843-02-04
Literary, Domestic, and Fashionable
Family Magazine.
GODEY'S
EADYaS BOOK

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EADYaS BOOK
FOR 1843.
Edited by Mrs. s. J. Hale & Others
THE LONG ESTABLISHED
Arbiter Of taste, Fashion, and thu
Bellesletters, for the Ladies of
America.
Godey's Lady's Book having been
for SO long a series of years, univer
sally recognised as the exclusive anC
indisputable guide to the fair sex, il
matters Of taste. fashion, and litera
ture-the only work conducted by
DISTINGUISHED FEMALE AUTHORS,
who have won for themselves a higt
place among the guiding spirits Of the
age-the only work which in poin'
of fact has been Exclusively devoteC
TO the ladies, its favor with its fair pat
rons has not been less remarkable
than its perfect adaptation to their
feelings and tastes and their require.
ments. In entering upon a new
year, the publisher, without diminish
ing in the least that Sterling ant use.
iul literature, which has long result.
ed from laying under contribution the
native coed sense and elegant fancy
of our American female writers, will,
as each successive number appears,
present in the several departments OF
Literature, Fashion, and Pictorial
Establishment, n constant and ever
VARYING succession of New and Shik-
ing Features. Mo- does he promise
without ample ability to PERFORM
The best literary talent, the best eff.
forts of the
MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS
in the countrv-and to crown as well
as to adorn the whole, the most per-
feet arrangements for the reception
of the
AMERICAN LONDON, & PARIS FASHIONS.
far in advance Of any other publica-
ton in this country, enable him to as
sure the patrons of the LADY'S
BOOK that the forthcoming volume
will more than justify its %welI.earned
title OF the
MAGAZINE OF MAGAZINES,
for the ladies' of our country.
1t has passed into custom To assert
that dress is ii matter of trifing i'm,
portance, but this every lady knows
to be utterly false. Taste in dress is
universally felt TO be the index Of a
thousand desirable qualities in wo-
man, while a deficiency in this re-
sPect always Injuries one in the es';
intimate friends the beauty of Helen
and The wit of Aspasia, would hardly
commend to general favor an &C.
hnowledged DowDY in dress. Hence
he importance Of an accredited
GUIDE TO THE FASHIONS.
This useful office, already filled for
ourteen years with universal accep.
.ance by the LADY'S BOOK. the
publisher pledges himself to discharge
n future in a style surprising all his
efforts. The Ladies know
,erfectly well that our Magazine is
he Highest authority in FASHIONS
No Lady considers herself well dress
ID who contravenes this authority,
md in our w city in New York,
Baltimore. Cincinnati. Louis
lille, Lexington, ST. Louis. New Or
cans, Mobile, Richmond. Charleston, \
'ovanah, and the other Metropolitan ,
Cities Of the various States, the taste.
III Fashion Plates of the LADY'S =,
BOOK dictate the Laws Of Dress. ,
n future the figures will be thrown I
ito tasteful groups, displaying the
races ofdress to the best advantage, ,
nd the cack grounds of the plates ,
'iil present interesting views, design. =,
d by First rate Artists. As a furth. I
r assurance of thorough excellence ,
this department. the publisher has 9
'cured the services of MISS LES 1
who will illustrate the Fashion
.ates, in her usual feIicitous and
aphic style, uniting a thorough I
'owIedge of the subject, with a clear, ir
telligiole and graceful manner Of ~
it. Her descriptions are c.
orthy of the productions Of her H
'n glowing pencil. which drew the d'
Fashion Plates for the Lady's
,ok. =
The Publishers correspondent in
ris is possessed Of such ample il
of obtaining the Real and -
'esent Paris Fashions, and of trans INV
ting them in advance of all COM m,
that the Ladies may contin- tn,
as they have always done, to copy Co
our Plates what has received sol
sanction Of hdiputable Ton, the n mu
/, the newest, the best fashions, sai
an from Paris.