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GODEY'S
GADTaS BOOK
o 1843.
Edited by MIS-. S. j. Hale d others.
THE LONG ESTABLISHED
Arbiter Of taste, Fashion, and the
Brllesletters, for the Ladies oil
America.
Godey's Lady's Book having BEEN
for so long a series Of years, univer.
SALLY recognised as the exclusive and
indisputable guide to the fair sex, in
matters Of taste. fashion, and lltera-
ture-the only work conducted by
DISTINGUISHED FEMALE AUTHORS,
who have won for themselves a high
place among the guiding spirits OF the
age-the only wo:L which, in point
Of fact has been Exclusively devoted
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
ling in the least that Sterling an use
mi literature, which has long result
ed from laying under contribution the
native coed sense and elegant fancy
of 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 Nep and Shik-
ing Features. MOI does he promise
without ample ability to perform
The best literary talent, the best ef
forts of the
MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS
lin 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 LADf'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 a matter Of triling i'm
por,ance, but this everv lady knows
10 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 n in the estl'
nation Of strangers. and even Of her
intimate friends the beauty Of Helen
and the wi, Of Aspasia, would hardly
commend to general favor an &C
knowledged DowpY in dress. Hence
the importance Of an accredited
GUIDE TO H FASHIONS.
This useful office, already filled foT
fourteen years with universal accep'
lance BY the LADY'S BOOK. the
publisher pledges himself to DISCHARGE
in future in a style surprising all bis
former efforts. The Ladies know
perfectly well that our Magazine is
the Highest authority in Fashion,
No Lady considers herself well dress
ed who c%ontravenes this authority
and in u own city in New York
Boston, Baltimore. Cincinnati. Louis
vile, Lexington. St. Louis, New Or.
leans, Mobile, Richmond. Charleston.
Sovanah, and the other Metropolitan
Cities Of the various States, the taste
ful Fashion Plates OF the LADY'S
BOOK dictate the Laus Of Dress.
In future the figures will be thrown
into tasteful groups. displaying the
graces ofdress to the best advantage,
and the cack grounds Of the plates
will present interesting views, design
ed by First rate Artists. As a furth-
er assurance of thorough excellence
in this department, the publisher has
secured the services Of MISS LES.
LIE, who will illustrate the Fashion
Plates, in her usual feliciious and
graphic style, uniting a thorough
knowledge Of the subject. with a clear,
in,ellioihle and graceful name OF
treating it. Her descriptions are
worthy Of the productions Of her
own glowing pencil. which drew the
earliest Fashion Plates for the Lady's
Book.
The Publishers correspondent in
Paris is possessed of such ample
means OF obtaining the Real and
Present Paris Fashions, and Of trans
hitting then in advance of NIL COM
petitors. that the Ladies may contin-
ue, as they have alwnysdone, to copy
from our Plates what has received
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