, 1843-03-11
Literary, Domestic. and Fashionable
Family Magazine.
GODEY'S
HADWaS BOON-
FOR 1843.

IODE L -
IADWaS BOOZE:
o 1843.
Edited by Mrs. s. J. Hale g. others.
THE LONG ESTABLISHED
Arbiter Of taste, Fashion, and the
BrlIesletterS. for the Ladies of
America.
Godey's Ladv'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 litera-
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 work which in point
of fact has been Exclusively deroted
to the iddieS, 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 an use
mi literature, which has long result
ed from laying under contribution The
native coed sense and elegant fancy
of III Amreicm female writerS, will.
as each successive number appears.
present in the several departments OF
Literature, Fashion, and Pictorial
EWbeIiShment. n constant and ever
varying succession of NeW and Shk,
ing Features. Nor does he promise
without ample ability to PERFORM
The best literary talent, the best eff
forts of the
MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS
in the countIv-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 well earned
!, title of the
MAGAZINE OF MAGAZINES,
or the ladies of our country.
1t has passed into custom Ia assert
. that dress is n matter of trihing i'm
porlance. but This every lady know.
S to be utterly false. Taste in dress i,
S universally felt 70 be the index of ;
thousand desirable qualities in wo
man, while a deficiency in this re
: spect always Injuries one in the est
nation of strangers, and even of he
r intimate friends the beauty of Heller
and the wit of Aspasia, would hardl,
commend to general favor an &C
knowledged DowpY in dress. Henc,
= the Importance of an accredited
GUIDE TO II FASHIONS.
' This useful office, already filled 70
; fourteen years with universal accep
lance by the LADY'S BOOK, tn,
publisher pledges himself to discharg'
in future in a style surprising all hi
former efforts. The Ladies know
) perfectly well that our Magazine i
,; the Highest authority in Fashion.-
No Lady considers herself well dress
; ed who ~contravenes this authority
. and IN u OWN city in New York
Boston, Baltimore. Cincinnati. Louis
Il vile. Lexington. St. Louis. New Or
leans, Mobile, Richmond. Charleston
, Sovanah, and the other Mehop0liia,
! Cities Of the various States, the taste
{ full Fashion Plates of the LADY'S
BOON dictate the Lars Of Dress
d In future the figures will be thrown
t into tasteful groups, displaying tn,
graces OF dress TO the best advantage
Il and the cack grounds of the plate
will present interesting views, design
Z ed by First rate Artists. As a furth
! er assurance of thorough excellence
IN this department, the publisher ha
secured the services of MISS LES
: LIE, who will illustrate the Fashion
l Plates, in her usual feIiciious anc
graphic style, uniting a thorough
knowledge Of the subject, with a clea.
, Inteiligible and graceful manner 0
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 ana
Present Paris Fashions, and of trans.
hitting them in advance of all com.
petitors. that the Ladies may contin-
ue, as they have alwaysdone, to copy
from our Plates what has received
the sanction of hdisputabe Ton, the
last, the newest, the best fashions.
fresh from Paris.