, 1843-03-04
Literary, Domestic, and Fashionable
Family Magazine.
GODEY'S
EADYag BOOK
0 194.3.

LONG ESTABLISHED
Arb;ter Of taste, Fashion, and tn
Dci!csletiers, for the Ladies of
America.
Godey's Lady's Book having beer
for SO long Il series of wears, univel
sally recognised as the exclusive an
iindisputable guide to the fair sex, il
matters of taste, fashion, and iitera
~ture-the only work conducted by
DISTINGUISHED FEMALE AUTHORS,
who have won for themselves a higl
place among the guiding spirits Of thu
age-the only work which in poin
of fact has been Exclusively devoteC
to the iadieS, lis favor with its fair pat
rons has not been less remarkable
than its perfect adaptation to theil
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 our AmreicdR female 'rritcrs, will.
as each successive number appears.
present in the several departments Of
Literature, Fashion, and Pictorial
Establishment, Il constant and ever
VARYING successinn of New and Shia-
ing Features. No does he promise
without ample ability to PERFORM
The best literary talent. the best eff.
forts of the
MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS
in the coun!Iy-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 we!I-earned
title of the
MAGAZINE OF MAGAZINES,
for the ladies of our country.
1t has passed into custom 10 assert
that dress is a matter of. trifIing i'm
portance, but this every lady knows
TO be utterly false. Taste in dress is
universally felt 10 be the index Of a
thousand desirable qualities in wo-
man. while a deficiency in this re-
spect always Injuries one in the esti-
nation Of strangers, and even of her
intimate friends the beatty of Helen
and the wit Of Aspasia, would hardly
commend to general favor an &C
knowledged DownY in dress. Hence
the Importance Of ali accredited
GUIDE TO THE FASHIONS.
This useful office. already filled for
years with universal accep.
lance by the LADY'S BOOK, the
publisher pledges himself to discharge
in future in n style surprising all his
efforts. The Ladies know
perfectly well that u Magazine is
Highest authority IN Fashion.-I
No Lady considers herself well dress
ed who c%ontravenes this authority,
and in our W city in New York,
Baltimore, CINCINNATI, Louis
vile, Lexington. ST. Louis, New Or
Mobile, Richmond. Charleston,
Sovanah, and the other Metropolitan
of the various States, the taste
Fashion Plates of the LADY'S
dictate the Lars Of Dress.
In future the figures will b, thrown
into tasteful groups, displaying the
yraceS Of dress TO the best advantage,
md the cack grounds of the plates
will presentinteresting views, design.
ed by First rate Artists. As a furth-
assurance of thorough excellence
n this department., the publisher has
secured the services of MISS LES
lie, who will illustrate the Fashion
in her usual felicitous and
style, uniting Il thorough
knowledge of the subject, with a clear,
Ineligible and graceful manner of
reating it. Her descriptions are
of the productions of her
glowing pencil. which drew the
Fashion Plates for the Lady's
The Publishers correspondent in p,
'aris is possessed of such ample f,
leans of obtaining the Real and /
resent Paris Fashions, and of trans
them in advance of all COM
%etitors, that the Ladies may contin-
as theyhave always done. to copy
ON our Plates what has received
sanction Of hdisputabe Ton, the
lst, the newest, the best fashions,
'esh from Paris. {
The arrangements for producing a +.
brilliant and attractive series OF /