, 1843-01-28
Literary, Domestic, and Fashionable
Family Magazine.
GODEY'S
EADYal BOOK
E0R 1Rd3.
FOR lE43

FOR lS43.
Edited by Mrs. S. j. Hale & other!
THE LONG ESTABLISHED
Arbiter of taste, Fashion, and tn
BelIesletters, for the Ladies of
America.
Godey's Lady's Book having beer
for so long a series of years, univer
sally recognised as the exclusive an
indisputable 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 ,e
age-the only work which in poin
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 theil
feelings and tastes and their require
ments. In entering upon a new
year, the publisher, without diminish.
ing in the least that Sterling and use
Iul literature, which has long result.
ed from laying under contribution the
native coed sense and elegant fancy
Of our American female wriiers, 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 Strik-
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 countrv-and to crown as well
as to adorn the whole, the most per-
feet arrangements for the reception
of the
AMERICAN LONDON, e. PARIS FASHIONS.
far in advance of any other publica-
ton in this country, enable him TO as
sure the patrons Of the LADY'S
that the forthcoming volume
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 trifing 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-
nan. while a deficiency in this re-
spect always Injuries one in the esti-
Of strangers. and even Of her
intimate friends the beauty of Helen
and the wit of Aspasia, would hardly
to general favor an &C.
k~nowledged powpY in dress. Hence
Importance Of an accredited
GUIpE 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
future in a style surprising all his
efforts. The Ladies know
perfectly well that our Magazine is
the Highest authority in Fashion.-l
No Lady considers herself well dress
ed who contravenes this authority,
and in our own city in New York.
Baltimore. CINCINNATI. Louis
vile, Lexington, ST. Louis. New Dr.
cans, Mobile, Richmond. Charleston,
Sovanah, and the other Metropolitan
Cities Of the various States, the taste
Ill Fashion Plates of the LADY'S
dictate the Laus Of Dress.
future the figures will be thrown
nto tasteful groups, displaying the
races ofdress TO the best advantage.
nd the cack grounds of the plates
will presentinteresting views, design.
d by First rate Artists. As a furth.
r assurance of thorough excellence
this department., the publisher has
ecured the services of MISS LES
lie, who will illustrate the Fashion
in her usual felicitous and
style, uniting a thorough
nowledge Of the subject. with a clear,
and graceful manner of J
eating it. Her descriptions are :
Of the productions of her I
glowing pencil. which drew the d
Fashion Plates for the Lady's
ook.
The Publishers correspondent in
lris is possessed of such ample
cans of obtaining the Real and !
Paris Fashions, and of trans :
lifting them in advance of all COM =
that the Ladies may contin- ii
!, as they have always done, to copy C
,m u Plates what has received SC
e sanction Of hdisputable Ton, the u
st, the newest, the best fashions, y
,sh from Paris.
The arrangements for producing a
ost brilliant and attractive series OF :
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