Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-10
GoDEY's EADY's,B0O
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EDITED BY mRs. S. ]. HALE AND OTHERS.

g y for so long a series of years, universally
recognized as the indsputabie guide to the air
sex. in matters of taste, fashion and literature,
The only work conducted by distinguished
female authors, who have won for themselves
high place among the guiding spirits OF the
aqe--ihe only work which in point of fact has
been EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO TIE
LADIES, It's favor with its iair patrons has not
been less remarkable than IFS perfect adoption
to their feelings and tastes and their require
meuis. IN entering upon new year the pub
Usher without diminishing in the least that
! STERLING AND USEFUL LITERATURE
which has long resulted frpm laying under
contribution the native good sense AND elagant
| fincy of orr AMERICAN FEMALE WRi-
! FERS, will as each successive number APP
! rears, present in the several departments OF
| LITERATURE, FASHION, AND FlCTO
RIAL ESTABLISHMENT, constant ard
/ yer varying succession of New AND STRIKING
FEATURES. Aor does he promise without ann
Die ability to perform The best literary tai
ent the best efforts of the most distinguished
artists in the couniry--and to crown as well
rs adorn The whole, the most perfect arrange
ments tor the reception of the America, Lon
| Ion ard Paris FASHIONS, far in advance OF any
other publication in this country, enable him
70 assure the patrons OF tie Lady's Book that
he forthcoming volume will more than justify
It's well earned title of the MAGAZINE OF MAeA-
ZINES, for the ladies of our country.
| Ii has gpassed into custom to assert that
dress is a matter Of triiing importance, but
| Ibis every lady knows TO be false. Taste in
dress is universally felt TO be the index OF
| thousand desirable qualities III woman, while
a deficiency in this respect always Injuries one
| in the estimation Of strangers. and even OF her
intimate friends-he beatty OF Helen and the
wit Of Aspasia, would hardly commend to gen.
| eral favor an acknowledged DowDY IN dress
| Hence the importance OF an accredited guide
t. the FASHIONS. This useful Office, already
! filed for fourteen wears with universal accept
| anbe by the Lady Book, the publisher pledges
hinself TO discharge in future in style sur
| passing all his former efforts. The Ladies
| know perfectly we'll that our Magazines is
| TIE highest authority in FASHION. No lady
considers herself well dressed who caniravenes
this authority, and in our OWE city, in New
| York, Bosom. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louis
vile, Lexington, ST. Louis, New Orleans.
| Mobile. Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, and
| cher Metropolitan CITIES of States, the taste
! ful Fashion Plates Of the Lady's Book dictate
the laws of DRESS. In future the figures will
be thrown into tasteful groups displaying the
maces of DIR IS 10 the best advantage, and the
backgrounds of tie plates present interesting
| views designed by first rate ARTIsTJ.
As for,herlassurance OF thorough excellence
in this department, the publisher has secured
the services of MISS LESLIE. who will Illus
rate the Fashion Plates. in her usual Fictitious
and graphic style. uniting a thorough knowl
edge Of The subject, with a clear. Ineligible
and gracein! manner of treating it. Her des-
| cnptions are worthy Of the productions OF her
own glowing pencil, which drew the earliest
Fashion Plates for the Lldy's Book.
Tire Publishers correspondent in Paris is
sssoi. s,,-,l -. ans OF U.Sts.itsiss
the real and present Paris Fashions and Of
transmitting them in advance of all c0mpetit
| ors, that the ladies' may continue, thew have
! already done, TO copy from our plates what has
| received the sanction of the lndisputablc ToN
he last. the newest. the best fashions, fresi
rom Paris.
The arrangements for producing Q most
brilliant and attractive series of Mezzotint and
| line EngraVings are now compile. Pictures
fresh from the easals of our first rate Anne ri
can Artists are now actually III the hands OF
The abIeet american Engravers, the subjects
embracing not only the usual popular and do
| mestic topics, but others which are intei
woven into the very heartstrings OF American
Nationality, treating as they do of stirring in
cidents in the Glorious and Heroic age of
AMERICA.
With respect TO the general literary and NOR
al tone of the Lady's Book. for 1S43, it will
mai tain its usual consistent character of de-
nestle and Fashionable Family MAGAZINE
While such contributors as Miss Leslie Miss
Sedgwick, Mrs. Hall, Mrs Embury, Mrs. E
F. Ellet. Mrs. Sigonrney, Mrs. Volney E.
| Howard, Mrs. Seba Smith, Mrs, A. B F. An
nan, Mrs, G. Lee Hentz, Mrs. Parsons, and
Mrs. S. ]. Hale continue their contributions.
the beautiful and the Useful, all that charms
the fancy, end all that mends The heart, and
guides the best affections of our nature, will
continue to adorn and dignity our pages. The
lovers of historical romance, and those who
regard our nations literature, will have their
peculiar tastes gratiied by the contributions
of DIR. Robert NJ. Bird, the author of "The
Gladiator" Calavar, &c. The admirers OF
Southern Scenery and manners will recognize
| with pleasure among our correspondents the
name of w. Gilmore Simms the novelist. au-
thor of Guy Rivers, YemasSe," &c. Those
who are partial to graceful. easy, nonchalant
gentlemanly story telling, will always hail with
pleasure the monthly return of n. p. Willis,
the most piquanf, lively and fertile of all Mag.
| aZine writers. The admirers of the high ton.
ed, moral and domestic novelette,, will recog.
nIze with pleasure, among our contributors
| the name of Il. S. Arthur. author of ..Six
nights with the Washing onians, &c. Con;ri.
buttons are already from the pens of Professor
Alexander Dallas Bache late Principal of the
Philadelphia High School. Prof. ]. Sander.
son, author of "a year in Paris" Frof. John
Frost, Editor Of ''THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK.
Our limits will not give us space enough 10
enumerate names OF title of our contributors
Our list of Foreign contributors is enriched
with the distinguished names of Joanna Bale.
Mary R Milford, Mary Hewitt, Maria Edge
worth, Hon, Mrs. c. Norton, and Mrs. S. C.
Hall, recognized in Europe as the elite Of
British female authors.
The Publishers means of increasing the
| beauty of the Lady's Book are accumuIatlno
year by year. To his already inestimable list
OF contributors, he IS constantly receiving &C.
cessions both at home and abroad. His ar.
Engagements with respect to original paintings,
from such Artists as Rothermel. Frankenstein,
Chapman. Croome, Maclise. Huntington, are
now complete and he numbers among the en-.
graverS whose services are constantly retain.
ed, Tucke Smith, Warner Dick Sadd Ellis