The Weekly register., 1844-01-27

As a further assurance of thorough excellence in
this department; the publisher secured the SER
vices of Miss LESLIE, who wiz illustrate the
Fashion Plates, III her usual feictous and graph
ic style, uniting thorough knowledge of the sub
ject, with a clear. graceful and Ineligible man.
ner of treatingit it. Her descriptions 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 pos
sessed of such ample means of obtaining the real
and present Paris Fashions, and of transmitting
them in advance of all competitors; thatthe ladies
may continue, they have always done, to COPY
from our plates what has received the sanction Of
ndsputable ton, the last; the Newest the best fash
ions, fresh from Paris.
The arrangements for producing d most brilliant
and attractive series of Line and Mezzotint En-
cravings are now complete. Pictures fresh from
the easels of our first rate American Artists, are
now actually in the hands of the ablest American
engravers the subjects embracing not only the usu
al popular and domestic topics, but others which
are interviewer into the very heart strings of Amer
icar nationality; treating they do of stirring in
cidents in the glorious and heroic age of Amer
lea
With respect the generall literary and moral
tone of the Lady's Book, for 1913, it will main
tain its usual consistent character of domestic
and fashionable family magazine. While such
contributors as Miss Leslie, Miss Sedgwick; Mrs
Hall. Mrs Embury, Mrs E f Ellet Mrs Sigour-
ney, Mrs V E Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs A
NJ + AMMAN, Mrs Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons, and
Mrs s ] Hale continue their contributions, the
beautiful and the nseful, all that charms the fancy
and 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 glory as the prime objects of
nations literature, will have their peculiar
tastes gratIfed by the contributions of DR. Robert NJ
Bird, the author of the Gladiator, 'Calvar' &c
The admirers of Southern scenery and manners
will recognise with pleasure, among ourcorrespond-
ents, the name of w Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
author of 'Guy Rivers Y emasses,' &c.
Those who are partial TO graceful, easy, noncha-
halant, geLtlemanly story telling, will always
hail with pleasure the monthly return of N P Will
lis, the most pquant, lively and fertile of all mag
azine writers
The admirers of the high toned, moral and do
mestic Nouvellette, will recognise with pleasure,
among our contributors, the name of L ) Arthur,
author of six Nights with the w ashingtonians,'
&c. Contributions are also ready from the pens of
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache, late Principal
of the Philadelphia High School, Professor J ohm
Sanderson, author of "a Year in Paris Professor
John Frost editor of the Young Peoples Book.
Oar limits will not give us space enough to9l
Our list of foreign contributors is enTichedv
the names of
Joanna Baltic, Mary Russell Milford,
Mary Hewitt, Maria Edgev. tn,
Hon. Mrs c. Norton, Mrs. S. G. Hall,
recognised in Europe the elite of Births. fcma Il
authors. ~ - efe4 -
The publishers means of increasing the beau Y
and value of the Lady's Book are accumulati
ear by year. To his already inestimable Ii
yntributors, he is constantly receiving acces
booth at home and abroad.
His arrangements with respect to ORIG1NA
PAINTINGS. from such Artists as
Rothermel, Frankensten, Creeme,
Chapman, .Macise, Huntingdon,
are now complete, and he numbers among the ell
gravers whose services are constantly retained,
Tucker, Smith, Warner,
Dick. Sadd, Ellis,
Ciassen, Gimbredge, Jones'
Ills whole system of arrangements with respec
to Fashion Plates is developed and perfected
/ The Lady's Book will therefore continue to MAIN
tain that proud pre-eminence inmerit and in pop.
uaritv. which fourteen years of unintermitted at
tenticr on the part of the publisher has earned-i
will still remain, as heretofore, the FAvoRITE OF
! THE FAIR.