The Weekly register., 1844-06-22

| AS further assurance OF thorough excellence in
this department, the publisher has secured the SER
| wees OF Miss LESLIE, who will illustrate the
ashton Plates, in her usual felicitous and graph
&c style, uniting thorough knowledge of the SUBJ
! Ject, with clear, graceful and ineligible man.
ner of trea ting it. Her descriptions are worthy o
| the productions of her own glowing pencil, which
drew the earliest Fashion Plates for the Iadv'3
| 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, as 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 most brilliant
and attractive series of Line and Mezzotint En-
Cravings are now complete. Pictures fresh from
the eases of our first rate American Artists, are
now actuayin the hands of the ablest American
engravers, the subjects embracing not only the
al popular and domestic topics, but others which
are interviewer into the very heart strings of Amer
lean nationality, treating they do of stirring in
cidents In the glorionspnd heroic age of Amer
lea
With respect the general literary and moral
tone of the Lady's Book, for 1S43, 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 Z F Ellet, Mrs Sigour-
hey, Mrs E Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs A
NJ f AMMAN, Mrs G Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons and
Mrs J Hale continue their contributions, the
beautiful and the usefu, all that charms the fancy
and all that mends the heart and guides the bes
affections of our nature, will continue to adorn and
dignity our pages.
The lovers of histoti.al romance, and those who
regard our nations glory the prime objects of
our nations literature, will have their peculiar
tastes gratfed by the contributions of DR. Robert NJ
Bird, the author of the Gladiator; 'Culvar' &c.
The admirers of Southern scenery and manners
will recognise with pleasure, amO lg our correspond
ents, the name Of W Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
author of 'Guy Rivers, 'Yemasses,' &C.
Those who are partial TO graceful, easy, noncha-
halant, gantlemanly story telling, will always
hail with pleasure the monthly return of n p Will
lis, the most tpiquant, lively and fertile of all mag
azna writer's
The admirers Of the high toned, moral and do
hostic Nouvellette, will recognise with pleasure,
among our contributors, the name Of Il 5 Arthur,
author of six Nights with the Washingtonians,'
&c. Contributions also ready from the pens of
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache, late Principal
of the Philadelphia High School, Professor J ohm
Sandersoh, author of'a Year in Paris Professor
John Frost, editor of the Young Peoples Book.
Our limits will not give space enough to31
umerate the names of a tithe of our contributors.
Our list of foreign contributors is enriched vi
the names of
Joanna Ballie, Mary Russell Milford,
Mary Hewitt, Maria Edgevt til,
Hon. Mrs G. Norton; Mrs. S. @. Hall,
recognised in Europe the elite of BTitis fcma le
authors.
The publishers means of increasing the beauss
sf Gar III 5Ealla IF the I7gX'g Book arc aecgnqlati
yntrib1tOrs, he is constantly receiving acces
booth at home and abroad.
His arrangements with respect to ORIGINA
PAiNTINGs. from sach Artists
Rothermel, Frankenstejn, Croomc,
Chapman, .Maclse, Huntingdon,
are now complete, and be numbers among the
gravers whose services are constantly retained,
Tucker. Smith, Warner,
Dick, Sadd, Ellis,
Classen Gimbredge, Jones
Ills whole system of arrangements with resperl
to Fashion Plates is now developed and perfected.
The f.ady's Book will therefore continue TO main
tain that proud pre-eminence in merit and i'll pop
ularitv. which fourteen years of unntermitted at
ten!icn on the part Of the publisher has earnedit
will still remain, as heretofore, the FAvoRITE OF
THE FAIR.
TERMS.
Godey's Lady's Book, yearin advance, 50
do do 2yrs both III advance
Two copies, year,
Five copies, one year, 10
Eleven copies, one yoar, .. ~
Publishers Hall, 10l Chestnut Street, Phil'a.
ETHNTEEs, TERRY, & Go.
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