The Weekly register., 1844-07-13
The Cheapest and best La
dy's Magazine!
The Ladies National MaSa-
zine.
rnITEp BY MRS. ANN 5. STEVENS AND c. ]
PETERSo

PETERSON.
Permanent contributors:-M Mrs. l.. H.
S;gourney. Mrs. f. S. Osgood, Mrs a.
M T AMMAN, Mrs E.. Embury, Mrs.
q p. Orne. Miss Mary Davenant, Mrs.
= 1ae Hentz. Mrs. NJ. L. Lawson, Mrs.
Alb. Welby, Mrs. l.. J. Pierson, and
other females Of the first rank as authors.
This elegant and popular monthly pc
r;oJical was established in July, l643,
-, The nn;on or the ''Worid Of Fashion" "
and F. Quarre's "Artist," and has al
reodv attained the reputation IN our
qreat cities Of the Text Book oI rash
;on and Literature. Ia the correctness
and beauty Of lis fashion plates; IN the
rovel,v. splendor and cosiiness OF It's
n,her embellishments; and in the chas-
,ened tone and peculiarly refined ieml-
nine character Of its literary department
: ;sconceded that this magazine has no
snnerior. Fully equal to the best three
dollar magazines in these respects, II IS
vet but little more than hall their pflce.
The astonishing success has induced Inc
pubIisher to begin the new year with
great and costly Improvements. Accof-
dinoly ne has determined TO employ
cor9s or female contributors whose uni
led talents are such as have never been
before employed any magazine tor the
soy The work Will uot be the reHeA
of any one mind. The names OF the
nermanept contributors are guarantee
for the variety, talent and worth OF our
nooes for l844. Ours will be the only
Magozine sustained by the sex.
~, Mt
main with Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, author
or the celebrated $500 pr!ze story Ma
rv Derwent,'' and acknowledges 10 DC
the most powerful writer oil her r sex ~ !,
America. Her story of ANNA Taylor
in our volume for 1843, has hao an as
tonisbing run, and will be followed Dy
o,hers more thrilling. Assisted by her
sisier authors, she will be enabled 10
rnate this book surpass all others intend
aI for the ladies. Every thing OF inter
os, ~ the sex viii find an early insef-
ton in our pages. Among other dlstn,
au;shino characteristics of this book will
6o n series of criticaifevlews, or
Portyaiis of our Female Poets,
occomnanied by autographs OF each IN
u;Jval These will be ofgreat value, as
The Home Department'--lo render
this Magazine as useful on me WofN-'a
HE as in the parlor, the publisher has
secured the services of an eminent au
thor to furnish monlhly-beglnnlngw with
the January number--a Home Depart
ment. in which directions for knitting
the newest styles Of lace, working Ber
liz ord Persian work and needle work
and embroidery all kinds will be giver
tocether with recipes for compoundint
cakes and swee,meats Of every variety
and in general, whatever may be useiu
TO the housekeeper, whether daughter
wife or mother, to know. This depart
ment will form, at the end oil the year
a volume in itself, worth twice the sub
o scrption price,
Our colored Fashions.-As tins worl
is intended for the boudolr as well as tn
domestic hearth, great pains have beei
taken TO secure the earliest reports Q
the Lsndon and Paris Fashions. Accord
ingly this department has been entrust
cd TO Madame Quarre, who receives iron
Partisan correspondents designs in ad
vance, enabling us 10 anticipate every RI
val. as has been done constantly durln!
the past volume But while the corfec
Partisan Fashions are given, care i
taken, in the letter-press description, I
point out how far these costumes ar
suited 10 our climate. a necessary eau
ton observed by no other cotemporary
In a word, this department is manage'
thoroughly, and not used as mer'
catch-penny. Nor arc the plates eye