The Weekly register., 1844-05-04

AS Inrtller assurance th0rOugh excellence IN
| this Department. the Publisher has secured the
vices of Miss LESLIE, who will illustrate the
Fashion Plates, in her usual felicitous and graph
ie style, uniting thorough knowledge of the SUBJ
Ject, with clear, graceful and ineligible man.
nerIof treating it, Her descriptions are 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 iii advance of all competitors, thatthe ladies
may continue, they have always done, to copy
from plates what has received the sanction of
indisputabe ION, the last, thenewest the best fash
ions, fresh from Paris.
The Arrangements for Producing most brilliant
and attractive series of Line and Mezzotint En-
cravings now complete. Pictures fresh from
The easels of'our first rate American Artists, are
now actuallyin the hands of the ablest American
epgravers, the subjects embracing only the
al popular and domestic topics, but others which
interviewer into thevery heart strings of Amer
ican nationality, treating they do of stirring in
cidents in the glorious and heroic age of Amer
| ica
With respect the general literary and moral
tone of the Lady's Book, for lS43, 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 Ellet, Mrs Sigour-
ney, Mrs E Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs A
Nj L AMMAN, Mrs & Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons, and
/ Mrs s J Hale continue their contributions, the
beautiful and the nsefu 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
our nations literature, will have their peculiar.
tastes grathed by the CONT ibutions of DIR Robert
Bird, the author of the Gladiator, 'Calvar' &c.
The admirers of Southern scenery and manners
viii recognise with pleasure, among corresponds
ents, the name of'W Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
author of Guy Rivers, 'Yemasses, &c.
Those who partial to graceful, easy, ,noncha-
halant, gentlemanly story telling, will always
hail with pleasure the monthly return of n P Will
lis the most piquant, lively and fertile of ali mag
azine writer's
The admirers Of the hi Oh toned, moral and do
mestic Nouvellette, will recognise with pleasure,
among our contributors, the name Of Il S Arthur,
author of six Nights with the Washingtonians,'
&c. Contributions are also ready from the pens of
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache, late Principal
of the Philadelphia High School, Professor John
Sanderson, author of'a Year in Paris Professor
John Frost, editor of 'the Young Peoples Book.
Oar limits will not give space enough to3l
umerata the names of a tfthe of our contributors.
Our list of foreign contributors is enrichedsi
the names of
!. Joanna Ballie, Mary Russell Milford,
Mary Hewitt, Maria Edgep-G til,
Hon. Mrs c.. Norton, Mrs S. G.. Hall,
recognised in Europe as the elite of British fcma e
authors.
The publishers means Of increasing the beau.y
and vaue of the Lady's Book are accumulati D
by year. To MS 5rirvutiy irvsrirTIer1ie ii -
yntrbaturs, he IS constantly receiving acces
booth at home and abroad.
His arrangements with respect to ORIGINA
PAINTINGS. from such Artists as
Rothermel, Frankenstein, Croome,
Chapman, .Maclse, Huntingdon,
are now complete, and he numbers among the en-
gravers whose services are constantly retained,
Tucker, Smith, Warner,
Dick, Sadd, Ellis,
Classen, Gimbradge, Jones.
Ills whole system of arrangements with respeci
to Fashion Plates is developed and perfected.
The E4ady's Book will therefore continue to main
tain that proud pre-emnence in merit and in pop
ularitv which fourteen years of unintermited at
tentcn on the part of the publisher has earnad-it
win still remain, as heretofore, the FAyoRITE OF
TIE FAIR.
TERMS.
Godey's Ladys Book, yearin advance, 50
do do 2yrs both in advahea 5
Two copies, one year, D
Five copies, one year, lO
Eleven copies, one yaar, ~
T.. A. G OBEY,
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