The Weekly register., 1844-12-07

L:t 1900, WHO nave won for themselves a
10 -, "uions me Baidlng spirits OF the age
CIIA'Vely devoted TO the adies-i,s C,ror nil, ;,s
lal' patrons has NOT been less remarkable tb,, 10
p''N' "'dpViHon to their feelings and tastes nd
! - 'S!'''eihehts. LIN entati"g 1pon new year
- 20 '"1'' "I"nul diminishing in the least tina I
tlng ana useful Literature, which has 81 long re-
""'h laying Under contribution the native
s"'G sense and elegant fancy OF our American Fe-
male writers, will. as each succpssiva !, ,,,h.- ~
pears PRESENT IN the several departments of Liter
/ athTe> FASHION, aad Pictorial Embellishments.
! constaht and ever varying succession of new and
( lining iedtHes' NOR does he p omise without
ample ability to perform. The best literary tai
en-, 'he oSS' eots oil the most list nguished artist
N the courtyard, TO crown as we'll as ado-n the
Whoie, tle most perfect arrangements for the re-
cepton OF the American, london and Parie F,eb
/ 'on', lar IN advance of any other publication in
ms country, enable him To assure the patrons of
the LADG'S BOOK that the forthcoming vol,.ne
VIII more than Justify its we'll earned title of the
Magazine Of Magazines for the .adies of our
country.
IL has passed into custom 20 asser, that dress is
matter OF trfing Importance, but this every lady
kaows to be utterly false. Taste in dress is mi
versally tettD he the index of thousand desirable
qualities in woman, while deficiency In rhis res
pect always Injuries in the estima on of stran-
gers, and even Of her intimate frends-the beauty
commend 70 general favor m acknowledged UowDY
in DIR So Hence the importance Of an accredited
guide to the Fashions.
This useful nfice, already filled for fourteen
years with universal acceptance, by the Lldy's
Rack, The blisher pledges himselfto discharge in
future, in stve SURPRISING all his former efforts
The ladies know perfect y we'll that our Magazine
IS the highest authority in Fashion.
No lady considers herself we'll dressed who con-
t-avenes this authority, and, in our own city, in n
York. Boston, Baltimore. Cincinnati, louisville,
lexington, 81 l.onis, New Orleans, Mobile, Rich
mon & arleston, Savannah, and the other matrop-
nlitran cities of the various States, the t7steful
Fashion Plates of the Ladys Book ditate the laws
ofdress.
As farther assurance of thorough excellence in |
this department. the Publisher has secured the ser
"ices of Miss LESLIE, who will illustrate the |
ashton Plat ., in her usual felici'ous and g-aph-
&c style, unit;nL thorough knowledge of the sub
lect, with n clear, acaful and ntaligbe man
Of treptingit. Her descriptions are worthy of
the productions OF her own glowing pencil, which
rev the earliest Fashion Plates for the Lady,
Book.
I he Publishers correspondent in Paris is Dos +
Jesse ofsuch ample means of obta lining the raa
qnl present Paris Fashions, and oftransmittiny
.ham - advance Of all competitors, thatthe ladies
nav cnntara, rs they have always done. to CO Y
trnm or plates wh1tha received the sanction II
one, fresh from Paris.
The arrangements for p.ohucing most brilliant
qnd attractive aeries Of Lime and Nezzotint En-
G-avirgs are now complete. = ctNres fresh ON
The aascls of oar first rate American Art ets. are
10w actually in the hands Of the ab'est American
angravrrs, the subjects embracing not only thu
ii pop liar and domestic topics, hat Others which
ara interviewer into "a VERY heart strings of Amer
nationality, treating as they dn of stirring in
1fa in, fi,a nd A |
With respect o the general literary and mo al
zone of the |.ady's 2onk, for lS4', il will main
rain its us:al consistent cha racter OF a dOmast
aud fashionable family magazine While slch
Contributors as Miss Leslie, Miss Sedgwick. Ms
IalI, Mrs Embury, Mrs Z F EIet. Mrs 81 gour-
aey, Mrs V T. Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs
u r Amman. Mrs E. Ire ilentz, Mrs Parsons, and |
IrsS j tale contRu their contributions. the
baa ltful and the useful, all that charms the fancy
ana all that manis the heat and guides the bass
Il fectons Of our will continue to adorn and
dignity pages.
rhe lovers Of histori al romance, and those who
regard our nations glory the prime objects of
oar nations literature, will have THAR peculiar
gratlfed by the cont buttons of DIR Robert
Bird, the author of the Gladiator, 'Calvar' &c.
The admirers of Southern scenery aud manners
will recognise with pleasure, amnng ourco respond |
ents, the mama Of " Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
a 1thor of Guy Rivers YcTasses,' &c.
Thnse who are partial To graceful, easy, noncha-
halaat, gentlemanly story telling, will always
hail WIKI pleasa;e the monthly return OF n = Wit
lis the most piq nant, lively and fedle of all mag
azine writer's
The admirers Of the high toned, moral and do |
me- tic Nouveliatts, will recognise with pleasure,
among our contrib ltors, the name Of l = Arthur, |
author of six Nights with the Washingtonians,'
&c Contributions are also ready from the pens IF
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache, late Principal
of the Phila lelpha High School, Professor John
Sande son, author of a Yea. III Paris Professo'
J ohm Frost, editor of 'the Young Peoples Book.
Our limits will not give us space enough toal
umeTata the names of tIthe of our contributors.
Our list of foreign contributors is enrichedg
the names of
joanna .,allie. Mary Russell Milford,
Vary Hewitt, Maria Edgev th,
Hon Mrs G.. Norton, Mrs. sc. Hail.
recognised in Europe the elite of BIRTHS, frma
an.h0rs
.i'he publishers means of increasing the beau :
and valns of the I.ady's Book accumulate
ear bv wear. To his already inestimable Ii t
yntrb lturs, he is constantly receiving acces
booth at home and abroad.
His Arrangements with respect 10 ORIGINA
P AIXTINGs. from sach Artists as
Rothermel, Frankenstein, Croome,
Chapman, .Maclise, Hunting 1on'
are now complete, and he numbers among the EN-
gravers whose services constantly retained,
T,.ke- smith Warmer,
Dix, Sadd, rms,
Cassen, Gmbredge, Jones'
Ills whole system of arrangements with resPe.'
70 Fashion Plates is now developed and p'rfscted
The rarlv's Book will therefore continue to mann
Tain t,at p.oud pre-eminince in merit ana IN pop
nlaritv. which fourteen years OF dnIntermt'ea az
,a,,,; a., the mart of the pablishef has earhad-it
will still remain, as heretofore, the FA'oRiTE OF
THE FAIR.
TERMS.
! Godev's Lady's Book, yearin advance, %
do do 2yrs both IN au Fd'0F
! Two copies, one year, n