The Ripley advertiser., 1844-02-17
The LADY'S WORLD OF FASHION
AND LITERAL URF.

1uELADY,s WORLD OF FASHION
AND LITERATURE.
TIE Cheapest and most elegant Magazine in
the Union. ~ Twenty copies for twenty doi
lars.--10 This elegant and most Po uiar Lady $
NagazIue will commence new Voiuhe, III a"
style of rare magnihct tnce, WIN .ne ".,
;ssue n number containing rum opiehuio Eli
cravings of the most costly aud expensive char
acter. ! he publisher has experienced, ou'ihs
the mast wear, the most unqualified success, ana
.nters unon the New Year with determination
to outstrip all contemporaries.
The Embellishments OF the new volume are
of the mos, splendid and costly character, com
bininp every variety of style, and executed BY
the first artists the coun ry can produce.
The work has been TIE LADIES' FAVOR
RI +. and this reputation it will continue to
maintain. Hence, the character OF its htera ure
will continue to be such as to commend 1t espe-
ciaIly 10 the sex. 1t will contain articles from
the most popular and pleasing writers OF the
day. on every variety of subject, but the work
viii in the main time be devoted to the cnltlva
zion of the home virtues. Hence most oil the
stories will be of practical, domestic character
from the pens OF our best female writers. The
literary matter will not be the n, fcX OF any one
female mind, but will contain the chuisesi pro-
ductions of a galaxy Iiemaie writers.
The effort shall still be to render the work as
Indispensable requisite to the boudoir OF every
lady of taste III the land, and, therefore, not It's
literary matter alone shall be compil Tor their
taste, but it will c, ntain MON iHLY FASH
IONS, elegantly Coiuured, which tor excellence
of drawing, correctness in every particular, and
extleme beauty oil the coouring and engraving,
shall far excel any thing from other quarteis.
The fact that during the last year the "Lad!'s
World'' has been the "guide book' in matters
oftaste on cusume in every city OF the Union,
has gvea it position IN the fashionable world,
which cannot be shaken. The unwavering 6del-
ity of its designs t, the Parioan and London
ty les, in advance, too, at least six weeks, OF ali
others, has placed 1T in the very front rank as n
work of authority in matters of dress. 1t is
well known fact, that the styles of the "Lady's
Word' appear in the other periodicals, preten-
ding to give the fashions, often four months later
when the yles have become common or obsolete
LACE AND NEEDLE WORK. The mos
elegant and the newest designs of lace wo k
embroidery, &C., shall be given in the work
with the latest st lie of caps, curtains, head
dresses, &C., rendering the Lady's World a sam
pie of usefulness as well as OF taste, on the centre
table OF every lady.
Vi the various styles OF engravings, which will
grace the pages OF ihistsotk, we must mention
as among the Ihost elegant Sartains unnveled
Mezzotnts, which will grace the coming volume,
and excel, in the beauty OF design and dchcacy
OF finish, any thing that has heretofore appeared
from his burin. Mr. Sartan is known from one
end of the Union to the other, as the master, IN
this country, of this celebrated STYLE we nave
already under way FIVE or SIX magmhceht P,"'es'
ire IN this celebrated artist, for the new volume,
and sha II follow them up with Mezzotints from
every artist of repute in the country. be most
finished and beautiful Line and Stipplc Engra-
wings will also grace the pages OF the work, nom
| the hands of the very best artists the country
| can produce. In fine. every variety ana novelty
! of embellishments that may be found elsewhere,
NAV be confidently looked for in the "Lady's
Worldn But the main design of the work Is TO
furnish, in elegant and attractive style the ear.
lest most correct, and fullest report in advan' e
of ali the other Magazines, and prior to the is
suing of them here, of the Monthly Fashions,
direct from PARIS and London.
This department will be under the control of
| French and Eng lsh artists of the highest cele
brit so that every costume which az pears in
the "Lady's World'' may be safely relied on as
not having been trumped up at second hand IN
this country, after they have been received. II
is proposed not only to surpass in the excellence
but to issue every month a number and variety
of Costumes, which shall put to blush all other
attempts at reporting for the fash ionable world.
LIME OF IODLlCA lON.-InC NlauA's
World'' will be issued from the 18th to the 2(lih
of the month preceding the month for which it
will be published, or datcd-or at out the time
the steamships, which sail from Europe on the
LIST of the month, usually arrive. Thus the work
will be IN the hands of every subscriber, with the
most correct Fashions, teore they can be 90,
here, anc anticipating all other Magazinag at
| least six weeks.
THE CASH SYSTEM The publisher. ad
herring strict to the cash system in all his d.
lings, rs enabled to offer the work to the a.
can public unprecedentedIy low-no vcrk .
the kind ever having been sent out at nnv /.
than double tho price.
THE TERMS
| copy, $2per annum. copies, $40 per an.
scopes D" 20 g 20 s
The advantages to Clubs and Postmasters. ofl
the above terms, over any other periodical in
the Union, are apparent. A specimen copy
Will be forwarded to any Postmaster who viii
notify us. w."
0TEditors who will copy this Prospectus,
an ana send us marked paper, directed TO "The
United States Saturday Post" shall be entered
on the exchange list, and be regularly served
with the work ior one year.