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PETERSON'S LADIES'
National Ma gG@ine.
MAGNIFICENT VOLUME FOR Is45.
EDITED BY MRs. ANN S. STEPHENS.

The Lade.' National Magazine, is now so
well established and so favoraby known, that,
by general consent of the newspaper press, il is
placed at the
HEAD OF THE LADIES' BOOKS.
Its terarp contets, like those of the three dol
lar Magazines, are all original, and from the
most celebrated American writers of both sexes
The contributions TO this periodical are con-
slant rrOof of die taste, and ability of our be-
loved corni-ywomen. No other magazine is SO
exclusively mirror of their minds, or is so gen.
orally supported by them. The contents are of
every variety, AID while usually of the lighter
kind, do not preclude the insertion of papers of
mora value. Fitted alike TO the boudoir and
the treeide, the I" Ladies National" presents
monthly an agreeable variety of domestic sketch
es, tales of fashionable life, romances of hietorv
poams, critical notices ofliving authors, new re-
ceipts for the honae-keepar, directions for fash
ionable embroidery, desert ptons of the fashions
gossip ST our eastern metropolis, musical intslli-
gence, &c, &c, comprisi &, in shorl, all that a
lady wonld wish TO know objects of interest
! transplring during the rannth.
These contents, instead Of being, like those of
the other tico d0Itar magazines, make up chiefly
by selections from old newspapers and other Sec
ord hand sources, are written expressly for US
so teat Gnr
CONTENTS ARE ALL ORIGINAL
As a guarantee Of the style in which the litera-
ry department is conducted, the publisher has
placed the editorial charge OF The magaz ne in the
hands of Mrs Ann ). Stephens, acknowledged
by all critics to be, the best ngGtt7e icriter in
the iC0rld. Those who have read her thrilling
stories of ''Alice Copley,' "MaIina Gray"
''Ann Taylor" and . Clara" need no proof of
her exalted genins. She will be assisted by the
strongest corps of contributors yet arrayed in
the constant support Of any ladies' Magazine
AT the head of this list is Mrs. Lydia II. Sig
olrney, VINO will, hereafter, be regular dontrib-
uior, both in poetry and prose. Sh. will be as
listed by
Mrs r. F. Elicit, Mrs A. n. F. Amman,
Mrs F. s. Osgood, MrsL ]. Pe;rsop.
Mrs. NJ. ST, Leon Loud Mrs. Ann s Stephens,
Mrs. ?, w. B Caro,hezs, Mrs Amelia Welby,
Mrs {. Lee Hen,z. Mrs. Seba Smith,
'!F. e. F.' Author of " Ma rriage of Convenience
Miss Mary Davenant, Miss Ellen Ashton, &c
During the ensuing year, aI.ew feature will be
nll2dnced, III the publication of series OF
TALES OF AMERICAN HISTORY,
illustrative Of the MOI nersand stirring incidents
of different periods in our count-v's history
The first of these, story of the reA1 alton, from
the pen of The .4,lthor of cruising in liz Last
Var" will appear in January, and be followed
up BY articles of equal interest, from ii. w. Her.
bert, and others of our best writer's. The critical
portraits Of female poets will still be continued,
and stories of domestic character, from the well
known pens of Mrs, Amman, F. E. F., and Ellen
Ashson, will continually appear.
GREAT PRszE PICTURns.--In order that the
pictorial department may stand first in the coun-
try, the publisher intends publishing, in January
and February, two superb premium pictures, far
hyperion to any yet itsued in the magaxines.-
| The frs:
A MEZZOTINT BY SARTiN,
will appear in January, and has confesseGIy new
| er been equalled by that inimitabe artist. The
second, to appear in February, is the first OF Sc
ries of great historical pictures, whish-to main
.ain the national character of his work-the pub
| Usher has protected. These are intended to IL
lustra te great event in American annals especial
| ly those in winch women figured. The frsI is a
MEZZOTINT OF WASHINGTON ATS.
| Engraved from picture never before made pub
lie. This feature ,ciH make the book anarQasaled
and those who wish secure the whole Sc res
m lst send their money early. We here state,
what is undeniable, that during 1874, we pub
lished MEzZoTINTs oFTENER THAN ANY RIVAL
and shall continue to do so for 1915. Those
who subscribe to the 81 National, will get these
unequalled engravings oftsner than in any other
book. Fol November, December, January and
February, we already have issued, or intend to
issue, an unbToken series of these plates. Wto
else has done, or can ko tie ranle?