Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-04-02
YOUNG LADIES' MISCELLANY

aDCNo LhDifAo MlSCELLANY--
A monthly Mdgasine, dcroted 10 the mo
raiimProrement, instruction, and amuse
mcnt Of tho youthful fair of MississipD,
--Y MRs. AVN HowE--to be publish.
cd al Co6eeriiie, Nj.
HNliE design of the contemplated ne.
IL riodical is indicated by ts tile, II
IS the intention of its conductor TINT the
articles which appear in its pages, while
they shall possess ut least sufficient at.
traction to fix the attention, interest and
crafty the youthful reader, shall also be
OF 80 chaste, moral and instructive n char.
acter nnd tendency as 10 leave impress.
s'ons incentive 10 virtue upon her plastic
mind, and TO her intellectual advancement
TO "quilken her perception, strengthen
her Judgment, correct her TASTE" and in.
duco her 10 "lal in love"--not with some
IDEAL nero, or gay cavalier--but with wha,
IS morally lovely noble and useful-wilb
wisdom and virtue and utility. II il in.
tended that the Miscellany shall be TO her
pleasing, an instructive, and monitoriai
companion.
10 YOUNG LADIES, whose homes are in
tho country, it connot but be accountable.
unfolding to them, as il will, in their green
retreats, pictures OF life and society. Incl. |
dents and novelties, from knowledge and |
observation OF which, they arc debarred. |
by their isolated location. |, will furnish
them with matter Tor reflection and con.
yorsation, in their rambles through sbad.
owy woodby tho hillside, or running brook;
by tho cottage hearth, or tho parlor sofa
beneath the green trees shade, or in fes. |
TONED bower--where'er they are: wheth. |
or they roam abroad, or sit at home. II
viii be MS glass ,hro' which they can see |
many objects Of an interesting character
IN the great world" beyond the apparent.
" interlanable landscape which separates
them from its "much OF good,n and, per.
haps, "more of evilH
TO PARENTS, the inducements 10 take
such work must be manifest. If Il were
calculated 10 do no more than create or
foster taste for reading, in their youthful
daughlers--that Of itself should, wo 70.
specially suggest, be conceived copsid.
Grafton Of sufficient weight to induce them
10 extend 10 the Young Ladies' Miscella.
ny lneir encouragement, countenance and
patronage.
ihs MISCELLANY, though especially do.
signed for the Improvement. ipstr,c,;on
and amusement of the youthful mir. va,
cannot, we think, but afford pensu,. e
not ediiication, to all who love chas,o ma
prose aud poetry. It's monthly
table OF contents will display a pleasin.
Miscellany OF carefully selected and nm.
propriate tales, essays, sketches. ansr
do'es, poetry, &c. |, is needless. ner.
haps, 10 say, that nothing indelicate. i'm.
pure or offensive, shall ever sully its pages
Le,us glance for one moment from The
strict purpose of this Prospectus. There
'ro within our State several ladies' who 4
,old enviable stations in the Renubl;c ~ 9
Ietters--whose minds, ''richly eudowsd o
" nature and improved by study. are a
Competent to instruct and polish and an. /,
cr'a'n'"--May we not hope that thew viii Il
frequently unlock their Golfers OF intol. | /,
'clual wealth, and contribute 10 tbe -
imns Of the Miscellany, sfull MANY a
EN- OF purest ray sereneg"
InRMs--$l for 8 monihs--payable in :
very case at the time Of subscribing.
" All letters mus, be postpaid, 10 meel
iih attention.
Six copies will be sent for SIS. a
i
lrt Of April; thereafter, tho Miscellany CO
u DO published regularly every month. al
March IL, lS45. CT
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