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PETERSON'S LADIES'
National Ma ga=i n e.
MAGNIFICENT VOLUME FOR l345.
EDITED BY Mrs. ANN S. SrEpHEHs.

EDITED BY Mrs. ANN s. STEPHENS.
J The Ladies' National Magazine, is now so
we'll established and favoraby known, that,
I by general consent Of the newspaper press, it is
/ placed ut the
/ HEAD OF THE LADIES; BOOKS.
Its lnararp contets, like those ofthe three dol
lar Magazines, are all original, and from the
most celebrated American writers of both sexes.
The contributions to this periodical are can
slant Proof of the taste, and ability of our be.
loved countrvwomen No other magazine is so
exclusively mirror of their minds, or is so gen.
orally supported by them. The contents are Of
every variety, and while usually of the lighter
kind, do not preclude the insertion of papers Of
mora value. Fitted alike to the boudoiT and
the freeide. the Ladies National," presents
monthly a n agreeable variety of domestic sketch
es, tales of fashionable life romances OF hietory,
poems. critical notices of living authors, new
ceipts for the honse-keeper, directions for fash
ol5 lie embroidery, descriptions of the fashions,
gossip ST our eastern metropolis, musical ntelll-
gence, &c. &c, comprising, in shorl, all that a
lady would wish to know objects OF interest
Transporting during the month.
These contents. instead of beag; like those OF
the other t,ro doltar magazines, make up chiefly
by selections 4rem old newspapers and other sec
ond hand sources, are written expressly for us {;
so taat
CON TENTS ARE ALL ORIGINAL.
As a guarantee Of the style in which the literal
ry department is conducted, the publisher hac
placed the editorial charge OF The magazine in tn
hands of Mrs. Ann ;. Stephens, acknowledged
by all critics to be- the best n1GsGei1Le 1Criter
Me 3corid. Those who have read her thrilling
stories of alice Copley,'' ''Malina Gray"
Gam Taylor" and = Clara need no proof OF
her exalted genius. She will be assisted by the
strongest corps Of contributors ever yet aTrayed in
the constant support Of any ladies' Magazine
At the head of this list is Mrs. lydia II. Sig
Quincy. who will, hereafter, be regniar dontrb-
Iior, both in poetry and prose. She will be
listed by
Mrs L. f. EHeu. Mrs \. NJ. F. Amman,
Mrs f =. Osgood. Mrs H. j. Peicson.
Mrs. VI. st, Leon Loud Mrs. Ann :. Stephens,
Mrs 2. W. b Carothers, Mrs Amelia Welby,
Mrs G. Lee Hentz. Mrs. Seba Smith,
81. f. F.'' Author of g Marriage of Convenienc5
Miss NJ L. Lawson, Mrs. Caroline Orne,
Mss Mary DavonanL Miss Ellen Ashton, 81.
During the ensuing year, new feature viii be
introduced, il the publication OF a series of
TALES OF AMERICAN HISTORY,
Illustrative of the mannersan stirring incidents
of different periods in our .country's history
The fist OF these, story of the resolntion, fro
the pen of :. The .1utbOr Of cruising IN tie Last
Var VIII appear in January, and be followed
up by articles of equal Interest, from II. w. Her
,hert and Others of our best writers. The critical
pof traits of female poets will still be continued,
and stories of domestic. character, from the well
known pens of Mrs, AMMAN, T. +. f.. and Ellen
Asl,sons will continually appear.
GnE&r PRslE PICTURns.-ln order that the
pictorial department may stand first in the
trv the publisher intends publishing, in January
and February. two superb premium pictures, far
.peror to any yet itsled IN the magaxines.-
The frs:
A MEZZOTINT BY SARTfN,
v iILappear in January, and has confessedly nev-
er been eqdalled by that inimitabie artist The
/ second. TO appear in February, is the first of Sc
ries of great historical pictlres, whieh-to main
ain the national character Of his work-the pub
Usher has protected. These are Intended TO il
Illustrate great event in American annals, especial
" those in which women figured. The first is q
MEzZOTIN'F OF WA ZINC TON AT rs!
Esngrfre ed from a picture never before made pub
lie. This TeaLtre lCH make thc book uncQ1taiie1,
aud those VINO wish 10 secure tha ,wboie seres
IN Ist send their m0ney early. We here state.
maat is undeniable. that during 1914, we pub
liehed MEzzoTINTs oFTENER THAN ANY RIVAL.
and shall continue 20 do so for 1915. Those
who subscribe to the . National" will get these
uhenilalled angravirgs oitane than in any other
bsok. For November. December, January and
February, we already base ISSUED, or intend to
issue. an unbioken series OF these plates. Uho
else hos DONE, or can 10 The rdmc!