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copFY,s MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK FOR l84:
The best earnest publisher can give of what HI
can and will do next year IS reference to VIVA
he has done last year, or at any time IN the las
fifteen years. Under this view of the case II
would be qui sufficient for ord nary purposes
for us to say tn at the high character OF thi maya
zine for literary aud artistcal merit viii be
properly sustained. Bot we are aware that tht
rapid and dazzling succession OIL novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
wears naturally excte3 a lively curiosity, anC
every subscriber is saying to himself what vii
Cooley do next
1t is merely with view to crafty this curiosity
on the part of our friends that now proceed t
enune rate some of the features four next year
an, promising, howevert that the enumeration
must necessarily he partial and Incomplete, from
our iavariable practice of Selling npon every new
and brilliant form of establishment the momen
it esents itself, as well securing the services
of all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIQUANT WRITERS
the moment their characters are distinctly devel-
oped and pronounced. The honour of bringing
forward fIrstrate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving as a sort of prime conductor
TO electr flashes which send their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habtual to
t he lady's Book. our original idea of illustrating
American history by views of battle-grounds we
are still calmly pur5ueiug iii a style that defa
all competition. The not less brilliant idea o
illustrating the HERoIsM OF AMERICAN LADIES
by series of engsavings and narratives which
will serve 10 place in their true light the patrint-
ism, devotion and self-sacri6ce of our female an
cestors in the revolutionary war, empha tica llv
called THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA, is also
original with US. Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also furnish subjects fol- the embel-
li1hmants OF the coming year. Among the sub
jects already executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington fight
by Darley-Marions entertainment, of the british
officer--by Whlts-Female GALLAyTRy-bv
Hu5ert-The stormng of red bank fort by
Hamilton-Co1nt Donop's mo1ument-by Ham
iltoh--Ahe battle Of concord bridge-by Frank
en8tein-The GernOatown battle-cround- bv
Russell Smith-Trenton battle-ground by Ham
Ilton, with lauge number of Others, engaged
but not yet sent in by the artists Another new
and striking feature we now propose for the first
time IN public, having had artists engaged for
twelve months in working it out our readers
will please to note the date of the announcement
OF this feature. 1t will consist of Characteristic
state views, IN which the pacaliarties of scenery
costume and customs Of every stata ana territory
of the Union viii be presented in succession.
This idea will of course be ella med bv Others
bur our readers will not forgst to marx dates
Oar proHered premium of ~ for tia hest
painting of subject illustrative of 3mrrica,
female patriotism has already brought splendid
array OF talent into the field. Tue award has
been postponed for another month ont 70 eourtssJ
to artists who have pictures still upon their easel;
The premium OF s 30 for the best egraving VIII
oil course bring forward series Of frs rate steel
plates in addition to all these advantages. the
privilege OF engraving the premium pictures of
the apollo association will serve to form a kew
stone to our splendid system of enabellis5a ,en+a
The public know our literary Contributors we'll
for they have long been in the habit of recoyr;
zing them as the leading writers of America IN
literatuTe-that litar'ure viii n evacta
from the ablest pens their most pquant AMI bril-
liant contributions, at the same time that if con-
dences into compact and pleasing form. tho
moral, the usenl and the solid in narrative sketch
ana essay writing. Mezzoiints. 1t only ne
cessary to say that in this department WE b,va
Sartan sadd and warner, aud each of Them has
several plates in hanl we shall, ws tbink. boro
one IN each number next year. Au;hentir f,sh
ION plates. Godey's LBdv's Book is the o,l,.
that can be relied upon for q rooI
fashions, Our translarors suffer NOTHING ofp,arf+
and interest. which is suited TO the design of the
Lady's Book, in the Literature of GERu.xv
FRANCE, ITALY, AM other nations of the Euro
'eah continent to escape them. Among many
novel features in the literary ssav which are ,,,
n the course preparation, Tor weI-knoyvn reasons
We choose to announce but one in this connertio,
~: The border legends of American. man,
81 which have just reached from the distant "a
5Ions which We're formerly the scenes of border
vars and hunting expeditions, aud where he ex-
'loits OF the famous In ian killers and hunters
till furnish themes fos purely national ballads.
longs and stories TO their children and gr,r,a
children by the winters freside. It is nor 40
;essary for us TO give the names of our vri,,rs
previous numbers will show that they arc tho
pest in America. ''''
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