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THE PIONEER MAG AZINE OF
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AMERICA.
GoDEY's MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK FOR Io4"
The best earnest a publisher can give Oh "nas ~
can and will do nsxt year is reference 10 VIVA
he has doas last year, orsat any time III shs las
fifsceI1 wears Under this view of the case II
would be aui sufficient for ord nary purposes
for US to say tn at the high character oil I'M maya
zine for literary aud artistcal merit VIII Ds
properly snstaine,l Bot we are aware that hls
rapid ana dazzling. succession Of novelties whief
we have brought forward within the last ie"
yea,s naturally exsites a lively curiosity, ano
every Subscriber is saying 10 himself what WIZ
Cooley do hsxt.
hismarey with view to Crafty thise sity
on,tha part of ourfriends that we now proceed ic
enums rate some Of tho features -four next year
plan, promising, howegert that the enumeration
must nec assarily be partial and incomplete, fToa
oar inyaTiabe practice of seizing npoa every new
and bfilIiaat form Of embsllishmant the menent
il p eseAts ITSELF as well as securing the services
eff all the poPuLAR.s LIvEI.Y AND PIoUANTwalrEAs
the moment their characters are distinctly devei-
opsd and psonoulced The honour OF bring NJ
forward first rats genius into public notice aad
favour, and serving as assort of prime conductor
10 eactr flashes which sead their light aaFolish
tn whole Union, has beconia quite habltlai 10
the lady's Book our original idea OF iliastsatihg
Ainelican history by sie,vs Of baale-greanas we
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all composition The no. less brilliant idea Q
Illustrating the uERoIsM OF AMERICAN LADIES
sby a series of engraYings and narratives WHICH
will serve 10 place in their trae light thu patrint-
ism devotion and salfsacrifce of our female an
acasrors in the revolutionary war, amPhatseaiy
called THE -HERoIeg AGE OF AMERles, Is also
original with US. Oshelinciden.ssof revolutionary
history will also furnish subjects for the embel-
lishlnants Of the coming year. Among the sob
ia:ts already executed are,s
This reception of the news Of Lsxington fight
ebs Darey-MaTionas entertainments, of the british
o,ficer-bv Whtc--FcHale GALLANTRY -by
ffnbert--F hs ssornng OF red bank fort by
HalniItaa--tSouat Danop's nc hume nt--ay liam
-ilroAs-.4 be bat.Is of concord bridge-hy fraiik-
.enstein-The GeFnontewn battle-grouadi..b by
Ras ell Smith-Tfentoa battle-ground by iiam-
-ilton, w tn a Iauga number Of others, engaged
-buf NOT vet sent in by the artists. Another new
AMI striking feature we now propose for the first
fine in public, having hid artists engaged for.
twelve. months in working II out. oar readers
will please 10 note the date of the ANNOUNCEMENTS
Of this feature II viii consist of Characteristic
state views, in which the pecaliarities Of scenery
costume and castoms of every stat3 and Territory
of the Union Will BE- presented in slceessioe.
This idea will of course be ella med by others,
bu. our readers win not forget TO mark dares
Our profsred pr5mium of s. o for tlie best
painting OF subject illustrative of American
female patriotism has already brought splendid
array Of talent into the field, The award has
be IN postponed for another month ohtfo oo13tesy
to art SIS who haze pictures still upon their easos.
The premium CT s 80 for tie bsst egfaying " III
Of course bIing forward series Of trs rate STEEL
plates in addition TO all these advantages, the
privilege of engraving the prsmium pjct1ses of,
the apollo association viii serve to Form key
stone to our ple3lid system of embellishments
The public know oar literary contib5taes yell,
for they have long been in the habit d recogTi-
zing them as the leading writer's of Al erica in
magazine literatuTe-that liter'ur viii h eSacts
from the ablest pe.s their most pquant an bill
liaat contributions, al. the same time that con
dances into a compact and pleasing form, t5e
moral, the useful and the solid in narrative, sketch
md essay writing Mezzoiints. 1t only ne
cessa7y to say tia. in this department we have
Sartaid sadd atd warner, aud each Of Them has
several plates in hand. we shall, we thnk, have
one in each number next year. Authentic fash
ion p!a:as. Godey-s bgdy's Book is the oaly-
Magazine that can be relied upon for t real
fashions, Our translarors suffer nothing of merit
and interest, which is sditad TO ths design of the
Lady's Book, iii the Literature of GERMANY,
FRANCE, ITALY, AMI other nations of the Euro
pean continent TO escape them. Among many
novel features in tho literary way which are now
in the course preparation, for wei-kgown reasons
we choose 10 announce but one IN this connection,
viz: The border legends of American, many
Of which have jnst reached from the distant re-
gions which formerly the scenes of border
wars AMI hunting expeditions aud where the ex-
plots of the falnou- IN ian killsfs and hunters
still furnish themes fos purely national ballads,
songs and stories to their children and grand
children by the winters fireside. It lis not na-
cessary for us 10 give the names of our wIittrs--
p7evons numbers VIII show that they ere The
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