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PETERSON'S LADIES'
National N a gG&ine.
MAGNIFICENT VOLUME FOR 1916.
EDITED BY Mas. ANN S. STEPHENS.


The Ladies' National Magazine, is now 50
well established and so favorably known, that.
by general consent ofthe newspaper press, it is
placed At the
HEAD OF THE LADIES' BOOKS.
It's literap COMETS, like those the three dol
lar Magazines, are all original, and from the
most celebrated American writer's Of both sexes.
The contributions to this periodical are a con-
slant rrool Of ihe taste, and ability Of our be-
loved cGuntrywomen. No other magazine is 90
exclusively mirror Of their minds, or is so gem
orally supported by them. The contents are of
every variety, and while usually of the lighter
kind, DO not preclude the insertion og papers OF
mora value. Fitted alike to the boudoir and
the freede, the "Ladies Nationally presents
monthly an agreeable variety Of domestic sketch
es, tales Questionable life, rOmances of hetorv,
poems, critical notices ofIiving authors, new re-
caipt5 for the ho1se-heePer, directions for fash
ionablo embroidery, descriptions Of the fashions,
gossip ST our eastern metropolis, musical intslli
gence, &c, &c, comprising, in shorl, all that
lady would wish 10 kaow objects Of interest
transporting during the month
These contents, instead Of being, like those OF
the other tIr2 d0ltar magazines, make up chiefly
by selections from old newspapers and other Sec
ond hand sources, are written expressly for US
so taat onr
CON TENTS ARE ALL ORIGINAL.
As guarantee Of the style in which the litara-
ry department is conducted, the Publisher has
placed the editorial charge 3ha magazine in the
hands Of Mrs. Ann s. Stephens, acknowledged
by all critics 70 be, the best laHgH1ine lcTiter II,
he gcorid. Those who have read her thrilling
stories Of '.Alice Coplov," "Maliua Grav,;
'Ann Taylor" and $ CIara,'' need no proof of
her exalted genius. She viii be assisted by the
strongest corps Of contributors ever yet aTrayed in
the constant support OF any ladies, Magazine
AZ the head Of this list is Mrs. Lydia II. Sig
Quincy, who viii, hereafter, be a regular dontrib-
uor, both in poesry and prose. She Will DO as
listed by
Mrs Il. i. Elicit, Mrs A. III. I. AMMAN,
Mrs I. :. Osgood, Mrs l.. J. Peicson,
Mrs. VI. St, Leon Loud Mrs. ANA $. Stephens,
Mrs. 7. w. b. Car0th2rs. Mrs Amelia Welby,
Mrs c. Lee Usntz. Mrs. Seba Smith.
''F. E. T." Author Of "Marriage ofConyenienc9
Miss III. l.. lawson, Mrs. Caroline One,
Miss Mary Davonant, Miss Ellen Ashton, &C
During the ensuing year, a new feature will be
introduced, il the publication ola series Of
TALES or AMERICAN HISTORY,
illustrative ofthe manners and stirring incidents
Of difteront periods in our country's history
The hist of these, a ssa1y OF the reAodtion. from
the pen of tIhe ,21,itor Of cruising IN he Last
Uar." will appear in January, and he followed
up by articles ofequal interest, from ii. W. Her
bert, and Others Of our best writers. Theatrical
portraits of female poets viii still be continued,
and stories Of a domestic character, from the well
known pens Of .Trs, AMMAN, +. Z. F., and Ellen
Ashson, viii continually appear.
GREAT PEszE PICTUEns.-Ln order that the
pictorial department may stand first in the couH-
try, the publisher intends publishing, in January
and February, two superb premium pictures, far
superior 10 any yet itsued in the magazines
The frs.
4 MEIZOTINT By SARTlN,
will appear in January, and has confesscdly new
eC been equaIIed b. that inimitabe artist. The
second, to appear in February, is the first Of Sc
ries of great historical pictures wheh--to main
tain the national character ofhis wOrh-tha pub
Usher has protected. These are intended 70 il
lus;atc great event in American annals, especial
| ly those in WHICH women figured. The first is a
NEZZOTINT OF WASHINGTON AT Is.
| Engraved from a picture never before made pub
lie This feature lriN Urke Eic book 1sucGugL'eI
and those vino wish 70 secure the whole sares
mast send their money early. We here state,
what is unbeatable, that during 1874, we pub
lished MEzZ0TINTs oFTENER THAN ANY RIVAL.
and shall continue to do SO for 1915. Those
who subscribe to the - National'' will got these
unequalled sngravings oftener than in any other
book. Fol- November, December, January and
February, we already have issued, or intend to
issue, an unbroken series Of these plates. Who
else hos Ggne, or can tc 5sc 1amc?