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THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF
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AMERICA.
GoDEY's MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK FOR 1916
The best earnest publisher give Of what he
can and will do next year is reference to what
he has done last year, or at any time in the last
fifteen years. Under this view of the case it
would be qui sufficient for ord nary purposes
for to say III tbs high character of thi maya
zine for literary AID artistical merit will be
properly sustained. Bat are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession of novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
years naturally excites lively curiosity, and
every subscriber is saying 20 himself what will
Cooley do next
1t is merely with view to crafty this curiosity
on the parT Of our friends that now proceed to
enume rate some of the features four next years
an, promising, however, that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and incomplete, from
our invariable practices of seizng npon every new
and brilliant form of establishment the moment
il p esents itself, well as securing the services
of all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIaUANT WRITER'S
the moment their characters are distinctly daval-
opsd and pronounced. The honour Of bringing
forward first rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving as a sort of prime conductor
10 electr flashes which send their light through
tho whole Union, has become quite habtual to
he lady's Book. original idea Of illustrating
American history by views of battle-grounds we
are still calmly pursueiug in a style that deie
all competition. The not less brilliant idea o
illustrating the HERoIsM OF AMERICAN LADIES
by series of engravings and narratives which
will 10 place in their light the patrint-
ism, devotion and self-sacrihce of our female an
cestors in the revolutionary war, emphatcally
called THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA, is also
original with Other incidents of revolutionary
history Will also furnish subjects for the embel-
lishments of the coming year. Among the SUBJ
jects already executed are,
The reception of the news of Lexington fight
H. n
oficer-by Whlte-Female GALLANTRY-by
Hubert-The storming of red bank fort by
Neutrality-suspicious. Donop's monume nt-by Ham
. iton--Ihe battle Of concord bridge-bv Frank.
E enstein-The Germontown battle-ground by
Russell Smith--Trsnton battle-ground by Ham.
ilton, with lauge number of Others, engaged
buf not yet sent in by the artists Another new
and striking feature we now propose for the frs
, time in public, having had artists engaged 70,
twelve months in working it out our reader,
will please to note the date of the announcement
: of this feature 1t will consist of Characterised,
state views, iii which the pecnlarities of scener,
costume and customs of every stata and tsrritory
> of the Union will be presented in succession
This idea will of course be claimed by othe r.
but our readers will not forget to mark date.
Our proffered premium of So 0 for the bes
painting of subject illustrative of American
female patriotism has already brought a splendid
array of talent into the field The award ha!
been postponed for another month ont 70 eourtes,
to artists who have pictures still upon their eases
The premium of $3.50 for the best egraving VII
of course bring forward series of frs rate stae
PLATES. in addition to all these advantages. th
privilege of engraving the premium picture, O
the apollo association will serve to form key
:. stone to our splendid system of embellishments
The public know our literary contributors we'll
= Tor they have long been in the habit of recogni
zlng them as the leading writers of America i
magazine llterature-that literture viii n exact
from The aolest peHs their most piquant and bril-
Hant contributions, at the same time that it con
oences INTO compact and pleasing form. In
moral, the useful and the aolid in narrative. sketc
: ana essay writing. Mezzotints. 1t only ne
9 cessary 10 say that in this department we bay
oartain sadd and warner, aud each of them ha
SeVeiai plates III hand. we shall, ws think, hay
: one IN each number next year. Authentic fash
= ION plates. Godey's LBdy;s Book is the ouI
4 lagazlne that can be relied upon for tie rea
fashIons, Our translators suffer NOTHING of ,,er
ana interest. which is suited to the design of III
G Lady's Book, in the Literature of GERMAN,
: FRANCE, ITALY, and other nations Of the Enrc
Pean continent TO escape them. Among man
nose' features IN the literary way which are no,
III me course preparation, for well-knowu raaso,
"0 choose 10 announce but one in this connection
VIZ Inc border legends of American, man
.! "nicn nave just reached us from the distant r.
= gums winch were formerly the scenes of borde
wars ana hunting expeditions, aud where the e,
, pioits OF the famous Iniian killers and hunte,
# sun Iuraish themes fos purely national ballad
: songs ana stories to their children and grapf
q chiidren by the winters fireside. 1t is not n,
= cessary Tor us to give the names of our writer's
r previous numbers will show that they are II
!. best in America Ni' -
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