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THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF
AMERICA


GoDEY's MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK FOR 1916
The best earnest-a publisher can give of what he
can and will do next year is a 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 he Qu sufficient for ord nary purposes
for US TO say that the high character Of thi uaga-
zine for literary aud aTtstical merit will he
properly snstainel. But we are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession Of novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
years naturally eXci,e9 a lively curiosity, and
every subscriber is saying TO himself what will
Cooley do next
1t is merely with view to crafty this curiosity
on the part of our friends that we now proceed to
enune rate some of the features four next YEARS.
an, promising, however, that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and incomplete. from
our invariable practice of seizing npon every new
and brilliant form of establishment the moment
It p esents ITSELF well as securing the services
OF all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIQUANT WRITER'S
tho moment their characters are distinctly devel-
oped and pronounced. The honour of bringinu
forward first-rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving as n sort of prime conductor
10 electr flashes which send their light thronub
the whole Union, has become quite babtual 70
he lady's Book our original idea Of illdstrating
American history by views of backgrounds we
are still calmly puTsueiug in a stve that dahe
all competition. The not less lliant idea o
illustrating the HERoIsu or AMERICAN LADIES
by series OF engraQings and narratives which
VIII serve 40 place iii their true light the patrint
lsls devotion and self-sacrifice of our femaia II,
cestors in the revolutionary war, emphatir.TI,,
called THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA is also
original with Other incidents of revoIutfonar,-
history VIII also furnish subjects for the embei-
lishments of the coming year. Among the snb-
jects already executed are,
The reception of the news of Iexinpton fob,
by DaTley-Marion's entertainment of the british
oflcer-by Whlte-Female GAILASTRvhv
Hubert-Ihe storming of red bank fort nv
Hamllton-Count Donop's monument-bv Ham
llton'- / he battle of concord bridga-hy Frank
enstein-Ths GerInontown battle-ground bv
Russell Smlth--ITenton battle-ground by Ham
iiton, with laugs number of others, engaged
but not yet sent in by the artists Another new
and striking feature we now pronose for Tho f-gt
time IN public, having had artists engaged for
twelve mouths in working it out. our readers
VIII please to note the date of the announcement
OF tbs feature. 1t will consist of Charactar;sti
state views, in which the pccuiarftes of sce,ar,,
costume and customs of every state and tsrritory
of the Union will be presented in succession
This idea viii OF course be ella med by o,baro
out our readers viii not forget to mark dates
Our proffered premium of 50 0 for the b..,
painting of subject illustrative of Amc,i,.,n
female patriotism has already brought snlendid
array OF talent into the field. The award b.o
peen postponed for another month ont 70 eoprteer
TO artists who have pictures still upon their eogl
The premium of $3.50 for the best eoravnr :, li
OF course bring forward a series of frs rats So
plates IN addition TO all these advances +ha
privilege OF engraving the premium pictures of
.ne apollo association will serve to form a kew
stone to our splendid system of e,,helIish,,a1:,
ne PUBIC know our literary contributors wall
Ior they have long been in the habit of re.or.i
Zlng them as the leading writers of Amar;.a :;
magazine literature-that lterture viii n go.
iieh Inc ablest pens their moss piquant and HI
lalt contributions, at the same time tbat.;t -.
ueheeS mo compact and pleasing form. ~.
"e usefni and the solid innarative. sketch
ana essay writing. Mczzotints. 1t o3l,, -
cessary TO say that in this departmsnt - ne
'9t'f'aln sadd and warner, aud each of tbe,, has
several plates IN hand. we SHALL we thipl -
one IN each number next year Authen+;c
loa plates Godey's Lgdy's Book il tba -,
Magazine that can be relied upon for re -,
lasnions, Our translators suffer NOTHING of ,,os;.
ana interest, which is suited to the desgn oc a.
Hauy DOCK, IN the Literature of GERu.vv
sNANeh' .fALYs and other nations of the Enro,
peah continent to escape them Amo,o -
mover FEATURES IN the literary wav which s.Iy
~ me course preparation, for well-known 80. Wv
" eio C 10 announce but one in this eopnac*;4'
ne border legends of American ~r,.,
!. "nicn nave Jost reached us from the d;s,ay
s'ons wflleh were formerly the scenes of bo.do-
ra.s ana hunting expeditions, aud where ,bo
, .'1 81 tne famous In ian killers and bntae
's'ii Inrnish themes fos purely national baIn5r
LII ahq stories to their children and prand
.a,.n.en oy the winters ffreside 1t is not na
'essa[y lot us to give the names,of onr v,r;."
oesi in America. -' 'i'ey are the
Ierms of Godey's Magazine. t9
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ADDRESS L. A. Cooley.
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