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PETERSON'S LADIES'
Ma gaeime c.
MAGNIFICENT VOLUME FOR 1915.
EDITED BY Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS.

The Ladies' National Magazine. is now 80
we'll established and favorably known, that,
by general consent Of the newspaper press, /, is
placed al the
HEAD OF THE LADIES' BOOKS.
It's litsrarp contets, like those bfthe three dol
lar Magazines, are all original, and from the
most celebrated American writer's of both sexes
The contributions to this PERIODICAL are con-
slant proof Of the taste, and ability of our be-
loved counrywcmen. No other magazine is 90
exclusively a mirror of their minds, or is SO rem
orally supported by them. The contents are Of
every variety, and while usually Of the lighter
kind, do not preclude the insertion of papers of
mora value. Fitted alike to the boudoir and
tIc hreeide, the ''Ladies NATIONAL presents
monthly an agreeable variety of domestic sketch
es, tales OF fashionable life romances of hietory
Poans, critical notices of1iving authols new re-
caPts for the hol5e-keeper, directions for ash
ienable embroidery. descriptions of the fashions.
gossip ST our eastern metropolis, musical intellj-
gance, Nc., &c, CompTis e. in shorl. all that a
lady wchld wish TO know objects Of interest
transporting daring the month
These contents, instead Of being. like those 0f
the other t,co doltar magazines, make up chiefly
by selections from old newspapers AMI other sec
ond hand sources, are written expressly for US
50 taat orr
CONTENTS ARE ALL ORIGINAL.
AZ guarantee Of the style in which the litora-
~ department is conducted, the Publisher las
placed the editorial charge OF The magazine in the
hands of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, acknowledged
by all critics to be, the best nlagasi1e 1critcr in
the lCortd. Those who have read her thrilling
stories Of ''AGce Copey," F'MaIira Grav.n
lam Taylor" and x Clara need no proof of
her exalted genius. She will be assisted bv the
strongest corps Of contributors ever yet arraved in
the constant support of any ladies' Magazine
At the head Of this list is Mrs. Lydia H. Sig
ourneys who WILL hereafter, he a regular dontrib-
uior, beth in poetry and prose She viii ba as
listed by
Mrs T. f. Elicit, Mrs 4 ME-. AMMAN.
Mrs +. :. Osg0Od. Mrs H. ]. PeirsoD.
Mrs. VI st, Leon Loud Mrs. Ann s Stephens.
Mrs. 7, W. B CaIothers, Mrs Amelia Welby
Mrs G. Lee Eientz. Mrs Seba Smith.
#. l.. FL Author of & Marriage Of Inconvenience
Miss VI. l.. Lawson, Mrs. Caroline Orne,
Miss Nary D5.venant, Miss Ellen Ashton, &c
During the ensuing year, a new feature will be
Introduced, il the publication ola series of
TALES OF AMERICAN HIST Dry,
illustrative of the manners and stirring incidents
of different periods in our countrv's history
The first Of these, story Of the reAodtion, fro IL
the pen of The .41stb0r Of cruising ia the Last
y ar" will appear in January, and be followed
up by articles ofequal interest, from H. w. Her
bert, and Others Of ouc best writer's The critical
portraits OF female poets viii still be continued,
and stories ola domestic character. from the we'll
known pens Of Mrs, Amman, +. E. +. and Ellen
Ashson, viii contRualiy appear.
GREAT PRsZE FICTURns.-In osdCr that the
pictorial department may stand first in the coun-
try, the publisher intends publishing. in January
and February, two superb premium pictures "a
superior TO any yet tsued in the magazine
The frs:
A MEZZ0TINT BY SARTlN,
will appear in ] January, and has confessedly new
er been equa!led by that inmitable artist. The
second, appear in February, is the first of Sc
ries Of great historical pictures, whieh-to main
tain the national character of his woTk-the pub
Usher has protected. These are intended to IL
lustrate great eventin American annals, especial
~ those in which women figured. The first is a
MEZZOTINT OF WASHINGTO.NA AT Is!
Engraved from picture naver before made pub
lie. This feature UiHmake The book 1ncquGlIed
and these who wish tn secure the whole seres
mast send their money early. We here state,
what is undeniable, that during lS4I, we pub
lished MEzzoTINTs oFTENER THAN ANY RIvA,
and shall continue to do SC for 1915. tt nc .
who subscribe to the 8 N8tiona,n will get r. .so
unequalIed engravings oftener than in ar.y o,ber
book. For November, December, Janrorv and
February, we already have issued, or intenl N
issue, an unbrokeE series of these p'atas I'M
else has done, or can 10 the rdlDe?