Washington telegraph., 1845-02-26
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,YD I.ApY'S BOOK FOR lS45-

y hest earnest n pub isher can give Of what
- N and will d next year is a reference to what
he at done last year. A. ANY TINE Foa THE LAST
yrrrEEx YEARS Under tHis view OF the case IL
would be quite sufficient for ordinary purposes Tor us
10 say that th high character of this magazine for
I;,rr and arti,tcal me rt will be properly sustained
IA, we are aware that the rapid and dazzling sue
ersson of novelties which we have brought forward
within the last few years naturally exches hVely
curosy and every subscr ber IS sayinS 70 T,i'Se''
WHAT WILL Cooley Do NEXT
Jtis merely with view to CRAFTY TINS curiosity
on the mart Of our friends that we now proceed TO
.nnner,,e som. OF the features OF our next years
plan, promising, however, that the eh"inera'ioh
must necessary be partial and incomplete from our
AM VRIIJJANT FORM OF EMBELLISH- H.
MENT the moment it presents itself. as well as
sscnring the services of all the POPULAR, LIVE
IY And PIQUANT WRITERS the moment
their characters distinctly developed ana pro-
nounced. The honor of bringing forward hrst-ra'e
genius into public notice and favor and serving as
sor, of prime conductor to ELEcrRIc FLASHES which
send their light through the whole Union, has be-
come quite habtual to the Lldys Book
Our original idea OF illustrating American history
by VIEWS OF BATTLE-GROuNDo we are
still calmly pursuing in style that dehes al com
petition. The not less brilliant idea oil illustrating
the HEROISM OF AMERICAN LADIES by
a series of ESGRAvISGs and NARRATIVES Which WI
serve to place in their true light the Pairo'is. ue
votion and self-sacrce of our female ancestors I,
the revolutionary war, emphaticaiy called hE
HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA, Is also orlginai
with US Olher incidents Of revolutionary hs.ol.
will also furnish subjects for the embellishments o.
the coming year. Among the subjects already
THE RECEPTION OF THE NEWS OF
LEXINGTON FIGHT, by DARLEr; Mah-
ON'S ENTERTAINMENT OF THE bki L
ISH OFFICER, by WmrE; FEMALE GAL-
LANTRY, by HuBARr; THE SIoisMlNG OT
RED BANK FORT. by HAMLroN; COUNT
DONOPS MONUMENT, by HANILToN; The
BATTLE OF CONCORD BRIDGE. by FRtNk-
ExsrErx: THE GERMANTOWN BAIILE-
GROUND, by RUSSELL Smith; IRENIoN
BATTLE-GROUND, by HANILToN; with a
Iarre number of Others engaged but not yet sent IN
bv the artists. Another new and striking atire
we now propose for the first time IN public, having
had artists engaged for twelve months IN working
it out Our readers will please to note the date o
the announcement of this feature Ii Oh
Characteristic State Vie1s, in which the Pecu-
Iarities of scenery, costume and customs oil very
State and Territory of the Union will be presented
in succession This idea will of course be CLAIMED
by Others but our readers will not forget to mark
dates.
Painting OF a subject illustrative Of American
Female Patriotism has already brought splendid
array of talent into the field. The award has been
postponed for another month out OF courtesy TO
artists who have pictures still upon their easeis-
Iae ITeluiun OF Sou IOT tue DeSt I1"-
will OF course bring forward a series of FIRST Kate
Stest Plates. In addition 10 all these advantages
the privilege of engraving the Premium fief"res
Of The Ip9lo Association will serve to form a
Keystone 10 Splendid System Of Emoehish-
,HsHfS The public know our literary contributors
well forthey have long been in the habit OF recog-
nzing them as the Leading Writer'S Of America
in Magazine Eterature-that literature which ex-
acts from the ablest pens their most Piqu7Hf and
Brilliant Contributions, at the same time that II
into. and
Moral, the Useful aud the Solid IN narretive'
fketch and essay writing
Mss-otil.fs, Ns--9tiafs, Me=zotiRfs.
1t is only necessary to say that in this depart
ment we have Sartain, Sadd and Warner and,each
of them has several plates in hand. We shall, we
think have one in each number next year
Authentic F'fsiion Plates
Godey's Lady's Book is the only Magazine that
can be relied upon for the real fashions
Our translators suffer nothing of merit and in
terest, which is suited to the design of the Lady
Book in the Literature of Germany, France, Italy,
and other nations of the European continent to
escape them.
Among many novel features in the literary way
which are now in the course of preparation, for
well-known reasons choose to announce but
one in this connection. viz:
The Border Legends Of irneried,
many of which has just reached us from the DIS
tant regions which were formerly the scenes oil
border wars and hunting expeditions, and where
the exploits of the famous Indian killers and hun
tiers still furnish themes for purely national
Ballads, Sings and Stories
to their children and grand children by the winters
firesdc.
1t is not necessary for us to give the names OF
our writers-previous numbers will show that they
the best in America
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