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THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF
AMERICA

GoDEf'S MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK FOR 1915
The best earnest a publisher can give of what he
can and Will DO neXt year is a reference 10 what
he has done last year, at any time in the last
hitcen years. Under this View of the case il
would be qui g sufficient for ord nary purnosas
for Us 70 say IN the high character Of ti nara-
/ zine io- literary aud artistcal merit win be
properly sustained. But we are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession OF novelties which
we have brought forward within tho last few
years natuaTly eXcites lively CURIOSITY and
every subscriber is saying 10 himself what VIII
Cooley do next
Ii is merely with a view to g-atify this Curiosity
on the part of our friends that we now proceed 70
E'nune ate some of the features four nest wears
9 an, promising, however, that the enumeration
1 musE necessarily be partial aad incomplete, from
our inyariable practice of sailing npon every new
and brilliant form of embellishments the moment
it esents itself, as we'll as securing the services
| OF allthe POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIQUANT WRITER'S
the moment their characters distinctly devcl-
oped and pronounced. The honour OF bringing
| forward first rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving sort of prime Conductor
TO electr c flashes which soad their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habitual 10
the lady's Book, our original idea Of illustrating
| Amelican history by views of battle-graunds we
/ are still calmly pursueiug in Il STYLE that deia
all competition. The not less brilliant idea o
a
| by series of engfavnga and narrati7ess which
will serve 10 place in taeirtruc light the patrnt-
ism, devotion and sell-sacriGce Of our female an
cestorS in the revolutionary war, eTnphatcallv
called THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICA. is also
original with us. Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also fafnish subjects for tie em5ei-
jhmsnts ofthe coming year. Anoas the sapa-
9 already executed are,
| The reception OF the news Of Lexington fight
h.-I NI,r II.
o!ficss-by Whl!s-Famalc GALLANTRY-by
| iiu5ert-fha ssorming Of red bank fort by
iamiitoa-todnt DOnop's mo1ument-by Ham
i!ton,- Ihe basna Of concord briage-by Frank
eHstcin-Ihs Garnontow.l battle-ground by
isn5'el Smitll--Frentol battle-ground by Ham
! lion, with lauge c'nheT Of others, engaged
haf not vet sent 10 by the artists. Another new
IaA1 striking feature we propose 70. tile FIRST
time in public, having had ARTISTS engaged for
twelve monglsin working it OFT. our readers
vii please 10 note toe date Of taa annoincameat
of ths feature. Il will consist of Cha7actaristic
state views, III which the pcc1liaritas ofecanery
costume ana customs OF every state and territory
Of the Union will be presented in succession.
/ ibis idea viii of course be claimed by others.
but our readers will not forget % mark dates
Our p-afeTcd premium of < O for the best
painting of a subject Illustrative of American
female patriotism mas already brought q splendid
been postponed for aso!har month ont 70 eo1ytssv
70 artists who have pictures still upon thsr easols
The premium Of x $50 fJ- the best az!aying "!
Of course bring forward 4 series of frs rate steel
plates. III addition to all these advantages, the
privilege Of engraving the premium pictures al
the apollo association viii serve to form 4 kcy-
stone u or splendid system OF embellishments
The public know oar literary contributors wbc
for they have long been in the habit Of rccogno
Ziny them rs the leading writer's Of America in
magazine iiteratuTe-that iis2r'u-e viii n eXncts
fsom she ahlezt peEs their most pquant ana bill
liaaE contributions at the same time that it cor
Iances into compact and pleasing form, the
mo,al. tee useful and the solid in narrative. skat:
and essay writing. MazZ0tints Il oaIy ne
cesearv to say that in this department we have
%arsain sald and warner, nIl each OF them has
several PLACES in hanl. we shall, ws think, have
one in each number next year. Authentic fash
ion plates. Godey's Ludy's Book is the oaII
Magazine thatcan be relied upon for real
fashions, Oar transla.ors suffer nothing of merit
and interest, which is slitad the design Of the
iady's Book, in the literature of GERMANY.
FRANCE, ITALY AMI other nations of the Euro
pean continent to escape them. Among many
novel features in the literary wav which are nov
in the preparation, for weil-known reasons
I'VE choose TO announce bot one in this connection
viz: The border legends of American, MANY
Of which have JUS: reached from the dista atra-
: gions which were formerly the scenes of border
wars AMI hunting expeditions, and where he ex-
PLOTS Of TIE famou In ian Killers and hunter;
sill furnish themes fos purely national ballads
songs and stories TO their children and grand
children by tie Writer'S fiTsside. It is not nc
cossary for US to give the names Of our wTit Rs
p-eriols numbers will show that they a-e tn;
hest in A.uerica.
} Terms Of Goiey's Magazine.
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