The Southern journal., 1846-04-11
The Ladies National Magazine.
Edited by Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS.

| BEST LADIES' PERIODICAL IN
THE WORLD.
The improvement for the year 1916 will
be OF The mos, extensive and costly charac
ter. The fashion plates will be executed
IN style of elegance never before attemp-
ted in this country. The January number
will be gem, rivalling tue fashionable
anuals in the spIeudor, if not in the number
of It's plates Besides superb mezzotint
by Sarlain, the preltiest affair he has Ell
engraved, there will be an
ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE,
after the style of the gorgeous manu-
scripts of the feudal ages. This elegant
Illustration is the first thing of The kind
attempted for a magazine either here or
abroad; in this, as IN other matters, we
anticipate all others 1t will be executed
in FIVE COLOURS. and be of rare and surpas
sing beauty. This establishment alone
viii be worth half years subscription
NEW AND SPLENDID TYPE.
The January number wiIappear in new
type, cast expressly for Us; and. in every
respect, the mechanical execution of the
work will be improved.
THE WASHINGTON FAMILY.
The February number will contain t
superb mezzotints; and either in that num-
Der, or in one Immediately after, Will
appear mezz0tint of the Washington
FAMILY; to posses this picture ought to be a
sufficient inducemeut for every patriotic
American to subscribe. In word, we
shall take our readers by surprise, next
year, with the beauty, costliness and util-
uy OF this department.
FIRST OF AMERICAN WRI FERS!
In its Literary Department this Naga-
zine gives ORIGINAL articles, unlike The
namby-pamby catch pennies, which copy
old stories from newspapers. All the best
| female writer's ot America contribute to its
pages; II Is
A WORK OF PATRIOTISM!
therefore, to subscribe for this book instead
Of all Others, which are reprints of English
ones Our Editor is MIS- Ann S.
Stephens, the FEMALE SCOTT OF
AMERICAN! She is assisted by Mrs l.. H.
Slgourney, Mis- Osgood, ElIet, Dinnies,
Person, Ornc, and by the unrivaled
author of Conquest and Self. Conquest.
The best writer's ofhe other sex also cuntri-
bute to the variety of our pages.
PRIZE TALE OF TIE SOUTH,
founded on incidents in the Revolution, will
appear by the author of MARION'S MEN!
Oar Domestic Stories, by Ellen Ashton,
and others, ncNlcating useful morals, which
have been 81 popular, will be continued
AS a proof f the superior character oi our
literary contents, we NAV mention the fact
that more articles are copied from Us bv
the press than from any other Magazine
This is because no other periodical is So
exclusively mirror OF woman's mind, or SO
thoroughly devoted to her tastes or inter
ests.
OFTENER THAN ANY hIVAL
During the past year we have published
more Of The costly Mezzotints than any
rival, aud for 1916 we shall average a
Mezzotnt for every number. "lhe
Shipwreck," "Washiogton at Eighieen, y
"Famlly Chased by WoIves," and the Cir
cassian," are plates that never hitherto
have been surpassed; but we have some
now being engraved FAR SUPERlOR!!
Besides these, we shall give Line engrav-
'ngs, Landscapes, Female Beauties,
CoIored Birds and Flowers, Pictures of
Domestic Life, &c. Sc, keeping ahead of
all rivals. We shall give portrait Of the
Editor, Gratis, next year. The Engravings
will be worth double the subscription price
FASHIONS FROM PARIS.
The Magazine has long maintained the
reputation of giving the most correct
Fashions, accompanied by full letter pless
description; and his, to country subscr
bers especially, is great desidera'um.
We ge! our Fashions in advance from Paris,
so we can never be beaten in this depart
month, from variety Of Patterns, the
Fashions are selected, engraved, ,an1
coIored for us ahead ofal rivals! 10 each
plate is added IA llletcr press description,
besides information on all the latest styles
| The other magazines have long been
mere copy lists of this one which has now
become, in our eastern cities, the Text
Book Of Fashion! So energetic are we in
this department, that we have often actually
published the Fashions here before the
London Magazines., OF these assertions
we challenge denial!
THE HOME DEPARTMENT
To render our periodical a FAMILY
Magazine, as well as lady's book, we
give, every month, New Receipts tor
Housewives. patterns for Embroidery, Lace
Work, Sc, &c; thus making sort Of wade
necum, indispensable to every female, but
especially to those in the country, who
would learn the latest Improvements in the
city.
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