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THE PIONEER MAGAZINE OF
AMERICA


GoDEY's MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK FOR 1915
Inc best earnest a publisher can give of what he
Gan and will do next year is a reference 70 what
ne mas done last year, or at any time in the last
hltcen years. Under this view of the case il
would be qui sufficient for ord mary purposes
Tor us to say that the high character of thi maya
zine for literary aud aflistcal merit viii be
properly sustained. Bot are aware that the
rapid and dazzling succession of novelties which
we have brought forward within the last few
years naturally eXcites lively curiosity, and
every snbscI lbof is saying 70 himself what will
Cooley do next.
1t is merely with view to crafty this cnriositv
on the part of our iricAds tha; now proceed to
fnumerata some of the features folrneNt years
an, promising, however, that tho enumeration
lnust necessarily be partial and incomplete, from
cur invariable practice Of Selling npon every new
ANA brilliant form Of embellishments the moment
IT cscnts itscli, we'll securing the services
'oi all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PIaUANT WRITER'S
the moment their characters are distinctly doyal-
opod and pronounced. The honour Of bringing
forward l!rst-rat genius into PuDlic notice and
favour, and serving Il sort of prime conductor
to olectr G;shes which send their light through
the whrta Enion, has baco,no qnite habtlal 70
the lady's Book. original idea OF illustrating
American history by views Of battle-gTounds we
are still calmly pu7suaiug in n style that defp
all competition. The not less brilliant idea O
illustrating the UCRGISu OF AMERICAN LADIES
by series Of engravings and narratives which
viii serve 40 place in their true light tha patrint-
ism, devotion and se!t-sacrijce of female an
cestors in the revolutionary war, emphaticaly
called THE HEROIC AGE or AMERICA, is also
original with Us. Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also furnish subjects for the embel-
hments Of the coming year. Among the supe-
sis already executed are,
Tho reception Of the news of Lexington fight
bv ~
oh'cer-by Whlle--Fomale GALLAvTRY-bv
llubert-Ihe storming of red bank fort by
llamiton-Count Donop's monumen t-hv Ham
iltOn.-i'he battle of concord brdge-bv Frank
enstein-The Gennontown battle-ground bv !
Russell Smith-Trenton battle-ground-bv Ham
Iiton, with lauge number of others. engaged /
but not yet sent in by the artists. Another new |
and striking fec;urc now propose for the frs,
time in public, having had artists engaged for |
twelve months in working it out. our readers !
will please TO note the date of the announcement
of this feature. 1t will consist Of Characteristic
state views, in which the pccuIiariies Of scenery
costume and customs Of every state and territory
of the Union win be presented in succession
This idea will Of course be claimed by others,
but our readers viii not forget to mark dates
Our proaercd premium of So for the best
painting Of n subject Substantive of American
female patriotism has already brought splendid
array of talent into the field. The award has
been postponed for another month ont 70 courtesy
to artists who have pictures still upon their easals
The premium OF $3.50 for the best egfavirg WI
OF course bring forward series of frs rate steel
plates. in addition 20 all these advantages. the
privilege of engraving the premium pictures at
the apollo association will serve to form a kew
stone to our splendid system Of embellishments
The public know our literary contributors vbe
Tor they have long been in the habit Of recogno
zlng them as the leading writers of America in
magazine llteratIfe-that liter'ure viii n evacts
from the ablest peEs their most piquant and brill
llaat contributions, ut the same time that it con-
dences into compact and pleasing form, the
moral, the useful and the solid in narrative, sketch
and essay writing. Mezzotints. 1t only ne
,esSary to say that in this department we have ! !
oartain sadd and warner, aud each of them has
'eVeral plates III hand. we shall, think, have
one in each number next year. Authentic fash |
on plates. Godey's LHdy's Book is the OIL,
Magazine that can be relied upon for real I
ashions, Oar translators suffer nothing of mart
md interest. which is suited to the design of the
Lady's Book, in the Literature of GERMANY.
FRANCE, ITALY, and other nations oE the Euro (
Dean continent to escape them. Among manv
novel features in the literary way which are now
n the course preparation, for weIl-known reasons
We choose to announce but one in this connectio,
NJ: The border legends Of American, manv
If which have just reached Us from the distant re-
5ions which were formerly the scenes of border
wars and hunting expeditions. aud where the ex
plots of the famous In ian killers and hunters
sill furnish themes fos purely national ballads.
songs and stories TO their children and grand |
children by the winters firesde Ii is not na-
cessary for us to give tho names of our writer's
previous numbers will show that they are the
best in America
Terms of Godey's Magazine.