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THE PIONEER MAGAZINE or

GoDEY7s MAGAZINE AND LADY's BOOK For 1916
| The best earnest publisher can give of what he
can and will do next year is a reference 10 what
ne has done last year, or at any time in the last
fifteen years. Under this view of the caee i
would be qui sufficient for crd nary purposes
for us TO say that the high character of thi maya
zine for literary aud artistical merit will be |
properly sustained. But we 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 Subscriber is saying 10 himself what will /
| Cooley do next.
/ 1t is merely with view TO crafty this Curiosity
on the part of our friends that we now proceed 10
knume -ate some of the features four next wears
| 3 an, promising, however, that the enumeration
must necessarily be partial and incomplete from
our InVariable practice of seizng npon every new
and brilliant form Of embellishments the moment
II esonts itself, as well securing the services
OF all the POPULAR, LIVELY AND PiGUANT WRITERS
the moment their characters are distinctly devel-
oped and pronounced. The honour of bringing
forward tIrst-rate genius into public notice and
favour, and serving a sort of primo conductor
to oiectr flashes which send their light through
the whole Union, has become quite habitual to
the lady's Book. our original idea of Illustrating
American history by views of bastla-grounds we
are still calmly puTsueiug in a style that defe
all competition. The not less brilliant idea o
illustrating the HERoIsM or AMERICAN LADIES
by a series of engravitgs and narratives which
will 40 place in their light the patrint-
ism, devotion and sef-sacrifce Of our female an
cestors in the revolutionary war, emphaticay
called THE HEROIC AGE AMERICA, is also
original with Other incidents of revolutionary
history will also furnish subjects for the embol-
Eihmants Of the coming year. Amoag the s1pe-
already executed are,
The reception Of the news of Lexington fight
by Darley-Marion's entertainment Of the british
l04GTg. hyv Ii 1,Y,
Hu5ert-'The storming of red bank fort by
Iiamiton-Count Donop's monumo nt--by Ham
iit0a-Ahe battle of concord bridge--by Frank
enstain-The GevnOntown battle-ground by
Russell Smitf-Trenton battle-ground by Ham
ilto1, with laugs number of Others, engaged
buf not yet sent in by the artists. Another new
aid striking feature we now propose for the first
time in public, having had artists engaged for
twelve months in working it out. readers
will please to note the date of the announcement
Of thjs feature. It VIII consist of Characteristic
state views, in which the pccniarities of scenery
costume and customs of every state and territory
! Of the Union VIII be presented in succession
This idea viii OF course be claimed by Others
but readers will not forget to mark dates
Our pr0ftered premium of So 0 for the bast
painting Of subject illustrative 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
: The premium OF s; 80 for the best egraving WI
of course bring forward a series OF frs rate steel
plaiess in addition TO al these advantages. the
privilege of engraving the I,reraiutn pictures
2 the apollo association will 10 form key
stone TO our splendid system of embellishments
The public know our literary contributors wbe
for they have long been in the habit of recoeno
zing them us the leading writers of America in
magazine lterature--that lter;ure viii h exacts
= fiom the abest peEs their most piquant and brill
liant contributions, al the same time that it con-
dences into a compact and pleasing form, the
moral the useful and the solid inIrarative sketch
F, and essay writing. Mezzotihts. It only ne
cessary to say that in this department we have
Sartain sadd and warner, aud each of them has
several plates in hand. we shall, We think, have
one in each number next year. Authentic fash
J. ion plates Goday's Ledy's Book is the onlv
Magazine that can be relied upon for t-e real
fashions, Our translators suffer nothing Of merit
! and interest, which is suited to the design of the
: Laty's Book, in the Literature of GERMANY.
FRANCE. ITALY, anil other nations of the Euro
pean continent TO escape them. Among many
novel features in the literary way which are now
in the course preparation, for well-known reasons
h we choose TO announce but one in this connection
: viz: The. border legends of American, many
OF which haze jus. reached us from the distant re-
/ gions which were formerly the scenes of border
:, wars and hunting expeditions, aud where the ex-
!, plots Of the famou In ian killers and hunters
still furnish themes fos purely national ballads
:, songs and stories TO their children and grand.
u children by the wipter's firesde. 1t is not ne.
cessary for US to give tine names of our writer's
q previous l.,inlbers will show that they are tht
: best in America.
y Terms Of Golcy's Magazine.
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