Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-06-02
NEW PROSPECTUS.
Peterson's Magazine; or, Ladies National
The Best Periodical for Ladies!
MAY %. ls4s.
EDITED By MRS. ANN s. STEPHENS.

EDITED By MRS. ANN s. STEPHENS.
Asa Literary Magazine this one stands unri.
ysred, its authors being the best IN America, and
its contents all original
As Fashionable Monthly also it stands hrsL' its
fashions being the RIAL Philadelph and New
York ores, but issued in advance
ASS Family Magazine also il s invaluable. 10
render fiction useful s the great aim OF the work;
hence il domestic stories are pronounced by the
Iress aud the public unequaIled in truth and merit
As a Pictorial Work u is without superior;
more superb mrzzoIinIs appearing in II than IN
any other periodical.
For Cbeapness and Merit Combined, il has no
parallel. At two dollars we furnish periodical
riysuna the three dollar ones in elegance, and IN
6pjtey more useful to the sex. Our success IN
this reduction Of price is owing to rigid adhe-
renee 10 the cash system and u payments IN ad-
vance from all subscribers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMING VOLuME.-The in
cIeasng patronage bestowed on this work Will
be met with redoubled enterprise on the part Of
the publisher The new volume Will be opened
in the July number with the most superb meZzo-
tint ever issued in any magazine. several mag
nifcent Scripturai lustralons-vie views OF celeura'
ted landscapes, and gallery oIiemale beauty viii
te among the embellishments OF new volume.
THE LITERARY CONTENTS. These will he under
the control Of Mrs Ann ). Stephens and Charles
}. Peterson. Mrs. Stephens IL the female scot
of America-tha best magazine writer living
and no person should be without her magazine
She is assisted by the following, among other EN-
jnept contributors: Mrs. l.. II. Sigourney, +. E
F., ruthor Of "A Marriage OF Convenience" Mrs
T. Oakes Smith, M. J. Mcintosh, author oi "Con
quest and Self Conquest" II. w, Herbert, 1:
Read, Mrs. c. Neal, Mrs. +. 5. Osgood' Mrs
Caroline Oine, Grace Manners, Ellen Ashton, L
S. Arthur, II. H. Weld, T. II. Chivers, NJ u. More
articles are copied from this magazine than IRON
any othe,-the highest possible proof OF merit.
0ru SprrNpfp FASHION PLATES. This magazine
has always been the best guide for the fashions
which we get in advance. The costumes are 'e'
lecled. engraved and colored Tor us month a.
head Of al rivals. TO each plate Is added iul
letter press description, besides iniorm9tonon al
the latest STYLES No lady, much less proies
sionol dress.maker, should be without this work
This Magazine is, in our Eastern cities, the text
book of fashion.
A UsrrrL HINT.-The other magazines hre in
tended merely to amuse; this has higher p'a
in view. Ils object is to instruct insensibIl
while pleasing. Parents may place 1t iearlessl
IN the hands of their daughters.
TERms-These are cheaper than any olh'
p,gazine can offer: Two dollars year lnvarl'
bly in advance. 10 IaCIHta'e Ie'n'''""C''
fer the following terms to clubs copies o.
copeL $780, copies, $lO 10 copies S2o.
Png,uuMs.- the Postmaster or other perso
obtaining club of three or five, We will send
conv Fof "Trumbull's celebrated Picture oI I'll
BatlIe of Bunker Hill," executed on steel, OF
size to frame and hang up in the Parlor. For
Climb of seven or sixteen, either the picture or O
extra copy of the magazine. Address, post-pa
the money at our risk,
CHARLES J. PETERSON,
No. 90 Chesnut st. Phila.