The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-07

EDITED BY SARAH j. HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD,
AND L. A. Cooley.
A Novelette, by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
to every No.
N. P. WILLIS Original Scriptural Poetry.
Il. s. ARTHUR, who contributes TO every No.,
illustrative of I" Arthurs' Sketches Of American
Character. Designs BY Croome.
We intend merely to give notice of our intentions
for next year. leaving 10 others long advertisements
full Of sound and fury, signifying nothing"
Agreeaby to the practice of last year. the publisher
will Issue as good number each month as he does
In January. This Is novel feature in Magazine
publishing. During the whole Of last year he gave
more engravings and more reading matter than any
of his contemporaries, and will continue to do so
next year. Those who subscribe to GODEG'S
LADi'S BOOK, may do so under the assurance
that they will receive moio for their money in the
Magazine alone, than by subscribing to any other
work, To this is added and Included in the same
SO, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains in month nearly, If not quHe, as much
reading matter as the other monthl!es, making, for
SO, the amount Of reading of two Magazines month
There ARE IRREGULARITIES about Godey's I.ady's
Book for the ladies that no other Magazine posses
ses There Is Mezzotint and fine Engraving in
each nuniber-both by the best artists. In addition
to these, there are given monthly what no other
full description. This feature is peculiar to Cooley
az no other work has them every month"; and col
ored. Then there are Caps, Ronneis, Chemisettes
Eqnestrianism for Ladies', with enerayngs, The
Ladies' Work Table with designs for knitting, net
ting, crotchet, and all other kinds Of work Patterns
for Smoking Caps, Chair Covers, Window Curtains,
D'oyeys, Purses, Bags, &C., &c.; Health and
Beauty, with engrnyings, Model Cottages, With
ground plans, and other engrayings, always illusra
live of something useful. Music, beautifully printed
on tinted paper, which may be taken ort and bound.
Colored Model Cottages and Colored Flower Pieces,
occasionally, These are all extra In Cooley and to
be found In no other Magazine. These were all
given last year, and will be continued In addition,
we shall have, in every No, one of
"ARTUUR'S SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHAR.
ACTERiSTICs,'
most amusing series, now first given to the Amer
lean public. These will be illustrated in every num-
Der by sketch from the pencil of Croome
1.-THE CHANGES OF FASHION,
Illustrated by Fay Robinson, Esq. This series will
be very interesting to the ladies'.
1.-THE APPLICABILITY OF Bile FINE ARTS TO
DOMESTIC USES"
is another series of engrayngs now in preparation,
and win be published during the year.
COTTAGE FURNITURE,
Having given 80 many Model Cottages, we In
tend now 10 commence tho Publication of Cottage
Fnrnitnre-a very necessary appendage to cot
tage.
RELIGION AND HISTORY,
Our Superior artists, Walters, Tucker, Ponse, and
WEIGH, are now engaged upon get Of plates illus
trnive of these two subjects.
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for us-most original and beau
iifuly printed, has long demanded decided prefer
ence oyor that of any other Magazine. II is iea.
ture in The Book.
TIE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEY's LADy's
.si& BOOK,
with such writer's as Miss Leslie Grace Greenwood,
NGT A~tt NJ.
Oakes Smith, Mrs. j. C.+Neale, II. T. Tuckermnn,
H. W. Herbert, &c., the author of the Widow Be
dott, Professor Frost, Bryant Longfellow, Holmes
and host of others-must always take the lead
in Eternry merit 4