The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-12-12
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK 1850.


"The Book of the Naton;' the oldest Magazine Ameri
ca fuDshcd by the present proprietor for twenty Years
EDITED BY MRF. SARAH .uALE
THE Publisher of the Lady's Book knowing
how completely he put down all opposition in
ls49, and being assured that the public is also
acquainted with this fact, deems it only neces.
sary to Pay that, in 1859, he will improve on
l84o; and he will, as usual, give more reading
and more engravings than his contemporaries
Perhaps little comparison of what he did last
year, and what his adversares did, may be ANU
sing, if not instructive, to those about to SUBJ
scribe for a monthly magazine. One thing the
public may be assured of, that the publisher OF
Godeys Lady's Book will not falsify his pros
pectus, as he deems it as great sin to tell a
tasehood in print, as it is to give utterancc to a
verbal one. Listen to the universal voice Of
the American press.
Comparison betceen Cooley the other Phlade ,noathes
In 1S49, the Lady's Book gave GIG pages;
which is ZIG more than one, and 14s more than
the other Philadelphia monthly. He gave 251
engravings-among which were 20 colored and
93 full pages-which is 136 more than one, and
$50 more than the other
We gave in each number piece of music,
printed separately on tinted paper, making "a
pages, or IL pices in ycrr. To show the cheap
ness Of the Lady's Book, this same music, if
bought separately at the music stores, would
cost exactly the price Of the whole years SUBJ
scripton, $50.
1t will be seen at glance which is the cheap
est magazine for Ss3, when you get l16 pages of
reading more than one magazine, and 14S more
than another; 1876 engravings more than one, g.
lso more than the other, to say nothing of the
superiority of our engravings, among which are
~ colored, and their usefulness to ladies'. The
colored fashion plates alone cost as much as near
ly all the engravings of either of the other ma
gaines. These endeavors to please our subscr-
bers have cost us an immense sum of money;
but if honesty of purpose, and positive dislike
to talschoods in prospectuses, will entite pub
Usher to large subscription list, the Lady s
Book is entitled to it.
Some Of our Peculiar Engrapings
Ladies Work Table, which comprises every
kind of necdlework, embroidery, knitting, net
ting. crochet, patterns for caps, chemsettes,
ehildren's clothes, wedding dresses, indoor and
outdoor costumes, birds Of America, colored
flower plates, model cottages and furniture, fash
ionable ditto, lace work, vignette plates at the
head of articles, &c. All the above are illustra-
ted by engravings, And, in 1850, will also be
given set of engravings, illustrative of the Co.'S
tunes of all Nations, with descr. ptons by Mrs
Hale. Most of the old features Of the Book that
were SO popular last year, will be retained, and
new ones added as they may suggest themselves
to the publisher.
A New Novel. by w. Gilmore Smms, will
be one ofthe features for 1850
Our Reading Matter.
We have long stood at the head of the maya
zine world for our contributions; they are al
ways moral and instructive, and such as may be
placed before family without hesitation This
department is under the control of Mrs Sarah
Josepha Hale, whose name alone is a sufficient
guaranty for the propriety of the Lady's Book.
We may say the same of our engravings. We
will never, as is done by contemporary, pub.
lish indecent model artist pictures, such as no
parent would allow child 10 look at.
We will not here parade the names Of our
contributors; it is not necessary. Godeys La
dy's Book and its proprietor are too well known
for us to take up space to enumerate the names
Of those who, by their writings, have placed them
selves at the head Of the authors Of this country.
One thing our friends will oblige us by not do
ing--conferring upon us the title Of the "Black.
wood Of America. We do not wish TO bear