The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-12
THE LEADING PERIODICALS. IN AMERICA
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
FOR le4o.
EDITED BY SARAH HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD
AND L. A. Cooley,

AND l. A. Cooley.
A Noyelet,e by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
to every No.
". P. WILLIS Original Scriptursl Poetry.
T. 8. ARTHUR, who contributes TO every No,
illustrative OF Arthurs Sketches OF American
Character, Designs by Cfoome.
We intend merely TO give notice Of our Intentions
for next year. leaving 70 OTHERS long advertisements
"full Of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Agrceaby to the practice Of las, year. the publisher
will issue as good number each month as he does
In January This Is 4 novel feature in Magazine
publishing During the whole Of last year he gave
more engravings and more reading matter Than any
Of his contemporaries, md will continue 10 do so
next ycar. Those who subscribe 10 GODEY'S
LADY'S BOOK, may do so under the assurance
that they will receive mole for their money In the
Maga1nc alone, than BY subscribing g any other
80, the LADY,S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains In month nearly, II not quite, ms much
reading matter the other monthlies, making, for
SO, the amount Of reading Of two Magaznesa month.
THERE ARE PEcrLiARITiEs about Godey's Ladys
Book for the Indies that no other Magazine possess
scs. There il Mezzotint md fine Engraving, in
each nurnber--boh by the best artists. In addition
10 these, there are given monthly what no other
Magazine giyes--a Colored Fashion Plate, with
full description This feature is peculiar 10 Cooley,
as no other work has them every month, and COLI
orod. Then there are Caps, Bonneta, Chemlseitcs,
Eqnestrianism for Ladies', with enerayines. The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for knitting, nell
ting crochet, and ali other kinds OF work Patterns
for Smoking Caps, Chair Covers, Window Curtains.
D'oyleys, Purses, Bags, &c, &c. Health and
ground plane, and other engravngs always ilnstra.
tive of something useful Music, beautifully printed
on tinted paper which may bs inksa ~. and bound
occasionally These IRE all extra in Cooley, and In
be found in no other Magazine. These we've all
given last year, and will be continued. In addition,
We shali have, in every No, one Of
.ARTIURs SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHAR
ACTERisTlcS,'
most amusing series, now first given TO Tho Amer
lean public. These will be Illustrated IN every Num-
Der BY sketch from The pencil Of Croome.
.11fE CHANGES OF FASHION,
Illustrated by Fay Robinson, Esq This series will
be very interesting TO thcladies
THE APPLICABILITY. OF THE FINE Ants no
DOMESTIC USES
!. another series of engrayings now in preparation,
ard will be published during the year.
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Having given 40 many Model Cottages, We in
tend now 10 commence the Publication of Cottage
Furnunrc--a very necessary appnndaee 10 COT
tage
RELIGION ANp HISTORY,
Our Superior artists, Walters Tucker. pease, and
WEIGH are now engaged upon SET Of plates Illus
tratye OF these two subjects.
orr MUSIC,
prepared expressly for us-most original, and beau.
tifully printed has long demanded decided prefer
ence ovor that Of any other Magazine II ~ foa.
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF CONTESTANTS:
BOOK,
with such xriters rs 1Iiss Leslie, Grace Greenwood
W. G. Simins. Mrs. Ellct, II. s. Arthur Mrs. f.
Oakee Smith, Mrs. J. C. Neale, II. T. Tuckcrman,