The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-22
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERIcl
GODEY'S I.ADY'S BOOK,
FOR ls48.
EDITED BY SARAH j. HALE. GRACE GREENWOOD,
AND l.. A. Cooley

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A Novelette, by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
to every No.
N. p. WILLIS Original scriptural Poetry.
T. s. ARTHUR, who contributes 10 every No,
illustrative Of {, Arthurs Sketches OF American
Character. Designs BY Croome.
We intend merelyto give notice Of our intentions
for next year, leaving 10 Others long advertisements
full Of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Agreeabiy TO the practice Of last year. the publisher
will Issue us good number each month Us he does
In January. This Is a novel feature In; Magazine
publishing During tho whole of last yenr he gave
more engravings and more reading matter than any
Of his contemporaries, and will continue 10 do so
next year. Those who subscribe TO eGODEY'S
LADf's boon, may do 50 under the assurance
that they viii receive mole for their money in the
Magazine alone, than by subscribing % my other
work. To this Is addrd and included in the same
So, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains In one month nearly II not quite as mnch
reading matter as the other monthlies making for
So, tho amount of reading Of two Magazines month
THERE ARE IRREGULARITIES about Godey's Lady g
Book for the Indies that no other Magazine possess
see, There Is Mezzolini and fine Engraving in
each number-bpth by the best artists In addition
TO these there are given monthly what no other
Magazine gives-a Cplorrd Fashion Plato, with a
full description. This feature Is peculiar 10 Cooley,
as no other work has them every month, and coll
ored, Then there are Caps, Bonneis Chemise,tes,
Equestrianism for Ladies', with engrnvings. The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for knitting, net
ting, crochet, and all other kinds Of work. Patterns
81 Bsas
Beauty, with engravings. Model Cottages, with
ground plans, and other engrayings, always ilusra-
Tive Of something useful Music, beautifully printed
caosd ccsss os saa sssss
occasionally. These are all extru In. Cooley, undto
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
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"ARTHUR's sKETGMEs OF AMERICAN CHAR
AcTERISTICS,'
most amusing series, now frat given to the Amer,
Der by sketch from the pencil of Croone q
.irHE CHANGES OF FASHION,
Illustrated by Fay Robinson, Esq This series will
be very Interesting 10 the ladies'. is
"THE APPLICABILITY OF TIE FINE ARTS TO
is another series Of engravlngs now in PREPARATION
and win be published during the year
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Having given so many Model Cottages, we In
tend now TO commence the Publication Of Cottage
Furni,nrc-=n very necessary appendage 10 cot
toge. ss s
RELIGION AMP HISTORY,
Our Superior artists, Walters Tucker, Pease, and
WEIGH, nre now engaged upon a SET Of plates ilhls-
lrhilVe oi tnese TWO SUBJECTS. tt.ist 4li * sN& FL
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for us--most original and bea,l-
tifuy printed, has long demanded decided prefer
ence oyor that of any other Magazine. II is fea-
tire In The Book
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GODEy'S LADyiS
BOOK,
with such writers az Mics Leslie, Grace Greenwood,
w. G.. Simms, Mrs Ellct, 4. s. Arthur, Mrs f.
Cakes Smith, Mrs. ;. G. Neale, H. T.aTnckerman,
H. w. Herbert, &c. the author Of the Widow Be-
dot, Professor Frost, Bryant, Longfellow, Holmes
and host Of others-mtist always take the lead
In literary merit.
TERM
For Three Dollars we will send the Lady's Book,
containing more reading than any other monthly,
and the Lady's Dollar Newspaper, published twice
a month, which contains as much reading as any of
the 80 periodicals Of the day--making three pubica
tons In one monthor If the subscriber prefers the
following SPLENDID engravings to the Lady's Dollar
Newspaper, although we would not advise H. az
cannot be sent throughthc mail without
being crushed or creased, 1--we will send the beau
full plate containing tho portraits Of Harriet Newell
Fanny Forester, Mrs. Stewart Mrs. Ann H. Jud.
son, and Mrs. E. B. Dwight and tho plates of Christ
Weeping over jerusalem, the Opening OF the Supul-
chre, Delivcrance Of ST. Peter, and The Rebuke III
preferred to the newspaper or plates we will send
Miss Leslie's Novel Of Amelia, and any three Of
Mrs, Grey's or Mrs. Pickering's popular novels.