The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-27
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERICA
GODEY'S I4ADY'S BOOK,
FOR ls49.
EDITED ny SARAH j. HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD,
AND l.. A. Cooley

A Novelette, by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
To every No.
Mp WILLIS Original scripmrnl Poetry.
II. s. ARTHUR, who contributes 10 every No.,
Illustrative of "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, signlfying nothing"
Agreeaby TO the practice Of last year. the Publisher
will issue as good number each month as he does
in January. This IL 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 g do 50
next year. Those who subscribe TO GODEY'S
LADY'S BOOK, may do so under the assurance
that they will receive more for their money in the
Magazine alone, than, BY subscribing 10 any Other
work. TO this Is added and included in the same
50, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains in one month nearly, Ii not quite, ms much
reading matter rs the other monthies, making, for
S. the amount Of reading of two Magazines month
THEnE ARE pEcuLiARTIEs about Godey's Ladys
Book for the ladies' that no other Magazine posses
SEES. There Is Mczzotint and fine Engraving In
each number-both by the best artists. In addition
70 these there are given monthly what no other
full description. This feature is peculiar TO Cooley,
as no other work has them every month, and col
ored. Then there are Caps, Bonnets, Chemisettos,
Equestranism for Ladies', with engravings The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for knitting, net
ting, crotche and oil other kinds Of work. Patterns
for Smoking Caps, Chair Covers, Window Curtains,
D0yleys, Purses, Bags, &c., &C.. Health and
ground pnns and other engruvings, always ilustra.
tive Of something useful Music, beautifully printed
on tinted paper which may be taken out and bound.
Colored Model Cottages, and Colorod Flower Pieces,
occasionally. These are all extra In Cooley, and TO
be found in no other Magazine. These were oil
given last year, and will be continued. In addition,
we shall have, in every No, one of
"ARTHuR's SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHAR
ACrERlSTICS,'
most amusing series, now first given to tho Amer
lean public. These will be Illustrated in every num-
Der by a sketch from The pencil Of Croome.
"TIIE CHANGES OF FASHION,"
Illustrated by Fay Robinson, Esq. This series will
be very interesting to the ladies.
"THE APPLICABILITY OF THE FINE ARTS TO
DOMESTIC USES"
is another series Of engravings now in preparation,
and will be published during the year.
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Having given so many Model Cottages, we in
iond now to commence the Publication of Cottage
Furniture--a very necessary appendagc to a cot
iage.
RELIGION AMP HISTORY,
Our Superior artists Walters, Tucker, Pease, and
WEIGH, are now engaged upon set of plates illus
tratiye OF these two subjects.
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for us--mos original, and bean
tlfnlly printed, has long demanded decided prefer
cnce ovor that of amy other Magazine. II ia iea-
ture in The Book
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEY,S LADy'S
hook,
with such writers as Miss Leslie, Grace Greenwood,
w. q. Smms, Mrs Ellet, II. s.. Arthur, Mrs. T..
Cakes Smith, Mrs. J. c. Neale, H. r. Tlckerman,
Hyr he hnr of 10 kVynoxy Re.
dot, Professor Frost, Bryant, Longfellow, Holmes
land host Of others--musi always take The lead
in literary merit.
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ind the I.adys Dollar Newspaper, published twice
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the SO periodicals Of the day making three pnbica-
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following SPLENDID engravinga TO the Lady's Dollar
Newspaper, although we would not advise IT, as
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being crushed creascd) we win send The beanti-
Fanny Forester, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Ann H. Jud,
SON. and Mrs Il. b. Dwight and the plates of Christ
Weeping over Jerusnlem, the Opening Of the Sepnl-
chre, Deliverancc Of ST Peter, md The Rebnke. II
preferred to the newspaper or plates we VIII send
Miss Iesiie's Novel Of Amelia, and any three Of
Mrs Crey's or Mrs. chickering's popular novels
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