The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-06
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERIcl
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
FOR Is49
EDITED BY SARAHJ HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD,
AND L. A. Cooley.

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 scrpiural Poetry.
II. s. ARTHUR, who contributes 10 every No..
illustrative Of Arhurs' Sketches of American
Character. Designs by Croome.
We intend merely to give notice Of onr intentions
for year. leaving to others long advertisements
full of sound and fury, signtfying nothing"
Agreeably TO the practice of last year. the publisher
will issne as good number each month as he docs
In january. This Is a novel feature In Magazine
publishing. During the whole of last year he gave
of his contemporaries and will continue to do SO
next year. Those who subscribe TO GODEY'S
LADl'S BOOK, may do SO under the assurance
that they will receive mole for their money in the
Magazine alone, than by subscribing TO amy other
work. To this Is added and included in the same
SO, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains in one month nearly, II not quite as much
reading matter as the other monthlies, making, for
49, the amount of reading of two Magazines month
TmERE ARE IRREGULARITIES about Godey's I4ady's
Book for the ladies' that no other Magazine posses
seq. There Is a Mezzotnt and fine Engraving in
each number-bo'h by the best artists. In addition
to these, there are given monthly what no other
Magazine giyes--a ColOred Fashion Plate, with
full description. This feature Is peculiar to Cooley
no other work has them every month, and col
ored. Then there are Caps Bonnets, Chemisettes,
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for knitting net.
ting, crochet, and all other kinds Of work Patterns
for Smoking Caps Chair Covers, Window Curtains,
D'oyleys, Purses, Bags, Nc, &c. Health and
Beauty with engrayings Model Cottages with
ground plans, and other engravngs always ilhstrn-
tive Of something useful Music beautifully printed
on tinted paper, which may be taken out and bound
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. Tn addition,
we shall have, In every No, one of
"ARTnURs SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHAR.
ACTERlS11CS,'
n most amusing SERIES now first given to the Amer.
lean public. These will be Illustrated in every mum
Der by sketch from the pencil of Croome.
II 1.-THE CHANGES OF FASHION"
Illustrated by Fay Robinson, Esq This series will
be very interesting to the ladies'.
1.-THE APPLICABILITY OF THE FINE ARTS TO
DOMESTIC USES
is another series of engrayings now in PREPARATION
and will be published during the year.
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Having given so many Model Cottages, we in
tend now 10 commence the Publication of Cottage
Furname--a very necessary appendage 10 n cot
tage. .,-as@
RELIGION AND HISTORY,
Our Superior artists Walters Tucker, pcase, and
WEIGH, are now engaged upon set of plates Illus
trniiye Of these two subjects. sa
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for usmost original, and beau
tiiully printed, has long demanded decided prefer
ence ovor that Of any other Magazine. II is iea-
tire in The Book
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEYiS LADYiS
BOOK,
with such writer's as Miss Leslie, Grace Greenwood,
w. G. Simms, Mrs. Ellet, II. S. Arthur, Mrs. f..
Oakes Smith, Mrs. J. q. Neale, II. Il. Tuckerman,
ii. 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 literary merit @s