The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-26
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERICA
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
EDITED ny SARAH j. HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD
AND l., A. Cooley

AMI Ia n eobEf.
A Novelette, by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
TO every No.
N. P. WILLIS Original Scripmral Poetry.
II. s. ARTHUR, who contributes to every No.
illustrative of Arthurs' Sketches Of American
Character. Designs by Croome.
We intend merely 10 give notice Of our intentions
for next year, leaving 10 others long advertisements
+" full of sound and fury signifying nothing"
Agreeaby to the practice Of last yenr the publisher
will issue as good number each month rs he does
in January. This Is novel feature in Magazine
publishing. During the whole Of last year he gave
more engrnvings and more reading matter ihan any
Of his contemporaries, and will continue 70 do 80
next year. Those who subscribe TO GoDEY'S
LADY'S BOOK, may do so under the assurance
that they will receive mole for their money in the
Magazine alone, Than by subscribing 10 any Other
work, To this Is added and included in The SANG
So, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains in one month nearly, II not quite us much
reading matters az inc oher monihIes, making, ior
So, the amount Of reading of two Magazinesa month
THEHe ARR IRREGULARITIES about Godcy's I.ady's
Book for the ladies' that no other Magazine posses
scs. There In MezZotini and fine Engraving in
each nmmber-both by the best artists. In addition
70 these, there are given monthly whit no other
Magazine gives--a Coored Fashion Plate with a
full description. This feature Is peculiar 10 Cooley
as no other work has them every month, and col
ored. Then there are Caps, Bonneis, Chemisetes,
Equesirianism for Ladies', with engrayings. The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for kniliing, net
ting CROCHET, and oil other kinds Of work Patterns
for Smoking Caps, Chair Covers, Window Curtains,
Beauty, with engravinss,' Model Cottages, With
ground plans, and other engravings always illusIa-
live Of something useful. Music, beautifully printed
on tinted paper, which may be tnken out and bound.
Colored Model Cottages and Colorod Flower Pieces,
occasionally. These are all extra In Cooley and 10
he found In no other Magazine. These We're all
given Iasi year, and will be continued In addition,
we shall have, in every No., one Of
"ARTHURs SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHAR
AcTERlSIicS,'
a most amusing series, now first given TO the Amer
lean public. These will be Illustrated In every nun
Der by sketch from The pencil Of Croome
aTIIE 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 engravngs now in preparation,
and viii be published during the year
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Having given so many Model Cottages, we in
tend now TO commence the Publication OF Cottage
Furniture--a very necessary appendagc TO cot
agc
RELIGION AND HISTORY,
Our Superior artists, Walters, Tucker, Pease, and
WEIGH, are now engaged upon a get OF plates Illus
trative OF these two subjects.
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for ,is-most original, and beau
tifny printed, has long demanded decided prefer
ence ovor thai of any other Magazine. II is fea
ture in The Book.
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEr's LADY's
BOOK,
with such writers as Miss Leslie, Grace Greenwood
W. G. Simns Mrs. Ellet, T. s. Arthur, Mrs. r.
Cakes Smith, Mrs. j. c. Neale, ii. 4. Tnckermnn,
H. W. Herbert &C., the author of the Widow Be-
dot, Professor Frost, Bryant, Longfeow, Holmes
and host of others-must always take the lead
in literary merit.
TERMS;
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
n month, which contains as much reading as any Of
the S3 periodicals of the day-making three publca-
tons In one month--or if the subscriber prefers the
following SPLENDID engravings TO the Lady's Dollar
Newspaper, although we would not advise i, us
engravings cannot be sent through the mail without
being crushed creased,) we will send the boauti-
fnl plate containing the portraits Of Harriet Newell
Fanny Forester, Mrs. Stewart Mrs. Ann VI. Jnd-
son, and Mrs. T.. D. Dwight and the plates Of Christ
Weeping over Jerusalem, the Opening Of the Sepul-
chre Deliverance Of ST. Peter, and The Rebuke. If
preferred to the newspaper or plates, we will send
Miss I.esle's Novel Of Amelin, and any three Of
Mrs. Greys or Mrs. Pickering's popular novels.
For Five Dollars we will send two copies Of ths
Lady's Book and set Of the plates to each sub
scrber.
For Ten Dollars we will send five copies OF the
Indy's Book and copy TO the person sending the
the Club, and set of plates TO each.
For Twenty Dollars, eleven copies Of The Book,
and set Of plates 10 each subscriber and cory OF
the Book TO the person sending the Clnb.
For One Dollar we win send the Ladys Book
five months, or five copies one month, and for %
cents any ono No. Postage TO be paid on all ordera
Address l.. A. Cooley,
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