The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-01
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERICA
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
;
FOR 1898.
EDITED BY SARAH J. HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD,
T \ 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. fas
N. p. WILLIS Original scriptural Poetry
T. s. ARTHUR, who contributes to every No.,
illustrative Of :. Arthurs' Sketches Of American
Character. Designs by Croome.
We intend merely to give notice of our attentions
for next year. leaving to others long advertisements
full Of sound and fury, sgnifying nothing"
Ageeaby to the practice Of last year. the publisher
will issue as good a number each month as he does
in January. This Is q novel feature in Magazine
publishing. During the whole Of last ycar he gave
more engrnyings and more reading matter than any
Of his contemporaries, dnd viii continue TO do 90
next year. Those who subscribe to GoBETS
LADY'S BOOK may do so under the assurance
that they will receive more for their money In the
Magazine alone, than by subscribing to any other
he sp ss oddfd SEsPk r. es
contains In month nearly, If not quite, as much
reading matter as the other monlhlles, making, for
50, theamonnt of reading Of two Magazines a month
THERE ARE IRREGULARITIES about Godeys Ladya
Book for the ladies' that other Magazine posses
SEES. There Ii a Mezzotint and fine Engraving In
each number--both by the best artSs. In addition
Magazine gives--a Coored Fashion Plate, with q
full description. This feature 10 peculiar to Cooley
| as no other work has them every month, and col.
/ ored. Then there are Caps, Bonnes, Chemisettes.
Equesirlanism for Ladies, with engfayinga The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs Cor knitting, net
ting crotchet, and all other kinds Of work. Patterns
for Smoking Caps Chair Covers Window Curtains;
Beauty with engrayings Model Cottages, with
ground plans and other engrayings, always illustru
live Of something useful. Music, beautifully printed
ON tinted paper which may be taken out and bound
Coored Model Cottages and Colored Flower Pieces,
occasionally. These are all extra in Cooley and to
be found In no other Magazine. These Were all
given last year. and will continued. In addition,
we shall have, in every No, one OF
ACTERISrCS,'
4 most amusing SERIES now first given to the Amer
lean public These will be Illustrated in every
Der BY asketch from the pencil Of Groove.
1.-THE 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 riyen SO many Model Cottages, we in-
! tend now to commemorative Publication Of Cottage
Furnituye-a very necessary appendage 70 cot
| tage.
| RELIGION AND HISTORY,
| Our Superior artists, Walters, Tucker, Pease and
WEIGH, arc now engaged upon set Of plates illus
| trative of these two subjects.
| OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for us-most original and beat
iifully printed has long demanded decided prefer
ence ovor that Of any other Magazine. II is fea-
ture in The Book
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEY,s LADY's
49, BOOK,
with such writers as Miss Leslie, Grace Greenwood.
W. G. Sinlms Mrs. Ellet, t. s. Arthur, Mrs. +.
Cakes Smith, Mrs. J. G. Nealc, H. 7. Tuckerman, ,
n. w. Herbert, &C., the author Of the Widow Be-
dott, Professor Frost, Bryant Longfeliow, Holmes
and host Of others--must always take the lead
in literary merit.