The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-03
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERICA
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
FOR Is4o.
EDITED ny SARAH ]. HALE, GRACE CT
AND l.. A. Cooley.

IS
A Novelette, by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
to every No.
". p. WILLIS Original Scriptural Poetry.
T. $. ARTHUR, who contributes to every No.,
illustrative Of "ArlhurS Sketches Of American
Character. Designs by Croome.
We inieni merely TO give notice Of our intentions
for next year. leaving TO Others long advertisements,
/" full Of sound ind fury, signifying nothing"
Agrccaby 10 tho practice Of last year. the publisher
will Issue good u number each month as he does
in january. This Is novel feature In Magazine
publishing. During the whole OF last year lie gave
more cngrnvings and more reading matter than any
Of his Contemporaries, and will continue 10 do ga
next year. Those who subscribe to GODEf'S
lADf'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 inclllded in the same
SO, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains In one month nearly, II not quite, us much
reading mntter the other moDthlics. making for
80, the amount Of reading OF two Magazinesa month
Turns ARE rEcuLIARITIEs about Godey's Lady's
Book for the ladies' that no other magazine poescs-
SEES. There Is Mcazotint and fine Engraving In
each nnmbcr-both by the best nrtsls IN addition
10 these, there are given monthly what no! other
Magazine givesa Colored Fashion Plate, with q
full description. This feature Is peculiar 10 Cooley,
AZ no other work has them every month, and col
ored. Then there are Caps, Bonnets Chemseies,
Equesirianism for Ladies, with engrnvinss. The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for knitting, net
ting, croichet, and all other kinds Of work. Patterns
for Smoking Caps, Chair Covers Window Curtains,
D'Oyeys, Purses, Bags, &C.. &c. Health md
Beauty, with engravings. Model Cottages, with
ground plans, and other engrayings, always ilius.
tive Of something useful. Music, beautifully printed
ON tinted paper, which may be taken 9ut and bound.
Colored Model Cottages, and Coored Flower Pieces,
occasionally. These arc all extra In Cooley and Ia
Le 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
hCTERiSricS,,
lean public These win be Illustrated in every num-
Der by sketch from the pencil Of Croome
1.-THE CHANGES OF FASHION,"
Illustrated by Fay Robinson, Esq. This series will
BIO very interesting TO the ladies'.
iE ArrL'c1 poMasr e 1 Tas FINE ARTS TO
/. another series Of engrayings now in preparation,
and win be published during the year.
COTTAGE FURNITURE,
Having given so many Model Cottages, we in
tend now 10 commence. The Publication OF Cottage
Furnnure-a very necessary appcndage TO cot
tage
RELIGION AND HISTORY,
Orr Superior artists, Walters, Tucker, Pcase, and
WEIGH, are now engaged upon . set of plates illus
traiive OF these Two subjects.
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for most original and beau
iifully printed has long demanded decided prefer
cnce ovor thai Of any other Magazine. Ii 10 fea-
ture in The Book.
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEy,s LADy,s
BOOK, t2tF
with such writer's as Miss Leslie Grace Greenwood,
w c. Simms, Mrs. Ellet, II. s. Arthur, Mrs. H..
Oakes Smith, Mrs. j. 9. Ncale, H.. T. 1'nckerman,
II. W. Herbert, &C., the author Of the Widow Be-
doti, Professor Frost, Bryant Longfellow, Holmes
and a host OF othero-must always take the lead
In literary merit.
TERMS:
For Three Dollars we win send the Ladys Book,
containing more reading thnn any other monthly,
and the L.ady's Dollar Newspaper published twice
a month, which contains as much reading as any of
the SO periodicals OF the day--makng three pubca-
tons in one monthor II The subscriber prefers The
Newspaper, although We would not advise Il as
engravings cannot be sent through the mail without
being crushed creasedD We will send the bcaut-
full plate containing the portraits q Harriet Newell
son, and Mrs. +. b. Dwight, and the plates 81 Christ
Weeping over Jerusalem, the Opening Of tho Sepnl-
chre, Deliverance Of 81 Peter and The Rnbnke. IL
preferred the newspaper or plates, we will send
Miss Leslies Novel OF Amelia, and any three of
Mrs Grey's or Mrs. chickering's popular novels
For Five Dollars we will send two copies Of the
Ladyis Book, and set Of the plates to each sub
scriber. M
For Ten Dollars we win send five copies OF the
Iady'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 TO each subscriber and cosy OF
The Book 10 tho person sending the Club
For One Dollar we will send the Lady's Book
FIVE months, or FIVE copies one month"; and for rs
cents any one No. Postage 10 be paid ON oil ORDERS
Address l.. A. Cooley,
s# ll3 Chestnut 81, fhiiaticiphia.