The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-28
THE LEADING PERIODICAL IN AMERICA
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
FOR is4s.

FOR ls49.
EDITED by SARAH ], HALE, GRACE GREENWOOD,
AND L. A1GODEY.
A Novelette, by MISS LESLIE, who contributes
10 every No. ~
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 give notice Of our intentions
for next year. leaving 10 others long advertisements,
full Of sound and fury, signifying nothing"
Ageeaby TO the practice Of last year. the publisher
will issue as good number each month as he does
in January. This Ii 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 TO do SO
next yenr. 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 to my other
work. TO this is added and included in the same
SO, the LADY'S DOLLAR NEWSPAPER, which
contains in one month nearly, If not quite, as much
reading matter us tho other nonthlies, making, for
49, the amount of reading Of two Magazines month.
THERE ARE pEcuLIARITIEs about Godey's Lady s
Book for the ladies' that no other Magazine posses
ses There Is Mezzotint and fine Engraving In
each nnmbcr-both by the best artists. In addition
to these, there are given monthly what no other
Magazine gives-a Colored Fashion Plate, with n
full description. This feature is peculiar to Cooley,
us no other work has them every month, and col
ored Then there IRE Caps, Bonnets, Chemisettes,
Equestrianism for Ladies', with engrayings. The
Ladies' Work Table, with designs for knitting, net
ting, crotchet and all other kinds Of work. Patterns
for Smoking Gaps, Chair Covers Window Curtains,
Beauty, with engrayings Model Cottages, with
ground plans, and other engrnvings, always ustra-
live Of something useful. Music, beautifully. printed
on tinted paper, which may bo taken out and bound.
Coored Model Cottages and Coored 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 be continued. In addition,
we shall have, in every No., one Of
"ARTHuRs SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHAR.
ACTERISrICS,o
most amusing series, now first given to tho Amer
lean public. These will be illustrated in every
Der by a sketch from the pencil OF Croome.
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,n
is another series of engravngs now in preparation,
and will be published during the year.
COTTAGE FURNITURE.
Having given so many Model Cottages we in
tend now TO commence the Publication of Cottage
Furnhure-a very necessary appendage to col
tage.
RELIGION ANB HISTORY,
Our Superior artists, Walters, Tucker, Pease, and
WEIGH are now engaged upon set of plates illus
trative of these two subjects.
OUR MUSIC,
prepared expressly for usmost original, and beau
tifully printed has long demanded decided prefer
ence ovor thai Of any other Magazine. II Is n fea-
ture In The Book.
THE LITERARY CHARACTER OF GoDEy's LADy's