The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
HARPER,s RAZAR,
i REPOSITORY OF


FASHION, PLEASURE & INsTRG CTIQN.
HARPER'S BAZAR, the publication
IL of which has just been commenced by
Harper q Brother, is an illustrated Weekly
Journal, devoted to fashion and Household
Literature. trr
tits the first Weekly ofFashion ever pub
| lished in the United States BY affanements
which tho Publishers have perfected atgreat
| Fashion -particularlywitht the well
known Bazar of Berlin-I Illustration of Fasn-
| ions for each week of the year viii appear in
Harper's Bazaar simultaneously with their
| publication in Paris and Berlin: an advan-
tage which will belong exclusively TO this
Journal. fi9
In a country where Three Hundred Mill
lions of Dollars are annually expended for
dry-goods, to be transformed into articles Of
dress, trustworthy and practical instructions
as to the most tasteful and economical meth
DDS OF iaShioning these articles, become of the
greatest value to Americanwomen. The Ba-
Ear Will contain full an explicit Instructions,
with Illustrations, which will enable every
Lady Reader to cut and make her own and
her childrens entire wardrobe, with O large
portion of her husbands. Each alternate
Number will be accompanied with large
Pattern Plates, containg from Forty to Fifty
fullsized Patterns applicable to every article
of wardrobe made in the family, with the
necessary DIRECTIONS for cutting and maxi
ing. Similar Illustrations and Description. q
of Fancy w orlS will also be furnished. These
patterns will be executed in Paris and Ber-
lin, and will stirpass anything of the kind
quent and elegant Colored fashion Plates
will be presented with the paper. Practical
Descriptions will alsobe given of the FASH
ions especially in vogue inlNew Yorkathe
centre of Fashion in America. .I lIt1 trrr
Harpers's Bazaar, besides being tho leading
Fashion Journal in this country, will also
aim to be present before its readers the very
best specimens of Household Literature It
will contain original and selected Serial Sto-
ries, Poetry, Novelties, Articles on the Top
les of the Day (exeluding Politics. on Books,
Arts, Morals, Familiar Science, Education,
Amusements, Hygiene, Etiquette, House.
keeping, Gardening, with III ONE and Foreign
Gossip. NoSubject ofhousehold interestwul
be excluded from its columns. ..,tsv
In the first Number of the Bazaar Will 10
commenced a Novel entitled 1.-THE Cord and
the Creese; or, The Brandunl Mystery, by
james De Mile, esd, Author OF "rhe Dodge
Club" This Novel has been read in manu-
script by several of our most competent crit
les, who unanimously pronounce 1t, in point
of interest of plot, variety of adventure, and
graphic delineation ofcharscterf to be fully
equal to any of the novels of Wilkie Collins.
Harper's Bazaar will contain l6 folio pages
of the size of Harpers Weekly, printed on
superfine calendered paper, and will be pub
ilshed weekly, ut ten cents per single Num-
Der, or Four Dollars per Year 81
De- Ladies in the Country will be supplied
Continuously through the mails with the First
Six Numbers of Harpers Bazaar upon written
application TO the Publishers. =
Postage, Five Cents for Three Months. ~
the beginning to the end of the year 1868,
which will complete the first Volume for the
yearly price flour Dollars. r.. I.-4
An Extra Copy will be supplied gratis for
every Club of Five Subscribers at -Four Doll
lars each, in one remittance; or, Six Copies
for Twenty Dollars. rl 81 - fto Tor
HARPER & BROTHERS..
New York. Nov Is 1867