The Ladies National Magazine.

Edited by Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS.
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BEST LADIES' PERIODICAL


THE WORLD.


The improvement for the year 1916 will
be of The most extensive and costly charac.
ter. The fashion plates will be executed
in style of elegance never before attemp-
ted in this country. The January number
will be gem, rivalling the fashionable
annals in the splendor, if not in the number
of its plates. Besides superb mezz otint
by Sartain, the prettest affair he has ) ct
engraved, there will be an


ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE,
after the style of the gorgeous manu-
scripts of the feudal ages. This elegant
illustration is the first thing of the kind
attempted fora magazine either here or
abroad; in this, as in other matters, we
anticipate all others. 1t will be executed
in FIVE COLOURS, and be of frare and surpas
sing beauty. This establishment alone
will be worth half years subscription.


NEW AND SPLENDID TYPE.


The January number will appear in new
type, cast expressly for US; and. in every
respect, the. mechanical execution of the
work will be improved.


THE WASHINGTON FAMILY.


The February number will contain two
superb mezzotints; and either in that num-
ber, or in one Immediately after, will
appear a mezzotint of the Washington
Family; to posses this picture ought to be a
sufficient inducement for every patriotic
American 10 subscribe. In word, we
shall take our readers by surprise, next
year, with the beauty, costliness and util
lily of this department..


FIRST OF AMERICAN WRITER'S!


In its Literary Department this Maga-
zine gives ORIGINAL articles, unlike the
namby-pamby catch pennies, which copy
old stories from newspapers. All the best
female writer's of America contribute to its
pages; il is


A WORK OF PATRIOTISM!
therefore, to subscribe for this book instead
of all others, which are reprints of English
ones Our Editor is Mrs Ann S.
Stephens, the FEMALE SCOTT OF
AMERtCA!!S She is assisted by Mrs L. H.
Sigourney, Mrs Osgood, ElIet, Dinnies,
Pierson, Orne, and by the unrivalled
author of conquest and Self Conquest"
The best writers Of the other sex also con,ri-
butte 10 the variety of our pages.


PRIZE TALE OF THE SOUTH,
founded on incidents in the Revolutions. will
appear by the author Of MARION'S MEN!
Our Domestic Stories, by Ellen Ashton,
and others, intoxicating useful morals, (which
have been SO popular, will be continued. !.
As a proof of the superior character of our
literary contents, we may mention the fact
that mere articles are copied from us by
the press than from any other Magazine
This is because no other periodical is SO
exclusively mirror OF woman's mind, or SO
thoroughly devoted to her tastes or inter-
ests.


OFTENER THAN ANY RIVAL.


During the past year we have published
more of the costly Mezzotints than any
rival, and for 1916 we shall average
Mezzotint for every number 1.-THE
Shipwreck," washington at Eighteen" !"
"Famly Chased by Wolves" and the "Cir-
cassian,' are plates that never hitherto
have been surpassed; but we have some
now being engraved FAR SUPERIOR!!
Besides these, we shall give Line engrav-
ings, Landscapes, Female Beauties,
Colored Birds and Flowers, Pictures of
Domestic Life, &c. &C., keeping ahead Of
all rivals. We shall give portrait of the
Edition. Gratis, next year. The Engravings
will be worth double the subscription price
FASHIONS FROM PARIS.


The Magazine has long maintained the
reputation of giving the most correct
Fashions, accompanied by full letter press
description; and his, 10 country subscri
bers especially, is great desideratum.
We get our Fashions in advance from Paris,
so we can never be beaten in this depart
! ment, but will always remain ahead! Each