The Ladies National Magazine.

Edited by Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS.
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The great popularity which has atten-
ded this Magazine for 1916, has induced
the publisher 10 outlay snl heavier expen.
ses, in order to make it the


BEST LADIES' PERIODICAL IN


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 a gem, rivalling the fashionable
annals in the splendor, ifnot in the number
of its plates. Besides superb mezzotjnt
by Sartain, the prettiest affair he has Ell
engraved, there will be an


ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE,
after The style of the gorgeous manu-
scripts of the feudal ages. This eiegan,
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. ii wll be executed
in FIVE COLOURS, ana be of rare and surpas
sing beauty. This establishment alone
will be worth half a years subscription.


NEW AND SPLENDID TYPE.


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


THE WASHINGTON FAMILY.


The February number will contain two
superb mezzolints; and either in that num-
beH, or in one Immediately after, will
9ppeaI a mezzotlnt of the Washington
Family; to posses thispicture ought to be
sufficient inducemcnt for every patriotic
American 10 subscribe In Il word, we
shall take our readers by surprise, next
year, with the beauty, coslliness and util-
iy Of this department..


FIRSTOF AMERICAN WRITERS!


In It's Literary Department this Maga-
zine gives ORIGINAL articles, unlike the
namby-pamby catch pennies, which copy
old stories from newspapers. All the best
female writers of America contribute 10 its
pages; it is


A WORK OF PATRIOTISM!
therefore, to subscribe for this book instead
Of all o'kers, which are reprints of English
ones Our Editor is Mrs Ann S
Stephens, the FEMALE SCOTT OF
AMERICA!!She is assisted by Mrs l.. II.
Mrs Osgood, Ellet, Dinnies,
Pierson, Orne, and by the unrivalled
author Of "Conquestand Self Conquest"
The best writers of the other sex also coniri-
butte 10 the variety of our pages.


PRIZE TALE OF THE SOUTH,
founded on incidents in the Revolution, will
appear by the author of MARION'S MEN!
Dur Domestic Stories, by Ellen Ashton,
md others, incalcating useful morals which
rave been so popular, will be continued
As a proof Of the superior character of our
literary contents, we may mention the fact
hat more articles are copied from us by
he press than from any other Magazine.