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 to outlay still heavier expen~
ses, in order to make it the


BEST LADIES' PERIODICAL


THE WORLD.


The improvement for the year 1916 will
be of the most extensive and costly charac-
Ter. The fashion plates win 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 mezzotint
by Sartain, the preltiest affair he has yet
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 for a 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 rare and surpas
sing beauty. This establishment alone
will be worth half a years subscription


NEW AND SPLENDID TYPE.


The January number will appear in new
type, cast expressly for u.s.. 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 mezzolnt of the Washington
Family; to posses this picture ought to be
sufficient inducement for every patriotic
American 10 subscribe. In a word, we
shall lake our readers by surprise, next
year, with the beauty, costliness and util-
ity 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 writers of America contribute TO its
pages; it is
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
She is assisted by Mrs L. H. |
Mrs Osgood, Ellet, Dinnies,
Plerson, Orne, and by the unrivalled
author of Conquest and Self Conquest"
The best writers ofthe other sex also contri-
butte 10 the variety of our pages.


PRIZE TALE OF THESOUTH,
founded on incidents in the Revolution, will |
appear by the author OF MARION'S MEM
Our Domestic Stories, by Ellen Ashton,
and others, incalcating useful morals, (which
have been SO popular, will be continued.
As 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.