The Ladies' National Magazine.

Edited by Mrs. Ann S. STEPHENS.
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The great popularity which has atten-
ded this Magazine for ls45, has induced
the publisher 10 outlay still heavier expen.
ses, in order to make il the


BEST LADIES' PERIODICAL IN


THE WORLD.


The improvement for the year 1S46 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, rivaling the fashionable
annals in the splendor, if not in the number
Of its plates. Besides superb mezzotint
by Sarain, the preltiest affair he has vet
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 OF
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 years subscription


NEW AND SPLENDID TYPE.


The January number will appear in new
type, cast eXpressl y 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 mum
ber, Or in one Immediately after, will
appear mezzoiint of the Washington
Family; to posses this picture ought to be a
sufficient inducement for every patriotic
American 10 subscribe. In il word, we
shall take our readers by surprise, next
year, with the beauty, costliness and uti-
iy of this department.


FIRST OF AMERICAN WRITERS!


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; il is


A WORK OF PATRIOTISM!
therefore, to subscribe tor this book instead
of all others, which are reprints of English
ones Our Editor is Mrs Ann S
Stephens, the FEMALE SCOTT OF
AMERICAN! She is assisted by Mrs L. H.
Sigourney, Mrs Osgood, Ellet, Dinnies,
Plerson, Orne, and by the nnrivalled
author of Conquest tand Self Conquest"
The best writer's ofthe other sex also contri-
buie 10 the variety cf our pages.


PRIZE TALE OF THE SOUTH,
founded on incidents in the Revolution, 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 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.