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As a fartlefassurance Of thorough excellence u
this departmens the pnblishsrhas secured the SER
vices Of Miss LESLIE, who viii illustrate the
Fashion Plates, in her usual falicitous and graph
ic style, uniting thoioush knowledge of.the sub
Ject with clear. graceful and intaligible man
ner Of tfeatingit Her descriptions ire worthy of
the productions ofher own glowing pencil, which.
drew the earliest Fashion Plates for the Iatiy's
Book


The publishers correspondent in Paris is pos !.
sessed ofsuch ample means of obtaining the real
and present Paris Fashions, and of transmitting
tnanin advance of all competitors, thatthe ladies
may continue, as they have always done, to cory
from our plates what has received the sanction OF
lndispdtable ton The last, the newest the bst fash
ions, fresh from Paris.


The arrangements for Producing q most brilliant
and attractive saries of Line and Mezzotint En-
cravings are now complete. Pictufes fresh from
ihe easels of our first rate American Artists, are
now actuallyi in the hands of the abest American
engfavers the subjects embracing not only the usn
a popular and domestic topics, but Others which
are interviewer into very heartstrings of Amer
lean nationality, treating as they do of stirring IN
cidents III the glorious and heroic age of Amer
lea


With respect the ganerali ileraly and moral
tone of the Lady's Book, for 1913, it will main
tain its usual consistent character of a domestic
and fashionable family magazine. While such
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Hall, Mrs Embury, Mrs + Ellet. Mrs Sicour-
ney, Mrs Y Z Howard, Mrs Seba Smith. Mrs A
VI AMMAN, Mrs Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons, and
Mrs : J Hale continue their contributions, the
beautiful and the nseful all that charms the fancy
and all that mends the heart and guides the best
affections of ourna.u viii continue to adorn and
dignity our pages.


The lovers of historical romance. and those who
regard our nations glory as the prime objects of

tastes gratlfed by the contributions of DR. Robert N
Bird, the author of the Gladiator, sGalvar' &c
The admirers of Southern scenery and manners
will recognise wthp pleasure, among corresponds
ents, the mama of W Gilmore FSmIns, the novelist,
author of Guy Rivers, Y cmasses,' &c.


Those who are partial to graceful, easy, noncla-
halans, gentlemanly story telling, will always
hail with pleasure the monthly return of n ? Viii
lis, the most piquant lively and fertile of all mag
azina writer's


The admirers of the high toned moral and do
mestc Nouvslette, will recognise with pleasure,
among ouf contributors, the name of Z 5 Arthur,
author CT six Nights with the Washingtonians,'
&c. Contributions are also ready from the pens Of
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache. late PRINCIPAL
Of the Philadelphia High School, Professor ohm
sanderson, author of'a \ ear in Paris Professor
John Frost, editor of 'tAe Young Peoples Book.


Oar limits will not give space enough toel
umerate the names of a tithe of our contributors.


Our list of foreign contributors is enrichedvi
the names of


Joanna Ballis, Mary Russell Milford,


Mary Hewitt, Maria Edgev-, tn,


Hon. Ms c. Norton, .sfrs. :. G. Hall,
recognised in Europe as the elite of Britis fcma le
authors.


The publishers means of increasing the beau =
and vaine of the Lady's Book are accumulat >
car by year. TO his already inestimable Ii
vntrbuturs, he is constantly receiving acces
booth at home and abroad.


His arrangements with respect 70 ORIG!NA
PAINTINGS. from such Artists as


Rothe9inel, Frankensten, Croome,


Chapman, .Haclise, Huntingdon,
are now complete, and be numbers among the Ell
g7avers whose services are constantly retained,


Tucker, Smith, Warner,


Dick, Sadd, Ellis,


Classan, Gimbvedge, Jones.


lis ,hos system Of arrangements with respec4
to Fashion Pla,os is now 9eveloged and perfected
The Lady's Book viii therefore cottinns 70 main
tain that proud pFe-eminence in merit and IN pop
uar4ls .rhich fourteen years Of aaintermtted al
tahsi-r on ,is part Of the publisher has earned--it
will still remain, as heretofore, tha FAyoR'qE OF
fnE FAIR.


TEBMs,


t.5dsy.s Lady's T}ook. yoarin advance, 50


do 60 >2yFs both in advance
Two copies, year, =
Five copies, one year, l0
Eleven copies. one yaar, %


Publishers Hall, l0l Chestnut Street, Phil'a.
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