On the 1st of February will be published By G. and S. ROBINSON, 25, Paternoster Row, PRICE EIGHTEEN PENCE, The First Number of the Forty-Sixth Volume OF THE Lady's Magazine; Which, in addition to many superior Articles in Prose and Verse, will be embellished with a FRONTISPIECE, commemorative of an event particularly interesting to the British Nation in the course of last year, besides an elegant Plate, displaying the FASHIONABLE Costume of the present date, and Patterns for LADIES' DRESSES equally novel. The Proprietors of the LADY'S MAGAZINE avail themselves of the opportunity, afforded by the commencement of a New Year, to repeat their sincere Thanks for the extensive Patronage, by which their Publication has been uniformly distinguished for nearly Half a Century. Such encouragement calls upon them for still greater efforts to gratify their Fair Readers, and they beg leave respectfully to state that they have made arrangements accordingly. The object of their Work has ever been a combination of the Useful and Amusing; and, while they inculcate Lessons tending to exalt and adorn the female character, they conceive it better not to do this by austere and cynical maxims, but through the medium of variety, as instructive as entertaining, suitable alike to the grave and the gay of the Fair Sex, to whose use this Publication has, from its commencement, been particularly devoted. To the extensive List of CORRESPONDENTS, who honour the Lady's Magazine by making it the deposit of their valuable Contributions, the. Proprietors return their best Thanks, and solicit a Continuation of their Favors In addition, they have the satisfaction of announcing many Select Novels, Essays, Stories, Anecdotes, &c. which will be submitted to the Public in the course of the year from the pens of new connexions. BIOGRAPHY will, in future, form a more decided feature of the work. Such particulars as can possibly be obtained of any person, who becomes a peculiar object of public notice, will be introduced to the knowledge of thei readers as soon as possible. Their department of POETRY has, they trust, for some time been distinguished by its superiority over that which is generally found in Magazines. It will be their care to preserve this character of the work in its present degree of preference, and to take any opportunity which occurs of improving it. Their readers will perceive that they have already adopted a regular Series of Dramatic Intelligence, particularly describing the merits of all new Pieces and Performers. It is intended to continue this regularly, and to accompany the observations by a Portrait of any person highly distinguished in the histrionic art. In addition to these, the Proprietors have in view PORTRAITS of Eminent Characters in various walks of life, by which they trust that their Work will be highly enriched. Thus prepared, they confidently pursue their course, determined to exert unremitting assiduity in the service of their readers, and feeling as convinced that they shall retain the patronage of the British Fair as they are resolved to deserve it. Besides many other Portraits not here particularised, the past Numbers of the Lady's Magazine have already exhibited those of OUR GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN GEORGE THE THIRD. The Prince Regent Princess Charlotte Duke of York Duke of Clarence Duchess of Wirtemberg Princess Elizabeth Princess Amelia Duchess of Brunswick * * Lord Wellington Lord Nelson Lord Collingwood Mr. Pitt Mr. Perceval Dr. Franklin General Washington His Empress Josephine Louis XVI. and his Queen Gustavus Adolphus IV. Lucien Bonaparte Mrs. Siddons Earl of Moira The Hetman Platoff Baroness de Stael General Moreau Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Hereditary Prince of Orange Prince & Princess of Orange Mr. Kean. * Of the Publishers may be had a few complete Sets of the Lady's Magazine, in Forty-Five Volumes, from its commencement in the Year 1770-or Single Volumes, or Numbers, to supply deficiencies. Printed by J. BAILEY, 13, Roll's Buildings, Fetter Lane, |