Godey's Lady's Book, May, 1854

Table of Contents

• #2364A,2364# EVANGELINE. – ANTOINETTE.… 1
• #2365A,2354# LET US BE FRIENDS. WORDS… 1
• #2368A,2368# MARQUIS. – NAVAILLES SHAWL-… 1
• THE ALBUERA. (From the establishment… 1
• #2372A,2372# #2373A,2373# #2374A,2374# 1
• EVERYDAY ACTUALITIES. –NO. XIX. ILLUSTRATED… 2
• INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT JERUSALEM. 4
• A BLOOMER AMONG US. 4
• CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. –MAY. BY D.W.… 12
• MANUFACTURE OF PINS. 14
• FOR THE LOVERS OF JEWELRY. 15
• OUR FASHION DEPARTMENT. 16
• TO CORRESPONDENTS. 16
• NOTICE TO LADY SUBSCRIBERS. 17
• DESCRIPTION OF STEEL FASHION PLATE. 17
• CHITCHAT UPON PREVAILING FASHIONS 18
• ADVICE TO A BRIDE. 20
• "TRUTH STRANGE THAN FICTION." 20
• "APRIL FOOL." 21
• INTELLECTUAL ENDOWMENTS OF CHILDREN. 24
• #2375A,2375# #2376A,2376# #2377A,2377#… 24
• DRESS— AS A FINE ART. BY MRS. MERRIEFIELD. 25
• LETTERS LEFT AT THE PASTRY- COOK'S"… 27
• TO MISS LAURA. So let it be: what shall… 30
• TREASURES. 34
• THE ECONOMICS OF CLOTHING AND DRESS.… 34
• THE observance of May-day was a custom… 37
• BLESSINGTON'S CHOICE. BY FITZ MORNER. 38
• NEW REVELATIONS OF AN OLD COUNTRY. 41
• REMEMBERED HAPPINESS. 47
• THE TRIALS OF A NEEDLEWOMAN.* BY T.S.… 47
• SILENT THOUGHT. BY WILLIE EDGAR TABOR.… 55
• TEACHING AT HOME. LANGUAGE. 56
• DIRECTIONS FOR TAKING LEAF IMPRESSIONS. 58
• FARM HOUSE. ( "Rural Architecture,"… 58
• A FEW WORDS ABOUT DELICATE WOMEN. 60
• THE GLEANER. BY RICRARD COE. Plate.)… 63
• him to my heart With strange foreboding… 64
• And pure and bright they be— Are not… 65
• OUR PRACTICAL DRESS INSTRUCTOR. 68
• COTTAGE FURNITURE. 68
• WORK-TABLE FOR JUVENILES; OR, LITTLE… 68
• #2362A,2362# EMBROIDERY.— DRESS UNDERSLEEVE. 69
• PATTERNS FOR EMBROIDERY. EVANGELINE… 70
• LACE MANTILLA AND TABLET MANTILLA.… 70
• MARQUISE AND NAVAILLES. (See engravings… 70
• SPRING FASHIONS. (See engraving on… 70
• DIRECTIONS FOR A LETTER-BAND. (See… 71
• THE ALBUERA. (See engraving on page… 71
• DIRECTIONS FOR KNITTING A WORK- BASKET. 71
• EMBROIDERY WITH CORD. SPRING BONNETS. 72
• PLAIN WORK. 72
• EDITORS' TABLE. 73
• THE PRACTICAL.— We have lately met… 75
• THE SPRING-TIME COMETH. The Spring-… 76
• HERE is a prose sketch on the same… 76
• less like the flowers, and more like… 77
• PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.… 77
• A GREAT DUTY WHICH Is IMPOSED UPON… 77
• To CORRESPONDENTS. — following articles… 78
• LITERARY NOTICES. 78
• NOVELS, SERIALS, PAMPHLETS, &c. 81
• "THE THREE BELLS QUICKSTEP."— Another… 81
• We are in receipt of another piece… 82
• GODEY'S ARM- CHAIR. 82
• SOME EXTRACTS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENCE. 84
• THERE is a great deal of good sense… 86
• THE following is a description of the… 87
• THERE is no trifling with nature; it… 88
• THE following we extract from the "Journal… 88
• A FRENCH surgeon has written a discourse… 88
• STEAMBOATS ON THE DELAWARE.— The numerous… 88
• THE "FLORIST AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL."—… 89
• "NEW YORK PICAYUNE."— There is great… 89
• "THE BIZARRE," of this city, which,… 89
• LA PIERRE HOUSE, BROAD STREET.— WE… 89
• WE beg leave to differ with our friend… 90
• WHAT LETTERS SHOULD BE.— Many people,… 90
• RURAL FELICITY. When at eve thou sitt'st… 90
• A PARENT would rush, in the greatest… 90
• HOUSE PLANTS. Mrs. 90
• INSTRUCTIONS IN KNITTING. 91
• THE EMPRESS OF FRANCE.— A correspondent… 92
• Another writer says:- "From some statistics… 93
• THE MANNER or DOING GOOD.— When your… 93
• YANKEE DOODLE, WITH VARIATIONS.— Who… 93
• "To be, or not to be; that Is the question." 94
• A WOMAN was walking, and a man looked… 94
• GODEY'S GALLERY OF SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS.—… 94
• BOOK or THE TOILET.— This neat little… 94
• THE "Sandy Hill Herald" says: "How… 94
• WE give the following as we find it—… 94
• the paper was read before the Royal… 95
• GENERAL AGENCY FOR PERIODICALS.— Many… 95
• ENIGMAS. 95
• THE BORROWER'S DEPARTMENT. 96
• ----- 96
• PHILADELPHIA AGENCY. 96
• RECEIPTS, &c. 97
• DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. CUSTARDS, CREAMS,… 98
• THE SICK ROOM AND NURSERY. 99
• THE TOILET. 100
• MAY FIRST 100
• A LESSON WORTH REMEMBERING. 101
• DESCRIPTION OF STEEL FASHION PLATE. 101
• Page Images 103