Godey's Lady's Book, March, 1856

Table of Contents

• HALF OF COLLAR. Worked with colored… 1
• EMBROIDERED CAP. CROWN OF CAP. SLIPPER.… 1
• THE ANDALUSIAN. 1
• FINGER-RINGS. 2
• MAGGIE LEE BY MRS. 5
• CHAPTER II. 5
• CHAPTER III. 7
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• CHAPTER IV. 9
• CHAPTER V. 10
• CHAPTER VI. 11
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• DREAMINGS. BY W.M.M. WHEN the shades… 12
• A CAROLINA WOMAN OF THE REVOLUTION.… 13
• THE ART OF SKETCHING FLOWERS FROM NATURE.… 18
• THE TOILET IN OLD TIMES. 19
• LURA DEANE; OR THE TWO HOMES IN THE… 20
• (To be continued.) REMINISCENCES OF… 26
• THE MOMENT OF TRIAL. BY VIRGINIA DE… 27
• THE ART OF MAKING WAX FRUIT AND FLOWERS. 31
• GETTING UP A CLUB IN BORROWDALE. 32
• BY DEBBY DOWNRIGHT. 33
• MARKETING IN A SILK DRESS. BY C.T.… 36
• FIGURES FOR DIAPHANE LAMP- SHADE. in… 38
• SONNET.— HARP OF MEMNON. BY WM. ALEXANDER.… 40
• THE ANGEL OF ANNUNCIATION. BY ALICE… 40
• LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH,… 43
• CHAPTER VIII. 45
• CHAPTER IX. 48
• (To be continued.) THE PRISONER. WITHIN… 51
• Its soothing voice doth e'er pervade… 52
• untrod, And darkness gathering round. 53
• ENIGMAS. 55
• ANSWERS TO CHARADES AND ENIGMAS IN… 56
• CHARADES. 56
• OUR PRACTICAL DRESS INSTRUCTOR. A BASQUINE. 56
• INITIAL LETTERS. 56
• NOVELTIES FOR THE MONTH. FOR THE NURSERY. 57
• YOUNG LADY'S HEADDRESS. CROCHET. Plate… 57
• POLKA JACKET. TRIMMED WITH IMITATION… 57
• WATCH AND HANDKERCHIEF CASE. TO SUSPEND… 58
• EMBROIDERED HABIT SHIRT. 58
• SCALLOP FOR CHEMISE BANDS AND SLEEVES.… 59
• GUIPURE FLOUNCING FOR UNDERSLEEVES.… 60
• FLOUNCING FOR SLEEVES AND LAPPELS OF… 60
• (To be continued.) A FEW CHAPTERS ON… 61
• (To be continued.) SICK-ROOM AND NURSERY.… 63
• THE TOILET. COSMETICS FOR THE SKIN. 63
• MISCELLANEOUS. 64
• CHEMISTRY FOR THE YOUNG. LESSON I.… 65
• APPARATUS. 65
• MATERIALS AND TESTS. 65
• PUBLIC DINNER TO LOUIS A. GODEY, PUBLISHER… 66
• CORRESPONDENCE. 66
• Committee of Arrangements. 67
• LITERARY NOTCIES. 79
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• (Letter from Mr. Prescott, the Historian.) 82
• OUR MARCH NUMBER.— It will be seen… 84
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• ARTICLES FOR DOMESTIC USE.— According… 86
• WHEEL PATTERN KNIFE SHARPENER, IMPROVED… 86
• CHEESE SCOOP. FOR PINE-APPLE CHEESE.… 86
• CORKSCREW. 86
• PHILADELPHIA AGENCY. 86
• CENTRE-TABLE GOSSIP. TWO VIEWS OF FANCY… 88
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• FASHIONABLE COLORS FOR GLOVES. 89
• ---------- THE CENTRE-TABLE COMMONPLACE… 89
• TO CORRESPONDENTS. 90
• NOTICE TO LADY SUBSCRIBERS. 91
• DESCRIPTION OF STEEL FASHION- PLATE… 92
• CHITCHAT UPON NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA… 92
• Page Images 94