Godey's Lady's Book, November, 1855

Table of Contents

• BRAIDED BORDERS FOR A HANDKERCHIEF,… 1
• THE ESTRAMADURA 1
• THE ALMA. 1
• THE HOLY LAND AND ITS HOLY PLACES. 2
• HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. BY VIRGINIA DE… 5
• SYDNEY SMITH ON THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN. 7
• PRINCIPLES AND PASSIONS. 10
• MY BABY. BY PATIENCE PERKINS (LATE… 10
• REQUIESCAT IN PACE. BY NETA. Now thy… 14
• PHILADELPHIA AGENCY. 15
• Centre-Table Gossip. THE HIDDEN PATH.* 17
• PATMOS. 18
• GOOD NORTHERN SCHOOLS. 19
• CLIPPINGS OF FASHION ITEMS. 19
• TO CORRESPONDENTS. 20
• NOTICE TO LADY SUBSCRIBERS. 21
• DESCRIPTION OF STEEL FASIIION- PLATE… 21
• NEW CLOAKS AND MANTLES. pages 21
• LIFE OF ISABELLA I., QUEEN OF SPAIN.*… 22
• CHITCHAT UPON NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA… 26
• FAME. 27
• ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. BY… 27
• TRIALS OF AN ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER. NO.… 29
• GODEY'S COURSE OF LESSONS IN DRAWING.… 33
• HOW TO TREAT THE HAIR. 34
• NOW AND THEN. CHAPTER I. 35
• TREATMENT OF SERVANTS. 40
• THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A NUMBER… 41
• WARDROBE OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. 43
• THE FURNISHED HOUSE. TWO CHAPTERS FROM… 44
• THE RATIONAL MAN. 49
• "TAKE CARE 0F YOUR EYES." BY THE ARM-CHAIR… 56
• SONNET.— CONTENTMENT. BY WM. ALEXANDER.… 58
• LINES TO AN ABSENT ONE. BY N.W. BRIDGE.… 65
• severed, And like phantoms 'round me… 66
• OUR PRACTICAL DRESS INSTRUCTOR 69
• BAND FOR CHEMISE. NOVELTIES FOR THE… 69
• BRODERIE ANGLAISE. TOILETTE FOR CHILDREN. 69
• CHILD'S WINTER COLLAR. NETTING. (See… 70
• RIBBON WORK.— SACHET. printed in Colors… 71
• CROCHET PATTERN FOR A PURSE. BUTTERFLY… 71
• CHILD'S FROCK BODY.— IN BRAIDING. Front.) 71
• #3197A,3197# CROCHET GAUNTLET CUFF. 71
• WARM UNDERSLEEVE. 72
• FLOUNCING FOR UNDERSLEEVES. SHAMROCK-LEAF… 72
• HONITON EDGE. 72
• BOOK-MARKERS. 73
• HANDKERCHIEF BORDER. 73
• CORNERS FOR POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS. FLOUNCING… 73
• SICK-ROOM AND NURSERY. 74
• M. SOYER'S NEW COOKING-KETTLE. 75
• THE TOILET. 76
• Parlor Amusements. 78
• EDITOR'S TABLE. 79
• HARPER ESTABLISHMENT AND FEMALE EMPLOYMENT. 82
• THE LADIES' MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATION. 83
• FEMALES— IS THE TERM PROPER TO DESIGNATE… 84
• A LADY- POSTMASTER.— Miss Harriet S. 84
• SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOR WOMEN AND… 84
• As round the dial through the day The… 85
• Literary Notices. 85
• Godey's Arm-Chair. 89
• BRODIE has again laid us under obligations… 89
• WE ask attention to our advertisement… 89
• DENNY & HUNTINGTON, No. 89
• COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION.— Judging… 89
• THE Mount Vernon "Banner" says: "Godey… 89
• BORROWERS.— The Union (N.Y.) "News"… 89
• A VERY JUST COMPLIMENT TO LADIES FROM… 90
• YES, friend Chester, accidents will… 90
• SYDNEY SMITH says: Have you ever observed… 90
• THE Philadelphia "Sun" gives us the… 91
• GODEY'S fashion plates stand unrivalled.—… 91
• THE whole art of keeping three words—… 91
• MRS. 91
• AMONG other curiosities on exhibition… 91
• THE articles in the "Lady's Book' are… 92
• BABIES.— The local editor of the Buffalo… 92
• ANOTHER compliment to our literary… 92
• YES, friend "Patriot," of Cincinnati,… 92
• We give place to the following very… 92
• THE Saturday "Post" has the following:—… 93
• A LADY very kindly sends us the following… 93
• WARNING TO BACHELORS.— 93
• Bachelors are much shorter lived than… 94
• WILL our subscribers please see to… 94
• WE shall be pleased to receive any… 94
• SYDNEY SMITH says that the usual establishment… 94
• THAT is a fact from the Stroudsburg… 94
• ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY.— There is a sign… 95
• A LADY writes us: "You hear a great… 95
• AMERICAN PIAN0S.— We understand that… 95
• ALL the patterns in this number can… 95
• WE have given various notices from… 95
• DESCRIPTION OF STEEL FASIIION- PLATE… 97
• NEW CLOAKS AND MANTLES. pages 97
• NEW CLOAKS AND MANTLES. pages 97
• Page Images 99