66 GOOD WORDS are worth much, and cost little."-HERBERT. With the January Periodicals will be ready, GOOD WORDS: A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTIVE READING. EDITED BY NORMAN MACLEOD, D.D. AND INCLUDING AMONG ITS CONTRIBUTORS MANY OF THE BEST KNOWN WRITERS OF THE DAY. • Weekly Numbers, 14d., Monthly Parts, 6d. ADDRESS. It may seem unwarrantable in the minister of a large and populous city parish to undertake the labours and accept the responsibility of conducting a weekly magazine. I have been induced, however, to engage heartily and hopefully in this new and catholic enterprise by the cordial promises of literary aid which I have received from many well known and tried writers connected with almost every branch of the Church of Christ, whose "GOOD WORDS" have become as "household words" in our Christian homes. "GOOD WORDS" will contain instructive and original articles on various topics of interest to the Christian Family: such as Expositions of Scripture for Sabbath-evening reading; Devotional Papers; Biographical Sketches of the great and good; Illustrations of the glory of God as displayed in His material works; Papers on Social Duties; Travels in Palestine, illustrative of the Bible, &c., &c. It is unnecessary to add, that "GOOD WORDS" will have no denominational connexion, but is intended to be a medium of communication between writers and readers of every portion of the Church of Christ. With these explanations and promises, I shall leave "GOOD WORDS" to find their way to those good hearts that are ready to receive them. May they prove winning words to the young, instructive words to the uninformed, comforting words to the afflicted, and to all words of truth, wisdom, and love, so that after they have been uttered they may leave behind "endless echoes." NORMAN MACLEOD. STRAHAN & CO., 42 GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH. THE LADY'S NEWSPAPER will be found the Best Weekly Illustrated Journal for Ladies. Its Contents, as will be seen from the following Pages, are particularly interesting to this class of Readers. The Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, PRICE SIXPENCE. FREE BY POST. THE LADY'S NEWSPAPER contains Choice Engravings of Passing EventsDesigns of the latest Paris Fashions-Work-Table Patterns (Working Size)-Portraits of Eminent Persons, accompanied by Descriptive Letterpress-Court and Fashionable Intelligence-Original Tales-Reviews of New Books and Music-and the Miscellaneous News of the Week. The Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times. ADDRESS. THE "woman's question" is fast becoming the question of the day. Our countrywomen have not, like their sisters across the Atlantic, taken any steps to bring the grievances, real or imaginary, of their position prominently before the public; but events have been stronger than human will; and whether we like it or not, the position, the privileges, the duties and responsibilities of women in society every year assume a more distinct shape, and compel from women and men alike an attention to the subject. For the discussion of these interesting questions, the LADY'S NEWSPAPER offers a fitting medium. Now, if ever, ladies should have a newspaper devoted to their interests, and they would find their interest in supporting it. Impressed with the conviction that this will be the case, the Proprietors of the LADY'S NEWSPAPER have recently improved and enlarged it to a considerable extent, and have so conducted it as to keep pace with the spirit of the times. They are happy to say that their efforts have already been rewarded with a success exceeding their most sanguine expectations. Week by week they are cheered with the best and most substantial testimony to their exertions which the conductors of a public Journal can have in the constant accession to their Subscribers which they receive. To make room for the illustrations with which it is profusely adorned, and at the same time to allow for the discussion of topics in which ladies may be expected to take an interest, they have recently added a Supplement of four pages, without any addition to the price. The illustrations of the Fashions are directly obtained from the fountain-head of that capital of the world's fashion, Paris; the Work-Table is an unique feature in its pages, the designs being so arranged that any lady may work from the elegant and original patterns there selected; while portraits of distinguished men and women, views of remarkable edifices or places, and sketches of passing events whether at home or abroad, are all from firstclass artists, and may challenge comparison with those of any other publication. In the other departments of the Paper, Literature, Music, and the Fine Arts receive a large share of notice; a weekly Paris Letter pleasantly describes the chit-chat of that capital; while there is that amount of political information which no lady mixing in the society of gentlemen in this free and happy country can be without. Encouraged by the flattering appreciation of their efforts, the Proprietors of the LADY'S NEWSPAPER have resolved, in the year that is about to commence, to put forth still farther efforts to render this the only Lady's Newspaper, still more worthy of the patronage of British Ladies at home, and in the numerous colonies and dependencies of England, where, we are glad to say, its transcripts of home scenes, its reminder of home affections, and its recurrence to home employments, render it every month a more welcome visitant. |