Godey’s Lady’s Book
Volume LXXI, July-December, 1865
 

Abraham Lincoln                                                                                                88
A Christmas Pie of the Olden Time                                                                   541
A Christmas Story, by Marian Douglas [fiction]                                               498
A Christmas Talk with Mothers, by Marion Harland [fiction]                           391
A Crochet Pattern for Jackets, Comforters, etc. (Illustrated)                            167
A Day’s Journey, and what Came of it, by Miss J. G. [fiction]                           132
A Dutiful Daughter                                                                                            452
A Foot-Mat Made with Strips of Cloth (Illustrated)                                         350
“A General Smash” [fiction]                                                                              334
A Gentleman’s Lounging-cap (Illustrated)                                                        353
Album Picture (Illustrated)                                                                               260
Alone                                                                                                               343
An Instance of Blindness, by S. Annie Frost [fiction]                                         425
An Undersleeve in Crochet (Illustrated)                                                           528
Aprons (Illustrated)                                                                                           73, 169
A Splendid Engraving                                                                                       450
A Strange Anomaly                                                                                          154
A Suggestion                                                                                                    310
A Thorny Path (Illustrated) [picture]                                                                103
A Winter Scene (Illustrated) [picture]                                                              [472]
A Woman in a Book, by S.  Annie Frost [fiction]                                             306
A Woman’s Wisdom, by Virginia F. Townsend [fiction]                                  409
Bachelor’s Hall, by Mrs. James _____ [fiction]                                                231
Bag for Holding Fine Linen (Illustrated)                                                           438
Ball Coiffure (Illustrated)                                                                                   71, 166
Basque Corsage (Illustrated)                                                                           165
Basquine (Illustrated)                                                                                      164
Bead Pattern Cigar-Case (Illustrated)                                                              [377]
Bee, for Collars, Cuffs, and Handkerchiefs (Illustrated)                                    167
Bessie’s Baby, by Marion Harland [fiction]                                                       23
Bible Markers (Illustrated) [long cross and mediaeval cross]                              77
Bonnets (Illustrated)                            70, 71, 163, 164, 255, 347, 348, 349, 43, 434, 525, 526
Borders in Turkish Embroidery (Illustrated)                                                     529
Boy-Love, by Metta Victoria Victor [fiction]                                                   311, 417
Braiding and Embroidery (Illustrated)                                                              169, 352, 441
Breakfast-cap (Illustrated)                                                                                 71
Bubbles (Illustrated) [picture]                                                                          287
Butterflies                                                                                                         452
Butterfly for Collars, Cuffs, and Handkerchiefs (Illustrated)                          76, 164, 256, 349, 439
Canezou (Illustrated)                                                                                       526
Caps (Illustrated)                                                                                              71, 164, 256
Charlie; or, How I Gained my Wish, by the authoress of “Notes of
Hospital
  
         Life”
[fiction]                                                                                        123
Christmas at Pine Hill, by Mrs. E. W. [fiction]                                                    517
Circulation of Matter                                                                                         423
Cloak Trimming (Illustrated)                                                                            484, 530
CLOAKS, DRESSES, MANTILLAS, TALMAS, ETC.

           
Alpaca Dress (Illustrated)                                                                    349
           
Children’s Fashions (Illustrated)                                                          294, 295, 369
           
Cloth Sack (Illustrated)                                                                       389
           
Cora Wrap (Illustrated)                                                                       435
           
Costume for a Watering-Place (Illustrated)                                          292
           
Dinner-dress (Illustrated)                                                                     291
           
Garibaldi Suit for a Little Girl (Illustrated)                                             110
           
Morning Robe (Illustrated)                                                                  200
           
Organdy Suit (Illustrated)                                                                    195
            Poplin Dress (Illustrated)                                                                     110
           
Promenade Suit for Second Mourning (Illustrated)                               106
           
Robe and Paletot (Illustrated)                                                              108
           
Robe Dresses (Illustrated)                                                   13, 16, 17, 198, 382, 383, 476
           
Robe Jardiniere (Illustrated)                                                                107
           
Rotonde of Mohair Lace (Illustrated)                                                     19
           
The Almeria, from Brodie (Illustrated) [Llama shawl]                             22
           
The Anamite Mantle (Illustrated)                                                           18
           
The Cordeliere Cloak (Illustrated)                                                       388
           
The Metternich Sack (Illustrated)                                                        386, 387
           
The Mozart Wrap (Illustrated)                                                             477
           
The Pauline Jacket (Illustrated)                                                            481
           
The Polonaise Paletot (Illustrated)                                                       478
           
The Raphael Paletot (Illustrated)                                                          480
           
The Regency Sack (Illustrated)                                                            384, 385
           
The Richelieu Sack (Illustrated)                                                           479
           
The Tagus Talma, from Brodie                                                              109
           
Visiting-dress (Illustrated)                                                                    293
            Walking Costume (Illustrated)                                                             290
           
Walking Suit for a Little Boy (Illustrated)                                               72
           
Zouave Robe (Illustrated)                                                                    199
Coiffures (Illustrated)                                                                                      20, 21, 71, 166, 526
Combs                                                                                                             214
Corners for Pocket Handkerchiefs (Illustrated)                                   

            Rooster with sheet music                                                                       260
            Rabbit with drum                                                                                  351
            Open fan with Felicie                                                                            529
            Mouse in chariot, drawn by cat                                                             532  

Cottages (Illustrated)                                                                                       275, 366, 546  
Country Residence (Illustrated)                                                                       546  
Crochet Handle for Riding-whip (Illustrated)                                                    351  
Crochet Mat (Illustrated)                                                                                 167  
Crochet Paletot with Shaded Border (Illustrated)                                             483  
Cuffs (Illustrated)                                                                                            163  
Darned Square Netting for Window-Curtains, or Tidy (Illustrated)                   111  
Dead, by M. M. J. [poem]                                                                                162  
Did You? [poem]                                                                                             497  
Drawing-Room Reception                                                                                272  
Editors' Table, containing-- 
           
A Good Example [window plants for poor]                                           359 
           
A Hit at Criticism                                                                                  360 
           
American Manufactures  
                Thread; American fabrics; experiments with silk tissue; woolen hose 
                    and underclothing; American ribbons; American Valenciennes 
                    lace                                                                                              359 
                
Two letters supporting American fabrics                                            447 
           
American Sewing-Thread                                                                     360 
           
A New Way of Marriage--with an Old Idea [brides for Washington  
                Territory]                                                                                          359 
           
Another Hopeful Sign—brides for Washington Territory                        538 
           
A Peep at our Pets [fish, eels, turtle, tadpoles, leeches, snails, canaries, 
                paroquets, ring-doves, mockingbird, guinea pigs, white mice, field 
                mice, rabbits, dogs, kittens]                                                                 82 
           
Christmas is Coming                                                                             538 
           
Dress--in a Man's Point of View:  The Dress of Men, Woman's Dress 
                and Its Influences, Dress as a Taste or a Passion, The Power of 
                Neatness, The Conclusion of the Matter                                            264 
           
Epigrams                                                                                                84 
           
Foreign Schools for Girls—Miss Demmler's School near Paris               447 
           
Fortune made by the Lady's Book                                                        446 
           
Hints about Health                                                         
                Care for the Eyes—Particularly if Weak; Checking Perspiration; 
                    Health of the Hair                                                                           85 
                
Properly Cooked Food                                                                    175 
               
Thirst                                                                                                266 
               
Diphtherial Disease                                                                           360 
               
Sleepless Nights                                                                               448 
               
Rules for Ice Skating                                                                         539 
           
Holiday Gifts—The Best Gifts; The Gas-Consuming Cooking-Stove      447 
           
In Memoriam--Miss Hannah F. Gould                                                   537 
           
In Memoriam.  Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney                                               358 
           
Letter to the Editress [domestic management]                                        174 
           
Miss Muloch's Marriage                                                                       175 
           
Notes and Notices                                                                                360 
           
Obituary—Mrs. Sigourney                                                                    175 
           
Onward, Still Onward!                                                                          536 
           
Our National Thanksgiving Day                                                             445 
           
Postmistresses                                                                                      447 
           
Progress                                                                                                 84 
           
Rewards of Genius                                                                               446 
           
Rich Women                                                                                        538 
           
"Rose Douglas"                                                                                     539 
           
Sewing Thread, and the Best Kind                                                        266 
           
Summer Reading [Sketching and Skirmishing, by Gail Hamilton]            174 
           
The Advantages of Needlework for Ladies                                             84 
           
The Bible in the Zenana in Calcutta                                                        538 
           
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia                                                    84 
           
The Daughters of Clergymen                                                                 446 
           
The Far West Advancing—Letter from Kansas                                     537 
           
The Frost [poem]                                                                                 537 
           
The Girl's High School and The Young Ladies' Normal School   
                    [Philadelphia]                                                                                206 
           
The Power of Good Reading                                                                175 
           
The Publisher of Three Journals—The American Literary Gazette,  
                    The Public Ledger, Philadelphia Home Weekly                             447 
           
The Queen Cooking Stove                                                                    360 
           
The Wesleyan College at Cincinnati                                                       266 
           
Three Women of Letters                                                                       266 
           
To our Friends and Contributors                                                           539 
           
Vassar College                                                                                     360 
           
Vassar College Opened                                                                        173 
           
Waifs                                                                                                   175 
           
What Shall I Do for my Little Boys?                                                        84  
Elastic String for a Pair of Scissors (Illustrated)                                                439  
El Dorado, by M. W. B. [poem]                                                                        122  
Embroidery for a Flannel Skirt (Illustrated)                                                      168  
Embroidery for Four Yoke Patterns (Illustrated)                                                76  
Embroidery, Inserting, etc.        [12], 76, 78, 111, 112, 165, 168, [194], 201, 203, 256,
[286], 293,
    295, 349, 350, 352, 354, 386, 387, 388, 390, 437, 438, 440, 441, 477, 478, 479, 480, 530,
     531, 532  

Embroidery on Net or Tulle (Illustrated)                                                          350, 441  
Empire Bonnets (Illustrated)                                                                            349, 433  
Evening, by Linda [poem]                                                                                  52  
False Morality                                                                                                  233  
Fancy Apron (Illustrated)                                                                                169  
Fancy Balmoral (Illustrated)                                                                              74  
Fancy Crochet Trimming, Suitable for a Tidy (Illustrated)                                   74  
Fancy Embroidery for Flannel (Illustrated)                                                       111  
Fancy Hats (Illustrated)                                                                                   296  
Fancy Neck-tie (Illustrated)                                                                              78  
Fashionable Styles of Ear-rings (Illustrated)                                                     256  
Fashions                                                                                    

            Dress of white goat's-hair; second mourning costume; silk
dress; barege 
                dress; infant's dress; alpaca dress; robe dresses; watering place 
                wraps; sashes; pattern robes; new style of hairdressing; new styles 
                of bonnets; thin mantles; pelerines; circle morning robe; infants' 
                cloaks; new facing for dresses; jackets; gored skirts; parasols              94 
           
Barege dress; ball costume; alpaca dress; organdy dress; Zouave suit; 
                looping dresses; trimmed petticoats; fluted ruffles; scalloped skirts; 
                Balmorals; fluting irons; country hat; children's Polish boots; Garibaldi 
                waists; white waists; fans; trims for black silk dresses; cords for 
                edging dresses; gloves; nets; jewelry featuring rock crystals; 
                headdresses; bonnets; veils                                                                184 
           
Dinner costume; bride's dress; child's street costume; walking suits; 
                evening dress; bridal trousseau—wedding dress and veil, evening 
                toilet with headdress, visiting dress, morning dress, travelling dress; 
                neckties; Garibaldi waist; collar and sleeve sets; handkerchiefs; 
                chenille; belts; bandelettes; headdresses; parasol covers; pique sacks; 
                steel beads; black net wraps                                                             276 
           
Light mourning; walking costume; dinner toilet; party dress; bridal toilet; 
                reception dress; children's  fashions; gold in lace; lace capes for 
                elderly ladies; white guipure; medallions of point applique; bridal 
                dresses and veils; undersleeves; cuffs and collars; walking suits for 
                children; morning toilets; sleeveless black jackets; looping dresses; 
               
bonnets; artificial flowers; sashes; evening dresses; gored dresses; 
                fancy jewelry; beetle jewels; hats                                                      368 
           
Promenade suit; silk dresses; linsey dress and sack; scalloped skirt and 
                jacket; little girl's dress; popular winter fabrics; skating skirt fabric; 
                morning robes; moires; flannel shirtings; curtain and furniture fabrics; 
                braid and goat's hair fringe trimming; sashes; festooning skirts; short 
               
sacks; paletots; hairstyles; opera cloaks; neckties; Decalcomanie; 
                monogram slippers; Cluny guipure; hummingbird head jewelry; 
                colored starch for muslins; bonnets; veils; round hats for young 
                ladies; tricorne hats; toquets; headdresses                                           456 
           
Evening dress; visiting dress; little boy's suit; poplin dress; white crepe 
                dress; promenade suit; excessive luxury; hats on young persons; hat 
                trimmings; turbans; feathers; tricornes; cap for skating and riding; seal 
                hood edged with mink; boys hats; muffs; neck coverings; furs; 
                handkerchiefs; neckties; headdresses; veils; gloves; lingerie trimming; 
                winter cloaks; gored dresses; velvet ornaments for dresses; long 
                basques; steel buckles                                                                       548  
"Filbert" by Mary W. Janvrin [fiction]                                                               221  
Florence, by Horace Van Pelt [fiction]                                                             403  
Former Residences of William Penn (Illustrated)                                                92  
Four Patterns in Lace Stitch upon Canvas (Illustrated)                                     353  
Fred Harley's Passenger, by Marion Harland [fiction]                                      297  
French Muslin Sleeve (Illustrated)                                                                    164  
Gambling                                                                                                          428  
Gentleman's Shirt Front (Illustrated)                                                                 531  
Gertrude, by J. C. Burnett [poem]                                                                   322  
God Knoweth, by Clara Millard Baldwin [poem]                                            220  
Godey's Arm-Chair                                                                   

            Abraham Lincoln; Southern cities now supplied with Godey's;
portrait 
                of Lincoln; summer travel; Helmbold's Drug and Chemical 
                Warehouse; our musical column; Paris items—Eugenie and striped 
                stockings, story of deceit and larceny, fancy dress, trick on 
                storekeepers, literary editor of the Saturday Evening Post; receipts 
                for rusks and cream pies; former residences of William Penn  
                (Illustrated); government credit; our card photographs; Chestnut 
                Street Female Seminary in Philadelphia; freckles, tan and pimples; 
                Ivins' Patent Hair Crimpers (Illustrated), skeleton leaves and 
                phantom flowers; our superior needles; Washington and Lincoln; 
                chicken-skin gloves                                                                             88 
           
August, 1865; from one extreme to another [skirt length]; a cure of 
                erysipelas; early dramatic representation; corn vinegar; wine without 
                sugar; waterfall hairstyles; our musical column; $1500 premium to 
                American writers; Paris items—modern Parisian wonders, a story 
                from Mexico, a restaurant in Paris, new mode of shoplifting; croquet; 
                piano mania; Mrs. Washington Potts; cabinet organ; skeleton leaves
                and phantom flowers; freckles, tan, and pimples; American organs; 
               
Ivins' Patent Hair Crimpers (Illustrated); press lead time for Godey's; 
                bride's family pays for trousseau and food at wedding—groom pays 
                for rings                                                                                            178 
           
September, 1865; illegitimate children; Quakers' clothing; fashion and 
   
             custom; false hair; bonnet to hide undressed hair; importance of 
                young ladies' cleanliness; our musical column; receipts for black ink; 
                a freak of the telegraph; uses of petroleum; preserving small quantities 
                of ice; Paris items—tragic love meeting, Liszt, trying to kill bears in 
                Paris; Godey's on the CS pirate ship Florida; jokes; cure for neuralgia; 
                dresses and jewelry at a drawing room reception held by the Princess 
                Helena of England; the Lord's Prayer in verse; French writer on 
                calling; the effect of marriage; making a prodigy; the origin of soap; 
                witnesses to let; walking sticks in 1655; Italian villa (Illustrated
                [with plans]                                                                                      269 
           
October 1865; the cartoons of Raphael; Mrs. Washington Potts; Paris 
                items—a Parisian confidence woman, Marseilles bachelors, Empress 
                Eugenie; jokes; our musical column; winter and early spring flowers—
                hyacinth, tulip, crocus, narcissus, jonquil, snowdrop; keeping 
                engravings from Godey and Art Union; curious epitaph; waterfalls; 
               
publishers moving west out of central Philadelphia; complaint about 
                changing bonnet styles; Italian villa (Illustrated) [with plans]; when 
                ladies rise to meet a gentleman; turning down the corner of a visiting 
                card; gentlemen don't wear jewelry; mountain dress; mourning  rules   362 
           
November, 1865; Mrs. Washington Potts; obituary—Jesper Harding; a 
                splendid engraving—Woman's Mission; writers choose some other 
                subject than the war and hospitals; new family game of Bazique; our 
                musical column; letters from Oregon and Iowa; painted angels at 
                Saratoga—eye makeup; butterflies in fashion; serving gal story; receipt 
                for American writing fluid and black ink; names of fictional characters; 
                Renaissance style home furnishings; conundrums; Queen of |
                Madagascar limits crinoline; to start a balky horse; an English snob; 
               
new and beautiful embroidery; advertisements for organs, face ointment, 
                magic ruffles, a phrenology journal, a book on skeleton leaves, music 
                books, pocket sewing machine (Illustrated)                                       449 
           
December, 1865; our musical column; a family collection of Godey's; a 
                Christmas pie of the olden time; jokes; the possessions of an English 
                nobleman, the late Duke of Northumberland; Mrs. Bella Z. Spencer 
                one of the proprietors of the Saturday Evening Post; Numskull—a 
               
dramatic charade in three acts; country residence (Illustrated) [with 
                plans]; human drudges; French bonnet; Burger's Celebrated French 
                Pattern Corsets (Illustrated) of Detroit, MI; advertisements for 
                organs, hair crimpers, face ointment, magic ruffles, books on skeleton 
                leaves; brief history of Godey's and pronunciation; accepting a man's 
                portrait; gifts for a man                                                                     541  
Girdle, with Long Scarf Ends (Illustrated)                                                        201  
Great Thoughts, by Lillian [poem]                                                                      69  
Harlequin Cushion (Illustrated)                                                                        354  
Headdress (Illustrated)                                                                                    526  
History and Habits of Cats                                                                                344  
How John Offered Himself, by Kormah Lynn [fiction]                                        33  
How to Make Beautiful Homes                                                                         130  
Importance of Decision                                                                                     413  
Infant's Crochet Bib with Sleeves (Illustrated)                                                  482, 530  
Initials for Marking Pillow-cases (Illustrated)                 

            M, T, P                                                                                                112  
            V-Z                                                                                                      169  
            K, W                                                                                                   202  
            Z, C, R                                                                                                 203  
            N                                                                                                         296  
            Y                                                                            &nbs