Considered the 'queen of the monthly magazine,' Godey's Lady's Book features fashion illustrations and style tips for women. This particular volume covers the latest fashions for winter 1864.Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer and an influential editor. She is the author of the nursery rhyme 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'. She famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.
