The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26

Il lie 10 the conductors OF THIS Magazine mas
enabled them TO enter upon their fourth year
with the means Of making il more attraefiv and
valuable 70 its large and Constantly increasing
number OF readers than ever before Ths Mag
azine year begins with November.
ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES.
"THE GREAT SOUTH"
By Edward King. viii be commenced in Novem-
Der, and continued through the year. The i'm
mense amount Of labor bestowed upon this Sc
ries Of articles has long delayed its appearance.
1t is intended that it shall be the best al IL viii
be the most expensive ever given to the AIneri-
can public through the pages Of magazine
The first two articles will be devoted to New Or
leans and Louisiana, and viii be exceedingly at
tractive.
Clarence Cooks promisen papers on ''Furni-
ture and Household Decoration are in rapid
course Of preparation, and viii soon appear
Portraits and biographical sketches Of Amerf-
can Authors viii be continued By various skill
full hands. Besides these serials, We have more
than nifty single illustrated articles prepared and
waiting for the chance to be pubhshed-srticles
which it would absorb. too much spaes 70 mem
! ton.
The serial story Of the year, Katharine
Earle" by Adeline Trafton, author Of AN
American Girl Abroad" is complete, IA the
hadds of the publishers, and will be commenced
in the November number. 1t is a charming love
story by gifted and rapidly rising writs-, and
we predict fOr it a wide popularity.
BRILLIANT NOVELTIES,
By Sake Holm, Rebecca Harding Davis. Kate
Putnam Osgood, and other clever writers, will
appear during the year. The best short stories
written will be secured in the future, ~ they
have been in the past, for Scribner's Monthly.
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
Mr.. Froude's "Annals of an English a bbey''
written expressly for The Monthly-wIii open
in the November issue, and be completed Al that
of January. 1t gives the history for sir hun
dred years of the most remarkable of the reli-
gious houses of England, and viii attract uni
versal attention. No historical sketch more in
teresting than thi. has been published 10 many
EDMUND CLARENCE sTEDMAE's
Critical Essays en the Victorian Poets viii be
continued. Those who have read this rcnlarka-
bic essay on Landor, will not need the assurance
that no ADLER critical writing will appear during
'"' OLD TIME MUSIC.
Mr.. Benjamin F. Taylor, long known FOR his
brilliant contributions to the Western press, has
prepared a series Of very striking poems which
will be quite unique in American literature.
They win sing to us again the old music Of ''The
Spinning Wheel "The Stage-coach," 'The
Flail," &C., and will be beautifully illustrated.
These are some of the attractions which we
promise for the new volume and the new year
and of the essays, the poems, the sketches of
travel, the editorial discussions OF moral and
social questions, of science, literature, art, and
domestic economy, which, after all, viii make
up the staple of every number, we can only say
that they shall be as good as they have been,
and better if they can be made We intend
| to publish Christian Magazine in which there
shall be free thought and free expression, and
10 make literature Anu ART hot OiDI 70
the cultivation Of the intellect but to the puri
fcation of the heart and the advancement of
Christian civilization.
Terms, $500 a Year, S5 Cents
Number.
We viii send the July No. containing the in
trOductory article of THE GREAT SOUTH series,
entitled 'THE NEW ROUTE TO THE GULF, free,
postage paid, to allnew subscribers who request
1t at the time Of making their subscript.n.
SCRIBNER Co,
654 Broadway, New York.