The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-12
Illustrated ARTICLES
"THE GREAT SOUTH"

ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES.
"THE GREAT SOUTH"
Isv Edward King. will be commenced in c.oyeul-
Der. and continued through the year The inn
mense amount Of labor bestowed upon this Sc
ries of articles has long delayed its appearance;
II Is intended that il shall be the best, il will
be the most expensive ever given to the Amerl-
can public through the pages Of magazine
The first two articles will be devoted to New Or
leans and louisiana, and will be exceedingly at
tractive.
Clarence Cooks promisen papers ON a. 'Furni-
ture and Household Decoration" are ia rapid
course of preparation, and will soon appear
Portraits and biographical sketches OF Amert-
can Authors will be continued by various skill
full hands Besides these serials, we have more
than fifty single illustrated articles prepared and
waiting for the chance to be published-articles
which it would absorb too much space 10 men
tion.
STORIES.
The serial story of the year, Katherine
Earle" BY Adeline TraftOn, author Of ''An
American Girl Abroad is complete, in the
hadds of the publishers, and will be commenced
story BY gifted and rapidly rising writer, and
we predict for it 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 viii 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-wil open
in the November issue, and be completed in that
of January. 1t gives the history for six hun
dred years Of the most remarkable OF the rell-
gious houses of England, and will attract uni
versal attention. No historical sketch mere in
teresting than this has been published in many
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN'S
Critical Essays the Victorian Poets will be
continued. Those who have read this renarka-
BILE essay ON Landor, will not need the assurance
that no abler critical writing will appear during
the year. -
Mr.. Benjamin F. Taylor, long known for his
brilliant contributions to the Western press has
will be quite unique in American literature.
They will sing to US again the old music Of 1.-THE
Spinning Wheel ''The Stage-coach," ''The
FlaiI," &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 good as they have been,
and better If they can be made So We intend
to publish Christian Magazine in which there
to make literature and art tributary, not only to
the cultivation of the intellect, but TO the puri-
fcation of the heart and the advancement OF
Christian civilization.
Terms, $4.OO a Year, S5 Cents a
Number.
We will send the July No. containing the in
troductory article of THE GREAT SOUTH series,
entitled ''TRE NEW ROUTE TO TIE GULF, - free,
postage paid, to alrnew subscribers who request
1t at the time OF making their subscription.
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