The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-11-07
LLUSTRATED ARTICLES.

With the means of making il more attractive and
valuable to its large and constantly Increasing
aKine year begins with November.
ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES.
"rHE GREAT SOUTH"
By Edward King. viii be commenced in Novern-
ber and continued through the year. The i'm
mense amount of labor bestowed upon this Sc
ries of articles has long delayed its appearance;
II is intended that II shall be the best as II VIII
be the most expensive ever gwen to the Amerl-
can public through the pages Of magazine-
The first two articles win 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 will soon appear
Portraits and biographical sketches Of Amerf-
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 to men
ton
The serial story Of the year, Katherine
Earle" by Adeline TrafSon, author Of San
American Girl Abroad" is complete, in the
in the November number. 1t is charming love
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 will be secured in the future, as they
have been in the past, for Scribner's Monthly.
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE.
Mr.. Froude's "AEnals of an English Abbey
written expressly for The MonthIy will 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 reli-
gious houses of England, and viii attract uni
Yersal attention. No historical sketch more in
teresting than this has been published in many
years
EDMUND CLARENCE sTEDMAN's
Critical Essays on the Victorian Poets will be
continued. Those who have read this remarka-
Bile essay on Landor, will not need the assurance
that no abler critical writing viii appear during
the year.
OLD TINE 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
nTy s6;Gynin Tan ns 70 1s af@ha 'ee 0la ht
FAIL" &e-, and viii be beautifully illustrated
These are some of the attractions which We
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 they have been
and better if they can be made SO. We intend
to publish Christian Magazine in which there
shall be free thought and free expression, and
to make literature aud art tributary, not only tc
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 "THE NEW ROUTE TO THE GULF, :" free
postage paid, TO aITnew subscribers who request
it at the time Of making e their sp6Seript6ie%n. 6%
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