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When Scrfbaer issued its famous Mid
SIMMER Holiday Number in July,
friendly critic said of it: 1--WE are not
srre bnt that SeribnSF has touched high
y~ater mark We do not see what worlds
are left TO it % conquer" But the pub
fishers do not consider that they have
reached the ultima thule OF excellence
thew believe There are other worlds to
conquer, and they propose TO conquer
them"
The prospectus for the new volume
gives the titles of more than nifty papers
mostly illustr,tcd), by writers of the high.
est merit Under the head of
FOREIGN TRAVEL"
we have "a Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
Mcclellan; Saunterings About Constan-
tinople," BY Charles Dudley Warner;
isOut of NV Window at Moscow" by
Eugene Schuyler; AN American IN
Turkistan, " etc. Three serial stories are
| announced:
a. NICHOLAS MINTURN," BIZ DIR. HOLLAND,
THE EDITOR,
whose story of "Sevenoaks gave the
/ highest satisfaction to the readers OF the
/ Monthly.
The scene of this latest novel is laid on
the banks of the Hudson. The hero IS a
Young man who has been always tiled to
a ,rOmaa's apron strings" but who, by tho
death of his mother, is left alone IN the
world,-to drift on the current OF Life,
with a fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial. His Inheritance, by
Miss Trafton, viii begin on the compile
ton of That Lass o. Lowrie's,' by Mrs.
f,Odgson Burnett. Mrs. Bunetts story,
herun in August, has pathos and ORA
matte t,Swsr which have been a surprise
to the public -, -
exquisitely illustrated papers OF Popular
Science" by Mrs. Herrick, each paper
complete in itself.
There are to be, from various pens
HOME LIFE ASE TRAVEL"
Asa practical suggestions as to town and
4 country life. village improvements, etc.,
bv well kliC~n specialists.
Mr. Barnardis articles on various indus
tries of Great Britain include the history
, of Some Experiments In Cooperation
E. Scottish Loaf Factory" in the No
!, tember number, and TOAD Lane, Roch-
dale" in December. Other papers are,
"The British Workingnan's Home, "A
) Nation of ShOpkeepers," "Hapenny
Week for The Child" etc.
4 richlv-iluStrated series will be gwen
r ON " American Sports by Flood and
: Field ." bv various writers, and each on
> different theme. The subject OF
HOUSEHOLD AND HOME DECORATION
Sill have prominent place, whilst the
| latest ptuluetiOns of American humoTlsS
\ will afpsar from month to month. Inc
fist Of shorter stories, biographical anu
other sketches, etc, is long one
/ The editorial department will continue
nOm0
O and abroad. There will be series oil let
= tors ON literary matters, from London, by
Mr.. Wexford.
+ The naCrs of the magazine will be open,
n nc heretofore. so far as limited space Will
hermit to the discussion Of all themes
affecting the social and religious HE OF
u the wcrid. and especially to the 1reshest
Il thOurbt Of the Christian thinkers ana
s scholars Of this country.
We mean to make the magazine SWEEPER
. and purer, higher and nObler, more gehial
d pnd generous in all its uttcrances and IN
= HuenCps. and a more welcome visitor than
over before in homes of refinement ana
:, culture.
Il FIFTEEN MONTHS FOR FOUR DOLLARS.
| CcriJger for December, now ready, and
s which contains the opening chapters OF
:, Nicholas Minturn," will be read with
eager curiosity and interest. Perhaps nc
IS more readable number of this MAGAZINE
S has vet been issued. The three numbers Der:
" of Scribner for August, September ant
. October, containing the opening chapter
Re Of :. That Lass o. Lowrie's, y will be glyel
lie to every new subscriber (who requests u II
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