The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-01-15

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TWO REMARKABLY SERIAL STORIES
BY AMERICAN AUTHORS.
The first of these, now complete in our hands,
GABRIEL CONROX,"
By BRET. HARTE,
Begins in the November number,
and will run for twelve months. This is Mr..
Harte's first extended work. The scenes and
characters, which the author has chosen from
his favorite field, California, are painted with
characteristic vividness and power: and the
work is without doubt the most graphic record
of early California life that has yet appeared
We shall also begin in the January number,
ssPHILIP NOLAN'S FRIENDS, Or
show Your PassPOrts.'
By EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
The scene of this story is laid in the South
western territory, now forming the States of
Louisiana and Texas, at the time of Aaron
Burr's treason. The characters lived in a Sec
ton which was now American, now French,
and now Spanish, and this record of their ad-
venturous lives makes q story of intense and
unfagging interest throughout.
Il SECOND "FARMER'S VACA-
TON"
BY Col. GEORGE h. WARING, Jr.
Col. Waring is now Ia Europe, visiting, in a
row-boat ride of two hundred and fifty miles,
one of the most fertile and interesting of vine
growing valleys of Europe. This second. series
| of papers promises to be even more interesting
| than that with which our readers are already
| familiar.
CENTENNIAL - U ERSg
Edited by JOHN VANCE CHENEY.
| A rare collection of Revolutionary Letters,
mainly from stores in the hands of the descend
| ants of Col. Joseph Ward. They are full of in
terest, aud will be read with a,rare relish in
| connection with the Centennial celebration OF
| the year.
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AMERICAN COLLEGES,
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Old NetO. York.
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| country, who mark with interest the develop
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Every number is profusely illustrated, thus
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