The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-22
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The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles OF more than fifty papers mostly
lllustraied), by writers OF the highest merit.
Under the head OF
Foreign Travel"
we have "a Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
Mcclellan "Saunterings About CONSTANT
Dople," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Out
of My Window at Moscow" by Eugene
Schuyler! IAN American In Tllrkistan. >,
etc. Three serial stories are announced:
Nicholas Minturn,"
By Or. Holland, the Editor,
whose story of "Seyenoaks " gave the high
est satisfaction 10 the readers of the
Monthly.
The scene OF this latest novel is laid on
the banks Of the Hudson. The hero ia a
young man who has been always "tied TO q
woman's apron strings" but who, by the
death of his mother, is left alone In the
fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance" by
Miss Traitor, win begin on the completion
OF THAT Lsss o. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodg-
son Burnett. Mrs. BuIneit's story, begun
in August, has pathos and dramatic power
Which have been surprise TO the public.
There is TO he a series of original aud ex.
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plete in itself,
There are TO be, itOm various pens, papers
on
Home Life and Travel"
Also, practical suggestions as TO town and
country life, village Improvements, etc., by
Well-knoWn specialists,
MIR. Barnard's articles on various indus.
Cries OF Great Britain include the history OF
''Some Experiments in Cooperation" "a
Scottish Loaf Factory" in the November
number, and Toad Lane, Rochdale," in
December. Other papers are, "The British
Workingman's Home,n "a Nation of Shop
keepers, "Hs'penny aWeek for the Child"
etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given on
"Anerican Sports by Flood and Field" by
various writers, and each on a different
theme. The subject Of
Household and Home Decoration
will have prominent place, whilst the
productions OF American hunorists viii ap.
pear from month To month. The list OF
shorter stories, biographical and Other
sketches, etc, is long one.
The editorial department will continue 70
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abroad, There will be q series OF letters on
literary matters, from London, by Mr. Wei.
ford.
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feeting the social and religious life of the
world, and specially 10 the freshest thought
OF the Christian thinkers and scholars OF
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