The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-03
sCRIBNER'S MONTHLY FOR 1876.


The publishers invite attention to the
following list of some of the attractive
articles secured for Scribner's Monthly,
for the coming year. In the field of
fiction, besides numerous novelettes and
shorter stories there will be two Remark
ably Serial Stories by American Au-
thors. The first of these, now complete
in our hands,
GABRIEL CONROY,"
By BRET. HARTE, begins in the Novem-
Der number, and will run for twelve
months. This is Mr.. Harte's first ex-
tended work. The scenes and charac-
tiers, 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,
"PHILIP NOLAN'S FRIENDS,
Or, Show Your Passports"
By EDWARD EVERETT HALE. The
scere of this story is laid in the South
western territory, now forming the States
of Louisiana and Texas, at the tine of
Aaron Burr's treason. The characters
lived in section which was now Amer
lean, now French, and now Spanish, and
this record of their adventurous lives
makes a story of intense and unhagging
interest throughout.
A SECOND "FARMER'S VACA-
TION."
By Col. GEO. E. WARING, Jr.
Col. Waring is now in Europe, visit
ing, in row-boat ride of two hundred
and fifty miles, ,one of the most fertile and
interesting of the vine-growIng valleys
of Europe This second series of pa
pers promises to be even more interest
ing than that with which our readers are
already familiar.
CENTENNIAL LETTERS,
Edited by JOHN VANCE CHENEY. A
rare collection of Revolutionary Letters,
mainly from stores in the hands of the
descendants of Col. Joseph Ward. They
are full of interest, and will be read with
a rare relish in connection with the Gen.
tennial celebratian of the year.
Brilliantly illustrated articles on
AMERICAN COLLEGES,
Written respectively by their friends.
will appear during the year. The re-
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papers especially timely, and will secure
for them unusual attention.
OLD NEW YORK.
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New York, by John F. Mines, will ap-
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ton cf all, in city or country, who mark
with interest the development of the
great metropolis, and afeetionateIy re-
member the quaint peculiarities Of its
olden time.
Every number is profusely illustrated.
thus enabling us TO give to our descrip-
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and permanent value never attained in
a non illustrated periodical. Under its
accustomed management the magazine
will in the future be devoted, as il has
been in the past, to sound literature and
| Christian progress.
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS,
occupy over twenty pages of each num-
Der and contain DIR. Hollands vigorous
and timely editorials, as we'll as Reviews
of the latest works in Art, Literature
and Science.
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