The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-04
a HEARSE;
SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY FOR 1876.

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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-
ters, 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
scepe of this story is laid in the South
western territory, now forming the States
of Louisiana aud 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 story of intense and unflaReing
interest throughout.
A SECOND ."FARMER'S VACA.
TION."
BY Col. GEO. E. WARINe, 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-growlng 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
rare relish in connection with the Cen
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Brilliantly illustrated articles on
AMERICAN COLLEGES,
Written respectively by their friends,
will appear during the year. The re-
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with interest the development of the
great metropolis, and affectionateIv re-
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olden time.
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