Litchfield enquirer., 1876-12-28
sCRIBNER's MONTHLY
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 When scRIBSER issued it's famous Midsummer Hol- day Number in July, friendly critic said of it: 'sWe not sure but that ScRIBNER has touched high-wa- ter mark do not see what worlds are left to it to conquer" But the publishers do not consider that they have reached the ttia thule of excelleuce-they telieve there are other world to conquor and they propose to conquor them"
 The prospectus TOT the volume gives the titles of more than fifty papers {mosty illustraed, by wr- ters of the highest merit Under the head ot
 ssFOREIGsN TRAVEL'' we have s'A Winter Oh the Niie,"by GEN. MICHEL JAN; "Saunterings About Constant tnople." by Charles Dudley Warner; ''Out of My Window at Mos cow" by Eugene Schuyler; '.An American in Tuakis- tan, etc. Three serial stories announced.
 ''NICHOLAS MINTURN,"
 By Dr. HOLLAND, the Editor. whose story of evenoaks gave the highest satisfac- tion to the readers of the Monthly.
 The scene of this latest novel laid the banks of the Hudson. The hero is young man who has been always 'ed to 'Oontas apron strings" but who, by the death of his mother is left alone ill the dr1ft on the current of hfe,- with fortune, but without purpose.
 will begin on the completion of ".rhat Lass O. LOW r1es," by Mrs Hodgson Burnett Mrs. Burnett sttD- or which have been surprise to the public
 There is to be series of original and exquisitely illustrated papers of Popular Science" by Mrs. Her. rick each paper complete in itgelf There are to be, from various pens, papers on
 HOME LIFE AND TRAVEL" Also, practical suggestions as to town and country life, village improvements etc., by well-known spec iaist.
 MT. Barnard's articles on various industries of Great Britain include the history of 'sSome Experi- ments n Cooperation 'A Scottish Loaf sactory" in he November number, and ''Toad Lane, Rochdale, g ln December Other papers are, 1.-The British Work ingman's Home, ," IA Nation of Shopkeepers, |" 'sHa pennya Week for the Child" etc. A richly iluslrated series will be given "Amer- can Sports by Flood aud Feld," by var4ous writers and each on differenttheme. The subject of s'HOUSEHOLD AND HOME DECORATION .'' will have prominent place, whilst the latest pro. dnCtions of American humorists will appear from menth to month. The list of shorter stories, bio. graphical and other sk' tches, etc., is long one, The editorial department will continue to employ be series of letters literary matters, from Lon don, by MT. Welford.
 The pages of the magazine will be open as hereto fore, far limited space wilt permit, to the dis cussion of Il themes affecting the social and religious life of the world and specially to the freshest thought of the Christian thinkers and scholars of this coun try.
 We mean to make the magazine sweeter and purer. higher and nobler genial and generous in all its utterances and influences, and welcome visitor than ever before in homes of refinement and culture FIFTEEN MONTHS for S4. Scribner for December, now ready, and which con- tains the opening chapters of 'Nicholas Minturn VIII be read with eager curiosity and interest Per- haps no more readable number of this magazine has yet been issued The three numbers of Scribner for August, September, and OctoCe aiming the open. ing chapters of 'sThat Lass oLowries," will be given to every new subscriber who requests it and whose subscription begins with the present volume l. G., with the November number,
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