The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-11
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T5e prospectus for the new volume gives
ia titles of more than fifty papers mostly
lus,ratedj, by writers OF the highest merit.
Under the head Of
Foreign Travel"
we have IA Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
Mcclellan "Saunterings About Constanu-
nople," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Out
of Nv Window at Moscow by Eugene
Schuyler. "An American i'll 1urkistan,"
etc. Three serial stories are announced;
Nicholas Minturn,"
BY DR.. Holland, the Editor,
whose story of "seyenoaks - gave the higE
est satisfaction to the readers of the
Monthly.
The scene oil this latest novel is laid on
the banks of The Hudson The hero is a
young man who has been always TIED 10 Il
wumau's apron strings" but who, by the
death of his mother, is left alone in the
world-to dfiIt on the current OF iiie-with
a fortune, hut without purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance" by
MISS Traitor, will begin on the compile ton
OF That Lass o. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodg-
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in August, has pathos and dramaticpower
which have been surprise to the public.
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on
Home Life and Travel"
Also, practical suggestions as to town and
country life, village improvements, etc, By
Wsll-known specialists.
Mr. Barnard's articles on various indus
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"Some Experiments in Co-operation," "a
Scottish Loaf Factory" in the November
number, and Toad Lane. Rochdale," In
December. Other papers are, "Tbe British
Workingman's Home, "a Nation of Shop.
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etc.
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Household and Home Decoration"
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productions OF American humorists viii APP
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