The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-30

SCribner's MONTHLY
AN UNRIVALED ILLUSTRA
TED MAGAZINE.

When SCRIBNER issued IT, famou, Mid
summer Holiday Number in July, friendly
critic said Of IL; ave are not sure but thIt
SCRIBNER has touched high-watcr marx.
We do not see what worlds are left 10 il 10
conquer tQt the publishers DO not con.
slider that they have reached the ultima
thule Of cXcellence--they believe 'rAere are
other worlds TO conquer, aud they Propose
to conquer them"
The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles Of more than fifty papers inOsuy
llIustrated), by writers Of the h.gAu INERT.
Under the head OF
Foreign Travel
we have "A Winter on The Niic,' by Gen.
Mcclellan; "sauntcriugs About Constants.
noplc," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Oul
Of Ny Window At Moscow" By Eugene
schuyler. "An American in IurhHtan,"
etc. Three serial stories are announced
Nicholas Minturn,"
b. DR.. Holland, the Editor,
whose story Of "SeyenoaRs " ave the higa
est satisfaction to the readers Of the
Monthly.
The scene 81 this lat,at novel is laid Oh
the banks Of the Hudson. The hero is Il
young man who has been always 'ticd to Il
wOman's apron -trIngs,n but who, by the
death Of his mother, Il loft alone in the
wOrld-tO dgilt on the current Of life With
q fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, Ellis Inheritance" hy
MIrs Tratton, viii begin on the complet ton
OF THAT Lass . LowrIe',," by Mis-. Hodg.
son Burnett, Mrs. Burnett story, heguu
in August, has Pathos and dramatlcpoW
which have been 4 surprise ~ the public.
There is to be a series Of original and eX.
quisitely illustrated paper, oil Popular sci.
ence," by Mrs. Herfigk, each paper com.
plete In itseli.
There arc 70 be, fromyaHou- peas, paper
on
Home Ljfo and Travel"
Also, practical suggestions as 10 town AZ.
country lie, village Improvements, ETC., b.
Wa!l.hnOwn specialists
Mr. BARNARD articles on various inlu.
u,ts Of Great Britain include The history
".>Ome Experiments in LD-Opcratiuu," -.
Scottish Loaf Factory in the Noycml'
number, and TOAD Lane, ROcAdaic,'
December Other papers are, "Ihe BIRTHS
" orkingman'~ Home, a Nation OF She,
keepers, -" Iia'pynny aN eek for the Child,
etc.
\ richly illustrated series Ill he given
"Amcric5n Sports by Flood and Field" l.,
various writer, and each on ditfercu
them The subject Of
'I1l3sl,ll ana Homeeaorati Oh
VIII have u prominent place, whilst tsr
productions Ol American humorlsts VIII ap.
pear from month to month. The list Ct
shorter stories, biographical and OtaG
sketches, etc, IL a long one.
The editorial departmentWill continue to
employ the able,t pens both at home anu
abroad. There vii! be q series OF letters on
literary matters, from London, b. Dir. We.
tOrl.
The pages Of the magazine will be open,
AZ h,ret,tore, so far as limited space viii
permit, to the discussion Of all themes al.
ieetiIg the social and religious lie Of the
v Grid, and specially to the freshest thought
OF the Christian thinkers and scholars Of
this country.
We mean TO make the magazine sweete.
and purer, higher and nObler, more genia
aud generous IN all it, utterance- and intlu.
en-. s, and u more welcome visitor tuan
ever before In homes Of refinement and cul
,nre