The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-12
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The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles OF more than fifty papers mostly
lllustratedl, by writer's OF the highest merit.
Under the head Of
Foreign Travel
We have "a Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
Mcclellan .'Saunterings About CONSTANT.
nople, by Charles Dudley Warner sOut
Of My Window At Moscow" by Eugene
Schuyler. IAN American in 1urkistan,''
etc. Three serial stories are announced;
Nicholas Minturn,"
BY DR.. Holland, the Editor.
whose story of "sevenosk. gave the hiyA
est satisfaction to the readers of the
Monthly.
The scene of this latest novel is laid ON
the banks of the Hudson. The hero 10 a
young man who has been always "ticd TO
| woman's apron strings" but who, by the
death Of his mother, is left alone in the
fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, Ellis Inheritance by
Miss Traitor, will begin on the completion
OF THAT Lass O. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodg.
son Burnett. Mrs. Burnett's story, begun
in August, has pathos and dramatic power
I which have been a surprise to the public.
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! Home Life and Travel"
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well-known specialists.
MIR. Barnard's articles on various indus.
| uie, OF Great Britain include the history of
''Some Experiments In Cooperation" "a
Scottish Loaf Factory in the November
| number, and Toad Lane, Rochdae," in
December. Other papers are, "The British
WOrkingman's Home" "a Nation of Shop
keepers" "Ha'penny sWeek for the Child"
etc.
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american Sports by Flood and Field" by
,,.s,n, ,writersi and each on 9 different
Household and Home Decoration
will have a prominent place, whilst tho
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pear from month to month. The list of
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abroad. There Will be series OF letters on
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