The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-04

Scribner's Monthly
AN UNRIVALED ILLUSTRA
TED MAGAZINE.

When SCRIBYER issued its famous Mid
summer Holiday Number in july, atriendly
rfitir said OF IL ave are not sure but that
SCRIREER has touched hlgh-water mark.
We ia not see what worlds are left TO IL to
,nnquer.p Rut the publisher DO not con.
-iior that they have reached the ultima
thule Of eXcellence--they believe "there are
other worlds to conquer, and they propose
70 conquer them
The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles Of more than fifty papers mostly
iliustTated), by writers OF the highest merit,
Under the head OF
Foreign Travel,
we have - Winter on the Nile b. Gen.
Mcclellan "saunterings About Constant.
IOple," by Charles Dudley Warner; cont
Of Ny Window at Moscow" by Eugene
schuyler: IAN American in Turkistan,'
etc. Three serial stories are announced
Nicholas Minturn."
By Dr, Holland, the Editor,
whose story Of "sevenOaks " gave the higs
EFT satisfaction TO the readers 0f the
Monthly
The scene OF this latest novel is laid Oh
the banks of the Hudson. The hero is
young man who has been always "tied TO a
WOmans apron strings but who, by the
death Of his mother, is left alone in the
world-to driit on the current OF liie-witb
a fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance" by
Miss Trafton, will begin on the completion
Of THAT Lass o. Lowrie's,' by Mrs. Hodg.
son Burnett. Mrs. BuInett's story, begun
in August, has pathos and dramatiCpOwel
which have been a surprise to the public.
There is TO be a series Of original and eX
qu'sitely illustrated papers Of "POpulal Sci
ence," by Mrs. HerTiCk, each paper com
plete in ilself.
There are 10 be, from various pens, paper,
Home Life and Travel"
Also, practical suggestion. as to town ana
country life, village Improvements, etc., BY
Well-knOwn specialists
Mr. Barnard's articles on various indus
cries OF Great Britain include the history Oi
"Some Experiments in Cooperation" "a
Scottish Loaf Factory in the November
number, and TOAD Lane, ROchdale," in
December. Other papers are, "Ihe British
Workingman' Home, - Nation OF Shop
keeper, "Ha'penny aW eek for the Child,'
etc.
4 richly illustrated series viii be given on
American sports by Flood and Field" by
various writers, aud each on a different
theme. The subject Of
"Holssnoli and Homeeoorati on"
viii have q prominent place, whilst the
productions OF American hum0rists will ap.
pear from month to month. The list OF
shorter stories, biographical and otnH
sketches, etc, is long one.
The editorial department will continue TO
employ the ablest pens both at home anu
abroad, There viii be q series Of letters on
literary matters, from London, by MIR. Wei
ford.
The pages Of the magazine will be open,
as heretofore, so far a. limited space viii
permit, to the discussion Of all themes al.
iecting the social and religious lite OF the
world, and specially to the freshest thought
OF the Christian thinkers and scholars Of
thi- country,
We mean 10 make the magazine sWeetel
and purer. higher and nObler, more genial
and generous in all its utteranCes and iniiu.
ences, and q more welcome visitor than
ever before III homes Of refinement and cul.
lure