The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-22
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The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles OF more than fifty papers mostly
Iuustrated), by writers OF the highest merit.
Under the head OF
Foreign Travel
we have "a Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
Mcclellan '.saunteriugs About ConstAnti-
nople," by Charles Dudley Warner "Out
of My Window at Moscow" by Eugene
Schuyler. "An American in Turkistan,'
etc. Three serial stories are announced:
Nicholas Minturn,"
BY DR.. Holland. the Editor.
whose story of "sevenoaks gave the higs
est satisfaction 10 the readers Of the
Monthly.
The scene of this latest novel Is laid on
the banks OF the Hudson The hero is q
young man who has been always TIED 10 a
woman's apron strings" but who, by the
death Of his mother, is left alone in the
world-to driit on the current OF iiie-with
| fortune, but without a purpose.
Another serial, ellis Inheritance" by
Miss traitor, will begin on the compile ton
OF THAT Lass o. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodg-
son Burnett. Mrs. Burnetts story, begun
| in August, has pathos and dramatcpower
which have been surprise to the public.
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| There are to be, from various pens, pape err
Home Life and Travel
Also, practical suggestions as to town am
country life, village improvements, ETC., b,
well-known specialists.
Mr.. Barnard's articles on various indus
cries of Great Britain include the history o
"Some Experiments In Cooperation" ~
Scottish Loaf Factory in the Noyembe
number, and TOAD Lane, Rochdale," IL
December. Other papers are, The Britis
Workingman's Home, "a Nation OF shop
keepers" "Ha'penpy aWeek for the Child,
etc.
| A richly illustrated series will be given Of
american Sports by Flood and Field" b,
| various writers, and each on a diferen
| theme. The subject OF
Household and Home Decoration
will haye 4 prominent place, whilst tn
productions OF American humorists viii AZ
pear from month to month. The list Q
shorter stories, biographical and othe
sketches, ETC., is long one.
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literary matters, from London, by Mr. We
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