The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-15
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We do not see what worlds are left to il 10
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The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles Of more than fifty papers mostly
iilustratedl, by writer's OF the highest merit.
Under the head Of
Foreign Travel"
we have "a Winter on the Nile.u bv Gen.
Mcclellan "saunterings About Constanti-
nople," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Out
OF My window at Moscow" by Eugene
schuyler: San American in Turkistan,"
etc. Three serial stories are announced.
Nicholas Minturn,"
BY DR.. Holland. the Editor,
whose story of "sevenoaks gave the higA
est satisfaction to the readers of the
Monthly.
The scene of this latest novel is laid on
the banks of the Hudson The hero il a
young man who has been always .'tied TO a
woman's apron strings" but who, by the
death OF his mother, is left alone in the
worid-to dtiit on the current OF life-witb
fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, His Inheritance." by
| Mus Tratton, will begin on the completion
| OF THAT Lass o. Lowrie's,n by Mrs. Hodg-
| son Burnett Mrs. Burnett's story, begun
In August, has pathos aud dramatic power
which have been d surprise to the public.
There Is 10 he series of original and ex-
qlisitely illustrated papers OF Popular Sci
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nlefe in itself
There are be, fIom various pens, papers
Home Life and Travel"
Alse, practical suggestions as to town and
country life, village improvements, etc., by
well-known specialists.
MIR. Barnard's articles on various indus
ries OF Great Britain include the history of
"Some Experiments in Corporations" ga
Scottish Loaf Factory in the November
number, and TOAD Lane, Rochdale,n i'm
December. Other papers are, "The British
Workingman's Home "A Nation Of Shop.
Keepers, "Ha'penny aWeek for the Child"
etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given on
"American Sports by Flood and Field" by
various writers, and each on . different
theme. The subject of
Household and Home Decoration
will have a prominent place, whilst the
productions OF American humorists will APP
pear from month to month. The list Of
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sketches, etc. is a long enc.
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abroad. There will be serie. of letters on
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