The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-23
Scribner's Monthly
AN UNRIVALED ILLUSTRA
TED MAGAZINE.

When sCRIBNRR issued Its famous Mid
summer Holiday Number In July, afriendly
critic said of it 1--WE are not sure but tnat
SCRIBNKR has touched high-water marx.
We do not see what worlds are lett 10 IL 10
conquer" Rut the publishers 90 not con-
slider that they have reached the ultima
thule of excellence--they believe there are
other worlds TO conquer, and they propose
to conquer them
The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles OF more than fifty papers mostly
lllustrated), by writer's OF the highest merit
Under the head of
Foreign Travel
we have "a Winter on the Nile,r by Gen.
Mcclellan; ''sa,Interings About Constantl-
nople," uy Charles Dudley Warner; "Out
of Nv Window at Moscow" by Eugene
Schuyler. "An American in Turklstan,
etc Three serial stories are announceu'
Nicholas Minturn,"
Bv DR.. Holsnd. the Editor.
whose story of "Seyenoaks 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 IS 9
young man who has been always Tied TO q
voman's apron strings but VINO, by the
death of his mother, is left alone III the
wsrld-to DRIFT on the current OF life-witi
u fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance. by
Miss traitor, will begin on the compile tioI
of srbat Lass O. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodg
SON Burnett. Mrs. Burnett's story, begun
in August. has pathos and dramatic power
which have been a surprise to the public.
There is to BE series of original and eX'
aui.itely illustrated papers OF popular set
plets in itself.
There are tob be. from various pens, papers
on
Home Life and Travel
Also, practical sugges ti ons as to town ant
county life, village Improvements, etc., b!
wsl-known specialists.
MIR. Barnard's articles on various indus
cries Of Great Britain include the history
s.Some Experiments in Cooperation" ~
Scottish Loaf Factory" in the Novembe
number. and TOAD Lane, Rochdale," il
December. Other papers are, "The Britis
Workingman's Home, ga Nation OF SHOP
keepers" "Ha'penny Week for the Child,
| etc.
| A richly illustrated series will be given o
| "American Sports by Flood and Field b
| various writers, and each on diheren
| theme. The subject OF
Household and Home Decoration
will have a prominent place, whist tn
nroduotions OF American humOrists will ap
pear from month to month. The list @
| shorter stories, biographical and othe
sketches, ETC., is a long one.
The editorial department will continue
employ the ablest pens both at home an
abroad. There will be series OF letters o
literary matters, from London, by MIR. We
ford.
The pages of the magazine will be opel
as heretofore, so far as limited space wi
permit, to the discussion of all themes a
feeting the social and religious lite OF I'll
world, and specially to the freshest though
of the Christian thinkers and scholars I
this country.
We mean to make the magazine sweett
and purer, higher and nobler. more gent
and generous in all its utterances and inf,
ences, and o more welcome visitor tina
cver before 10 homes of refinement and Gu
ttlre
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