River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
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A Magazine for Farmers.

Colonel George E. Warning, of ogden
Farm, near Newport r. l., will soon begin
the publication il, ScRIBNER's MONTHLY of
series of papers OF special interest to those
living in the country, in which will be con-
sidered the advantages offered to farmers fro :
a concentration OF their houses and farm-
houses into villages, especially as a relief from
the dizziness and Isolation OF remote farm
houses, as aitording better educ lion for child
rem, aud as making the farmers life more at
tractive to the young. Another paper viii
treat of the work to he done by s'Village Inn
proyement Associations" Still another pa
per will give explicit instructions as to the
means OF giving good sanitary condition
to the village and country hotises In the
PROSPECTUS OF scRBSER's MONTHLY
for 1877, other papers are announced that
will be ofespecisl interest to farmers. Among
these, Mr.. Charles Barnard's articles ON va
rious industries of Great Britain, including
the History Of some Experiments in Cooper
alton, description OF the British Workman's
Home, and Clarence Cooks articles on House.
hold and Home Decoration, all profusely
and elegantly illustrated a department CALI
ed the Worlds Work another entitled Home
and Society, which will treat of domestic lite,
the care of children, etc.
GENERAL M'oLELLAS's TRAVELS,
begun in the January Soribner, with "AWin-
ter ON the Nile" will run on through the
year. There will be three serial stories:
"EIcHoLAs MINTgRN,"
by that popular author, DIR. Holland tthe edi-
tori, author Of "Bitter Sweet" "Kathrina,'
"Timothy Titcombs Letters "Arthur Bon
nicastle," and the story of "Sevenoaks. 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 to woman's
apron strings" but who, by the death of his
mother, is left alone in the world, Ito DRIFT
ON the current OF lite,-with fortune, but
without purpose. Another serial, "His In
heritance," by Miss Trofton, will begin on
the completion of ''That Lass o. Lowrie's, y
by Mrs. Hodgson Burnett.
Sake Holm, Tourguenef, Boyesen, and Nc
Kay, will contribute short stories. SAKE
Holn's new story, est
Palmer BAssET's ROMANCE,
will be printed in two or three monthly parts.
Tourgueneff's new story will appear simul Ia
neously with its publication in Russia and
France, and the magazine will also publish a
critical paper ON Tourguenef, by Professor
Boyeson, accompanied by a portrait OF the
famous Russian patriot.
The Editorial Department will continue to
employ the ablest pens both at home and
abroad. There will be letters on literary
matters from London by Mr.. Wexford.
The Depa tment of Bric-a-brac will be fill
ed with the choicest bits of American humor.
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