The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-07
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When SCRIBNKR issued its famous Mid
summer Holiday Number in July, airiendly
critic said Of it: 1--WE are not sure but that
SCRIBNKR has touched high-water mark.
we do not see what worlds are left 10 II TO
conquer" Rut the publishers do not con-
slider that they have reached the ultima
thule Of eXcellence-thsy believe "there are
other worlds TO conquer, and they propose
to conquer them" .i
The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles of more than fifty papers (moStly
niustrated), by writers OF the highest merit.
Under the head OF
Foreign Travel"
we have "A Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
Mcclellan "Saunterinss About CONSTANT
nople," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Out
of My Window at Moscow" by Eugene
SCHUYLER. Gan American in Turkistan,'
etc. Three serial stories are announced;
Nicholas Minturn,''
By DIR. Holland. the Editor,
whose story of "Sevenoaks gave the higG
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 &
young man who has been always "tied TO 8
| woman's apron strings" but who, by the
| death of his mother, is left alone in the
| world-to DRIFT on the current OF lie-witl
| fortune, but without u purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance" by
| Miss TraftOn, will begin on the compile iot
OF '.ThAt Lass O. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodg
! son Burnett. Mrs. Burnett's story, begun
| in August, has pathos and dramatic power
| which have been surprise TO the public.
There is to he a series of original and ex
| Quisitely illustratedpaperso OF popular Sci
| ence," by Mrs. Herrick, each paper com
plete in itself.
There are to be, from various pens, papers
Home Life and Travel
Also, practical sugge stions as to town an,
1 country life, village Improvements, etc., by
wsll-known specialists.
| MIR. Barnards 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 British
| Workingman's Home, "A Nation Of Shop
keepers" "Ha'penny W eek for the Child,
etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given OF
"American sports by Flood and Field,'' b,
various writers, and each on dlleren
theme. The subject OF
Household and Home Decoration"
will have a prominent place, whilst III
productions OF American humorists will ~
pear from month 10 month. The list Q
shorter stories, biographical and othe
sketches, etc., is long one.
The editorial DEPARTMENT. continue {
employ the ablest pens both at home an
abroad. There viii be series Of letters o
literary matters, from London, by MIR. We
ford.
The pages of the magazine will be oper
as heretofore, SO far a. limited space wi
permit, To the discussion of all themes a
fecting the social and religious life OF III
world, and specially to the freshest though
OF the Christian thinkers and scholars ,
, this country.
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and purer, higher and nobler. more gent;
and generous in all its utteranees and init
ences, and a more welcome visitor tina
ever before In homes of re iinement and ca
turs
FIFTEEN MONTHS for a.
SCRIBNKR for December. now ready
and which contains the opening chapters
Nicholas Minturn." WILDE read with cage
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