Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-12
sCRIBNER's. MONTHLY
An UnrivaIed Illustrated Magazine


 When scR1BNER issued it's famous Midsummer Hol- iday Number in July, friendly critic said it: HWe are not sure but that SCRBNER has touched highWs- ter mark We do not what worlds left to it to conquor." But the publishers do not consider that they have reached the ultima thule of excellenee-they Relieve ''there other world to conquor and they propose to conquer them. 's The prospectus TOT the volume gives the titles of more than fifty papers (mostly iilustraed) by wr sters of the highest merit. Under the head oi 'sFOREIGN TRAVEL" we have "A Winter on the Niie,'by GEN. McCLEL- IAN; "Salnterings About Constantnople.n by Charles Dudley Warner; 'Out of My Window at Mos tan, 7 etc. Three serial stories are announced.
 a NICHOLAS MlNTURN,o
 By Dr. HOLLAND, the Editor, whose storyof eyenoaks" gave the highest satisfae tion to the readers of tine Monthly The scene of this latest novel is laid the banks of the Hudson. The hero is young man who has been always tied to tcoman's apron strings but who by the death of his mother is lett alone ill the wordto drift on the current of lfe,-with fortune, but Another serial, s'His Inheritance" by Miss Irafton will begin on the completion Of "That Lass O Low rie's" by Mrs Hodgson Burnett. Mrs. Burnett sto- ry begun in August, has pathos and dramatic pow CT which have been surprise to the public.
 There is to be series Of original and exquisitely illustrated papers of Popular Science" by Mrs. Her rick, each paper complete i'll itgelf
 There are to be, from various pens, papers on
 ''HOME LIFE ANDTRAVEL,' Also, practical suggestions to town and country fe village improS ements etc., by well-known spec ialist.
 MT. B arnard's articles on various industries of Great Britain include the history of s.Some Experi. ments ill Cooperation, "A Scottish Loaf Eactory" in he November number and ''Toad Lane RochdalG, ln December. Other papers ''The British Work ingman's Home' "A Nation of Shopkeepers, ' 'Ha' pennya Week for the Child, etc.
 A richly iuslrated series will be given "Ameri. can Sports by Flood and Feld," by var4ous writers and each on different theme. The subject of ssIIOUSEIHOLD AND HOME DECORATIONS .' will have prominent place. whilst the latest pro dn.tions of American humorists will appear from month to month. The list of shorter stories, bio graphfUu4 and other sk tcht S. etc. is a long
 The editorial department will continue to employ the ablest both at home and abroad. There vii be series of letters on literary matters from Lon don, by MT. Welford.
 The pages of the margarine will be open as hereto fore. far limited space will permit to the dis cussion of Il themes affecting the social and religiou life of the world and specially to the freshest thong hi of the Christian thinkers and scholars of this coun try.
 higher and nober, more genial and generous in all i utterances and influences, and more welcome visito than before in homes of refinement and culture FIFTEEN MONTHS for S4. E Scribner for December, now ready, and which con tains the opening chapters of s'Ncholas Minturn will be read with eager curJosity and interest. Per hapS no more readable number of this magazine ha yet been issued The three numbers of Scrbner fol August September, and October containing the open ing chapters of That Lass oLowre'" will be given to every new subscriber (wlo requests and who's subscription begins with the present volume | e with the November number 5 . Subscription price, $4a year-35 cents number Special terms on bound volumes Subscribe with th nearest bookseller, send check or P. O. mon e, order to scR1BNER Co.,. 743 Broadway, N. Y.