Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-08
SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY
An. UnriyaLed Illustrated Magazine


 When scRIBSER issued it's famous Midsummer Hol- iday Number in July friendly crtc said of 1t: eye are not sure but that SCRIBNER has touched hiph-a ter mark We do not what worlds are left to it to conquor." But the publishers do not consider that they have reached the ultima thule of excellencethev Eelieve there other world to conuuor and thay, propose to conquer them"
 The prospectus the new volume gives tbe tit,os of more than nifty papers (mostly lustrated by wri ters of the highest merit. Under the head ot ~ ssFOREIGN TRAVEL, we have "A Winter on the Nile,"by GEN. McCLE1- IAN; "Saunterings About Constant.nople" by Charles Dudley Warmer: ''Out of My Window at Mos cow:" by Eugene Schuyler; 'An American in Tuakis- tan," etc.. Three serial stories announced.
 NICHOLAS MlNTURN,"
 By Dr. HOLLAND, the Editor, whose story of 'evenoaks gave the highest saisfac tion to the readers of the Monthly
 The scene of this latest laid Oh the banks of the Hudson. The hero is young man who has been always tied to 1comaRS apron strfags but who by the death of his mother, is It alone ill the drlft on the current of lifs,- with tortune but without purpose.
 Another serial, ''His Inheritance by Miss Trafton VIII begin on the completion of ''That Lass O Low res M by Mrs Hodgson Burnett. Mrs. Burnett sto- ry. begun in August has pathos and amatic pow CT which have beeu a surprise to the public
 nere IS to be series of original and exqusitely rlck, each paper complete in itgelf
 -1here are to be, from various pens, papers on
 'sHOME LIFE ANDTRAYEL,o Also, practical suggestions as to town and country ne, village improvements, etc., by we-known spec ialist.
 MT. Barnard's articles on various industries of Great Britain include the history oi "Some Ex peril ments ill Cooperation Scotti h Loaf ractoryr in ne November number, and ''Toad Lane, Rochdale, !" III December. 9th papers ''The British Work inemans Home" "A Nation Of shopkeepers, /" "Ha'- penny Week for the Child, :" etc.
 richly illustrated series will be given 'Ameri can Sports b. Flood and Field," by writer's and each on different theme. The subject of ssHOUSEHOLD AND HOME DECORATION, .,, Will have p1 eminent place, whilst the latest pro- dn.tions of American numorists will appear from month to month. The list of shorter stories, bio- gragh1cal and other sk' tcht s, etc., is long one,
 The editorial depai tnlent VIII continue to employ the ablest pens both at home and abroad. There will be series of letters literary matters, from Lon don, by MT. Welford.
 The pages of the magazine will be open as hereto. fore, so far as limited space wilt permit to the dis cussion of themes affecting the social and regiuus life of the world and spec ally the freshest Of the Christian think rs and scholars this coun- try.
 We mean to make the magazine sweeter and purer higher and nobler genial and generous in all its utterances and influences aud more welcome visitor than ever before in homes of refinement and culture
 FIFTEEN MONTHS for s4.
 Scribner for December, now ready, and which con- talns the opening chapters of 'Nicholas Minturn !" haps no more readable number of this magazine has yet been issued. The three numbers of Scribner for August September, and Octo aiming the open- ing chapters of ''That Lass oLowrie's" :" will be given to every neW subscriber (whO requests aud whose subscription begins with the present volume | c. with the November number
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