The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-06
Scribners Monthly for 1878.

without recalling the excellence of the past the pub
fishers Of ScaIBSERs MONTHLY announce for the year to
come, the following papers:
THE pIcrUREsQE SIDE OF AMERICAN FARM
LIFE-This subject will be treated in series of
papers engaged from writers tho stand in the front
rank among A~sricans SS,h IN 9upes .. STYLE ana N
delightful paper on Fox Hunting in New England in
me na num- Will s. 'ns sae n',
topics have been popular and feature at
Sesnsr will write OF Farm Life IN New York Maurice
teristics of Western farming of which little has been
h Of snea and TYPICAL sSaraee o. a%s
mensurate with the II Is thought that
no paper or series Of p,peI yet ssI ,s IN VI" 50
out Of the ruts AMI both in text and illustrations to oh
quality rather than quantity and tn print fresh,
strong and delicate work from original sources
"RoxY"-by Edward Eggleston author Of The Hoo
sier Schooimas Scl. This novel viii doubtless
be the important American serial OF the year The
first number was published in November Those who
have read il in manuscript declare Roxy to be much
tbs most striking and remarkable story this author has
written Ii is illustrated by one OF the ahest OF the
younger American painters-Mr Walter Shirav, Presi.
dent Of The American Art Association.
AMERICAN SPoRTS-Some Of the most novel and
entertaining of these Yet g. appear the scenes
of which will he in the West, the Middle States, the
South, New England and Canada
oUT.oF DOOR APERS-by John Burroughs, author
Of Wake Robin sc VII soniain not "aly articles n on
topics Mr. Bnrr"nshs Papers vii begin in the January
illustrated by Fidelia Bridges
ARCHITECTURE OF BIEDS.-Dr. Thomas Mr.. Brow.
will contribute four exqusely illustrated articles on
birds which lover Of nature will delight in
Dr. Brewer has probably the finest collection Of birds
eggs in the world tn draw upon for the Illustration OF
these papers.
THE SADDLE HORSE.-C0 George L. Warng with
whose excellent work of various sorts reader IA
miar contributes Illustrated articles the horse
He treats specially Of saddle horses, and their for
pleasure and for sport iucluiEs roadridn- fox hunt
ing and racing. The the English thorough brr
and his Eastern prosenitor tthc Arabtnl are lay eoa-
sidrred in rcatina IL t'es- uses
SANE HoLM-Nrw stories by this popaar writer
will he given early numbers Of Sibaer Beginning with
Joe Hales Red Staekinss To appear in January This
novelette, chronicles episode of the late for the
Union.
n LITERARY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Henry Stol a
dard, not only Of the must eminent Of our poets Al
q hut also DISTINGUISHED Tot his knowledge OF English u
n literature AMI English literary history, will contrib q
81 a number of literary portraits ncu'ins those n
q Of Keats shelley. Mrs. Browning. Sc y
MORE OLD LETrEIS.-By Dr. X. shelton Mac q
kcnzic Of the Philadelphia Press This settles ~
very promisin. Dr. Mackenzie il perhaps, n
Of Americans, the best informed and most widely q
81 rarics anon. English authors. lie will present y
and letters from, Miss Barrett Mrs brown E
"a insl. Sir William Hamilton. h-rael Wordsworth, W
b Souhey, sc. u
n ROBERT DALE OWEN-The last work OF this n
81 rcmar kable mans life devoted to series u e
3 h. lie has left the series incomplete, but have 9
least three intensely interesting papers on pot -
history of his early life written in a style pure "
and iorcible a. that of his best DAYS. ~
n SOME OLD MASTERS.-By Clarence Cook, tan. -
Il thor of The House Beautiful will consist OF a &
series Of papers superbiy illustrated on Leonardo
da Vinci, Raphael, Michael Angelo. etc These pa n
pers will have interest and value different from ~
the ordinary magazine article, As they will give the n
results OF the studies of lifetime by an excellent q
writer, who - the most prominent art critic In y
& this country y
HIS INHERITANCE BY Adellne Trsfton, well
begun in the Midsummer Holiday number will be
tnued nearly through the year IL will be nnd To be Of
.f.-F. Nhsa.