The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-26
CAIRO, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBE '26, 1877
Scribner's Monthly
AN UNRIVALED ILLUbTRA
TED MAGAZINE,

When SCRGBNER Issued rs famous Mid
summer Holiday Number IN July, airlendly
critic said vi IL: 1--WE are not sure but that
SCRiBNER has touched hlgb'water mark
We DO not see what worlds are lett TO 1t TO
conquer" ltut the publishers do not con.
/ slider That they have reached the ultima
( thule Of excellence they believe ''thGro arc
other worlds TO conquer, aud they propose
20 conquer them"
The prospectus for the new volume gives
The titles OF more than hlty papen tmCatly
| lllusiraled), by writers OF the highettmerit.
| Under the head OF
Foreign Travol,'
! we have "a Winter on the Nile" by Gen.
: Mcclellan ''ssuD torinFs Abqat CONSTANT.
nOpic," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Oul
of Ny Window az Moscow by Eugene
Schuyler: "An American In 1urkisian,r
etc. Three serial stories are announced
nicholas Minturn."
BY DR.. Holland, the Editor,
whose story Of "Seyenoaks gave the higs
est satisfaction TO the readers Of the
Monthly.
The scene Of this latest novel Is laid OF
the banks oil the Hudson. The hero is q
young man who has been always tied 10 Z.
woman aprop strings but who, by the
death OF his mother, il lett alone in the
W0rId-to drlit on the current OF life ith
a fortune, hut without purpose
Another serial, "lis Inheritance" by
Miss Traitor, VIII begin on the cOmple ton
OF THAT LsSs o LOwrle's," by Mis-. HOdg.
son Burnett. Mrs. Blrnett's story, begun
in August, has pathOs and dramGticpoWeI
which have been surprise to the public.
There is 10 he series OF original and eX.
qustely illustrated papers OF popular Sci.
ence,' by Mrs. Herrick, each paper com.
plete in Itself.
There are to BE-, from various pens, paper
on
Home Life and Travel
Also, practical suggestions as to town AM
country life, village Improvements, etc., by
well-kn0wn specialists,
Mr.. BarnGru's articles on various indus
cries OF Great Britain include the history Oi
"some Experiments in Cooperation" '"A
Scottish Loaf Factory" in the Noyeuba
number, and TOAD Lane, Rochdalc," in
December. Other papers are, "l'he British
WorkiHgman's Home, ~ Nation of shop
keepers, ""Ha'peuny sWeekfo for the CAild,'
etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given Oh
"American Sports by Flood and Field" by
various writers, and each on different
theme. The subject Of
"H3I9saold and Homeeaora
win have Il prominent place, whilst the
productions OF American humOrists viii APP
pear from month TO month. The lit Ul
shorter stories, biographical and otnu
sketches, etc, is a long one.
The editorial department will continue 10
q at
abroad. There vii! be q series Of letters on
literary matters, from London, by Mr. Wei.
lord.
The pages Of the magazine will be open,
a7 heretofore, so far as limited space will
permit, TO the discussion OF all themes al
ieeting the social and religious lie of the
world, and specially to the freshest thought
o. the Christian thinkers aud scholars Of
this country.
We mean 10 make the magazine swcetor
and purcr, higher and nobler, more gcna
and generous in all its utterances and inlu.
ences, and q more welcome visitor thsn
ever before In homes Of refinement and Cul.
iuTe
FIFTEEN MONTHS for 81.
sCRTREER for December, now ready,
and which contains the opening chantCrs OF
"Sicholas Minturn,' wiIlbo read with eager
curiosity and interest. Perhaps no more
readable number Of this magazine has We
been issued. The three numbers OF Serb
uer Tor August, September, and October
containing the opening chapters OF "ThC
Last o Lowrie's,' will be gwen to every
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