The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-05
Scribner's Monthly
AN UNRIVALED ILLUSTRA
TED MAGAZINE.

When SCRIBSER issued It's famous Mid
summer Holiday Number in july, airieudly
critic said OF it ave are not sure but that
SCRIBNER has touched high-water mark.
We do not see what worlds are left to it 10
conquer Rut the publishers do not con.
slider that they have reached the ultima
thule Of eXcellence-they believe there are
other worlds TO conquer and they propose
20 conquer them"
The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles of more than nifty papers mostly
Ilustrated), bywriters OF the highest merit,
Under the head OF
Foreign Travel,
we haye"A Winter on the Nile by Gen.
Mcclellan "Saunterings About Constants.
nople," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Out
of My Window at Moscow by Eugene
Schuyler: can American in TurkistaD,"
etc. Three serial stories are announced
Nicholas Minturn,"
BY Or. Holland, the Editor,
whose story of "Sevenoaks " gave the higs
est satisfaction 10 the readers of the
Monthly.
The scene OF this latest novel is laid OF
the banks Of the Hudson. The hero is a
young man who has been always "tied TO u
wOman's apron strings" but who, by the
death Of his mother, is left alone in the
wOrld-to DRIFT on the current Of hte--wlLb
a fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, His Inheritance by
Miss Traitor, will begin on the completion
of "That Lass o. Lowrie',," by Mrs. Hodg.
son Burnett. Mrs. Burnetts story, begun
in August, has pathos and dramatic power
which have been surprise 10 the public.
There Is TO he series OF original and ex-
quisitely illustrated papers of Popular Sci
ence," by Mrs. Herfick, each paper com.
plete in itself.
There are lobe, from various pens, paper.
on
Home Life and Travel
Also, practical suggestions as TO town and
country life, village improvements, ETC., by
well.known specialists.
Mr. Barnard's articles on various indus
cries OF Great Britain include the history OF
"SOmc Experiments in Cooperation" "a
Scottish Loaf Factory in the November
number, and Toad Lane, Rochdale," in
December. Other papers are, 1.-The British
Workngman's Home" "A Nation of Shop
keepers" "Ha'penny aWeek for the Child"
etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given on
"Amerlcan sports by FLOOD ana Field by
various writers, aud each on different
theme. The subject of
Household and Homeecorati on"
will have a prominent place, whilst the
productions OF American humorists will ap.
pear from month to month. The list OF
shorter stories, biographical and otn,i
sketches, ETC., is long one.
The editorial department will continue 10
employ the ablest pens both at home ana
abroad. There viii! be a series OF letters on
literary matters, from London, by MIR. Wei.
ford.
The pages of the magazine will be open,
as heretofore, SO far as limited space will
permit, to the discussion of all themes at.
fecting the social and religious life OF the
world, and specially to the freshest thought
OF the Christian thinkers and scholars Of
this country.
We mean TO make the magazine swoetel
and purer, higher and nober, more genial
| and generous in all its utterances and influ'
ences, and q more welcome visitor than
ever before In homes of refinement and cul.
sure
FIFTEEN MONTHS for u.