The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-24
CAIRO, ILLINOIS. SATURDAY, MARCH "a 1877
Scribner's Monthly
AN UNRIVALED ILLU6TRA
TED MAGAZINE.

When scRIBSER issued its famous Mid
summer Holiday Number jH July. gfriendly
critic said OF il: Owe are net sure but tba,
ScRfBNER has touched higb-water mark
We do not see what worlds arc left to it Ia
conquer" Rut the publishers do not con.
slider that they nave reached the ultima
thule Of exccllence--they believe ''tbere are
other worlds TO conquer, and they propose
to conquer them"
The prospectus for the new volume gives
the titles OF more than fifty papers mostly
Illustrated. by writer's OF the highest merit.
| nder the head Of
Foreign Travel"
We have "a Winter on the Nile" 10y Gen
Mcclellan "Saunterings About Constsnti.
nople," by Charles Dudley Warner: "Oui
Ny Window at Moscow" by Eugene
schuyler. "An American in Turkistan.' -
etc. Three serial stories are announced:
Nicholas Minturn,"
BY DIR. Holland. the Editor.
whose story of "sevenoaks gave the big.
est satisfaction to the readers of The
Monthly.
The scene OF this latest novel 1. laid on
the banks Of the Hudson. The hero is A
young man who has been always tiled 10 a
woman's apron strings,' but who, BY the
death Of his mother is left alone in the
world-to drrt on the current of liie-witb
fortune, but without purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance" by
Miss Iratton, will begin on the completion
Of That Lass O. Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodp.
son Burnett. Mrs. Burnett's story, begun
in August, has pathos and dramatic power
Which have been surprise TO the public.
There is TO re series of original and ex.
quisitely illustrated papers OF Popular Sci
ence," by Mrs. HerIiek, each paper com.
plete In itself.
There are tobe. from various pens, papers
on
Home Life and Travel
Also. practical suggestions as to town and
country NE, village improvements, etc., by
wsll-known specialists.
Mr.. Barnard's articles on various indus
tries OF Great Britain include the history of
some Experiments in Cooperation" "a
Scottish Loaf Factory" in the November
number, and Toad Lane, Rochdale." in
December. Other papers are, .'The British
Workingman's Home a. Nation of Shop
keepers, ""Hapenny a w ee k for the Child
etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given on
american sports by Flood and Field" by
various writers, and each on different
theme. The subject OF
Household and Home Decoration
will have prominent place, whilst the
productions OF American humorists will APP
pear from month TO month. The list OF
shorter stories, biographical and other
sketches, ETC., is a long one.
The editorial department Will continue TO
employ the ablest pens both at home and
abroad. There will 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 a. limited space will
permit, 10 the discussion Of all theme. af-
feeting the social and religious lite OF the
world, and specially to the freshest thought
Of the Christian thinkers and scholars OF
this country.
We mean to make the magazine sweeter
and purer, higher and nobler. more genial
and generous in all its utterances and infu.
ences. and a more welcome visitor than
ever before In homes of refinement and cul-
ture
FIFTEEN MONTHS for ~.
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and which contains the opening chapters of
Nicholas Minturn," viii be read with eager
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