The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-01-31
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ias PICTURESQUE SIDE OF AMERICAN FARM
L.fE.-This subject Will be treated In n series
of srp;lr;,te papers engaged from writers who
sl,,ili in the front rank among Americans,
Dulli In u,luiiIi,'s of style and In keen insight
OF nature. MIR. X r.. kObiiSon, author OF
dei..ilIui pnprr on "F0x-liuniiHg IN New
EiiIiaru" IN ihe january number, will rep
resent the same section in this series. John
Burroughs, whose papers on similar topics
nave been IL mighty priced and popular feature
of s;CRIBNER, will write Of Farm Life in New
York Maurice Thompson the post-naturai-
list, will dcscfibe the ciaracteiistlcS OF West
crn hlrning, OF which hut little ha' been writ
t-n. 1t IL expected that the illustration Of
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nrst number was published In November
Thos- who have read IL in manuscript declare
ItoxY to b. much tho most striking and re-
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IL is illustrated by one OF the nbl,;st OF the
younger of American painters Mr.. Walter
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socistion."
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| West, the Middle states, the South, New En-
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| inv, CSn,ping Ou,, !" aud kindred topics. Mr..
| Burroughs papers will begin In the January
| number, the first beiuy entitled .Birds nnd
ARchlTsCIuRs OF slf1s.-Dr. Thomas NJ.
| Brewer will contribute four exquislieIy Illus
| trat,d articles on bird's-p~sts, which every
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! tr9lion Of these pap.rs.
/ with whose excellent of various sorts oui
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| ell ssticles Oh tic horse. He treats specially
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