Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-12-07

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1889.
Among the attractions for the coming
year are the following:
"HAWORTHS." a serial novel, by Mrs.
Frances HodgsOn Burnett, author OF
.srhat Lass o. Lowrie's." The scene OF
Mrs. Burnett's new novel is laid in Ian
cashire; the hero is young inventor of
American birth. "Haworth's" is the
longest story Mrs. Burnett has yet writ
ten. 1t will run through twelve num-
bers of the Monthly, beginning with No
venber, 1873, and Will be profusely Illus
trated.
FALCONBERG, Il serial novel, by IL.
III. BOyesOn, author of "Gunnar, "Ihe
Man who Lost his Name" &c. In this
romance, the author graphically describes
the peculiarities Of Morse immigrant life
in Il Western settlement.
y i
George W. Cable, to be begun on the cor
, clusi0n of "Falcorberg." This story will
exhibit the state of society in Creole Lou
isiana about the years lS03-4-5, the time
of the CesSion, and period bearing re-
markablc likeness to the present Recon-
struction period.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN POETS.
This series begun in August with the
J = will bn nnntiD nod tlot
of IOngfellow appearing in November.
These portraits are drawn from life by
WYATT Eaton and engraved by Il. Cole.
, Theywiu be printed separately on tinted
papcr. as frOntiSpicCes Of four different
! numbers. Illustrated sketches of the lives
of the poets will accompany these por
traits.
! STUDIES IN THE SIERRAS,- A Sc
rieS of papers (mOstly illustrated by John
/ Muir, the California naturalist. The most
graphic and picturesque and, at the same
/ time, exact and trustworthy studies OF
The California Alps that have yet been
made. The series will sketch the Califor-
MIA Passes, Lakes, Wind Storms and For
( estS.
A NEW VIEW OF BRAZIL. Mr.. Her
! bert III. Smith, of Cornell University, a
| companion of the late Prof. Hartt, is now
&, in Brazil. with Mr.. j. Wells Champney
, (the artist who accompanied Mr.. Edward
| King in his tour through "The Great
I South"), preparing for SCIaBNER series
! of papers on the present condition.
! cities, rivers and resources OF the great
empire of South America.
| THE JOHNNY REB' PAPERS, by
! an "ex-Confederate" soldier, will be
among the raciest contributions to SCRIB-
/ NER during the coming year. They are
, written and illustrated by Allen c. Red
wood. of Baltimore. The first of the Sc
ries, Johnny Reb at Play" appears III
! the November number.
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! ing Universities of Europe. They will
I be written by an American College Pro
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(author of "Falconberg," &c.), and will
include sketches of the leading men in
eTh of the most important Universities
If Great Britain and the Continent.
| Among the additional series of papers
to appeer may be mentioned those on How
Shall we Spell (two papers by Pror.
Lounsbury), The New South, Lawn
! Planting for Small Places Coy Samuel
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