Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-22

SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY,
Conducted by ]. G. Ho

CONDUCTED Dy j. -. E1OEdnU.
The American edition of this periodical il
now
MORE THAN 7O.O0l MONTHLY,
And it has a larger circulation in England
than any other American magazine. Every
| fifty pages, and from fifty to seventy five
original wood-cut illustrations.
Announcements FIR 1879:
Among the attractions for the coming
! year are the following:
"HAWORTH'S,' serial novel, by MRS.
! frances Hodgson Burnet. author of That
! Lass o. Lowrie's." The scene of Mrs Bur-
netts new novel is laid in Lancashire; the
hero is young inventor of Amarican birth
"Haworth's" is the longest story Mrs Bur-
nett has yet written. 1t will run through
twelve numbers of the Monthly, beginning
with November 1878 and will be prOfusely
ilu trated.
FALCONBERG, serial novel, by Fl.
II. BOyesen author of "Gunnar," The
Man who Lost his Name" &c. In this ro-
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiarities of Morse immigrant life in
Western settlement.
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS, by
George w. Cable, to be begun on the con-
clusion of "Falconberg." This story will
exhibit the state of society in G. eol Louisi-
ana about the years 1904 5, the time of the
CessiOn, and period bearing a remarkable
likeness to the present Reconstruction pc
Rod.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN POE Ms
This series (begun in August with the
portrait Of Bryant will be confined, that
of Longfelow appearing in NOvembe
These protraitS are drawn from life by
Wyatt Easton and engraved by L. Cole:
They will be printed St parately on tinted
Of
numbers. Illustrated sketches Of the lives
of the poets will accompany these por-
traits
STUDIES IN TEU SIERRAS-A series
Of papers (most illustrated) by John Muir
the California Ia uralist. The most graphic
and picturesque and, At the same time, ex-
act and trustworthy studies OF The Cali
fornia Alps that have yet been made. The
series will sketch the California Passes,
Lakes, Wind Storm and Forests.
A NEW VIEW OF BRAZIL Mr.
Herbert Fl. Smith, of Cornell University,
a compation OF the late Prof. Hart, is now
in Brazil. with Mr.. j, Wells Cbampney
(tho artist who accompanied Mr.. Edward
King in this tour through The Great
South'), preparing for scR1BNER series
of papers on the present condition, the
cities, rivers and resources OF the great
empire of South America.
THE JOHNNY REB" PAPERS, by
an lex Confederate soldier, will be
among the raciest contributions TO SCRIB-
NER during the coming year. They are
written and illustrated by Mr.. Allen Z.
Redwood, of Baltimore. the fist of the
series, johnny Reb at play" appears in
the Novembr number.
THE LEADING EUROPEAN UNI
VERSITIES. We are now having pre-
pared for SCRIBNER, articles on the leading
Universities of Europe. They will be
written by an American College Professor
Mr. Ii Ii. Boyesen, of Cornell (author of
"Falconberg," &c }, and will include
sketches of the leading mon in each of the
most important Universities Of Great
Britain and the Continent.
Among the additional series of papers
to appear may be mentioned those on HO y
Lounsbury), THE NEW SOUTH, Lawn
Planting for Small Places (by Samuel
Parsons, of Flushing), Canada of To-day, |
American Art and Artists, American |
Archaeology, Modern Inventors; also, Pa
pers of Travel, History. Physical Science, |
Studies in Literature, Political and Social |
Science, Storiesaa Poems; Topics of the |
time" by DR., j. G. Holland; record of |
New Inventions and Mechanical I'm
provements; Papers on Education, Deco
ration, &C.; Book Reviews: fresh bits Of
Wit and Humor, &C., &C., &c.
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