The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for 1850.


Among the attractions for the coming year
the following:
.HAWORTH'S a serial nove,. bv Mrs.
Frances Hndgson Burnett, author of That
Lass o Lowre's.' The scene Of Mrs Bur
nett's novel is laid in Lancashire; the
hero Is a young inventor OF American birth.
" Haworih is the longest story Mrs. Bur
nett has yet written. Ii will run through
twelve numbers OF the Monthly, beginning
with November 1878 and viii be prousely
illustrated
FALCONBERG, a serial novel, by H. H.
Boyesen, author of Gunnar," The Man
who Lost His Name" etc. In his romance
the author graphically describes The pecul ar
tiles OF Morse immigrant life in a Western set
tlement.
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS, by George
W. Gable, to be begun on the conclusion of
" Falconberg. This story will exhibit the
state of society in Creole Louisiana about the
years lS03-4-5, the time of the Cession, and d
period bearing a remarkable likeness 10 the
present Reconstruction peri d.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN POETS. This
series (begun in August with the portrait OF
Bryant) will be continued, that of Longfe low
appearing in November. These portraits are
drawn from life by " yatt Eaton and engrav ed
by 7. Cole. They viii be printed separately
on tinted paper, frontispieces of four differ
ent numbers illustrated ske ches of the
lives of the poets viii accompany these por-
traits.
STUDIES IN THE SIERRAS,-A series of
papers (mostly illustrated) by John Muir, the
California naturalist. The most graphic and
pici dresque anu at he same time exl ct and
trust worthy studies OF The California Alps
that have YET been made. The series will
sketch the California Passes, Lakes, Wind
and Forests.
A NEW VIEW OF BR iZIL Mr. Herbert
H. Smith, OF Cornell University, q companion
OF he late Prof. Hart, is now in Brazil with
Mr. J. Wells Champney (the artist who ae-
cnu mar IpH ord
through The Greae South preparing for
SCRtBNEa series or papers, on the present
condition,-the cities rivers and resources OF
the great empire of South America.
THE JOHNNY REB" PAPERS, by an
"ex-Confederate' soldier, will b. among the
raciest contributions 10 SCRIBNER during the
coming year. They written and illustra-
ted ny Mr.. Allen {. Redwood, Of Baltimore
The first of the series, Johnny Reb Play, +"
appears in the Noyember number
THE LEADING, EUROPEAN UNIVERSE
sTIES. We are now having prepared, for
SCRIBNER icles on the lea ing U Universities
OF Europe They viii be written by an Amer
lean College Professor Mr.. II. IL. Boyesen, OF
Co nell TAU nor Of "Falconberg," Sc and
will iRclude sketches Of the aiding men 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 How Shall
We Spell ttwo papers by Prof. LoUxsBURYa
The New Sorth, Lawn-Planting Tor Small
Places (by SAMUEL PARsOAs. of Flushinq)
Canada To-dav, American Art and Artists
American Archaeology, Modern Inventors;
also Papers of Travel, History, Physical Sei-
ence, Science Studies in Literature Political
and Social Science, Stories, Poems Topics of
the Time by Dr.. J. q Holland: record of
New Inventions and Mechanical Improve
ments; Papers on Education, Decoration, Sc.
Book Reviews fresh bits of Wit and Humor,
SC, &c. &c.
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