Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-14
SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY, for 1s77.7s

Without recalling the excellence Of the past. tn. publishers of ScRIBNER's MONTHLY announce, for tI,s year to csme, the following papers.
 Farm life.-Ths subject wal bv treated m . se. ries of separate papers engaged from writers who stand in the front rank among Americans both in qu tes of style and in keOn insight of nat uFs Mr. R E. Robinson, author Of delightful pap CT on "Fox Hunting ill New England" the January number, will represent the same ction in this series John Burroughs, whose paper' on similar topics have been highly prizcd ana popular feature of ScRFnNRm wtu write of Farm Life in New York. Maurice Thompson the p0etnaturalist will describe the characteristics o VI stern farming, of which but little has beoh writ. ten 1t is expected that the illustrations of ths will be of refined and typical character esmmensu. rate with the ubje,t-mafer. IL is thought that no paper or serie Of papers yet issued in SCRIBNEh W flu lS realize the constant desire Of the keep out of the ruts, And both in text and ustras tions, t" obtain quality rather than quantity and print fresh, strong and delicate work from original sources.
 "ROXY,"-by EDWARD EGGLESToN taushor of %The Hoosier SChorlmas Rel. This new nov. e will doubtless be the most important American rial Of the year. The first number published ia November. Those who have read it iu mABusetipt de- clare Roxy to be much the most striking aud rtmath. able story this author has ever written. l s luatra ted by one of the ablest of the younger American pIinters-Mr. w&Ler shirlaw, President of ''Ths American Art Association"
 American Sports.-Some of. the most novel and entertaining otthese papers are yet to app, scenes of which will be in the West the Middle state the South, New El gland and Canada.
 Out-of-Door PapePs,-by John Burroughs. anth of M ake Rvbin,n &c., will contain not onlY arucIeS on Blrds, put on "Trbmp1ng," 'sCamptHa Out, and kindred topics. Mir. BGrroughs's papers will begin in the January number, the first being titled "Brds and BIds." and illustrated by Fdsiia Bridges.
 Architecture of RIrds.-Dr. Thomas M. Brewer will contribute four exquisitely illustrated ticles on which every lover of nature ~tn delight in Dr. Brewer has probable the finest eOlleC- tion of birds eggs in the world to draw upon for the illustration of th, Iapers.
 in with whose excellent work of various softs our readers familiar, contributes two illustrated aTt cles the horse. He treats specially Of and ther use for pleasure aEd for sport, including road riding, fox hunting and racing. The nature uf the English thoroughbred and that of his Eastern pro genitor the Arabian) are fully considered n relation to these
 Saxe HoIm.-New stories by this popular wri- ter will be given in early numbers of scRIBFER, be- ginning with ''Joe Hal.s Red Siockings,T Co appear in January. This "novelett," chronicles episods of the late war for the Bnion.
 HIs lnheritance.-By Adelne Traitor, % be continued nearly through the year. IL will bs found to be of increasing interest to Ihe very end
 "A Knight of FoTtune."-Hjalmar Htorth Boy sens new novCl-will be begun in SCRIBSKB at the conclusion of EHis Inheritance" It will reveal phase of American society undreamtd of by most of readers, and will be tain to incresss the fepu- tation of the writer master of Engsh and of hts art.
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