Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-16
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So great has been the demand for recent
numbers Of this magazine that the monthly
Circulation has increased moro than 20 600
copies within the year, and the edition for
november, ECO, was exhausted within
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Every number contains 160 pages of con-
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and from 90 to leo wood engravings. The
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1880.
THE REGIN OF PETER THE GREAT,
by EUGENE SCHUYLER, viii begin in an
early number, and continue through two
years. Il will be work ofgreat historical
significance and of rare graphioand dra-
matte interest. Bureaus of Illustration have
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a new novelette,, of American Life, by
Frances Il. Burnett, author of That Lass
o Lowries." EFIDENCE, by Henry
James, Jr,, begun in the Midsummer Holt
day (AugusO number.
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beginning of the poetic art in this country,
and its subsequent history. Richard Henry
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of Chester, England. For the illustration
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PRACTICAL PAPERS ON HOME
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City and Vicinity, American Life in
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Mountain Sheep and Forests (by John
Muir House-hunting in Paris, Sheep
Ranching in the West, and many other
interesting subjects. And there Will be
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