Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
Announcements FIR 1879:

Among the attractions for the coming
year are the following:
"HA WORTH - serial novel, by Mrs.
frances Hodgsou Burnet. author of THAT
Lass o. Lowrie's." The scene Of Mrs Bur
netts pew novel is laid in Lancashire the
hero is young inv entor of AmBrican birth
"Haworth's'' ig 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 pr6fusely
illustrated.
FALCONBERG, q serial novel, BY Il.
II. BOyesen auther of "Gunnar," The
Man who Lost his Name" Sc. In this TO-
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiarities of Morse immigrant life in q
Western settlement.
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS, by
George w. Gable, to be begun on the con-
clusiOn of Falcon berg" This story will
exhibit the state Of society Ia G. col Louisi-
ana about the years 1SJ3-4-5. Inc time ofthe
Cessi0n, and period bearing q remarkable
likeness to the present RecOnstruction rG-
riod.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN POEMs
Tnis series (begun IN August with the
portrait Of Bryant) viii be cenlined, that
OF LOngleliOW appearing II NOVem Der.
Thee pTOtraits are drawn from life by
Wyatt i9aston and engraved by I. Cole.
They will be printed separately on tinled
paper, 8s fronvispieces OF four different
mum 0eTs. Illustrated sketches Of the lives
of the poets will accompany these por-
traits.
STUDIES IN TEH SIERRAS-A series
of papers (rnost i'iusirated) by John Muir
the California naturalist The most graphic
and picturesque and, ct the san time, ex-
act and Trustworthy studies OF The Cali
foraia A PSI that have ye. been made. The
series will sketch the California Passes
Lakes, Wind Storm and Forests.
A NEW VIEW OF BRAZIL Mr..
Herbert H. Smith, of Cornell University,
q compation Of the late PIoG. HART is now
(the artist who accompanied Iii. Edward
King in this tour through The Great
South'D, preparing for SCRIBNER 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 'ex- Confederate soldier, will be
the raciest contributions to SCRIB-
EER during the coming year. They are
Redwood, of Baltimore. the first OF the
series, johnny Reb at play" appears in
the Novembr number.
THE LEADING EUROPEAN UNI
VERSITIES. We are now having pre-
pared for SoRIBNER. articles on the leading
Universities of Europe. They VIII be
written by an American College Professor
Mr. Il H. Boyesen, Of Cornell (authOr of
'Falconberg," &C., and will include
sketches Of the leading men in each of the
most important Universities of Great
Britain and the Continent
Am)ng the additional series of papers
to appear may be ID entioned those on H0 Y |
SHALL WE SPELL (twO papers by Prof !
Lounsbury), The New SOUTH, Lawn |
Planting f0r Small Places Thy Samuel |
Parsons, OF Flushipg), Canada Of To-day, |
American A end Artists, american |
archaeology, Modern Inventors; also, Pa |
oers Of Travel History. Physical Science, |
Studies in Literature, Political and Social |
Storiess Poems; Topics Of the |
sime' by DR., j. G. Holland; record of |
New Inventions and Mechanical In
Papers on Education, Deco |
ration, &C.; Book Reviews fresh bits Of |
Wit and Humor, &C., &C., sc,
FERNS 90 "a year In advance;
35 Gems = number.
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