Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-26
Announcements FIR 1879 ::

/ Among the attractions for the comm
/ year are the following:
! "HAWORTHS,' q serial novel, by Mrs
| Frances HOdgsOn Burnet, author of That
! Lass o. Lowrie's" The scene of Mrs Bur
Nets new novel is laid 10 Lancashire; The
| hero is young inv entOr of AmaTican birth
'Haworth' 5" is the longest story Mrs Bur
| nett has yet written 1t will run through
! twelve numbers of The Monthly, beginning
with November. 1873 and will be pTOiuscly
| illustrated.
| FALCONBERG, a serial novel, by ii
! II. BOyeseu author of "Gunnar," The
! Man who Lost his Name" &c. In this 70.
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiuIitics OF Morse immigrant life in n
! Western settlement,
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS, by
George w. Gable, to be begun on the con
clusion of "Falconberg." This story will
exhibit the state of society in Z. col Louisi-
ana about the years 1894 5, the time of the
/ Cession, and period bearing remarkable
likeness to the present Reconstruction pc
Rod.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN Poems
This series (begun in August with the
portrait of Bryant) will he confined, that
of Longfellow appearing in November.
These protraits are drawn from life by
Wyatt Easton and engraved by T. Cole.
They will be printed separately on tinted
paper, rs frontispieces of four different
numbers. Illustrated sketches Of the lives
of the poets will accompany these por-
traits.
STUDIES IN TEH SIERRAS-A series
of papers (mOst illustrated by John Muir
the California naturalist. 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,
n 4
A NEW VIEW OF BRAZIL Mr..
Herbert H. Smith, of Cornell University,
a compation of the late Prof Hartt, is now
in Brazil, with Mr.. j, Wells Champney
(the artist who accompanied Mr.. Edward
King in this tour through The Great
South"), preparing for SCRIBNER series
of papers on the present condition, the
cities, rivers and resources o. the great
empire of South America.
THE Johnny REB' PAPERS, by
an Eek Confederate soldier, will be
among the raciest contributions to SCRIB-
NER during the coming ear. They are
written and illustrated by Mr.. Allen &.
Redwood, of Baltimore. the first of the
series, Johnny Reb at play" appears in
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," sc }, and will include
sketches of the leading men in each of the
most important Universities of Great
Britain and the Continent.
Among the additional series Of papers
to appear may be m entioned those on HO :
SHALL WE SPELL two papers by Prot
Lounsbury), The New South, Lawn
Planting for Small Places (by Samuel
Parsons, of Flushing Canada of To-day, |
American Art and artists, Anerican
Archaeology, Modern Inventors; also, Pa
pers of Travel, History. Physical Science, |
Studies in Literature Political and Social |
Science, Stories Poems; Topics OF the |
time bv DR. j. G. Holland; record Of
New Inventions and Mechanical I'm
Papers on Edu cation, Deco |
ration. &c; Book Reviews fresh bits Of |
Wit and Humor, &C., &c, &c,
Terms 90 n year in advRu G;
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