Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-01
Announcements fer 1879:

Among the attractions for the comm.
year are the following;
"HAWORTH'S," a serial novel, by Mrs
frances Hodgson Burnet, author of THAI
Lass o. Lowries." The scene of Mrs Bur
netts new novel is laid in Lancashire; thu
hero is young in entOr of Amarican birth
'Haworth's' is 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 prOIusely
illustrated.
FALCON BERG, II serial novel, by II
H. Boyesen Guther of "Gunnar," "ThC
Man who Lost his Name" &c. In this ro
nance, the author graphically describes the
pecuiarites of Morse immigrant life in 8
Western settlement.
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS, by
George w. Cable, to be begun on the con-
clusiOn of "FalcOnberg. This story will
exhibit the state of society in &. col LOuisi-
ana about the years 1884 5, the time of the
Cession, and period bearing Il remarkable
likeness to the present Reconstruction pc
Rod.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN Poems
This series (begun in August with the
portrait of Bryant will be confined, that
of Longfellow appearing in Novem Der.
These protraits are drawn from life by
Wyatt Easton and engraved by Il. Cole.
paper, as frontispieces of four different
mum bers. 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,
Lakes, Wind Storm and Forests.
A NEW VIEW OF BRAZIL Mr..
Herbert II. Smith, of Cornell University,
a patton 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 a 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 sex Confederate soldier, will be
among the raciest contributions to SCRIB-
written and illustrated by Mr.. Allen q.
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 SCRIBNER, articles on the leading
Universities of Europe They will be
written by an American College Professor
Mr.. H II. 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.
Among the additional series of papers
to appear may be mentioned those on HO '
SHALL WE SPELL 1.-TWO papers by Prof.
THE NEW SOUTH, Lawn
Planting for Small Places Thy Samuel
Parsons, of Flushing), Canada of To-day,
American Art and Artists. american
Modern Inventors; also, Pa
pers of Travel, History. Physical Science
Studies in Literature, Political and Social
Science, Stories Poems; Topics of the
Time" by DR.. j. G. Holland; record of
New Inventions and Mechanical I'm
Papers on Education, Deco
ration, &c; Book Reviews; fresh bits of
Wit and Humor, SC, &c, &c.
forms 90 70 year I'm aGVante;
35 cents 81 number.
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