Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-02
Announcements for 1879:

Among the attractions for the coming
year are the following:
! "HAWORTH'S," serial novel, by Mrs
| Frances Hodgson Burnet, author of THAT
Lass o. Lowrie's. The scene of Mrs Bur-
| nett's new novel is laid in Lancashire; the
hero is young inventor 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, 1873 and will be profusely
illustrated.
FALCONBERG, a serial novel, by 81.
I'll. Boyesen author of "Gunnar," 1.-The
Man who Lost his Name" &c. In this ro-
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiarities of Morse immigrant life in a
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 CIeol Louisi-
ana about the years 1803-4-5, 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 be confined, that
of Longfellow appearing in November.
These protraits are drawn from life by
Wyatt Easton and engraved by I. Cole.
They will be printed Sc parately on tinted
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 1.-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,
in Brazil, with Mr.. j, Wells Champney
(the artist who accompanied Mr.. Edward
King in this tour through THE Great
South"), preparing for SCRIBNER q 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 sex Confederate soldier, will be
among the rsciest contributions to Serb
NER during the coming year. They are
written and illustrated by Mr.. Allen c.
Redwood, of Baltimore. the first of the
series, Johnny Reb at play" appears in
THE LEADING EUROPEAN UNI
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. ID ii. bOyosen, OF CorneIl (autnor 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 ong the additional series of papers |
to appear may be m entioned those on HOY
SHALL WE SPELL two papers by Prof.
THE NEW SOUTH, Lawn
Planting for Small Places tby. Samuel
Parsons, of Flushing), Canada of To-day,
American Art and Artists, american
Archaeology, Modern Inventors; also, Pa
pers of Travel, History. Physical Science,
Studies in Literature g, Political and Social
Science, Stories: Poems; Topics of the
:ime," 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, &C., &C., sc.
Terms 400 q year I'm advance;
30 cents q number.
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