The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-29
Announcements for Is7s.9.

Among the attractions for the coming year
are the following:
"HAWORTHtS, serial nove,, by Mrs
Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of That
Lass O Louvre =. The scene OF Mrs. Bur
netts new novel is laid in Lancashire the
hero is a young inventor OF American birth.
Haworth Is the longest story Mrs. Bur
nett has yet written. 1t will run through
twelve numbers of the Monthly, beginnin q
with November, 1875 and will be protusely
illustrated.
FALCONBERG a serial novel, by II H.
Boyesen, author Of "Gunnar,8 the Man
who Lost His Name" etc. In his romance.
the author gr sphically describes the pecul ar
tiles OF Morse imm grant life in a Western set
Element.
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS by George
W. Gable, to be begun GA the conclusion of
'sFalconb berg" This story will exhibit the
years ltH5-4-5 the time of the Cession, and n
period J. airing a remarkable likeness TO the
present Reconstruction periyd.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN POETS. This
series (begun in August with the portrait of
Bryant will he con inued, that of Longfe low
appearing in November. These portraits
drawn from life by W vatt Eaton and engraved
by I. Cole They will be printed separately
on tinted paper, as frOntispIeces of four differ
ent numbers illustrated skerches of the
lives of the poets viii accompany these por
traits.
STUDIES IN THE SIERRAS,-A series of
papers mostly llluStFaTcul Dy JObn MUIR, the
California naturalist. The most graphic and
picturesque and, at the sane time, exact and
trustworthy studies OF The California Alps"
that have YET been made. The series will
sketch the California Passes, Lakes, Wind
Storms and Forests.
ANEW VIEW OF RAZIL Mr.. Herbert
H. Smith of Cornell University, a companion
of the late Prof. Hart, is now in Brazil, with
Mr.. J. Wells Champney (the artist who ac-
companied Mr. Edward King in his tour
throuuh t'Hba (IrPat SDuth 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 among the
raciest contributions to SCRIBNER during the
coming year. They are written and iIlustra-
ted by Mr. Allen c. Red wood, of Baltimore.
The first OF the series, Johnny Reb at Play,
appears in the November number.
THE LEADING. EUROPEAN UNIVERSE
TIES. We now having prepar ed. for
ScRIBNER, articles on the lea ing Universities
of Europe. They will be written by Amer
lean College Professor. Mr.. II. II. Boyesen, of
Co nell (aujhor Of "FaIconberg," &c,1 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 How Shall
we Spell 1.-TWO papers by Prof LoUNsBURY, J
The New South, Lawn-Planting for Small
Places (by SAMUEL Parsons, of Flushing,)
Canada Of To-day, American Art and Artists.
American Archaeology, Modern Inventors;
also Papers of Travel, History, Physical Sci
ence, Science, Studies in Literature Political
and Social Science, Stories, Poems Topics of
the Time" by DR.. J. g. Holland: record of
New Inventions and Mocha ical Improve
ments Papers on Education, oration, sc. ;
Book Reviews; fresh bits of Wit and Humor
&c. Sc, sc.
Terms, 81 90 year in advance; 35 cents a
number.
Subscriptions received by the publishers of
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masters Persons wishing to subscribe direct
with the publishers, should write name Post
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with remittance in check, z. o money order
or registered letter, to
Scribner Go. T43 and 745, Broadway
New York.
November 20, 1878.