Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04
Announcements fer 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 a 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, 1878 and will be profusely
illustrated.
FALCON BERG, d serial novel, by II.
II. Boyesen author of "Gunnar," THE
Man who Lost his Name" sc. In this ro-
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiarities Of Morse immigrant life in a
Western settlement.
j 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 CIeol Louisi-
ana about the years 1S03-4-5, the time of the
Cession, and period bearing a 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 pTotraits are drawn from life by
Wyatt EastOn and engraved by I. Cole.
They will be printed parately on tinted
paper, as 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
for1ia 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 h. Smith, of Cornell University,
a compation of the late Prof. HART, 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 OF the great
empire of South America.
THE JOHNNY REB' PAPERS, by
an Tex. Confederate soldier, will be
NER during the coming year. They are
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
We are now having pre-
pared for SCRIBNER. articles on the leading
Universities of Europe. They will be
written by al American College Professor
Mr.. 81 Ii. Boyesen, of Cornell (author of |
Ct 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 mentioned those on Ho
SHALL WE SPELL two papers by Prof.
Lounsbury), 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, Pa
pers of Travel, History. Physical Science
Studies in Literature, Political and Social
Science, Stories: Poems; Topics OF the
New Inventions and Mechanical I'm
orovements; Papers on Education, Deco
ration, &c; Book Reviews; fresh bits of
Wit and Humor, &C., &C., sc.
Terms 90 a year I'm advance:
35 GEMS a number