Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-02
Announcements flr l879 /:

| Among the attractions for the coming
| year are the following:
"HAWORTH'S," serial novel, by Mrs
frances HodgsOn BurHet. author of THAT
Lass o. LOwrie's." The scene of Mrs Bur
netts new novel is laid in Lancashire; the
hero is young in entOr Of Amarican birth
'uaWOTth'sf Is the Longest story Mrs Bur
tt 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.
II. B9yescn author of "Gunl3r," The
Man who Lost his Name" sc In this ro-
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiaIities of Morse immigrant life in II
Western settlement.
A STORY OF NEW ORLEANS, by
George w. Cable to be begun on the con-
clusiou Of "FalConb6Tg." This story will
exhibit the state Of sOCI ty in C.Col Louisi-
ana about the years 1884, the time Of the
Cesson, and period bearing a remarkable
likeness 10 the present Reconstruction pc
Rod.
PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN POEMS
Ihis series (beguu in August with the
portrait Of BryanU will be confined, that
of LongfellOw appearing in November.
These prOtruits are drawn from llfg by
w att EestOn and engraved by Il. Cole.
They viii he printed parately on tinted
paper, as fluutisrieCrs Of four different
numbers. Illustrated sketches of the lives
of the poets viii accompany these pOT-
traits
STUDIES IN TEH SIERRAS-A series
of papers (most iilustTated) by John Muir
the California ia uralist. The most graphic
and picturesque and, at the same time, ex-
act and trustworthy studies OF THE Cali
foraia 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,
q compation of the late Prof HART, is now
in Brazil, with Mr.. j, Wells Champney
(he artist who accompanied Mr.. Edward
King in this tour through The Great
South"), preparing for SCRIBNER a series
of papers on the present condition.
cities, rivers and resources o the great
empire of South America.
TIE JOHNNY REB" PAPERS, by
among the raciest contributions TO Serb
EER during the coming year. They are
written and illustrated by Mr.. Allen 9.
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. IL 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 ID entioned those on Ho
SHALL WE SPELL two papers by Prof
Lounsbury), TIE 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
,ime," by DR.. j. G. Holland; record of
New Inventions and Mechanical I'm
Drovements; Papers on Education, Deco
,ation, &C.; Book Reviews; fresh bits of
Wit and Humor, &C., &c, &c.
FERNS 90 u year i'm RdvRnCc:
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