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

Among the attractions for the coming
year are the following:
"HAWORTHS,'' 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 prolusoly
illustrated
FALCONBERG, serial novel; by II.
H. BOyesen author of "Gunnar," The
Man who Lost his Name" &c. In this TO-
nance, the author graphically describes the
peculiarities of Morse immigrant life in
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 1904 5, the time of the
Cesson, 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 Il. Cole.
They will be printed parately on tinted
paper, as frontispieccs of four different
mum beTs IiustIa ted sketches of the lives
Of the poets will accompany these por-
traits.
STUDIES IN TEH SIERRAS-As 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 tho California Passes
Lakes, Wind Storm and Forests.
A NEW VIEW OF BRAZIL Mr..
Herbert Il. Smith, of Cornell University,
a compation of the lato Prof Hartt is now
in Brazil, with Mr.. j, Wells Champney
King in this tour through THE Great
South') preparing for SCRIBNER series
of papers on the present condition. the
cities, rivers and resources o. the great
empire of South America.
THE JOHNNY REB" PAPERS, by
among the raciest contributions to SCRIB-
EER 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
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. II H. 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 m entioned those on Ho Y
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: Poemsi Topics of the
time" by DR.. j. G. Holland; record of
New Inventions and Mechanic Mechanical nm I'm
raticn. &c: Book Reviews; fresh bits of |
Wit and Humor, &C., &c, sc.
Terms 90 year I'm advance:
80 Gems a number
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