Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-10
Announcements fer 1879:

| Among the attractions for the comini
! year are the following:
''HA WORTH'S,'' a serial novel, by Mrs
Frances HodgsOn Burnett, author Of ''Tha
| Lass o. LOWrie's." The scene of Mrs Bur
| netts new novel is laid in Lancashir tn,
! hero Is a young inventor of Amsrican birth
] 'HawOrth' 5" 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 II
II. BOyesen author of "Gunnur," 9TH,
Man who Lost his Name" &c In this ro
nance, the author graphically describes tn,
pecnliarities Of Morse immigrant life in, .
| Western settlement.
IA 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 &. col Louis.
ana about the years 1854 5, the time of tho
Cession, and a 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 protraits are drawn from life by
Wyatt EastOn and engraved by r. Cole.
l. MY Will bt pIlutCu DhThLtll on LlILtu
paper, as frontispleces 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 illustTated) by John Muir
the California naturalist. The most graphic
and picturesque and, at the same time, ex-
act and trustworthy studies OF The Cali
fOr3ia 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,
a conpation 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
SouthD, 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
an "ex- Confederate soldier, will be
among the raCiest contributions To Serb
NER during the coming year. They are
written and illustrated by Mr.. Allen &.
Redwood, of Baltimore. the first of the
series, Johnny Reb at play" appears in
the NOvembr number.
THE LEADING EUROPEAN UNI
VERSlTlES. We are now having pre-
pared for SCRIBSER, articles on the leading
Universities of Europe. They will be
written by an American College Professor
Mr. Ii 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.
Am Dng the additional series Of papers
to appear may be m entioned those on Ho
SHALL WE SPELL two papers by Prof.
Lounsbury), The NEW SOUTH, Lawn
Planting for Small Places lby 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 ard Social
Science, Stories: Poems; Topics of the
time" by DR., j. G. Holland; record of
New Inventions and Mechanical I'M
provements; Papers on Education, Deco
ration, &c; Book Reviews; flesh bits Of
Wit and HumOr, &C., &c, &c.
Ver,nS A 90 an vao- A.