Connecticut western news., 1880-02-11
SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY

SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY.
 So great has been the demand for recen | numbers of this magazine that the monthly
 circulation has increased more than 20, 900 cop
 les within the year, and the edition for Noyem Der, 1OO, ,O0O, was exhausted within two weeks after issue. The English edition has recently doubled, and the magazine has everywhere | taken it's place as the most handsomely illus. trated popular periodical published in the Eng hsh language. Every number contains 16( pages of contributions from the best American | authors, and from % to 100 wood engravings | The publishers call attention to the following ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1880. | THE REIGN OF PETER TAE GREAT by EUGENE SCHUYLER, will begin in an early | number. and continue through two years. It will be work of great historical sig nifcance and of rare graphic and dramatic interest. Bu- reaus of illustration have been established in Paris and St. Petersburg, specially for the OK ecution of the pictorial part of this enterprise -an enterprise involving greater outlay than any previously undertaken by popular" mag azine.
 THREE SERIALS IN SCNIRNER'6
 MONTHLY BY AMERICAN WR1.
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 THE GRANDrss1MEs, 8 story of New Orleans Creole life, by George W. Cable, author of "Old Creole Days" "LoUrsIANA," & new noy., elette of American Life, by Frances H. Burnett, author of That Lass O Lowrie's." CoNF1- DENCE, by Henry. James, Jr., begun in the Midsumhaer Holiday (August) number.
 CANADA PICTURESQUE.
 A number of papers by Principal Grant, of McGill University Kingston, and w G. Beers and Chas. Farnham, are in course of prepara- tion for ScRIBNER 8, which will give thorough accounts of the historical, political, pictur- esque. and other phases of the country.
 PAPERS ON ART.
 The growth of art has made it necessary for the modern magazine to devote consid- erable attention to this subject, and in this respect ScRiBNER's MONTHLY will continue to occupy the leading place, both in the judicious selection and in the artistic execution of the subjects chosen.
 POETS AND POETRY. Edmund Clarence Stedman will contribute to ! 'CRIBNERs MONTHLY, during the coming year critical essays on this subject, including the l of the. poetic art in this country l md it's subsequent history. Henry Richard | 'toddard will furnish studies of subjects con- | lected with English poetry, the first paper be- | ng on "Tle English Sonnet" sAUNTERHNGs WITH DACKENS. number of unique papers to be contributed | 70 SCRIBNER, by Aired Kimmer, Esq, of Ches- l 'er, England. For the illustration of these, | hr. Charles A. Vanderhoof has been sent on l 'pecial trip to England.
 PRACTICAL PAPERS ON HOME
 sijBJ EO1S. This class will include number of finely illus | ra ted papers on ''Sinall Fruits and their Cul. ! ln ID. LN ,ne of the most successful of horticultursts. | Papers on "Church and Home Architecture" | will be contributed by Russell Sturgis, Esq.
 SPORTS AND RECREAT1ONS. n addition to an illustrated account of the re. | .ent excursion of the Tile Club Tn & canal-boat, here will be number of special papers dur ng the year, upon odd personal experiences, | uch as Porpoise-Shooting Walrus Hunting, ! .obster-Fishing, Canoeing in tie rapids of the | Hudson. and several papers ot a novel charac- l er OTHER FEATURES OF sCRIBNER. Extracts from the Journals of Henry J. Ray | nond," edited by his son, H. W. Raymond {; | Accounts Of the South Pass Jetties, American | Arms and Ammunition in Europe, The U. s. | Coast Life-Saving Work, etc., etc. Sketches | ,f Louisiana Life and Scenery. New-York City | snd Vicinity, American Life in Florence, Kan ,as Farming, California Mountain Sheep and | Forests (by John Muir, House-hunting in Paris, Sheep Ranchirg in the West. and many | other interesting subjects. And there will be | he usual variety of essays, poems, and short | stories. Price 35 cents a number, 400 year. For l ,ale and subscriptions received by all Book | ,ellers. Newsdealtrs anl Postmas CTS, or sent | postpaid by the publishers on receipt of price, l sCRHBNER A CO.,. TAB R'dway. N. ". l