Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-11
The CENTURY MAGAZINE,
(SCRIBNER' MONTHLY
FOR THE COMING YEAR.


With the November number began the
new series under the title of The
CENTURY MAGAZINE, which will be, in fact,
a neoo, enlarged, and improved "SCRIBNER. "
The page is sonaesohdt longer and soider, ad-
uniting pictures Of a larger size, AND IN
CREAsTNG THE READING MATTER ABOUT
Eeurte en- Additional Pages.
The following is summary of the leading
features of the new series for the year,
A NEW NOVEL BY MRS. BURNETT
(author of ''That Lass O Lowre's," ETC. J,
entitled Through One Administration" a
story of Washington life.
STUDIES OF THE LOUISIANA
CREOLES. By George w. Gable, author
of 1.-The Grandissimes," etc. A series of
illustrated papers, on the traditions and TO
nance of Creole life in Louisiana.
A NOVEL By W. d. HONELLS (au-
thor of "a Chance Acquaintance, etc. J,
dealing with characteristic features of
American life.
ANCIENT AND MODERN SCULP-
TURE. .'H1sToRY OF ANCIENT SCULP-
rURE," by Mrs. Lucy NJ. Mitchell, to
contain the finest series ofsengravings yet
published Of the masterpieces Of sculpture.
There will also be papers on LIVING
ENGLISH SCULPToss," and on the YOUNGER
SCULPToRs OF AMERICA" fully illustrated.
THE OPERA IN NEW-Y0RK, by
Richard Grant White. A popular aud
valuable series, to be illustrated with Won
derful completeness and beauty.
ARCHITECTURE AND DECORA-
TiON IN AMERICA will be treated in
way to interest both householder and house.
wife; with many practical as well as beauti-
full illustrations from recent designs.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND
WOMEN OF THE 18TH CENTURY.
Biographical sketches, accompanied by por-
Rev. Frederick W. Robertson (by the late
Dean St,nley), Matthew Arnold, Christina
Rossetti, and Cardinal Newman, and of the
younger American authors, VIM. d. Howells,
Henry James, Jr. and George W. Gable.
SCENES OF THACKERAY'S, HAW-
THORNES AND GEORGE ELIOTS
NOVELS. Succeeding the illustrated series
On the scenes OF Dickens novels
THE REFORM OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE Arrangements have been
made for u series of able papers on this
pressing political question.
POETRY AND POETS IN AMERICA.
There viii be studies of Longfellow, Whit
tier, Emerson, Lowell and others, by E. G..
Stedman.
STORIES, SKETCHES, AND ESSAYS
may be expected from Charles Dudley War
ner, w. ID. Howelis, "Mark Twain" Ed
ward Eggleston, Henry James, Jr., John
Muir, Miss Gordon Cumming, III. H."
George ". Cable, Joel Chandler Harris, A.
G. Redwood, I. D. Millet, Noah Brooks.
Frank r. Stockton, Constance L. Woolson,
FL. III. Boyeson, Albert Stickney. Washing
ton GLADDEN., J ohn Burroughs, Parke Goodwin,
Tommaso Salvini, Henry King, Ernest In
gersol E. L. Godkin, E. 3. Washburne
and many others.
One or two papers on "The Adventures
Of the Tile Club" and an original Life OF
Bewick, the engraver by Austin Dobson, are
among ether features TO be later announced.
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS
throughout will be unusually complete, and
1.-The Worlds Work will be considerably
enlarged
The price Of THE CENTURY MAGAZINE
will remain at $500 per year (35 cents a
number). The portrait (size q %, OF
the late Dr.. Holland, issued just before his
death, photographed from life-size draw
ing by Wyatt Eaton, will possess a new in
terest to the readers of this magazine. 1t
is offered at 500 retail, or together with
The CENTURY MAGAZINE for $3.50. Sub
scriptions are taken by the publishers, and
| by booksellers and news dealers everywhere.
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