Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-08
THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. (SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY,)
FOR THE COMING YEAR.

With the November number began the new series under the title of The Century Maga- azine, which will be, in fact, 0 neao, eaalorged, and improued "SoRIBNER 1he page is some aohat longer and aotder, admitting pictures of e LGrge stseS. and increasing the reading matter about
 Fourteen Additional Pages. The following is a summary of the leading features of the new series for the year: A new Novel by Mrs. Burnett (author of ''That Lass O LOwrie's," etc. ), entitled
 Through One Administration, a story of Washington life.
 Studies of the Louisiana Creoles. By Geo. W. Cable, author of ''Ihe Grandissi-
 mes, etc. A series of illustrated papers, on the traditions and romance of Creole life in Louisiana
 A Novel by W. D. Howells (author of "A Chance Acquaintance, etc. ), dealing with characteristic features of American life.
 Ancient and Modern Sculpture. A History of Ancient Sculpture" by Mrs. Lucy M. Mitchell, to contain the finest series pieces of sculpture. There will also be pa- pers op Living English sculptors," and on the Younger Sculptures of America" fully illustrated.
 The Opera in New York, by Richard Grant White. A popular and valuable series, to be illustrated with wonderful completeness and beauty.
 Architecture and Decoration in Amer. ca will be treated in a way to interest both
 householder and housewife; with many prac-
 tical as we'll as beautiful illustrations from re- cent designs.
 Representative Men and Women of accompanied by portraits of George Elliot Robert Browning, Rev. Frederick w. Rob- ertson (by the late Dean Stanley), Matthew Arnold, Christina Rossetti, and Cardinal New man, and of the younger American authors, Wm. D. Howells, Henry James, Jr., aEs George w. Cable.
 Scenes of Thackeray's, Hawthorne's, and George Elllot's Novels. Succeeding the illustrated series on the scenes of Dickens novels.
 The Reform of the Civil Service. Ar engagements have been made for a series ot l able papers on this pressing political ques- tion.
 Poetry and Poets Tn America. There will be studies of Longfeilow, Whittier, Em- erson, Lowell and others, by E. O. Stedman. Stories, Sketches, and Essays may be expected from Charles Dudley Warner, W. D. Howells, "Mark Twain," Edward Eggle- son, Henry James, IT,, John Muir, Miss Cor don Cumming, HI. H." Geo. W. Cable, JOcI SndHulcT nafrIs, A. O. II0uWOOU, F. U. Millett, Noah Brooks, Frank R. Stocton, Con- stance F. Woolson, A. H. Boyesen, Albert Stickney, Washington Gladden., John Bur- roughs, Parke Goodwin, Tommaso Salvini, Henry King, Earnest Ingersoll, E. L. God kin, E. B. Washburne. and many others One or two papers on "The Adventures of the Tile Club" and an original Life of Be- wick, the engraver, by Austin Dobson. are among other features to be later announced.
 The Editorial Departments throughout will be unusually complete. and ''The Worlds Work" will be considerably enlarged
 The price of the Century Magazine will re- main at $4.00 per year (35 cents number). The portrait (size 21x27) of the late Dr. Hol. land, issued just before his death, photograph ed from life-size drawing by Wyatt Eaton, will possess new interest to the readers of this magazine. It is offered at $500 retail, or together with the Century Magazine for $6. 50. Subscriptions are taken by the pub. fishers. and by book sellers and news-dealers everywhere.
 THE CENTURY co. ,. UNION SoUARE, New York.