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The Century Magazine.

The Century Magazine.
(SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY
For The Coming Year.
les under the title of The Century Maya zine, which
will be, in fact, new, enlarged, and improved
"scribner." The page is somewhat longer and
wider, admitting pictures of larger size, and in
creasing the reading matter about
Fourteen Additional Pages,
The following is summary of the Leading
features of the new series for the year:
New Novel by Mrs. burnett (author of
"That Lass o. Lowrie's," etc. entitled Through
One Administration" story ofWashington life.
Studies OF the Louisiana Creoles. by Geo.
W. Gable. author of 1.-THE Grandissimers," etc.
A series of illustrated papers, on the traditions
and romance Of Creole HE in Louisiana.
A Novel by W. d. Howeils (au thor Of "a
Chance Acquaintance" etc., dealing with char
acteristic features ofAmerlcan life.
Ancient and Modern Sculpture A "IIistory
OF Ancient sculpture" by Mrs. Lucy A. Mitchell.
TO contain the finest series OF engravings yet pub
lished of the masterpieces Of sculpture. There
will also be papers on "Living English Sculptors"
and on the Younger sculptors of America" fully
illustrated.
The Opera in New York, by Richard Grant
white. A popular anc valuable series, TO be IL
lustrated with wonderful completeness and
beauty,
a..ht,a..ura and naearafian In A,aarfoa
will be treated in a way TO interest both house
h older and housewife; with many practical as
well as beautiful Illustrations nom recent de
signs.
10Th Century. Biographical sketches, accom-
panied by portraits OF George Eliot, Robert
Browning..Rev; Frederick W. Robertson (by The
late Dean stanley, Matthew Arnold, Christina
RossettI, and Cardinal Newman, and of the Young,
or American authors, VIM. ID. Howells, Henry
James, Jr., and Geo. w. Gable.
Scenes of Thackeray's, Hawthorne.s, and
George Eitot's Novels. Succeeding The illus
trated series on the scenes ofDickens's novels.
Tho Reform of the Civil Service. Arrange
ments have been made for a series of able papers
on this pressing political question.
Poetry and Poets In America. There will
be studies of Longfehow. Whit Ter, Emerson, Lo-
we'll, and others. by c steadman,
Stories, Sketches, and Essays may he ex-
pecIed from Charles Dudley Warner, WD. How
ellis, MARX Twain" Edward Eggeston, James,
Jr John Muir, Miss Gordon Cumming, "II. -"
Geo. w. Cable, Joel Chandler Harris, A. c. Red
wood, i. ID. Millet, Noah Brooks, Frank r. Stock.
ton Constance II. Woolson, Ii. III. Boyesen,
Albert s!ickney, washington GLADDEN.. John Bur.
King. Ernest Ingersoll, Il. l.. Godkin, Il. Ii.
Wash burne. and many others.
One or two papers on 1.-THE Adventures OF the
Tile Club" and an original Life of Rewick, the
sngraver, by Austin Dobson, arc among other
features to be later announced.
The Editorial Departments throughout vii
be unusually complete, and "Ihe Worlds Work
will be considerably enlarged.
The price of The Century Magazine will re-
main at 3400 per year lS5 cents number. The
portrait lsize q X 30 OF the late Dr. Holland,
Issued just before his death, photographed Il ON
q lilersize drawing by Wyatt Eaton, will possess
. new interest 70 the readers OF this magazine
Il is offered at $500 retail or together with The
taken BY the publishers, and by book sellers and
news-dealers everywhere.
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