Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-24

MAGAZINE, which will be- in fact, q 7aeao,
enlarged and impro0ed "SCRIBNER. .
The page as SOnaeaobGt longer and aoSder,
admitting pictures Of a ldrger size, and
| VIRTUALLY INCREASING THE READING
MATTER TO THE EXTENT OF ABOUT
Fourteen Additional Pages.
The November number is one of rare
beauty and interest. 1t is richly illus
trated with more than seventy engrav-
ings, among them frontispiece
PORTRAIT OF GEORGE ELIOT,
the only authorized portrait of the great
novelist yet published or to be publish
ed, furnished by her husband. Mr..
Cross, and reproduced from an etching
made especially for this purpose by NJ.
Paul Rajon. 1t accompanies a paper by
Frederick w. Myers. who deals interest
ingly with George Eliot's religious and
philosophical beliefs.
MRS. BURNETT'S NEW NOVEL.
Through One Administration, a story
of social and political life in Washing
ton, begun in this number, is expected
to rival in interest the writer's THAT Lass
O Lowrle's, and "a Fair Barbarian"
MARK TWAIN
Contributes a complete short story. enti.
tied "a Curious Experience. +" Mary
Hallock FOote furnishes an entertaining
paper on
A Diligence Journey in Mexico,
With eight of her own illustrations. en-
graVed by Cole, Closson and others. An
article on
Impressions of Shakspereaa Char.
acters, by TOmmasO SalVIni.
The eminent Italian tragedian, will at
tract wide attention. There is also a
paper on Salvini, with drawings of him
in Othello and Macbeth.
Costumes In the Greek PLAY at Har-
Vard."
BY Frank d. Millet, the artist who de-
signed the costumes for the play, in
cludes seventeen striking illustrations bv
Brennan. An opportunity for repro
duclng seven magnificent paintings is
afforded by paper on the artists
FORTUNY AND REGNAULT.
"AIound Cape Ann" is breezy long
shore article, illustrated with nine ex-
quislte reproductions of etchings bv
Stephen Parish.
"MY ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY"
BY Frederick Douglass,
Is paper of historical value and inter.
est. W. ]. Stillman has an interesting
article, with twenty-five illustrations, on
the discovery and origin of
"The SOcaIled Venus Of fMeIOs" QdiIOl
There is capital short story by the
author of ''The Village Convict" which
made such hit in the August ScRIBl
NER; an article by Cuna7d Captain on
Compulsory Lane Routes in the North
Atlantic;" Poems by
James Russell Lowell,
Edmund Clarence Stedman,
Edmund w. GOsse,
Austin DObsOG.
Mary napes Dodge,
Richard Watson Glider, and others
Topics of the Time" contains contri-
buttons from the pen of the late DR.. Hol-
land, on the change in the name of the
magazine, on The Contingency of In
ability, and Public Spirit" This
November number contains the prospec-
tus for the coming year. The portrait
OF De. Holland, photographed from
life size picture by Wyatt Eaton, and
issued just before his death, will possess
a new interest to the readers of this maga-
zine. 1t is offered at So retail, or to
gether with The CENTURY MAGAZINE
for one year for Sc 80. Subscriptions
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everywhere. Regular price of the maya,
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