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THE CENTURY

THE CENTURY
In 8S5.
Il GREAT ENTERPRISE.
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The important feature of The CEN
TuRY MAGAZINE for the coming year-in-
deed, perhaps the most important ever
undertaken by the magazine will be a
series Of separate papers on the great bat
ties of the War for the Union, written by
general officers high in command upon
both the Federal and the Confederate
sides, -General Grant (who writes of
Vicksburg, Shiloh, aud other baltles),
Generalf LongsiIeet, Mcclellan, Beaure-
gard, Rosecrans, Hill, Admiral Porter
and others. The Series opens in the No
vember CENTURY with a graphically illus
trated article un
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN
written by the Confederate general, G. T.
Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled
"RecOllections of Private" papers
chIOnicling special events, descriptions Of
various auxiliary branches of the service,
etc, will supplement tine more impOr-
tant series by the various generals.
A strict regard for accuracy will guide
the preparation of The illustrations, for
which THE CENTURY has at its disposal
very large quantity oil photographs,
drawings, portraits, maps, plans, etc,
hitherto unused. The aim is to present
in this series, not official reports but
commanding officers acc UNITS Of theii
plans and operations, interesting pc
sOnal EXPERIENCES which will record lead
ing events OF the war, and possess, at the
same, historical value not easily to b,
, calculated.
FICTION.
In this line The CENTURY will main
p tain its prestige, and furnish the bes
> stories by American writers that can b.
produced. In November begins
ANEW NOVEL BY W. D. H0WELLS.
Author Of "Venetian DAYS" "a MOderi
Instance etc This stony deals with tn
rise Of an American business man.
novelette, by Grace DEMO Litch:leld, an,
short stories by Uncle Remus," Fran
; II. Stockton, H. II. Bogesen, r. A. Jan
vier, II. H. Julian Hawthorne, and othe
equally well-known writers will appea
!, at various times.
|. MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES.
Under this heading may be included
n series of papers on the Cities of Italy b
+ W. D. HlOwells, the illustrations bein
e reproductions of elohings and DRAWN
by Joseph Pennell; a series on
s ThE NEW NORTH WEST.
!. being an interesting group of papers b
f. V. Smalley, Lieut.. Schwatka, Pril
II cipal Grant (Of Kingston, OntariO), an
r. others, descriptive of little known region
IT papers on French and American art,
S. sculpture and painting, with some exqu
Of site illustrations; papers on
Astronomy, Architecture, and History
" the first being by Professor Langley Al
others. Und Architecture are incud,
" more Of Mrs. Van Rensselaer's articles
~ Churches, City aud Country houses, ct
Colonel George +, Waring, Jr., will
u scribe
"a Progress In Sanitary Draining;
~ Il. {. Stedham, Edmund GOsse, n
- others will furnish literary essays; Geor
~ w. Gable will contribute IN various wa!
n several papers on sport ank adventu
- will soon be publishek, and
nr John Burroughs
nd will write from time to time on outd'
ha subjects
NC Readers Of Tina CESruR may feel sure OF Ike
re ing abreast Of the times on leading subjects
may properly come within the province o
monthly magazine. Its eiIeulatIOn Is nova
10000 monthly, the November number exceed
ne that figure. subscriptions should date from q,
IA ellis novel. Price S4.0J n year, So cents n mum
All bOoksc lers and news-dealers sell It and /
Is subscriptions or remittance may be made to
Publishers.
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