The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
CENTURY
FOR NOVEMBER.

L OIN IN ~ N-EIN u T. II.
BEGINNING OF A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
WITH the November number, now ready,
The CENTURY begins its fifteenth year Each
season has shown an advance in circulation upon
the preceding, and the magazine starts out upon
the new volume with edition of
OVER i4O,0 600 COPIES.
The important feature of The CEH FURY Mag
AzlNE for the coming year-indeed. perhaps the
most important ever undertaken by the maga-
zine-wil be
THE SERIES OF WAR PAPERS;
separate articles on the great battles of the war
for the Union, written by general officers high
IN command upon both the Federal and Confed
crate sides-General Grant lwho writes of Vicks-
burg, Shiloh and other battles) Generals Long
street. Mcclellan, Beauregard, Rosecrans, Hill,
Admiral Porter, and others. The series opens
IN the November CENTURY with an article on
1.-THE BATTLE OF BULL RUM"
By Gen. .Beauregard,
with more than twenty illustrations including
portraits of Mcdowell, Johnston, "Stonewalr
jackson, and others. The writer touches upon
his peculiar relations with jefferson Davis, and
on the general conduct of the war. Brief
sketches, entitled
"RECoLLEcTI0ES OF A PRIVATE"
the nrSt one OF which, printed in the same num-
Der, describes Union private's experiences at
Bull Run, will supplement- the more important
series by the various generals Papers describ-
ing various auxiliary branches of the service etc,
will appear from time to time
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
A strict regard for accuracy will guide the
preparation of the illustrations, for which THE
CENTURY has at its disposal very large. quanti-
ty OF photographs, drawings, portraits, maps,
plans, etc, hitherto unused The aim is to pre-
sent in this series, not official reports hut com
mandlng officers accounts of their plans and
operations, interesting personal experiences
which will record leading events of the war, and
possess, at the same time, an historicalYalue not
easily to be calculated
The November CENTURY is a number of un-
usual excellence. In it appear also first chapters
A NEW NOVEL BY w. D. HOWELLS,
author of Venetian Days." A Modern Instance, >
etc, "a story dealing with the rise of an American
business man. The other fiction includes short
stories by Joel Chandler Harris t"Uncle
Remus") Frank r. Stockton, and Thomas "A.
Janvier, with illstrations by Frost and Mary
Halock Foote.
"HoW SHALL WE ELECT OUR PRESIDENTS 2"
is a timely contribution from George Ticknor
Curtis and there are shorter papers on various
political subjects, Bribery in Politics" "a
Rallying Point for "a New Political Party"
False Issues" and 1--WE of the South" by
George W. Gable.
THREE FULL-PAGE PICTURES BY VEDDER
are conspicuous among the illustrated features
of this number. They are reproductions of some
of his Illustrations of the Song of Omar
khayyam. An entertaining paper on
tTHE CHINESE THEATER"
has thirteen pictures, and an article on "Sculp-
tors of the Early Italian Renaissance" by Ken
yon Cox, is profusely illustrated by the author.
1.-THE PRINCIPLES OF DRAINAGE"
is Of paDerc on
Col George d. Waring, jr. Among the other
contents are: A poem by Austin Dobson, ''Ehe
Old Sedan Chair" with Illustrations by Birch;
some
LETTERS FROM CHARLES READE,
contributed by Mrs James II. Fields; LAWYERS
Morals" 1.-The Bible in the Sunday -school;7 "a
Phase of Social Science" by HenrysC Potter
ID. D.; fulEpage cartoon; poems by Edna Dean
Proctor, Elaine Goodale, and others. Features of
THE CENTURY FOR 1895.
not begun in this number, are as follows:
THE NEW NORTHWEST.
An interesting gronp of papers, describing the
opportunities and physical features of little
known regions in the northwestern part of the
United States, and the neighboring British terri
tory, by E. V. Smalley, Lieut.. Schwatka, and
others.
TUSCAN CITIES, BYW D. HoWELLs.
Descriptive papers on the life, society, Gus
toms, etc, of some of the cities of northern
Italy The illustrations will consist of repro
ductions of etchings and drawings by Joseph
Pennell.
ASTRONOMY, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY.
Theinterestng series of untechnieal papers on
Astronomy, by Professor Langley will be con-
tinued, with additional articles by other writer's
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, will write of Churches
Country Houses snd City Houses, with illustra
tions; and DR.. Edward Eggleston will continue
his valuable papers on Life in the American Col
onies.
OTHER FICTION,
in which the Century will be unusually strong
includes, besides the novel by W. D. Howells
novel by Henry James, novelette, by Grace
DEMO Iitchfeld lin three parts, with illustra-
tions by Mary Halock Foote) short stories by
Joel Chandler Harris Frank r. Stockton Rich
ard M. Johnston, II. II. Boyesen, Mrs. Constance
Cary Harrison, Ivory Black" T. A. Janvier
James TMcKay, H. H., Maurice Thompson
Julian Hawthorne, and other writer's.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN ART.
Illustrated papers on French sculpture, and on
the French artists, Corot Rousseau and others;
America; on the work of American artists; on
English sculptors and on popular aspects of
archaeology.
In addition there will be papers by
JOHN BURROUGHS;
articles on sport and adventures; on inventions
and musical topics; suggestive essays on various
subjects of commanding interest, both in the
body of the magazine and in the Topics of the
Time" and Open Letters"
Readers of The Century may feel sure of keep
ing abreast of the times on leading subjects that
may properly come within the province of q
monthly magazine. New subscriptions should
date from the November number, now ready. the
beginning of the War Series and Mr. Howellss
new novel. Price, 81 year, 35 cents number
All booksellers and newsdalers sell it and take
subscriptions, or remittance may be made to
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