The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-12-04
THE CENTURY
In 1885.
Il GREAT ENTERPRISE.
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL. WAR.

The important feature of THE CENTURY
MAGAZINE for the coming year-indeed, per-
haps the most important ever undertaken by
the magazine-wil be a series of separate
papers on the great battles 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 Nicksburg, Shiloh, and other bat
tles), Generals Lonsstrect, Mcclellan, Beaure-
gard, RoSecranS, Hill, Admiral Porter, and
others. The series opens in the November
CENTURY with graphically illustrated
article on
The Battle of Bull Run,
written by the Confederate general, G.. T.
Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled ere
collections of Private,' papers chroniclng
special events, descriptions OF various auxili-
airy branches of the service, ETC., will.supple-
ment the more important series by the vari-
Gus generals.
A strict regard for accuracy will guide the
preparation of the illustrations, for which
IHE CENTURY has at Its disposal a very large
quantity photographs, drawings, portraits,
maps, plans, etc, hitherto unused. The aim
Is to present in this SERIES not official reports,
but commanding officers accounts of their
plans and operations, interesting personal
experiences which will record leading even,s
OF the war, and possess, at the same time, Il
historical vrlue not easily 10 be calculated
FICTION.
In this line THE CENTURY will maintain
its prestige, and furnish the best stories by
American writers that can be procured. In
November begins
Anew Novel by w. D. Howslls,
Author of venetian Days" "a Modern
Instance" etc. This story deals with the
rise OF an American business man. A novel
by Henry James, novelette, by Grace DEMO
Litchtield, and short stories by ''Uncle
Remus," Frank r. Stockton, II. H Boyesen,
I. A. Janvier, II. II. Julian Hawthorne, and
other equally well known writers will appear
ct various times.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES.
Under this heading may be included a
series OF papers on the Cities of Italy by w.
d. Howells, the illustrations being reproduc-
tlons of etchings and drawings by Joseph
Pennell; series on
The New Northwest
beng an interesting group of papers by E
V. Smalley, Lieut.. Schwatka, Principal
Grant (of Kingston, Ontario), and others,
descriptive of little known regions; papers on
french and American art,-sculpture and
painting, with some exquisite illustrations;
papers on
Astronomy, Architecture, and History,
the first being by Professor Langlay and
others. Under Architecture are included
more of Mrs. Van Rensselaer's articles on
Churches, City and Country Houses, etc.
Colonel George E. Warning, Jr., will describe
Progress in Sanitary Draining;
E. c. Stedman, Edmund Gosse, and others
will furnish literary essays; George w. Cable
viii contribute in various ways; several
papers on sport and adventure will soon be
published, and
John Burroughs
Will write from time to time on outdoor
subjects.
ReaaerS of THE CENTURY may feel SIRE eff
Keeping abreast of tie times on leading sub
Jeefs that may properly eonle 70it5in tie pro-
aince Of a monthly magazine. It's circulation
IS n070 aboW 40, 600 monthly, TIE No0em5c,
exceeding that figure. Subscriptions houLk
date from this nMa16er, BEGINNING tie War
Series and mr.. Roz0els's n0l'eL. Prize 81 90
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