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T. HE. CEN U R Y
Beginning of a Great Enterprise.
FOR NOVEMBER.

FOR NOVEMBER. Beginning of a Great Enterprise.
 With the November number, now ready, THE CENTURY begins it's fifteenth year. Each season has shown an advance in circulation upon the preceding, and the magazine starts out upon the new volume with an edition of
 OVER I4O,OOO COPIES.
 The important feature of THE CENTURY MAGAZINE for the coming year-indeed, per haps the most important ever undertaken by the magazine-will be
 The Series of War Papers; separate articles on the great battles of the War for the Union, written by general off cers high in command upon both the Fed eral and the Confederate sides-General Grant (who writes of Vicksburg, Shiloh, and other battles), Generals Longstreet, McC1e1- Ian, Beauregard, Rosecrans, Hill, Admiral Porter, and others. The series opens in the November CENTURY with an article on
 ESThe Battle of Bull Run,''
 Ely Gen. Beauregard, with more than twenty illustrations, includ- ing portraits of McDowell, Johnston, "Stone- wall' Jackson, and others. The writer touches upon his peculiar relations with Jefferson Davis, and on the general conduct of the war. Brief sketches, entitled
 'sRecOIIectiOns of a Private,'' the first one of which, printed in the same number, describes 8 Union private's experiences at Bull Run will supplement the more important series by the various gen erals. Papers describing 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
 
 quantity of photographs, drawings, portraits, maps, plans, etc., hitherto unused. The aim is to present in this series, not official re ports, but commanding officers accounts of their plans and operations interesting per sonaI experiences which will record leading events of the war, and possess at the same time a historical value not easily to be caleu- lated.
 The November CENTURY is number of unusual excellence. In it appear also first chapters of
 A New Novel By w. D. HOWeIIs, author of ''Venetian Days," "A Modern In stance,' etc., a story dealing with the rise of an American business man. The other fic ton includes short stories by Joel Chandler Harris (''Uncle Remus'), Frank R. Stockton and Thomas A. Janvier, with illustrations by Frost and Mary Hallock Foote.
 'SHOW Shall We Elect Cur Presi-
 dentss''
 is timely contribution from George Ticknor Curtis, and there are shorter papers on va rious political subjects, Bribery in Politics, "A Rallying Point for New Political Party, ''False Issues" and ''We of the South" <" by George w. Cable.
 Three FuII-Page Pictures By Vedder are conspicuous among the illustrated fea- lures of this number. They are reproduc- tions of some of his illustrations of the Song of Omar Khayyam. An entertaining paper on
 "'The Chinese Theatcr'' has thirteen pictures, and article on ''Sculptors of the Early Italian Renaissance" by Kenyon Cox, is profusely Illustrated by the author
 ssThe Principles of House Drain
 ageo
 is the first of two papers on sanitary subjects, by Col. George E. Waring, jr. Among the other contents are: A poem by Austin Dob son, ''The Old Sedan Chair" with illustra- tions by Birch; some
 Letters from Charles Bcade, contributed by Mrs. James T. Fields; Claw vers' Morals: E'The Bible in the Sunday School': "A Phase of Social Science" by Henry c. Potter, D.D.; full page cartoon; poems by Edna Dean Proctor, Elaine Good ale, and others. Features of
  not begun in this number, are as follows: The New Northwest. An interesting group of papers describing the opportunities and physical features of ] little known regions in the northwestern part of the United States and the neighbor- | ing British territory, by E. V Smalley, \ Lieut.. Schwatka, and others. ! - &,.@so. Descriptive papers on the life, society, GUS | of nf Ina of Ttalv, The illustrations will consist of re productions of etchings and drawings by Jo- ] seph Pennell.
 Astronomy, y,ArcilitectuEe,H HHsStOrSe The interesting series of untechnical pa ners on Astronomy, by Professor Langley | will be continued with additional articles by | other writers. Mrs. Van Rennselaer will < write of Churches, Country Houses and City l Houses, with illustrations; and Dr. Edward l Fooleston will continue his valuable papers l on Life in the American Colonies. Other Fiction, l in which THE CENTURY will be unusually ! strong. includes, besides the novel by w. D. 1 Howells. a novel by Henry James, Q novelette, l by Gracn Denio Litchfeld Gin three parts, with illustrations by Mary Hallock Foote), short stories by Joel Chandler Harris, Frank 1 R. Stockton, Richard NJ. Johnston, H. H. l Boyesen, Mrs. Constance Cary Harrison, | s'Ivory Black T. A. Janvier, James T. ! Mckay, H. H., Maurice Thompson, Juliar l Hawthorne, and other writers.
 French and American Art.
 Illustrated papers on French sculpture 1 and on the French artists, Corot, Rousseau and others; on the introduction of Paste Painting into America; on the work of Amer ican artists; on English sculptors, and or l popular aspects of archaeology
 In addition there will be papers by John Burroughs;
 articles on sport and adventure; on inven 1 tions and musical topics; suggestive essays o1 1 various subjects of commanding interest l both in the body of the magazine and in the I 'sTopics of the Time" and "Open Letters"
 Readers of THE CENTURY may feel sure O keeping abreast of the times on leading sub iects that may properly come within th' province of monthly magazine. New sub l scriptions should date from the Novembe number, now ready, the beginning of tn War Series and MT. Howell's new novel Price, $4O0 year; 35 cents number: Al booksellers and newsdealers sell it and tax
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