The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-22
THE CENTURY
In 885.
II GREAT ENTERPRISE.
PAPERS ON THE cIVU WAR
In 1856.


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
series of separate papers on the great bat
ties Of the War for the Onion, written by
general officers high in command upon
both the Federal and the Confederate
sides, -General Grant (who writes of
Yicksburg, Shiloh, and other baltles),
Generalf LOngstrcet, Mcclellan, Beaure-
gard, Rnsecrans, Hill, Admiral Porter
and others, The Series opens in The No
vember CENTURY with graphically illus
trated article on
The BATTLE OF BULL RUN
written by the Confederate general, G. Il.
Beauregard. Brief sketches entitled
'Rcc0llectiOns Of u Private, papers
chroniclhg special oyents, descriptions of
various auxiliary branches of the service,
etc, will supplement- the more impor-
tant series by The various generals.
A strict regard for accuracy will guide
the preparation of tho illustrations, for
which The CENTURY has at its disposal
a very large quantity OF photographs,
drawings, portraits, maps, plans, etc,
hitherto unused. The aim is to present
in this series, not official reports, but
commanding officers, ace UNITS of their
plans aud operations interesting per-
sonal EXPERIENCES which will record lead
ing events OF tho war, and possess, at the
same, historical value not easily to be
calculated
FICTION.
In this line THE CENTURY wilt main
tain its prestige, and furnish the best
stories by American writers that can be
! produced. In November begins
A NEW NOVEL BY W. D. HOWELLS.5
| Author d 'Venetian DAYS" "a Modern
Instance etc This story deals with the
rise of an American business man. A
novelette, by Grace DEMO Litchield, and
short stories 10y "Uncle Remus," Frank
| II. Stockton, II. II. Bogescn, T. A. Jan
vier, II. IL Julian Hawthorne, aud other
equally well-lnown writers will appear
at 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
reproductions of etchings and drawing
by Joseph Pencil; series on
THE NEW NORTH WEST.
being an interesting group of papers by
Z. v. Smalley, Lieut., Schwatla, Pfin-
cipal Grant (Of Kingston, Ontario), and
Others, descriptive of little known regions;
papers on French and American art,
sculpture and painting, with some exqui-
site illustrations; papers on
astronomy, Architecture, and History,
the first being by Professor Langley and
others, Undcr Architecture are included
more of Mrs. Yah Rensselaer's articles on
Churches, City and Country houses, etc.
Colonel George f. Waring, Jr,, will de-
scribe I.
Progress in Sanitary Draining;
+. &. StedhPm, Edmund GOsse, and
others will furnish literary essays; George
W. Gable will contribute IN various ways
several papers ON sport anlS adventure
will soon be publishek, and ...f...
John Burroughs
will write from time to time on outdoor
subjects.
Readers of Tue CENTURY may feel sure of keep
ing abreast Of tho times on leading subjects that
may properly come within the province of .
monthly magazine. Its circulation Is now about
10000 Monthly the November number exceeding
that tigyrc Subscriptions should date from thii
nunbef, beginning he War Series aud Mr. How
chs novel. Price 500 year, - cents II number
All bOOkse lers and news-dGaers sell It and take
SUBSCRIPTIONS, or remittance may be made to thu
publishers.
A free specimen copy Of THE CENTURY
will be sent ON request. Mention this
paper,
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