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THE CENTURY
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II GREAT ENTERPRISE.
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.


The important feature of THE CEN
TURY MAGAZINE for the coming year--ln-
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 Union, written by
general officers high in command upon
both the Federal and the Confederate
sides, -Gencml Grant (who writes of
Vicksburg, Shiloh, and other baltles),
Generalf Longslrcet, Mcclellan ljci,ure-
gard, linsccrans, Hill, Admiral Porter
and others. The Series opens in the NJ
vembcr CENTURY with graphically illus
trated article On
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
written by the Confederate general, G. Il.
Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled
"RecolleCtions of Private papers
chronicling 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
a very largo quantity OF photographs,
| drawings, portraits, maps, plans, etc,
hitherto unused. The aim is to present
in this series, not official reports, but
commanding officers acc uuts of their
plans and operations Interesting per-
sonal EXPERIENCES which will record lead
ing events OF the war, and possess, at the
same, historical value not easily to be
calculated,
FICTION.
In this line THE CENTURY will 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. H0WELLS.
Author of venetian DAYS" ga Modern
Instance etc. This stony deals with the
rise Of nm American business man. A
novelette, by Grace DEMO Litchfeld, and
short stories by "Uncle Remus," Frank
II. Stockton, II. II. Bogesen, r. A. JAN
vier, II. H. Julian Hawthorne, and other
equally well-known writer's 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 elchings and drawing
by Joseph Pennell; series ON
The NEW NORTH WEST.
being an interesting group of p pers by
Z. Y. Smalley, Lieut.. SchwatIa Prin
cipal Grant (of Kingston, Onlario), ant
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 ant
others, Under Architecture are included
more of Mrs. Van Rensseaer's articles oi
Churches, City and Country houses, etc
Colonel George f. Waring, Jr, will dc
scribe
Progress in Sanitary Draining;
e. q. Stedham, Edmund Gosse, an
others will furnish literary essays; Goorg
W. Gable will contribute IN various ways
several papers on sport ank adventln
will soon be publishek, and
John Burroughs
will write from time to tim ON outdOc
= subjects.
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70 may properly come within the province Of
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