Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
THE CENTURY
IN 1885.
A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
PAPERS ON THE s1yII. WAR

PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The important feature of The Century
Magazine for the coming year-indeed,
taken by the magaZine-wil be o series
of separate papers On the great battles of
the War for the Union, written by gener-
al officers high in command upon both
the Federal and the Confederate Sides
General Grant (who writes of Vicks-
burg, Shiloh and other battles), Generals
Longstreet, Mcclellan, Beauregard, Ros-
ecrans, Hill, Admiral Porter, and others.
The series opens in the November Gen.
tury with a graphically illustrated article
on
THE ATTLE OF BULL RUN,
written by the Confederate General, G.
T. Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled
"R~ecollections Of a Private" papers
chronicling special events, descriptions
of various auxiliary branches of the ser
vice, ETC., will supplement the more i'm
portant 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 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 accounts of their
plans and operations-interesting person.
al experiences which will record leading
events of the war, and possesses, at the
same time, a historical value not easily
to be calculated. z
FICTION.
In this line The Century will maintain
its prestige, and furnish the best stories
by American writers that can be procur-
ed. In November begins
ANEW NOVELTY W. D.. HowELLs,
Author of "Venetian Days." GA Modern
Instance etc. This story deals with
the rise of an American business man. A
novel by Henry James, a novelette, by
Grace DEMO LitehfeId, and short stories
by "Uncle Remus," Frank r. Stockton
Fl. H. Boyesen, T. A. Janvier, H. H. Ju-
liam Hawthorne and other equally we'll
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 re-
productions of etchings and drawings by
Joseph Penneli; a series on
H NEW NORTHWEST
being an interesting group of papers by
E. v. Smalley, Lieut.. Schwatka, Princi-
pal Grant (of Kingston, Ontario), and
others, descriptive of little known re-
giOns; papers on French and American
art-sculpture and painting, with some
exquisite illustrations; papers on
ASTRONOMY, ARCHITECTURE & HISTORY,
the first being by Professor Langley and
| nfhorr TTndar Arohitntnua a-o snoI,J
| ed more of Mrs. Var Renssalaer's arti-
cles on Churches, City and Country
Houses, etc. Colonel George E. War
ing. Jr., will describe
PROGRESS IN SANITARY DRAINING;
E. G. Stedman, Edmund Gosse, and 9TH
ers will furnish literary essays: George
w. Cable will contribute in various
ways; several papers on sport and adven-
ture will soon be published, and
JoHN BURROUGHS
will write from time to time on outdoor
subjects.
Readers of The Century may feel sure of
keeping abreast of the times on leading
subjects that may properly come within
the province of q monthly magazine. Its
circulation is now about lao, 600 monthly,
the November number exceeding that fig-
ure. Subscriptions should date from this
number, beginning with the Wal Series
and Mr.. HowelPs novel. Price a. a year,
80 cents a number. ALL booksellers and
news-dealers sell it and take subscrip-
tions, OF remittance may be made to the
publishers.
A free specimen copy of The Century
will be sent on request. Mention this
paper.
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