Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-11-24
| He GEN URY
Tn 1885.
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PAPERS ON THE CIVIL wAR.
Tho important feature of TIE CENTURY MAsA.
ZINE Tor the coming ycar--indeed, perhaps the
most important ever undertaken by the ma GAZING
WIN DC series of separate papers the great bat
Ties ottAe War for the Union, writtel! BY general
oineers nigh IN command upon both the Federal
and the Confederate sides,-General Grant (wbo
writes OF Vicksburg, Shiloh and other battles) Gen
erals Longstreet, Mcclellan, Beauregard Rose
Grams, nlll: Admiral Porter, and others. The Sc.
rles opens IN the November CENTURY with graph
lcaly illustrated article on
The Battle of Bull Run,
written by the Confederate general, G. T. Beaufe.
gard. Brief sketches, entitled "Recollections of a
Prlyate," papers chronicling special events de-
scrptons OF various auxiliary branches of the
service, etc, viii supplement the more important
series by the various generals
strict regard for accuracy will guide the prep
aratlon OF the illustrations, for which THE CENTURY
a sr =. us disposal very large quantity of photo
graphs, drawings, portraits maps, plans, ETC., hth-
erto unused. The aim is to present in this series
not oiilc E reports but commanding officers
personal experiences which will record leading
events of the war, and possess, at the same time.
historical value not easy to be calculated.
FICTION.
:; In TINS line The CENTURY viii maintain its pres
tge and furnish the best stories by American writ
ers that can be procured. In November begins
A New Novel by W. D, Howells,
Author of"V enetian Days,'"A Modern Instance,
ETC. This story deals with the rise of an American
business man. A novel by Henry James, a novel
Uncle RemGs,' Frank r. Stockton, H H. Boye-
sen, L. A Janvier, II. H., Julian Hawthorne, and
other equally well-known writers will appear at
various times.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES.
Under this heading may be included a series
papers ON the Cities of Italy by w. d. Howes, the
Illustrations being reproductions of etchings and
drawings by Joseph Pennell; series on 4-.J -.
The New North West,
6emg an interesting group of papers by E. V.
SSmalley, Lieut. Schwatka, Principal Grant (of
hlhston, Ontaro), and others, descriptive of little
known regions; papers on French and American
aTt,-sculpture and painting, with some exquisite
| illustrations; papers on
Astronomy, Architecture, and History.
| the hrst being by Professor Langley and Others
Under Architecture are included more of Mrs. Van
Rensselaer's articles churches city and country
houses. etc. Colonel George Z. Warning, Jr., will
describe
! Progress in Sanitary Draining;
| f. T. Stcdman, Edmund Gosse, and others will fur
| nish literary essays: George w Cable will contrib
ute in various ways; several papers on snort and
adventure VIII soon be published, and
John Burroughs
| Will write from time to time outdoor subjects
Readers of The CENTURY may feel sure of keep
ing abreast of the times on leading subjects that
| may properly come within the province of month";
~ magazine. Its circulation now is about lao 600
monthly, the November number exceeding that fig
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beginning the War Series and Mr.. Howelrs novel
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