Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-05
THE CENTURY,
IN 1885,.
4 GREAT ENTERPRISE,

IL UhCAl LIS EhI hlOE.
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The impc rtant feature of the Century maya
zine for the coming year-indeed, perhaps the
most important ever undertaken by the maya
great battles of the war for the Union, written
by general officers high in command upon both
the Federal and Confederate sides-Gen Grant
(who writes of Vicksburg Shiloh, and other
battles), Generals Longstreet, Mcclellan, Rose
Grams, Beauregard Hill, Admiral Porter, and
others. The series opens in the November Gen.
tury with graphically illustrated article on
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN,
written by the Confederate general G. T. Beau
regard. Brief sketches, entitled "Recollections
OF Private papers chronicling, special events
of the service, etc, will supplement the more
important series by the various generals.
A strict regard a for accuracy will guide the
preparation OF the illustrations, for which the
Century has at its disposal very large guam
tity 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 Notwithstanding personal expert
ences which will record leading events Of the
war, and possess, at the same time, a historical
value not easily to be calculated.
In this line the Century will maintain it's
prestige, and furnish the best stories by Ameri-
can writer's that can be found. In Nov begins
ANEW NOVEL BY W. D. HOWELLs,
Author of "Venitian Days. "a Modern In
stance" etc. This story deals with the rise of
Iue AlucrlCdu BUSINESS man. "A novel DIV Hen
ry James, novelette, by Grace DEMO Litchfield
and short stories by uncle Remus," Frank R.
Stockton, H. H. Boyeson, T. A. Janvier, H. H.
Julian Hawthorne, and other equally we'll
known writer's will appear at various times.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES.
Under this heading may be Included series
of papers on the cities of Italy'by w. D. Howels,
the illustrations being reproductions of etchings
and drawings by Joseph Pennell; a series on
THE NEW NORTHWEST,
being an interesting group Of papers by 3. v:
Kingston, Ontario) and others, descriptive of
ittle-known regions; papers on French and
American art-sculpture and painting, with
some exquisite illustrations; papers on
d. ASTRONOMY, ARCHITECTURE, AND HISTORY;
the first being by Prof. Langley and others.
Under architecture are included more of Mrs:
Van Rensselaer's articles on Churches City and
Country Houses, etc. Col. Geo. E. Warren, Jr.,
will describe ..-#&
PROGRESS IN SANITARY DRAINING;
E. c. Stedman, Edmund Gosse. and others will
furnish literary essays; Geo. w. Cable will con-
tribute In various ways; several papers on
sport and adventure will soon be published, and
John Burroughs will write from time to time
on outdoor subjects.
Readers of the Century may feel sure of keep
Jug abreast of the times on leading subjects that
may properly come within the province of a
monthly magazine. It's circulation is now
about 100000 monthly, the November number
exceeding that figure. Subscriptions should
date from this number, beginning the war
series and Mr.. HowelPs novel. Price $500 a
year, IS cents number. All booksellers and
remittance may be made to the publishers.
sent on request Mention this paper.
THE CENTURY Co., New York, Ny.