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THE CENTURY
n 1850
4 GREfT ENTERPRiSE.

The important features OF fm CENTURY MAO
AzisE for Che coming year-lnieed, perhaps me
most important ever undertaken hy the iuagl-
zine-will BE q series of separate papers Oh nc
great BATTLES of The War for tbc Union, written
Isl general officers high in command upon boih
the Federal and the Confederate side, -Gencf.
N Grant (who writes Of Nicksburg. Shiloh, ana
other bltilesl Generals Longtrect, Mcclellan,
Bcauregard. Eosccr.ns, HiH, Admiral Porter
and others. The series opens u the November
CEyrCn with graphically illustrated article
Oxrur BATTLE or Boil Rus,
written by lhe Confederate General, g. r Beau.
regard Brief sketches. entitled " sccollcc
fions Of O Private papers chroniclins special
events descriptions Of various alyiliarg bran
chcs OF tne scry-ac. etc.. sill supplement The
more important series By the various generals
A strict regard sor accuracy will guide the
preparation oi the Illustrations, FOR which
THE Century has 20 iis disposal very
large quantity of photographs, drawing,
portraits, maps, plans, &C., hithertounuseq.
The aim j. 20 pre- sent IN this series, not OH
cial reports, bat commanding oillcers ace
counts of theFplans aud operations inter
esiipg persons. experiences which VIII re-
cord leading even'- 81 the war, and posses,
at the same time, historical value not ca
Sly 10 De calculated.
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lIowea. anH or ol Venetian Days \
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move. 5y Ar james. IS novelette, by
Gacc Daio and short sicF.e' By
Uncle kmU. ans ~ stockton, -. 81.
Baye n 81 Ajaan III IT,. Julian iisn-
lhorne aH1 other faaiF reIl-ln1Hn wn'
tef wi.l appear IS ri.us times.
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ani 4ainilg 1888 zone exquisite ii.u'-fe'
Sons plren Q Astronomy. Archie -'',
aai baoy, tl hft be.ag ~ sroie .
Ll1fley and DiHel- Under Architecture
arl Included more VI SIR Van l.cnse.aef Z
article on Churches, City and CounI3
Houses, e,c COL. George y. WaTing' Jfr
viii describe
PnOGRE-s IE SANITsEY DaaISifGi
/ +. G. Stedman, Edmund Goose. AID olnss
viii Furnish literary essays; George ~. ~
lie wiil contribute in various wass sefeiai
papers on sport aod adventure VIII soon 1e
I published, and John Burroughs sill "ri'e
( from time 70 lime On outdoor subjects.
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November 8, 1851