Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-11-15
THE CENTURY
IN 1885.
A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
p.RERs ON THE ctyII WAR

PARERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The important feature of THE CENTURY
MAGAZINE for the coming year-indeed. per-
haps the most important ever undertaken by
the magazine--will be series OF separate pa
pers on the great battles of the War for the
Union. written by general officers high IN com
crate sides,-Generai Grant (who writes OF
Vicksburg, Shiloh and other battles), Generals
Longstreet, Mcclellan, Beauregard, Rosecrans,
Hill, Admiral Porter and others. The series
opens in the November CENTURY with a
graphically illustrated article on
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
written by the Confederate general. G. t.
3eauregard Brief sketches, entitled Recol-
lections of Prlvate,n papers chronicling
special events, descriptions OF various auxiliary
branches Of the service. etc.. Will supplement
the more important series by the various gen
erals.
A strict regard for accuracy viii guide the
preparation of the illustrations. for which THE
CENTUY 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 MISUNDERSTANDING personal exper-
iences which will record leading events OF the
war, and possess, at the the same time, a his
torical value not easily to be calculated.
FICTION.
In this line The CENTURY Will maintain its
prestige and furnish the best stories by Amer
lean writers that can be procured. In Novem-
Der begins
A NEW NOVEL BY w. b. H0WELLS,
,uthor of Venetian Days. "a Modern In
stance,n etc, This story deals with the .ise OF
an American business man. A novel by Hen
nv James, a novelette, by Grace Litchdeld, and
short stories by q Uncle Remus,' Frank K.
stockton, Ii. Ii. Boyesen, t. A, Janvier, ii. H..
Julian hawthorne, and other equally we'll
known writer's will appear nj various times.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES.
Under this heading may be included serit s
of papers on the Cities OF Italy by w. ID. How
ellis. the Illustrations being reproductions o.
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THE NEW NORTH WEST,
peing as interesting group of papers by X. VI
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Kingston, Ontario), and others, descriptive o.
American art,-sculpture and painting, with
some exquisite illustrations papers on
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the first being by Professor Langiy ana otnefs
Under Architecture are included more OF MIS-
Van Rensselaer's articles Ola Churches, CITY
and Country Houses, etc. Colonel George e
Warning, Jr., will describe
PROGRESS IN SANITARY DRAIN1NG;
L. c. Stedman, Edmund Gosse. and others will
furnish literary essays; George w. Cable vii
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