The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-21
THE CENTURY
In 1885.
n GREAT ENTERPRISE

III 1905.
n GREAT ENTERPRISE.
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The important feature of THE CEN
TURY MAGAZINE for the coming year-in-
deed, perhaps the most important ever
undertaken by The magazine will be
series of separate papers on the great bat
ties of the War for the Union, written by
general officers high in command upon
both the Federal and the Confederate
sides, General Grant (who writes of
Vicksburg, Shiloh, and other battles),
Generalf Longstgeet, Mcclellan, Beaure-
gard, Rosecrans, Hill, Admiral Porter
and others. The Series opens in the No
vember CENTURY with graphically illus
trated article ON
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
written by the Confederate general, G. 4.
Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled
"Recolections of Private" papers
chronicling special events, descriptions of
various auxiliary branches of the service,
etc, will supplement the more impor-
tant series by the various generals.
A strict regard for accuracy will guido
the preparation of the illustrations, for
which THE CENTURY has at its disposal
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 acc UNITS of their
plans and operations interesting pc =
sOnal EXPERIENCES which will record lead
ing events Of the war, and possess, at the
same, a historical value not easily to be
/ calculated.
/ EInTInN
In this line The CENTURY will main
tain its prestige, and furnish the best
stories by American writer's that can be
produced. In November begins
A NEW NOVEL BY W. D. H0WELLS.
Author Of venetian DAYS, ;" "a Modern
Instance" etc. This story deals with the
rise of an American business man. A
novelette, by Grace DEMO Litchfeld, and
short stories by "Uncle Remus," Frank
Il. Stockton, II. II. Bogesen, T. A. jan
yier, ii. H. Julian Hawthorne, and other
equally well-known writer's will appear
at various times.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES.
Under this heading may be included q
series of papers on the Cities of Italy by
W. D. HOwells, the illustrations being
reproductions of elchings and drawing
by Joseph Pencil; series on
The NEW NORTH WEST,
being an interesting group of papers by
L. V. smalley, Lieut.. Schwatka, Prin-
cipal Grant (Of Kingston, Onlario), and
others, descriptive of little known regions;
papers Oh French and American art
sculpture and painting, with some exqui-
site illustrations; papers on
Astronomy, Architecture, and History,
the first being by Professor Langley and
others. Under Architecture are included
more of Mrs. Van Rensselaer's articles on
Churches, City and Country houses, etc.
Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., will de-
scribe
Progress In Sanitary Draining;
Il. Z. Stedham, Edmund GOsse, and
others will furnish literary essays; George
w. Gable will contribute IN various ways;
several papers ON sport ank adventure
will soon be publishek, and
lOhn Burroughs
, will write from time to time on outdoor
subjects.
Readers Of THR CENTURY may feel sure Of keep
ing abreast Of the times on leading subjects thai
may properly come within the province OF Z
> monthly magazine It's circulation is nova bout
10000 monthly, the November number exceeding
that figure subscriptions should date from this
number, beginning the War Series and Mr.. How
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