Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-10
THE IT
IN 1885
GREAT
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR

PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The imL ortant feature of Tie Century
Magazine for the coming year-lndeed, per-
haps the most important ever undertaken by the
magaZlne-will be The series of Separate papers
on the great battles oil the War Tor the Union,
written " han by general 0f nee ;h nig ho in c9mman sid up
General Grant (whO writes frcm Vicksburg,
Shiloh. and other battles). Generals LOngstree!,
Mcclellan, Besuregard, Rosecrans, Hill. Ad-
m!ral Porter and others. The series opens in
the November Century with q graphically illus
trated article on
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN,
written by the confederate general, Beauregard.
Brief sketches, entitled .'Recollections of q
Private.'' papers chronicling special events.
descriptions OF various auxiliary branches of
the service, ETC., will supplement the more i'm
portant series by the various generals.
A strict regard for accuracy will guide the
preparation OF the illustrations, TOR which The
Century has at it's disposal a very large quantity
S .! Rn0 s:c :.A Ri,her Ssa anu1si: R RSe' aim is to ,a pPs:
sent in this series, not official reports, but COM
handing officers accounts of their plans and
operations interesting personal experiences
" hich will record leading events OF the war, and
possess, at the same time, a historical value not
easily to be calculated.
FICTION.
In this line The Century will maintain its pres-
tige, and furnish the best stories by American
writers that can be procured. In November
begins
A NEW NOVEL BY W. B. HowELLs,
Author of '.Vsnetlan Days." ga Modern In
stance" etc. This story deals with the rise OF
james, a novelette, by Grace DEMO Litchheld.
and short stories by ''Uncle Remus. - Frank X.
Stockton. H H. Boyesene. T.. A Janyier. Il.
H., Julian Hawthorne, and other equally we'll
known writers Will appear at various times.
-MIscELLANRoUs FEATURES.
Under this heading may be included o ser les
OF papers on the Cities OF Italy by W. D. Ho-
wells, the illustrations being reproductions of
QfchlnQa and drawlnp5 nv .I0sRnh Pamela. a
series on
THE NEW NORTHWEST,
being an Interesting group of papers by E. ".
: mllley, Lieut.. Schwaika. Principal Grant (of
Kingston. Ontarlo), and others descriptive o.
regions; papers on French and
American art ,-sculrture and painting. with
some exquisite Illustrations; papers on
ASTRONOMY, ARCHITECTURE, AND HISTORY,
the first Is 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. War
ing. Jr., will describe
PROGRESS IN SANITARY DRAINING,
E. C.. Stedman. Edmund Gosse. and others will
contribute IN various Ways; several papers
on sport and adventure will SO IN be published,
and
JOHN BURROUGHS
WILL write from time to time on outdoor sub
jects.
Readers of The Century may feel sure of keep
ing abreast of the times on leading subjects that
may proprrlv come within the province of a
monthly magazine. Its circulation is now
about l4o, 60e monthly, the November number
tina. figure. subscriptions should
series sa1s i aad Mr. tn'I How S%bes' no SesinH Pr,ca 1h s. War w r
Year, IS cents a number. All bookseller and
ne Fs-dealers sell 1t and take subscriptions, or
r, mlttance may be made to the publishers.
A Tree specimen copy of The Century will be
sent on +. quest: Mention this paper.
H CENTURt Co. New York. NY.