The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
A NEW "WHlG FEATURE

| Beginning with the issue of November 14th
The CECIL WING will commence the publication
OF a short story every week. The most popular
American writers and the most noted contrib
utors to the leading magazines will write for US,
stories under the management of S. s. Mcclure,
oil New York, who holds a copyright on them,
which began the first of April last and in which
nearly 100 stories have been furnished during the
seven months ending with October. is in several
| important respects the most remarkable publica-
| ton of fiction ever attempted In the following
points this service is unparalleled in the history
of the world:
/. Extent of publication. Nearly million fam
lilies are reached by the combined circulations OF
the subscribing newspapers.
| 2. Number and fame of authors. and variety
and fame of authors. Among the contributors to
| Ii.
Stockton, Sarah Orne Jewett, Julian Hawthorne.
II. H. Boyesen, E. w. Thompson, Louise Chand-
Ter Moulton. Mary Beale Branerd Thomas W.
Knox, r. ii. Johnston, Sidney Luska, and Mau.
| rice Thompson, author of THE Witchery of Arc..-
ery,.' and numerous stories and novels in the
leading magazines.
DIR. W. A. Hammond, author of ..Lal., and
other novels
Philip Burke Marston the famous English poet
and novelist
Mrs. Burton Harrison, author of stories in The
Century and Harper's and of "Bric-a Brac Tales -
| Virginia w. johnson, author "The Image q
San Donate" and other stories in The C,ntury
and Harper's.
W. II. Bishop, author of stories and serials in
the magazines, and of a serial in forthcoming
volume OF the Atlantic
| H. G. Bunner, noted alike for his poems and
| short stories.
| Z. r. Roe, the most popular American novelist.
A. A. Hayes author of the famous stories "The
Denver Express "The Two Pards," stories Of
adventure in the far Southwest.
Elizabeth Balch author of forthcoming novel
by Dodd, Mead Il Co.
| Charlotte Dunning author of the new novel.
Upon CAST
Mary Prescott, Mrs. Sponord's gifted sister,
author of numerous stories in the magazines.
Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus" the
popular Southern story-teller
c. L. Norton formerly managing editor of The
Continent, and contributor of stories to Harpe,s.
| Walter Learned, regular contributor to The
Century.
| W. J. Henderson, author of Love and Learn.
ing, and story in a recent number of Lonqmqns'.
and which hbs been copied very widely in the
| American press.
Julia d. Whiting, author OF The Story OF
Myra,' in The Century"A "a Special Providence"
in Harper's, and other stories
Besides stories by Harry W. French, Mss
Humphreys, Mrs. Corbett, Sophie Sweet, and
others. Also, nearly score OF extremely bright
and interesting stories by new writers.
Besides, such translators as Prot H. H. Boye.
sen, Mrs. Burton N Harrison, Mary Beale Brai-
nerd, Harriet Hurd Mcclure and Geo. ID. Cole.
| who both know good stories and can retell them
| with new charms, we have selected the most pop-
ular from collections of short stories by such IA.
nous European novelists as Daudct, Guy dc
Maupassaut, Zola, Erckmann, Chatriam, Gau.
tier, Hugo, de Banville Coppee, d'Herviny Jan
ses Hogg, Andrew Picken, Boccaccio, Alanasei.
Araguistain, Frederic Mistral, and from the col.
lectons Of ofmythological tales. fairy tales. fairy
stories, folklore stories of Norway, Germany,
France, Normandy, Brittany, Russia, Turkey,
India, China, Greece, Roumania, Canada, eto.
| THE COMING YEAR.
The same contributors in general will write icr
| us during the coming year. special feature
| will be contributions from new writers. whose
stories will take the place, in great part, OF the
translations. In order to make the stories as In.
| teresting and popular possible we are srrang.
ing for the following specially attractive list VI
stories:
| l. Stories of the War-besides stories of the
Civil War, we propose to get stories of other
| American wars.
| 2 Stories of Adventure. by eminent travellers
| soldiers. explorers, miners, etc.
| g. Stories of Life, among the more picturesque
| people of the United States. The first of which
| will be story of the Tennessee mountains by
| Charles Egbert Craddock.
| l. Negro folklore, Indian folk lore traditions
| and strange stories which constitute American
| folk lore.
| 5. Humorous stores-Frank X. Stockton Opie
Reed and Others are preparing stories OF this kind