The Cecil Whig., 1886-01-02
A NEW "WHlG FEATURE

Beginning with the issue OF November l4th,
The CECIL WHIG will commence the publication
American writer's, and the most noted contrib
utors to the leading magazines will write for US,
as can be seen from thslst. This service OF short
| stories under the management of s. s. Mcclure,
ofNew York, who holds a copyright on them,
which began the first of April last and in which
| nearly $50 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
| l. Extent adjudication. Nearly a million fam
lilies are reached by the combined circulatons OF
the subscribing newspapers.
2. Number and fame of authors and variety
and fame OF authors. Among the contributors to
this series are Harriet Prescott Spoford, +. X.
Stockton, Sarah orne Jewett, Julian Hawthorne,
H. H. Boyesen. E. W. Thompson, Louise Chand-
Ter Moulton. Mary Beale Branerd, Thomas W.
Knox, X. III. Johnston, Sidney Luska, and Mau-
rice Thompson, author of The Witchery of Are
ery. and numerous stories and novels in the
leading magazines.
DIR. W. A. Hammond. author of "LaI," an
other novels
Philip Burke NIarston, the famous. English pee
and novelist.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, author of stories in The
Century and Harper sand OF Brio a Brae Tales.
Virginia W. johnson, author The Image oi
San Donate, and other stories in The Ceaturn
and Harper'S.
w. H. Bishop, author OF stories and serials in
the magazines and of serial in forthcoming
volume OF the atlantic.
nc. Bunner noted alike for his poems and
short stories
Z. p. 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 a forthcoming novel
by Dodd, Mead Il Co.
Charlotte Dunning author new novel;
Upon Cast
Mary Preso RS. Spottords 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 o. stories to Ha,perS.
Walter Learned, regular contributor to The
Century.
W. ]. Henderson, author of"Love and Learn
ing and story in a recent number of Longmaas',
and which hbs been copied very widely in the
American press.
Julia d. Whiting, author OF The Story c;
Myra, in The Century; "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 transators as Prot. H. II. Boye-
sen, Mrs Burton N. Harrison, Mary Beale Biai-
nerd, Harriet Hurd Mcclure and Geo. u. Cole.
with new charms, we have selected the most pop ~
ular from collections of short stories by such Ia
nous European novelists as Daudet, Guy de
Maupassaut, Zola, Erckmann, Chatriam, Gau.
tier, Hugo, de Ranvlle, Coppee, d'Hervilly, Jan
Hogg, Andrew Picken, Boccaccio, Afanasei,
Araguistain, Frederic NIstral, and from the col
lections ofmythological tales, fairy tales, fairy
stories, folklore stories of Norway. Germahy,
France. Normandy, Brittany, Russia, Turkey,
India, China, Greece, Roumania, Canada. etc.
THE COMING YEAR. 4
The same contributors in general will write lor
us during the coming year A 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
teresting and popular possible are srrang-
ing for the following specially attractite list OF
stories
/. Stories of the War-besides stories OF the
Civil War, propose to get stories of other
American wars.
2. Stories OF Adventure, by eminent travellers,
soldiers, explorers, miners, etc.