The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1886-12-01
THE CENTURY
For 1867.

The CENTURY is an illustrated maya.
zine, having a regular circulation of
about two hundred thousand copies, often
reaching sometimes exceeding two hun
dred and TWENTY-FIVE thousand. Chief
among its mary attractions for the com.
ing year is d serial which has been in ac-
tive preparation tor sixteen years. 1t is
historv OF our own country in its most
critical time, as set forth in
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN.
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES. Io,>
G. NICoLAi AND COL. JOHN HAY.
This great work, begun with the sane.
ton OF President Lincoln, and continued
under the authority OF his son, the Hon.
Robert 7. Lincoln, is the only full and
authoritative record OF the life OF Abra-
ham Lincoln. Its authors were friends
OF Lincoln before his presidency; they
were most intimately associated with him
as private secretaries throughout his
term of Office, and to them were trans.
TERED upon Lincoln's death all his pri
vate papers. Here will be told the inside
history OF the civil war and of President
Lincoln's misunderstanding de-
tails of which have hitherto remained
unrevealed. that they might first appear
in this authentic history. BY reason of
the publication cf this work,
THE WAR SERIES,
which ha been followed with unflaggino
interest by great audience, will occupy
less space during the coming year. Get
tysburg will be described by Gen. Hunt
(Chiet OF the Union Artillery, General
Longstreet Gen. E. NJ. Law, and others 4:
Chickamauga by Gen. D. H. Hill; Sher-
mans March to the Sea, by Generals
Howard and Slocum. Generals Q. A.
Gilmore, w. F. Smith, John Gibbon,
Horace Porter, and John S. Mosby will
describe spec ial battles and incidents
Stories OF naval engageme nts, prison life,
ETC., ETC., will appear.
NOVELS AND STORIES.
1.-THE Hundredth Man," a novel BY
Frank R. Stockton, author of "The
Lady, Or the Tiger?" etc, begins in No
vember. Two novelties by George w.
! Cable, stories by Mary HallocK Foote,
"Uncle Remus," Julian Hawthorne, Ed
ward Eggleston, and other prominen,
American authors will be printed during
| the year.
SPECIAL FEATURES
with iilustrations) include a series o.
articles on affairs in Russia and Siberia
by George Kennan, author OF .'Tent Lite
in Siberia" who has just returned from
a most eventful visit to Siberian prisons
papers on the rood Question, with ref
erence to Its bearing on the Labor Prob
lem; English Cathedral; DR.. Eggl> 6
toms Religious Lite in the America,
Colonies; Men and Women OF Quee,
Anne's Reign, BY Mrs. Oliphant; Clair
voyance, Spiritualism, Astrology, etc
BY the Rev. ]. NJ. Buckley, D. D., edito
OF the Christian Advocate; astronomica
papers; articles throwing light on Bibl
history, etc.
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for our beautifully illustrated 24-pag
cataloge (tree), containing full prospet
tus, etc, including a special offer b
which new readers can get back number
to the beginning of the War Series at
low price. A specimen copy (back nun
5er) will be sent on request. Mentio
this paper.
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