The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-06
A NEW "WHIG FEATURE

Beginning with the issue OF November 18th,
The CECIL WING will commence the publica, -
OIL snort story every week. The most popular
American writer's and the most noted contrib.
utors to the leading magazines will write for us.
as can he seen from thislis This service of short
stories under the management of $. $. Mcclure
OF New York, who holds copyright on them,
which began the first of April last, and in which
nearly $50 stories have been furnished durins ,,.s
seven months ending with October, is in several
important respects the most remarkable publica.
ton Of fiction attempted In the following
points this service is unparalleled in the history
of the world:
!. Extent Of adjudication. Nearly a million fam.
iliis are reached by the combined cireulations o,
TIL subscribing newspapers
Number and fame of authors, and variety
Snsl tame Of authors. Among the contributors to
THIS series are Harriet Prescott Spoford, F. X.
Stockton, Sarah Orne Jewett. Julian Hawthorne.
HI H. Boyesen, f. W. Thompson, Louise Chand-
Ter MOulton. Mary Beale Brainerd, Thomas W,
Knox, X. d. Johnston, Sidney Luska, and Maui
rice Thompson, author OF THE Witchery OF Are;..
cry and numerous stories and novels in the
leading magazines.
DIR. W. A. Hammond. author Of ..Lal." an
other novels.
Philip Burke Marston the famous English poe
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 Of
San Donate, and other stories in The Centurv
and Harper's
W. H. Bishop, author Of stories and serials in
the magazines, and of a serial in forthcoming
volume OF the Atlantic
C. Bunner noted alike for his uoems and
short stories.
E. P. Roe, the most popular American novelist.
A. A. hayes, author of the famous stories 1.-THE
Denver Express THE Two Pards.'' stories Of
adventure in the far Southwest
Elizabeth Balch, author of a forthcoming novel
by Dodd Mead 4 Co.
Charlotte Dunning, author new novel
Upon Cast
Mary Presc RS. Spoiiord's gifted sister.
author Of Numerous stories in the magazines.
Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Renus," the
popular Southern story-teller.
e. l.. Norton, formerly managing editor OF The
Continent, and contributors stories to Harpers.
Walter Learned, regular contributor to The
Century,
w. j. Henderson. author Love and Learn
ing" and story in recent number of Lonqmans.
and which Ibis been copied very widely in the
American press.
Julia d. Whiting, author OF The Story OF
Myra, in The Century," "a Special Provid, p:e,'
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 writer's
Besides, such translators as Prot H. II, Boyt.
SEN Mrs Burton N. Harrison, Mary Beale Brai.
nerd Harriet Hurd Mcclure and Geo. u. Cole.
who both know good stories and can retell them
with new charms, we have selected the most Dol.
ular from collections of short stories by such ia.
nous European nOvelists as Daudet, Guy de
Maupassaut, Zola, Erckmann, Chatriam, Gar.
tier, Hugo, de Banville, Co2pee, d'Hervilly, Jan.
ses Hogg, Andrew Picken, Boccaccio, Afanasiei,
Araguistain, Frederic Mistral, and from the col.
lectons ofmythologcal tales, fairy tales, fairy
stories, folklore stories of Norway, Germany,
France, Normandy, Brittany, Russia, Turkey,
India, China, Greece, Roumania, Canada, etc.
THE COMING YEAR.
The same contributors in general will write 10,
us during the coming year. A special feature
will be contributions from new writer's, whose
stories will take the place, in great part OF tho
transations. In order to make the stories as IN.
teresting and popular as possible we are srrang-
ing for the following Specially attractive list o,
stories
l. Stories % the War-t esides stories Of the
Civil War, we propose to : stories of other
American wars.
2. Stories of Adventure eminent travellers.
soldiers. explorers. miner to-
3. Stories OF Life, among the more picturesque
will be Il story of the Tennessee L ount.ins by
Charles ESbert Craddock.
1. Negro folk lore. Indian folk lore, traditions
and strange stories which constitute America.
k-lorc.
). Hun erous stories-Frank X. Stockton, Opie
Reed and others preparing stories OF this kim.
In short the very best and most entertaining
stories of high order of merit, free from any
tendencies that would render them undesirable
for home reading of the most varied character by
the most charming and popular writer's in Amer.
lea, new as well as those already famous will be
written for our columns. Weinvite contributions