The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-30
A NEW GIVING FEATURE"

A NEW GIVING FEATURE
Beginning with the issue OF November 18th,
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 Tor us,
as can be seen from thislst This service O. short
stories under the management of s. 5. 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 duringtbe
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 Equalization. Nearly million fam
lilies are reached by the combined calculations o,
the subscribing newspapers.
q Number and fame of authors, and variety
and fame of authors. Among the contributors to
this series are Harriet Prescott Spofford. + II.
Stockton, Sarah Orne Jewett Julian Hawthorne.
H. H. Boyesen, f. W. Thompson, Louise Chand.
Ter Moulton, Mary Beale Brainerd, Thomas W.
Knox, r. ID. Johnston, Sidney Luska, and Maui
rice Thompson, author of The Wtchery of AreL.
ery,.' and numerous stories and novels the
leading magazines.
DR.. W. A. Hammond author of "LaI," an
other novels.
Philip Burke Marston, the famous. English poe
and novelist.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, author of stories in The
Century and Harper sand OF 'Brfc-a- Brac Tales"
Virginia W. Johnson, author THE Image o,
San Donate" and other stories in The Cenfury
and Harper's
W. H. Bishop, author of stories and serials in
the magazines, and of a serial in forthcoming
volume OF the, Atlantic
H. c. Bunner, noted alike for his poems 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 f.r Southwest.
Elizabeth Balch, author of forthcoming novel
by Dodd, Mead Co.
Charlotte Dunning, author new novel
Upon Cast
Mary Presc RS. Spottord's gifted sister,
author of Numerous stories in the magazines
Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remu.,'' the
popular Southern story-teler.
c. L. Norton, formerly managing editor Of The
Continent, and contributor OF stories to Harps-s.
Walter Learned, regular contributor to IKE
Century.
W. ]. Henderson, author of"Love and Learn.
ing, - and story in a recent number of Longman.,
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 Providence
in Harpcrs, and other stories.
Besides stories by Harry W. French, Miss
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. II. H. 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
ular from collections of short stories by such la
nous European noveists as Daudet, Guy de
Maupassaut, Zoa Erckmann Chatriam, Gau.
tier, Hugo, de Banville, Coppee, d'Hervilly, Jan
ses Hogg, Andrew Picken Boccaccio, Afanasiet,
Araguistain, Frederic Mistral, and from the coll
lectonS oil my thOlOglcal tales, iairy 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 Tor
us during the coming year. special feature
will be contributions from new WRITER'S whose
stories will take the place, in great part, OF the
TRANSACTIONS. In order to make the stories as IN
teresting and popular as possible we are srrang-
ing for the following specially attractive list Of
stories:
l. Stories of the War-besides stories OF the
Civil War, We propose to get stories of other
American wars
=. Stories of Adventure, by eminent travellers,
soldiers, explorers, miners, etc.
5. 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 Egber Craddock.
!. Negro folk lore, Indian folklore, traditions
and strange stories which constitute America
folklore.
5, Numerous stories-Frank X. Stockton, Opie
Reed and others preparing stories OF this kind.
In short, the very best and most entertaining
stories of high order of merit, free from any
tendencies that would render them undesirable