Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
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Pr0SDocfNS fOr 1888.

Beautiful CHRISTMAS NUMBER
The holiday issue, now ready, is COM
plete in itself, containing no serial matter.
The cover is enriched by an ornamental
border printed in gold. The price 10 as
usual. % cents. Ii contains the most de-
lightful stories poems, and essays by dis
tinguIshed writers, and superb illustra-
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Among the important articles to appear
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Robert Louis Stevenson will contribute
regularly 10 each number during the year.
He will write OF many topics, old and
new, and in q familiar and personal way,
which will form new bonds OF friendship
between the author and his thousands Of
readers In the iirst paper, entitled "A
Chapter on Dreams" appearing in the
January number, he relates incidentally,
| in connection with the general subject,
some interesting facts concerning the ORR
gin of the now famous story "Strange
| Case of DR.. Jekyll aud Mr. Hyde!"
Railway Accidents, by w. S. Chaplain,
will be the first Of an especially important
and interesting series Of papers on rail-
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country The illustrations which will &C
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PROPORTIONS and Physical 1raiuing will be
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illustrated Articles OF special Interest
will be those OF the Campaign Of Waterloo.
by John c. Ropes Oh "The Man at Arms"
by +. II. Blashheld two papers by Ed.
l.. Wilson. illustrating results Of recent
Egyptian research further article by
William +. Apthorp, on subject con-
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Wagner and many others OF equal inter-
est. Professor Sbaler's articles on the Sur
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Electricity in its various applications as
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The Fiction wall be strong, not only in
! the work II well-known writers, but in
/ that of new authors, in securing whose
cooperation the Magazine has been so
fortunate during its first year OF publica-
ton. A serial novel, entitled First Har-
vests" by Frederic j. Stimson, will DO
begun in the January number, and early
in the year novelties will be published
by Henry James and II. G.. Bunner.-
! The short stories are OF noticeable strength
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IILUsTRATIoNs.-The Magazine will
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