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~ OREAT PUBLISHING FEAT.
Harper's Pictorial History OF the Civil
War.

War.
This extraordinary and valuable history
pas been sold by Harper Bros, and viii
how be placed In every home of the coun.
Try almost free of charge. Heretofore IL
has never sold for less than S16 per set
Ind up to $50. 1t will be printed on an
elegant heavy cream tinted supercaIender-
Cd paper, far surprising the old and high
priced work, and yet will cost only 500.
This is accomplished by the co-operation
OF the newspapers taking the place Of
The expensive agent, and distributing
the work in parts on the coupon plan.
The NEWS has secured the handling
OF this work, realizing the high character
of the Harper History and the extraordi-
nary value given in both quantity and
quality. The complete work will be in
twenty-six parts of thirty two pages each,
issued weekly. This liz twice as many
pages as is usually given in this way,
and the pages are much larger, yet the
price per part Is no more; only ten cents
nou unced hereafter. for what can truth
fully be called double II not treble num-
hers. Each part is bound in q handsome
cover with emblematic design.
Ii Is the only COMPLETE general histOsy
OF the war and OF the causes leading to it.
II Is HISTORY. lucid, dispassionats
story OF men and events as they were. A
narrative in FACTS written in the very
spirit OF truth for the very truths sake.
in completeness, impartiality and real
historic spirit IL is absolutely unique. las
VALUE Is DoUBLE-because to the best
written history is added collection OF
CoNTEMPoRANEoUs ILLUSTRATIONS which
neither 10, NOR can be equalled elsewhere.
Pictures of men and places OF battle by
sea and land, seiges, camps, fortresses and
everything connected with the civil and
military life at the time. In q word it con-
tains all the most valuable and interesting
illustrations from "HARPER's WEEKLY
DURING AND PRECEDING THE WAR This
feature makes this history of incompara-
bic value, as il contains 1000 of these ia
nous war pictures.
Its editors were Richard Grant White.
DIR. ALI ed Fl. Guernsey and Mr.. Henry
Nj. Alden. Among the contributors were
President Garfield, General Joseph K.
Johnston, General George III. Thomas.
General Gouverneur X. Warren, and other
prominent officers, both national and
confederate. With all the material accu-
mulated In their hands, the aut thors spent
five years in writing the work. Ali the
national and confederate official doou-
ments we're ct their disposal, and-as the
page testify-were most freely used.
Quite q number of these official docu-
ments are given In full.
A regiment of artists tell the story
faithfully and with surprising cearpess.
Among them are to be found such dis
I lnguished names "a Edwin Forbes,
Thomas Mast. Sol: Eytinge, Theodore
J.. Davis, A. X. Waud, Granville Per-
kins, N. Jewett and others OF the Harper
artists who have achieved q national
fhe design OF the authors has been in
no respect modified by the fact that this
j. an illustrated history. They have writ
ten exactly as they should have done
II the interest Of their readers depended |
upon the unadorned recital Of facts.
No pains have been spared no expense
OF time or OF study in order to make |
this the FULLEST AND MOST COM |
PLETE HISTORY OF the civil war. They |
have depended entirely upon the original
materials furnished by documents of every |
eescription, military and political, no
been published, but have been obtained
rom prominent actors on both sides OF
The contest. In the whole scheme OF the
work no lcss prominence has been given
10 political than 10 military events.
The pages are the same size a. "HAR-
rERs WEEKLY" and among the Illus
yuished soldiers and statesmen, mostly
ON photographs taken during the war;
nearly 100 mars, plans and sketches Oh
battle fields; nearly 900 authe ntic sketches
of places OF note and events OF interest,
'uch as sieges. battles, charges, hospitals
military prisons, camp life, vessels oiwar,
eva engagements, reviews, receptions,
g.
ae sise " the pages give this history
Treat advantage over any other In the
power TO fully, clearly and satisfactorily
this, these subjects demanding
70 much detail and perspective. Ther3
IRE over $50 immense pages, 16x11x
inches, equal TO 5000 pages OF the usual
'oyal octave volumes. The 1rst part will
,e ready in few days. Watch for ~