"=A SEA-PORT ON THE PACIFIC,="
By MARY HALLOCK FOOTE. The drawings are also by Mrs. Foote, and are
engraved by Marsh, Cole, and others. They have not been excelled in
magazine literature for charm, picturesqueness, and fine engraving. A
paper of wide interest is
"=TO SOUTH AFRICA for DIAMONDS!="
By Dr. W. J. MORTON, a narrative of personal experience in the mines,
with striking illustrations of this romantic and curious life. There are
also
=TWO CHARMING FIELD PAPERS=:
"Sharp Eyes" by JOHN BURROUGHS, with illustrations by a new artist;
"Glimpses of New England Farm Life," by R. E. ROBINSON, a paper of rare
picturesque interest.
There are illustrated poems by Dr. HOLLAND and J. T. TROWBRIDGE; also,
poems by STEDMAN, BRET HARTE, and others.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS are by Wyatt Eaton, Mary Hallock Foote, Vanderhoof,
Waud, Frederick Dielman, R. Swain Gifford, Jervis McEntee, Henry Farrer,
Winslow Homer, J. E. Kelly, Walter Shirlaw, L. C. Tiffany, Thomas Moran,
Will H. Low, Mrs. Fanny Eliot Gifford, and others.
The shorter stories are by STOCKTON and HENRY JAMES, Jr.
DR. EGGLESTON'S STORY of WESTERN LIFE reaches its climax, and will end
in October.
A New Novel,
"=FALCONBERG," by BOYESEN,=
Begins in this issue. It is a story of immigrant life in America, told
by one of the most promising of the younger generation of novelists, and
will be read with interest abroad as well as at home.
The Editorial Departments include "Our Commune," "The Death of Bryant,"
"Greatness in Art," "A Rural Art Association," "Recent Improvements in
Telephony," thoughtful and suggestive Book Reviews, Humorous Sketches
and Verses by new hands, &c., &c.
The frontispiece is upon a peculiar tint of paper, manufactured by
Warren expressly for Eaton's portrait of Bryant. The printing is by De
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By Capt. JOHN C. MORRIS, Pa. Carelessness in Breeding. How to Select
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JAPANESE ART MANUFACTURES.
By Christopher Dresser, Ph.D., etc. Paper read before Society of
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the Japanese Print on Cloth. Japanese Process for Silk Ornamentation.
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