Scribner's Magazine

&j ïxdeptioikl Tokt TH- X,eJlr ml has bem marked by a greater advance than any similar veriod since the Magazine was established. Not only has the lüerary and artütic excellence been muintamed undjncreased, but a corresponding gain hos been made in the sak and tnflwnce oj the Magazine. At the end of 1891 the circulation has rüen to more. man 140,000. It may justly be promUed that the further improvements for the comino year wilt be proporttonate to these largely increased opportunities. ïW Jfext Yekf. It is not possible to give, in a brief space, au account of all the features in preparation, but the material is deficiënt in neither importance nor range of subject. Among the subjects treated: The Poor in the World's Great Cities. It i proposed to publish a series of articles, upon a scale not before attemptcd, girinir theppü ,ntíf ñfC St,"fly ttD M-'i"k amoDg the poor of the great cities. The plan will include an acc-oiuit oí the condmons ot life iu those cities (in many lands) where the resulta of research win oe helptul tor purposes of comparison as well as l'ortheirown intrinsic interest. While irom a seieutific point of view. the articles will lie a contribution of treat importance. the treat: ment wilt be tiioroujrhly popular, iind the elahoratc illustrations will serve to maUe the presen - tatiou ol the subject vivid as well as picturesque. Washington A listón. Vnpubllshed liminiscences anti. Letters of this foremost among earlv American pamters. A number of illustrations will lend additional interest tbthe articles. Important Moments. The aira of this series of very short articles is to describe the signal occasions when some deeisive event took place, or when some great experiment was rlrst ehown to be successfulsuch momentsas that of the flr.-t use of the Atlantic cable, the flrstnse of the telegraph and telephone. the flrst succcssf'ul experiment with ether thenightof the Chicago lire the scène at the moment of the vote on the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, etc, etc. Out of Door Papers. In the early spring will be begun a number of seasonable articles, among thein being-: Smull Country Places, how to lay out and beautify them, by Samuel Paksons, Jr. Fishiny Lorefvom un Anyler's Note Book, by Dr. Leroy M. Yale. Mouiuain Station Life in New Zealand, by Sidney Dickinson. Maciny in Australia, by Sidney Dickinson, with illustrations by BlKGJË HABRISON. The Illustrations are made f rom original material. A fidl prospectus appears in the Holiday Number, nmo ready. PRICE, 25 CENTS. $3.OO A YEAR. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, Pubüshers, ,- 743 and 745 Broadway, New York