TtIE ! OMAHA DA1L.Y BEE : St'NDAY , DECEMUEK 5 , 1807.
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Of the Best Fiction , History , Biography , Adventure , Exploration , Travel'Science , and Art ,
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THIS PAGE CONTAINS A BRIEF MENTION OF A FEW OF THE LEADING FEATURES FOR THE COMING YEAR
Chas. A 9 Anthony Hope's
.Begins in December JS
Mr. Dana was Intimately associated It Is an extraordinary example of a sequel which sur
with the great men of the period or tlie passes the original. It is Till : SEQUEL TO "THE PIUS-
Civil War , and had tlio conlldc'iico of OXER OF K13XDA , " and It Is written as If the author's In
Lincoln and Ktnnton. and was sent on terest In the characters and all of hN Ideas anil Invention
MAM PRIVATE MISSIONS to inves and subtle art had been concentrated upon thN one story.
tigate frauds In the army , charges He has not attempted to devise a new Held of action for
against generals , and other Important the characters , but has taken the same situation and car
Investigations. Lincoln called him ried It on to a noble conclusion. Xo other book that we
"THE EYES OF TUB GOVEUX- are acquainted with , not even a novel of Dumas , so fully
ron THC TOMII or HIS
MEXT. " lie was nmch at the front , exemplltles the spirit of pure lomance. The hero goes
telegraphing and writing every day to through the Involved and unexpected dangers and hazards ,
Sliintiui niiil Lincoln and sending many not simply with bravery , but with the high-hearted and
private letters to them and to hN family. joyous spirit that cunes from his knowledge of the fact that
Tills rXPrHLISHEI ) MATEKIAL he Is following his duty and lighting It through for the
forms a notable part of these memoirs , sake of the woman he loves.
and Includes letters of Stanton , Grant ,
Sl'erman and other * . Indeed , everywhere - It has been magnificently illustrated , in absolute sym
where through these reinliiNeeiices there pathy with the text , by C. D. CMIJSOX , with a seiies of
are pieces of SECRET HISTORY eon- page pictures.
ttected with , for Instance , the Slew of
Vick burg. the Fall of Hlchmond , the
transfer of Jeffersnn Davis to Fortres-s
Tlio Christmas numbe- contains a story
Monroe , etc. Everywhere , too. there that is in fact \vonderlul drama of adventure
: ro FRESH REl'OLLEL'TIOXS OF and of character of India called
a story ,
GREAT MEX , such as Lincoln , Grant. A Narrative of Work , Adventures , Hazards , Accidents and Kscapcs.
. . .
C. A. DANA. Stanton. Sherman , Sheridan , Chase and "The Tomb of Mis Ancestors. "
many other * . The o article * are by Herbert K. Hamblem , who
The series Is illustrated with UAUB AXP | rXPl'HLISHED WAR PHOTO- It might be described as wrote the Miceo-M'ul book. "On Many Suas. " After his
'GRAP1LS In the Government collection , which now contains over S , < XK ) negatives of " Tal'c " return from the sea Mr. Ilaniblen became a railroad
ClotiJcd Ticr.
"Tlio of
almost priceless value. a } ; man. Kverv day the raiho-id man takes chances that
used h'-s hazardous work. These
would men to -
appal
ThU is one of the stiongcst and most import
ant sto'los that Mr. Killing lias written. It is articles are
C. ion in Ei ; ypt snperblv illustrated. '
Kip'lng's latest poem Is a ballad , Drawn from Fifteen Years' Experience
Mr. Gibson has just sailed for the Mediterranean ; he will spend the winter In "The Destroyers. " as Breakman , Fireman and
Egypt and will'make there a .series of picture * that will be published In installments
Ju McCLUIUO'S MAU'AHIXB during the coming year. ' It Is a grim , moving song of torpedoes and Engi ineer
torpedo boats a fierce chain a war hymn. It
The Newest Science will appear In an early number , PICTURES Mr. Ilamhlcn knows the life thoroughly , lie started
AXD DECOUATIOXH 15Y HOWARD PYLE. In as a wiper on an engine , and worked his way up
until he became an experienced engineer on a fast pas
Lord Kelvin RUDYARD KIPLING. "In Ambush. " senger express. He lias an extraordinary memory for
detail * , and every Incident as narrated in these articles
This story has just been received from Mr. Kipling as this page goes to press , The diamalically told.
A character sketch of the foremost living authority on physical science , and the Is vlvldlv and
date of will be announced later.
substance of a conversation with him touching various unsolved problems of i-cleucc publication . AVIilmi of n loroinotlve.
limiting I" n fr < 'Ifilil jure !
of the present day. Other contributions by 3Ir. Kipling will be published during the y c ; r. Cmtht lit'MtiM'ii llit' " ' "irs. . \n riiuliic nt lust.
The in ? Kli-rli1 * < il llrlnti' . A riiiiiiwuy locomotive.
The Work of the Great Telescopes A iiilxtnUc In I ml 11 ( iril.Ts. Til UI UK oliain'i'K.
llurliil miller \troi-k. . Ml\f < l in. In n HtrlUc.
A staff contributor is now visiting several g rent observatories and getting material DNcluirKfil I < ir Irntliti'llliisr. Uncle at tlio tiiruttli * .
for an article that will give the. latest and uiostiutoresting news of astronomical science. An autocratic i-iiK'necr. ' liettliiK on.
THH AUTHOR DtlAAVX FROM
LIFB. 1JYV. . D. STEVKNS.
sen
The Best Short Story Writers
The great Arctic explorer has written an article on the possibilities of reaching |
the Xorth Pole ; on the methods that the next expedition should adopt , and the importJ William Allen White Octave Thanet
aut feclentltlo knowledge to be gained.
will contribute- more of the "Iloyvllle" . "The Peace Offering , " a dramatic story
Airships and Balloons stories , which have been so well received of 11 strike , will be published in an early
in the Magazine , and have won for him number ; and the story of a Grand Army
An account of the very latest experiments In aeiial navigation , including the story a reputation as a writer of lictiou. man Is now being Illustrated.
of the aluminum airship and an interview with an eminent balloon maker of Paris.
The Fastest Ship larr s
An article ou the TU1UUXIA , the swiftest of her kind , based on facts and ina- Robert Barr will contribute frequent short stories to tlio magazine. "The Arch
' tcrial furnished by the inventor and builder of the ship , and very fully illustrated. bishop's Chribtmas Gift" appears in the December number. "Tlio Long Ladder , " a
thrilling tale of during and lighting in the Middle Ages , will bo printed in January ; and
Edison's Great Invention wa have other characteristic stories cl his humorous or adventurous , or both.
Ian Maclaren Stephen Crane
Thestorv of Edison's latest achievement , how he .trvkes the hitherto unavailable
ironoro'from the Xew .lersey mountains by the thousands of tons , si-tushes it to first widely known in America through has written a vivid anil beautiful story
uowder separates the pure Iron from the waste matter and puts it into form suitable McCLURU's , will contribute to an early of life in the Southwest entitled "The
for the market. It has taken Edison eight y-ars to accomplish these marvelous re number ' 'The Loft Kand of Samuel Dod- Britlj Comes to the Yellow Sky'and ;
sults. Almost every piece of the gigantic machinery has been devised by Edison Eon. " It is not a dialect story. ho will contribute other short stories.
Himself. A Submarine Boat Secret Service Stories
An account of the writer's experiences dur ing a voyag ? under water in a Holland Hay S. Iaker , a nephew of the head of the Secret Service In the Civil War , has writ
Biibmar.w. } | i.iu oiu A'q so.iii0d } | \ \ \ \ . \ \ 'jio : < i oni ho accompanied him. ten from family pap'T- ' , several strange , true storle * of the perilous adventures of his
father and uncle that have all the absorbing Inteiest of the best romance.
Adventure Exploration and Travel.
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NANSC.V IN' AnCTIC COSTUME.
I. Zangwill
nrnor.r HAF-SK-NOVM. . AND rniNvrjss ri.AViA. .
' A detail drawn In outline from a lanje wash il.'a'Alnt , ' by C. U. Gllraon.
Mark Twain's Voyage the famous author of "The Children of the "Ghetto , " has not written much short fiction
The Siberian Railway of late , Jtit in "The Joyous Comrade , " soon to be published In McCLUKE'H , he has
produced a tale as line as his best early work. ,
from India to South Africa Hy Prince KropoUiin Also .short .stor les by
Wrlten In his best vein , and showing Ids keen penMratlon , gift for Prince Kropotkln has traveled all over Siberia several times , and ho fonim Mo run n ItuliL-rtNOii Cllliort I'nrlirr
.ForI Cliiimllor Harris Ili-i-t llurtc II. cVIIs
narrative and extraordinary of observation. The illustrations
humorous , powers has collected a great deal of unpublished material and Inside Informa
lustrations are by A. H. FROST and PETEU XKWELL , and are as droll tion concerning the building of the Siberian railroad. All this personal CHlltllll ItllkS AV.V. . JllL-OllH
and humorous as the article Itself. knowledge and private information will be. used bv him in writing nu And many young writers of ability and promise.
aitlcle for McCLL'KE'S.
In Unexplored Asia Lander in Thibet Trite Indian Stories
A story Sven Iledln's remarkable adventures In the central deserts of
Asia appears in the December nuinbor. He was the tirst European to Henry Savage Lander , who. after being captured and tortured in Thi Uy Hainlin Garland
penetrate this region , and ho has had some very extraordinary adven bet , dually escaped and recently reached India. Ilefoie he left England
ture H. he agreed to furnish an account of his travels to McCLPKE'S MAGA- Mr. Garland spent many months among- the Indians , gath- rig
their reminiscences and traditions. In coining
Andree : His Balloon and His Voyage
numbers of the will .
magazine appear.
This article Is written from material furnished by the brother of Mr. The Volcano Vesuvius Two Moons' Story of the
Strlnberg , Andrec's companion. It contains unpublished letters and ma
terial of various sorts , and unpublished pictures'of Andree , his balloon 1IAIUC . Pictures by C. K. IJnson , and an article by II. .1. W. Pain ; with new Custsr Fight
and his start , together with a fac-.slmlle of the genuine dispatch received TWAIN. facts about the condition of the volcano and the probability of another
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by carrier pigeon after his departure. eruption ; a ccicntille study of a great volcano , mingled with "true and lit This tale , taken diwn from the lips of tlio
tle known stories of adventure In and about the crater. chief Two Moons , is n vivid and dramatic btory ,
New History , Biography and Portraits. ' Sitting Bull's Defiance
A fine story of Sitting Bull's refusal to treat
In tills Invaluable and always popular depa rtment of the Magazine there will be , In with a commissioner from the government and
The Later Life of Lincoln addltloiito the Dana Papers , constant notewort by features. Wo mention : his insensibility to flno worCb and rich gilts.
Washington's Lust Days Rising Wolf , Ghost Dancer
making considerable In her work the last four
IMIss Tarbell has been progress upon Wolf's
years of Lincoln's life. The work Is written entirely from the personal standpoint , The story of Washington's last days fi oin the diary of Tobias Lear , his secretary. Rising autobiography , giving strange
onlv dealing with the war and Its events HO far as Lincoln personally was concerned The present owners of the manuscript have permitted us to make a copy and print instances of his power of magic and his own
Jn 'molding them. It Is our belief that these articles ninko Lincoln the man , the great It entire. Illustrated with the last portrait of Washington and other Interesting pic Btory of how ho acquired the power.
War President , more real , and the dramatic story of thoio last four years of his life tures.
more absorbing , than they liavp vcr before been made. '
A Diver's
T he Browere Life-Masks
The Best Artists and Illustrators
Tint very existence of these masks was unk nown to the experts In American histori
cal documents until reproductions of them were published In the October number of
nro making pictures for McCujitK's MAGAZINE. A. K. McC'LUHE'S. The Xcw York Evening Post speaks of these masks as "a very precious Autobiography
I-'ItOSTnml 1MJTKR S.-NKWliLL illustrated the article dud , " and suggests that "they might all adorn t ho Xatlonal Library at Washington. '
by Mark Twain in the November number. In the Decem Kurther selections from this series of unknow n life-masks will be published shortly In The story of ono of the most daring and most
ber number are pictures by P. S. CHUKCII , G. 1) . GIU. McCLUHE'S MACA/-1XE. ' woxpci'icnced dlvorn , who ha * woi kcd un dor
SON and C. K. LINSON. There will be numerous full- water in almost every part of the world and
PORO pictures by C. D. GIBSON in illustration of the lias hud innumerable adventures and hair
Anthony Hope novel , "Rupert of Hont/au. " A new poem November number , containing the opening chapters of Chan , breadth escapes.
byRudymd Kipling will bo illustrated and decorated A. Dana's Twain's
by Reminiscences , Mark Voyage from India to A STKCET 8CI5NI3 IN NEW YOUK IN 1950.
HOWARD 1'VI.K. Several beautiful cover designs have South Africa , the description of Edlsou'.s Wo drf nl Invention ,
been made by KISNYON COX. A new bcti story by Morgan and many interesting stories , articles and poems , with a wealth of superb illustrations -
gan Robertson is to appear with pictures by ( I K. LINSON. or tions any will later bo number. given free with new yearly subscriptions beginning with December , The Twentieth Century City
I5y Col , George K. Waring.
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