Bound Vol THE CENTURY MAGAZINE ~ Nov 1899-Apr 1900 V.37

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Bound Volume THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE ~ Nov 1899-Apr 1900 V.37 (6 Issues) You are bidding on a bound volume containing the November - April issues of THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE from 1899/1900. The volume itself measures about 7" by 9¾". The volume is bound with a black hardboard. The tips and spine are reinforced with a red material. Library marks are present. If a certain page or article is important to you please ask about its condition. The Century was one on the 19th centurys most popular magazines. It was the successor to Scribners Monthly and it continued publication until the 1930s. It was renowned for its excellent articles and among other things, for its beautiful engraved illustrations. T is very in depth coverage of the Civil War. Many authors had their works published for the first time in The Century. From the first Century Magazine made much of its illustrations, and both directly and by the effect on its competitors, its advent had much to do with the improvement of American engraving and printing. It claims credit for originating, in the mechanical department, several practical innovations of value, such as the dry printing of engravings. Thanks to the following w I was able to get great detail on the contents: http://www./index.php?title=Magawiki, and cdl. Some highlights from this volume are: November, 1899 (T is a hole torn out on page 47/48) Oliver Cromwell by John Morley . . . The Biography of a Grizzly - The Cubhood of Wahb by Ernest Seton-Thompson . . . The Wisdom of Dark Pathrick by Seumas MacManus, pictures by Frederic Dorr Steele . . . Our Lady of Antibes by Ella D'Arcy . . . The Making of a Mural Decoration by Royal Cortissoz . . . Wagner From Behind the Scenes by Gustav Kobbe, pictures by Archie Gunn . . . My Debut as a Literary Person by Mark Twain (Formerly "Mike Swain") . . . Old English Masters - John Crome Called "Old Crome" . . . The Apostate of Chego-Chegg by Abraham Cahan, pictures by Louis Loeb . . . The Autobiography of a Quack by S. Weir Mitchell, pictures by Arthur J. Keller . . . The Forgotten Millions - John Gilley by Charles W. Eliot . . . Sailing Alone Around the World - Juan Fernandez and Somoa by Captain Joshua Slocum, pictures by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian . . . Military Preparedness and Unpreparedness by Theodore Rossevelt December, 1899 (page 219/220 is coming loose; pages 221-224 are missing)) The Christmas Dancers - A Legend of Saxony by Edith M. Thomas . . . The Kid Hangs Up His Stocking by Jacob A. Riis . . . A Provencal Christmas Postscript by Thomas A. Janvier, pictures by Louis Loeb . . . The Art of Seeing Things by John Burroughs . . . I Believe by Margaret Sutton Briscoe . . . The Biography of a Grizzly - The Days of His Strength by Ernest Seton-Thompson . . . Out of the Fog by Edward Marshall . . . The Matrimonial Opportunities of Maria Pratt by Virginia Woodward Cloud . . . One of Two Millions in East London by Sir Walter Besant, pictures by Joseph Pennell & Phil May . . . Sailing Alone Around the World - From Somoa to Australia and Tasmania by Captain Joshua Slocum, pictures by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian . . . Oliver Cromwell by John Morley . . . The Autobiography of a Quack by S. Weir Mitchell, pictures by Arthur J. Keller . . . Zionism by Richard Gottheil . . . McCribben Sues the City by Harry Stillwell Edwards, pictures by Frederic Dorr Steele . . . Glass Houses - A Psychological Comedy by Gelett Burgess January, 1900 Only the Master Shall Praise by John M. Oskison, picture by Frederic Remington . . . A Touch of Sun by Mary Hallock Foote . . . The Biography of a Grizzly - The Waning of Wahb by Ernest Seton-Thompson . . . A Filial Impulse by Will N. Harben, pictures by Otto H. Bacher . . . Old English Masters - Sir Thomas Lawrence by John C. Van Dyke . . . Black Silas by Virginia Frazer Boyle . . . The Autobiography of a Quack by S. Weir Mitchell, pictures by Arthur J. Keller . . . Among the Fellaheen b... read more

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