McClure's Magazine for 1899 



A New Serial by RUDYARD KIPLING 



This is a series of stories of schoolboy life that will continue through a 

 number of months. Each story is complete in itself; and to understand and 

 enjoy one, it will not be necessary to read those that precede it. At the same 

 time, they carry the same characters through a succession of adventures, and 

 readers will find a special entertainment in following the whole series. The 

 stories show Mr. Kipling in his most joyous mood; it is clear that he has re- 

 newed his own boyhood in writing them, as he will have renewed the boy- 

 hood or girlhood of all the people who read them. The first story, 

 ♦♦ Stalky," appears in the December number, and shows the boys "Stalky," 

 Beetle, and McTurk at their fullest fertility of resource. 



A GREAT HISTORICAL SERIAL 



No series of articles, in any magazine, ever had a greater success than 

 Miss Tarbell's articles on the Early Life of Lincoln. As soon as these articles 

 were ended, subscribers began to write asking when they might expect the 

 series promised by Miss Tarbell on the 



LATER LIFE OF LINCOLN 



and such inquiries have continued in great numbers ever since. Miss Tarbell 

 was resolved that no important new material should be overlooked ; and by 

 her rare industry and talent and her exceptional connections she secured 

 such an abundance, that to bring it within the practical limits of magazine publi- 

 cation has been a long labor. But the articles begin in the December number. 



The Personal Side of Lincoln's Life 



during the War is what these articles will present. Miss Tarbell has secured 

 through personal interviews with associates of Lincoln — in the White House, 

 in the Departments, in Congress, at the headquarters of the several armies; 

 from surviving members of his bodyguard ; from unpublished correspondence; 

 from unpublished documents lately become available at the War Department, 

 and from various other sources — a wealth of new material exhibiting the 

 personal traits and qualities of the man. 



CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN 



The War on the Sea and its Lessons 



Captain Mahan's articles will be an account and interpretation of the 

 naval movements from one who, in addition to being the foremost authority 

 on naval science, himself helped to plan the movements which he describes 

 and explains. War played like a game of chess is the only word for the 

 recent naval campaign; and Captain Mahan, himself one of the players of the 

 gnme, explains the cause and purpose of every move, and shows what results 

 followed. The articles begin in December and will continue through several 

 months, giving, as it were, the inner history of every naval movement and 

 operation down to the close of the war. 



