[December, 
AMEKIOAlSr AGRICULTURIST. 
1881 .] 
Have spared no effort to present an Announce¬ 
ment of new features for 1882 that shall represent the best ability in 
entertaining literature. The names of writers for the Companion and a 
selection from the topics that will be treated in the coming volume are 
given below. 
ITS SERIAL STORIES. 
These are by writers of rare gifts and experience.. Several of the Stories-will 
illustrate topics that arc engaging public attention. 
A Serial Story. Illustrated. . . ,. 
A Liv» Storv for Bovs. Illustrated. ... ... 
A-> F.ngli-'h Story. Illustrated. 
Witchcraft nt Deacon Wiggins’.Mrs 
Four Nights Among Russian Nihilists. 
Tales of OI<l New England Taverns. 
Stories of Successful Business Men. . 
Bv W. O. Howells. 
By .T. T. Trowbridge. 
By William Black. 
Harriet Bee-her Stowe. 
Bv a Writ"r in Russia. 
By Rose Terry Cooke. 
By James Part on. 
ITS STORIES OF ADVENTURE. 
Incidents of Frontier J.ife ami Adventure in the West: in Africa: in Australia; in 
Gre uland; in China, Japan, and Corea; in Russia; in New Zealand; on the Ocean. Fully 
Illustrated. 
A Pioneer School-Mistress in tlie Far West: Her experiences—amusing, often 
thrilling—related to her Eastern Friends. By Adeline Hall. 
Cost in tlie Gran Chaco ; or. Six Weeks in a South American Wilderness; 
A Six Weeks’Flight among the Cannibals. Illustrated. Bv H. S. Dearborn. C. E. 
Perils of a Linesman’s Life : Guarding a Telegraph \Vire in Sumatra. Illustrated. 
„ By Lieut. Grinnell. 
On Recent Battle Fields. Illustrated. Bv Archibald Forbes. 
A Story of South Africa. A Serial Story. . . By Capt. Mayne Reid. 
Nobody’s Boys. A Serial Story. Illustrated. By C. A. Stephens. 
AMUSING AND PRACTICAL. 
The Pigmies of a Nether World.— Some very graphic stories, woven of so strange a unison of 
facts and probabilities, that we predict for them both the entertainment and wonder of our readers. By 
Henry M. Frost. 
Hints for Debuting Clubs.— A paner both practical and entertaining.—in connection with which 
the Companion will otter a gift of books in the hope that it may prove the nucleus for a Society Library. 
By Prof. A. F. Chase. 
A Backwood’s Boy's Struggle for College.By C. A. Stephens. 
THE COMPANION’S WRITERS. 
Henry W. Longfellow, 
John G. Whittier, 
W. D. Howells, 
E. P. Whipple, 
J. T. Tr iwbridge, 
William Black, 
Canon F. W. Farrer. 
Henry Ward Beecher, 
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 
Louise Chandler Moulton, 
Harriet Prescott Spofford, 
Rebecca Harding Davis, 
Rose Terrv Cooke, 
Marie B. Williams,' 
Charlotte M. Yonge, 
Prof. Richard A. Proctor, 
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 
George M. Towle, Esq., 
Col. Paul II. Hayue, 
“H.H.,” 
Mary A. Denison, 
“ Ruth Chesterfield,” 
Fred A. Ober, 
Dinah Maria Craik, 
Julia C R Dorr, 
Annie A. Preston, 
Celia Thaxter, 
Mary N. Prescott, 
Marion Harland, 
Edna Dean Proctor, 
Sarah Winter Kellogg, 
Lucy Larcom. 
VERY VALUABLE ARTICLES. 
The Ministers of the English Government during the Revolution. . . . By E. P. Whipple. 
The Beginning of Great Industries.By James Parton. 
Life Scenes, as a Clergyman sees them. By Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.. 
Success and Failure in Life. .By Canon F. W. Farrar. 
Other Re'-oll cf'oas of Authors.By the late James T. Fields. 
Natural Wonders of tlie South, Pre-Historic Mounds, Floating Islands, Pnosphate Deposits, Bat 
Caves, Honey Caves, etc. . By Harriet Prescott Spofford. 
Articles on Home Education for Working People : What books to study at home—A course of 
Home Reading—Tne Books Essential to Intelligence—Why Read Poetry? What Poetry is Essential 
to Common Intelligence—A list of hooks that all should read 
By S. E. Pierce. 
ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL. 
China.— Incidents and facts connected with ten years of official residence in China; In which 
personal adventures, incidents of social intercourse with the people ; and detailed views of 
every-day life in China will be given. 
By Hon. Chester Holcombe, U. S. Legation, Pekin. 
Russia.—Life in the out-of-the-way Nooks and Corners of Russia, given in a picturesque and 
striking series of articles. The author has been sent to Russia bv the Companion especially 
for this purpose. By Mrs. A. H. Leononens. 
Mexico. -A Naturalist's Adventures on the Mountains of Mexico, by one who is traveli ng in 
that country for Scientific Societies. By Fred A. Ober. 
USEFUL ARTICLES ON HOME INDUSTRIES. 
Articles Upon Fancy Work, Embroidery in Crewels and in Silk, AppliquJ Work. Lace Work, 
Novelties of Knitting, and Crochet Work, etc. By Annie E. Ramsey. 
Training for Nurses as Physicians’ Assistants. A new profession for women. 
By a Trained Nurse, Mass. Gen. Hospital. 
Ways by which Girls may Earn Money at Home. By Rebeccu Harding Davis. 
How to Prepare Inexpensive, but Appetizing Food for the Table. By Miss Pailon. 
The Raising of Household Pets for the Market. By Mrs. S. B. C. Samuels. 
The Editorials, as heretofore, will be prepared by the most qualified pens, and all current topics 
will he treated clearly and fundamentally. „ .. J, . „ 
The Children’s Col ninn will be under the same popular management as for the last fifteen years, 
and the Prize department will he more liberal than ever. 
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