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Reminiscences and Anecdotes. 
(Illustrated.) 
Yankee Drolleries at Old-Time Pairs and Shows, by 
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Stories of Old-Time Quack Doctors and their 
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fjfWpl REFERENCE to the contributors announced below will show that nearly all of the most distinguished and popular 
Ijjjrv/Y;-'' authors ot this country, and many of those of Great Britain, have been engaged as contributors to the Compan- 
s^Y^s ion for the year 1883. The Announcement will he found in many respects, we think, an extraordinary one ; but it in- 
7 eludes only a part of the features of the volume for the coming year. 
Illustrated Serial Stories. 
A Serial Story of Boy Life in America, by.j. T. Trowbridge 
A Serial Story of Boy Life in Great Britain, by.William Black 
A Serial Story of New England Life, by.Harriet Beecber Stowe. 
A Serial Story for Girls, by.Harriet Prescott Spofford. 
A Serial Story of Southern Life, by. . B . Williams. 
Amusing College Stories, by. Henry A. Gordon. 
Stories of Old-Time Poor-Houses, by.J. D. Chaplin 
Old New England Peddlers’ Tales, by. Wm. A King 
Tales of the Old Dutch Farmers of New York, by.Eugene M Prince 
James Parton. 
Remedies, by 
_ Edgar Knowles. 
On the Stump. Humorous Anecdotes of Electioneering, Stump Speaking, eic., by 
Hon. S. S. Cox. 
Victor Hugo at Home. A chntfy description of the home ijfc of the great poet, 
by lih Private Secretary.. Richard Lesclide, 
Word Pictures of the House of Commons. As seen from the Reporters’ 
Gallery, by.H. W. Lucy. 
Brilliant Articles. Reminiscences of Dean Stanley and Picturesque Associations 
of Westminster Abbey, by. Canon F. W. Farrar. 
The Royal Family of Denmark. Articles of personal anecdote, b\ the 
Danish Minister at Washington,. Hon. Carl Bille. 
Great Southern Leaders. A series of articles containing personal reminis¬ 
cences of Gen. Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, John C. Calhoun, etc., by 
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. 
Illustrated Travel and Adventure. 
A Serial Story of Adventure, by .... C. A. Stephens. 
Life in an Irish Fishing Village, by . . Julian Hawthorne. 
Tales of Old Ships and Sailors, by . . . Capt. F. Luce. 
Old Times on the Missouri, by.A Missourian. 
After the Mindanao Pirates in a Dutch Gun-Boat, by 
A , ^ . __ „ Lieut. P. F. Grinnell. 
Adventures in a Whaling Cruise in the North Pacific, by 
Macomber Brett. 
The Fiftieth Tiger. A narrative of Adventure by the Special < . iitspondcnt 
of the London Telegraph . Phil Robinson. 
Child Life and Home Life in Japan. Curious Pictures and Domestic. Inci¬ 
dents, by a traveller in that country, . . . Prof. E. S. Morse. 
Railway Heroes. Thrilling storieB of railroad men. Among others will be “The 
Fireman’s Story;” “His Life or Theirs;” “Skip Dustin, the Water Boy,” and 
“Express Messenger Iiilcy,” by. Walter A. Moore. 
Special Articles. 
Important articles will be given by two of the most distinguished Neurologists in the world, describing Nervous Diseases, 
showing the ordinary causes of these forms of human suffering, and giving genera! suggestions as to their treatment. 
These articles will not be merely technical treatises, but will be enlivened by curious and illustrative anecdotes. 
Common Nervous Ailments. A Series of l’nperB, by.i Dr. Brown-Sequard. 
The Short History of a Nervous Man. The Proper Use of the Mind, Hallucinations and Delusions, The ■ of Sleep 
and Sleeplessness, Somnambulism, utc., by. Dr. William A. Hammond. 
The Help Series. 
The Profits of Literary Labor, by James Parton. 
Salesmen and Saleswomen in City Stores. Their wages and opportu- 
. '‘idy*. - .Charles Vance Elliott. 
A Medical Education. How to Choose a Colley*. AdvaiUn^ of European 
■ ’’.v.Dr. William A. Hammond. 
Girls Who Earn a Living in Art. Bv the Principal ..f the Woman’s Art 
School, Cooper Union.. Susan N. Carter. 
How to Start. Papers telling how to start in different kinds of business and in 
tr.-nics, with practical details, so that a boy rending these papers may act on them 
safely. 
What a Technical Education Costs. By the Professor of Engineering of 
the Institute of Technology, Hoboken. . Robert H. Thurston. 
Parlor Experiments in Science. Simple and curious, by 
Prof. W. C. Richards. 
Entertainments for Charitable Purposes. Ad vice and suggestions, by 
_ .a . George B. Bartlett. 
Tableaux with Authors. Directions for Cluirming Evening Enteriaiumeuts, by 
„ , _ Kate Sanborn. 
Concerning Floors, Doors, and Windows. Giving the latest ideas as to 
tile decoration of Ihcse important features of a home, by 
, Janet E. Ruutz-Rees. 
Inexpensive Art, Furniture. A series of papers showing that a liontc maybe 
turnished iu the best taste without large expenditures, giving details as to cost, 
etc., by the Curator of the Liverpool Art Museum. . Charles Dyall. 
The Editorials of the Companion will give dear and impartial views of current events at home and abroad. 
The Children’s Page sustains its reputation for charming pictures, poems and stories adapted to rlie little ones. 
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