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“LIFE: The Best Periodicals for Family Reading.” (892. 1892. HARPER’S MAGAZINE. $4.00 per Year. HARPER'S MAGAZINE will celebrate the fourth Centenary of the Discovery of America by its re-déscovery, through articles giving a more thorough exposition than has hitherto been made of the Recent Unprecedented Development of our Country, especially the Great West. Articles will also be given on the Dramatic Episodes of American History, The probable Field of the New European War will be described in the Series of Papers From the Black Forest to the Black Sea, by Pouttsey Bicriow and F. D. Miter, superbly illustrated by Mr. Mitier and Atrrep Parsons. Papers will also be given on the German, Austrian, and Italian Armles, illustrated, from studies made last summer in Europe, by T. pe Tuutstrup. . D. Howents will contribute anew novel, A World of Chance, characteristically American, Especial prominence will be given to Short Stories, which will be contributed hy T. B. Atnricu, R. H. Davis, A. 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