Life — December 26, 1912 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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Manhattan, Mart = This vital quality of interestingness is the foundation upon which the great structure of standard Seeds, & ‘ Harper’s Magazine has been builded, and with such success that the cash receipts from subscrip- to serve throut! F : tions last year (this year’s subscribers) were the largest in its history. To give any complete Refuse Substitutes B outline of the plans which will make the coming year one of extraordinary interest is impossible, AT ALL DEALERS 5 but a few notable features may be mentioned. , HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sele Props. ‘ < “ated ea EE Sir Gilbert Parker’s Great Novel New York Of this great serial it is necessary to say only a word: it is the author's greatest book—a story so dramatic, so tense in interest, that it cannot be discontinued or forgotten. It will be followed by A New Novel by Arnold Bennett This will be a story in his lighter vein—the vein of “Buried Alive” and “Denry""— a tale of extraordinary happenings and unique interest. Mark Twain---Hitherto Unpublished Writings Mark Twain left in the hands of his literary executors a number of important manuscripts which for certain reasons he had thought best not to publish during his lifetime. Some of these writings—the most notable of this great genius, the most remarkable—will appear in Harper's Magazine during the coming months. Stefansson’s Own Story of the Blond Eskimos 1hi;jsthesarative for shich people in every part of the years.in the Frozen North, and covering in his travels over ten thousand miles of, territory, Mr. Stefansson has just returned. His remarkable story has yet to be told, and by special arrangement it will appear exclusively in Harper's Magazine, beginning in the Christmas number. peeegreerentes Se Sa aa a ae a ae a a ee aaa ae a Danger Ahead! One phase in the present Balkan af- fair seems to have been completely overlooked. As this is the most im- portant aspect of the situation to the United States, particularly as regards the State of INDIANA, it seems that it should not be lightly passed over. etoecontete potent mterintnted If the Bulgar States become a con- federacy what are our native authors of romantic fiction to do for scenes for their coming crop of novels? oo Serertetetetntrtntetented Among the Savages of the Upper Amazon Servia and Bulgaria, under their own Algot Lange, the ethnologist, is heading the expedition sent by the University of Pennsylvania For fifteen years now Montenegro, to the headwaters of the Amazon, where he will venture into territory never before reached by white men—a country full of little-known savage tribes. Mr. Lange's own narrative of his adventures will appear exclusively in Harper's Magazine. There will be other travel articles of unusual interest by such famous writers as Ambassador Bryce, Stewart Edward White, W. D. Howells, etc. The Wonders of Science Harper's Magazine is the only popular magazine for which the great men of the scientific world consent to write. In its pages they will tell of their epoch-making discoveries. names or aliases, have furnished prin- cesses as wives for the straight-limbed, square-jawed, clear-eyed fiction sons of our Chicago beef packers, and princely husbands for the slender, graceful (with a dash of abandon), well-shod fiction daughters of our Cal- ifornia railroad kings. The chief busi- ness of these sons and daughters has been to thwart the designs of pre- The Greatest Short Stories tenders, put rightful heirs on thrones, and resist the plans of neighboring kings with sons or daughters of their own ‘to marry off. ees Sree = A list of the short stories which have appeared in Harper's Magazine would be a list of the greatest short stories of the English language. To Harper's the great writers have always come with their best work, and in Harper's appear more short stories cach month than in any other illustrated magazine—seven in each number. Notable among those whose stories will appear in 1913 are Mark Twain, Margaret Deland, W. D, Howells, Henry van Dyke, Booth Tark- ington, Mary E. Wilkins, Thomas A. Janvier, Irving Bacheller, James Oppenheim, Richard Washburn Child, Alice Brown, Perceval Gibbon, etc., ete. reSoeSeoetoscortoctetoctontontoctetotior ron intone yeriretntiet mieten If the Balkan States coalesce the occupation of these Americans and that of their creators will be gone. Sosaostecectostontetoetentontoetete We demand of our new President, himself an author, warships to protect American literature and the chief in- dustry of INDIANA. $4.00 Harper & Brothers, Publishers 35 cents @ year Franklin Square, New York acopy D.W. “ | Seaeteceteteteteeeeetecteteteceteteeetecte deeeeeetetedeedetetntea beeen eared nenene 2521 Seletetotet comicbooks.com