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Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson
Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson
Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson
Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson
Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson
Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson
Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson

Scribner's Magazine, Jan-June 1887, Vol 1 (new series), Paris Commune, Stevenson

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  • Condition: This ex-libris and its 768 pages is in good+ condition, the pages are still supple and pliant, there is modest if any toning, there is no noteworthy foxing, soiling, damp-staining, nor type bleed to be found within. The bindings are in very good condition, the hinges are in good order. The covers and spine exhibit quite modest wear from rubbing, scuffing, etc., all of which is well represented in scans.
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    Description

    "Scribner's Published Monthly With Illustrations",
    January - June 1887, Volume 1 (new series), Charles Scribner Sons, New York - F. Warne & Co., London.
    This hard-bound book consists of six months of Scribner's Monthly Magazine, which has always been noted for its literary content, and beginning with this new series, they abandoned its prior format. The new magazine, leans more towards topical articles, biographies, fiction, and editorial comment in article format.
    Each monthly installment contains approximately 120 pages, there are numerous within text, as well as full page illustrations throughout.
    This  book contains such articles and stories as:
    The Babylonian Seals (with illustrations from the author's collection)
    Aunt Fountain's Prisoner
    The Bayeux Tapestry
    The Likenesses of Caesar
    Our Defenseless Coasts (with maps, sketches & diagrams)
    M. Coquelin by Brander Matthews
    "Cordon!"
    The Ducharmes of the Baskatonge
    The Stability of the Earth by N.S. Shaler
    American Elephant Myths
    The Ethics of Democracy
    Father Andrei; The Story of a Russian Priest
    Magic Flight In Folk-Lore
    Forests of North America by N.S. Shaler
    Half a Curse in Mexico
    What is an Instinct?
    The Manse; A Fragment by Robert Louis Stevenson
    Miss Pringle's Neighbors by Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
    Some Illustrations of Napoleon and His Times
    Our Naval Policy; A Lesson from 1861
    An Ocean Graveyard
    The Residuary Legatee; or, The Posthumous Jest of the Late Jane Austin
    Reminiscences of the Siege and Commune of Paris (large article)
    Socialism
    The Development of the Steam Ship, and the Liverpool Exhibition of 1886 by Commander F.E. Chadwick, U.S. Navy
    The Stone-cutter
    The Story of a New York House - with illustrations by Smith Edwards and A.B. Frost
    Modern Aggressive Torpedoes
    Two Russians
    An Uncommercial Republic
    A Violin Obligato
    many others.
    Some of the contributing artists are:
    Julia C.R. Dorr, Arlo Bates, Susan Coolidge, Andrew Lane, Louise Chandler Moulton, Austin Dobson, F.D. Millet, Nora Perry, E.B. Washburne, Harold Frederic, Thomas Nelson Page, Annie Cary Morris, Sarah Orne Jewett, Thomas A. Janvier, M.J. Burns, A.B. Frost, Octave Thanet, E.J. Meeker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, Joel Chandler Harris, John C. Ropes, N.S. Shaler, George Gibson, and others.