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HARPER'S MAGAZINE.

NOVEMBER NUMBER.

CONTENTS:

OUR JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES. Third Paper
THIRTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS. Drawn by JOSEPH PENNELL.

ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL.

Head-piece. The only Castle I drew.-Fisher-boats hauled up near Buckie.-Near Cullen.-Bit of Macduff-
Near Banff.-Banff from Macduff. Fraserburgh.-In the Harbour, Fraserburgh.-Gutters at Work, Fraserburgh.
-Coming Home from the Fisheries, Fraserburgh.-Montrose.-Ruins at Arbroath.

'WHY CANST THOU NOT AS OTHERS DO?'

With FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATION and HEAD-PIECE. Drawn by EDWIN A. ABBEY and
ALFRED PARSONS.

...

C. H. FARNHAM⚫

THE LOWER ST. LAWRENCE
TEN ILLUSTRATIONS. Drawn by H. SANDHAM, A. C. REDWOOD, and M. J. BURNS.
Port on the St. Lawrence.-There were other old Men in a Row.'-Return from Duck-shooting.-At Low
Tide. On the Rush Meadows.-Gathering and Loading Salt Hay.-The Confessional in Cabin of Steamer.-Eel-
fishing-Winter Ferry on the St. Lawrence-Return from Fishing.

Escutcheon with Arms of City of Paris.--Guillotine Cup and Saucer.-Phrygian and Jacobin Caps.--Revolutionary Marriage Cupboard.-Sabre of Members of the Convention, designed by David. Sashes worn by Girls at the Apotheosis of Voltaire.-Arm-chair in which Voltaire died.-Revolutionary Decimal Time-piece.

A PINK VILLA. A Story

...

...

...

FLORENCE EARLE COATES. CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON.

SIX ILLUSTRATIONS. Drawn by C. S. REINHART and H. FENN.
Sorrento. Mrs. Churchill, let me present to you Mr. David_Red.'-On the Way to the Deserto.-At the
Deserto. She sat down and gathered her Child to her Breast.'-Fanny put out her Hands with a bitter Cry.'

ELK-HUNTING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS. Drawn by A. B. FROST.

G. O. SHIELDS.

Group of Elk. Following an Elk Trail.-Exterminators.-The Monarch of the Forest.-A Skin Hunter. BOATS ON THE TAGUS

...

...

FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS. Drawn by TRISTRAM Ellis.

Muletas and Barcos trawling off Cascaes.-Steering Gear of Muleta.-Bringing Home Nets for the Winter.-
Varinas at Belem.-Felúa and Straw Frigate.

THE NEW YORK REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE
ELEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS. From Drawings by W. A. ROGERS, Paintings by MADRAZO and
GILBERT STUART, and Photographs by PACH BROTHERS and LUDOVICI.

The present John Jacob Astor.-E. A. Cruikshank - Benjamin Hardwick.-E. H. Ludlow.-Map of New York,
1728.-H. H. Cammann. -Adrian H. Muller.-Auction Sale of Real Estate.--Anthony J. Bleecker.-The highest
Bidder. The original John Jacob Astor.

CAPTAIN LELONGBOW (FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATION)

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