SEE FULL DESCRIPTION IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN JULY 27 SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE GOODNOW & WIGHTMAN 176 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON MASS. ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Midsummer Holiday Scribner. ANOTHER ROYAL NUMBER. Charming Writers--New Artists--Superb Engraving. The August number of this progressive magazine is the third "Midsummer Holiday" issue, and the publisher is confident that in literary and artistic excellence it will be found fully equal to, if not in advance of, its predecessors, which met with such distinguished favor from the press and the public. It opens with a Frontispiece, =A NEW PORTRAIT OF BRYANT,= Drawn in crayon, from life, by WYATT EATON, and engraved by COLE, with a sketch of the haunts and homes of Bryant, by HORATIO N. POWERS, with numerous wood-cuts. Among the other illustrated material is "=A SEA-PORT ON THE PACIFIC,=" By MARY HALLOCK FOOTE. The drawings are also by Mrs. Foote, and are engraved by Marsh, Cole, and others. They have not been excelled in magazine literature for charm, picturesqueness, and fine engraving. A paper of wide interest is "=TO SOUTH AFRICA for DIAMONDS!=" By Dr. W. J. MORTON, a narrative of personal experience in the mines, with striking illustrations of this romantic and curious life. There are also =TWO CHARMING FIELD PAPERS=: "Sharp Eyes" by JOHN BURROUGHS, with illustrations by a new artist; "Glimpses of New England Farm Life," by R. E. ROBINSON, a paper of rare picturesque interest. There are illustrated poems by Dr. HOLLAND and J. T. TROWBRIDGE; also, poems by STEDMAN, BRET HARTE, and others. THE ILLUSTRATIONS are by Wyatt Eaton, Mary Hallock Foote, Vanderhoof, Waud, Frederick Dielman, R. Swain Gifford, Jervis McEntee, Henry Farrer, Winslow Homer, J. E. Kelly, Walter Shirlaw, L. C. Tiffany, Thomas Moran, Will H. Low, Mrs. Fanny Eliot Gifford, and others. The shorter stories are by STOCKTON and HENRY JAMES, Jr. DR. EGGLESTON'S STORY of WESTERN LIFE reaches its climax, and will end in October. A New Novel, "=FALCONBERG," by BOYESEN,= Begins in this issue. It is a story of immigrant life in America, told by one of the most promising of the younger generation of novelists, and will be read with interest abroad as well as at home. The Editorial Departments include "Our Commune," "The Death of Bryant," "Greatness in Art," "A Rural Art Association," "Recent Improvements in Telephony," thoughtful and suggestive Book Reviews, Humorous Sketches and Verses by new hands, &c., &c.