Colonies,” a series of separate papers by Dr. Edward Eggleston, just begun, to be richly and accurately illustrated, is alone worth the subscription price. Washington Gladden’s realistic serial, entitled “The Christian League of Connecticut,” is attracting wide attention among business men interested in Christian work. Henry James, Jr., Alphonse Daudet, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charles Dudley Warner, “H. H.,” T. W. Higginson and Frank R. Stockton are among the contributors, and from them and from other distinguished writers will come the material for another brilliant year of THE CENTURY. Mr. W. D. Howell’s new novel, “A Woman’s Reason,” will begin in the February number. There is another magazine published by THE CENTURY CO., which in the field of children’s literature occupies the same place that THE CENTURY fills in the grown-up world. It is ST. NICHOLAS, now just beginning its tenth year, a magazine of which the _London Times_ said a year ago: “It is above anything _we_ produce in the same line.” It is a theory of the editor, Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, that there is nothing too good for children, and the boys and girls who read ST. NICHOLAS are really getting the very best writing and the finest pictures that can be had. Its circulation is worldwide. In England, where it has had a large monthly sale for several years, six copies are said to be taken in the household of the Prince of Wales. The Queen of Italy reads it every month to her children. A book was recently issued in the Arabic language, and printed at Beirut, Syria, made up of poems and stories translated from ST. NICHOLAS, enriched with the original pictures, loaned by the publishers for that purpose. This year the magazine is to have a serial story by J. T. Trowbridge, one of the most popular writers for boys in the world, and another by Frank R. Stockton—a historical novelette of boy and girl life in the thirteenth century—which the _Springfield Republican_ has already predicted “will prove easily the best story of the year for the young.” ST. NICHOLAS contains eighty or more pages every month, with from fifty to a hundred pictures; the best writers of two continents are educating the young folks who read it. THE CENTURY costs $4.00 a year, and ST. NICHOLAS $3.00. Special offers are made to new subscribers beginning with the November numbers. For further information and a handsomely illustrated 24-page pamphlet describing the magazines and their new home (sent free to persons mentioning this magazine), address the publishers. THE CENTURY CO., NEW YORK, N.Y. * * * * * [Illustration: THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY.] Among the many family papers of the land, we do not believe one can be found better suited for general reading than this. It has twelve pages weekly, filled with the finest cuts and most attractive reading matter, printed on nice paper.