Any one sending us the name of a new subscriber, with $3.00, for one year's subscription to THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, before January 1, 1836, may, if desired, order the above engraving (proof impression), instead of any of the premiums described on the opposite page. _THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER, AS THESE ENGRAVINGS HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN SOLD FOR LESS THAN $7.50 EACH._ ====== _We will sell a limited number of these engravings at the price of_ 85 _cents each._ BAY STATE MONTHLY CO., 43 Milk Street, Boston. ======================================================================= THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR 1886 _WILL CONTAIN SERIAL STORIES BY_ HENRY JAMES. ["The Princess Casamassima" will continue until August, 1886.] CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK, Author of "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "In the Tennessee Mountains," etc. WILLIAM H. BISHOP, Author of "The House of a Merchant Prince." MR. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Will write for THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY during 1886. MR. JOHN FISKE Will contribute six or more papers on United States History, covering the period from the Revolution to the adoption of the Constitution. These papers discuss a portion of American history very imperfectly known, and cannot fail to be exceedingly engaging by reason of Mr. Fiske's ample knowledge and perfectly clear style. MR. PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON, The distinguished English writer, will furnish a series of articles comparing French and English people, character, opinions, customs, etc. Mr. Hamerton is peculiarly qualified, by his intimate knowledge of the French as well as of his fellow-countrymen, to write on this subject. TERMS: $4.00 a year, in advance, POSTAGE FREE; 35 cents a number. With superb life-size portrait of Hawthorne, Emerson, Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier, Lowell, or Holmes, $5.00; each additional portrait, $1.00. _Postal notes and money are at the risk of the sender, and therefore remittances should be made by money-order, draft, or registered letter to_ HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 4 PARK STREET, BOSTON, MASS. -------------------------------------- CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK'S Remarkable Stories. ====== THE PROPHET OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS. ==> _SEVENTH THOUSAND_. $1.25. This is one of the most noteworthy of American novels. The striking figure and fate of "the prophet," the cave and stealthy operations of the "moonshiners," and the engaging love story which runs as a golden thread through it all, are depicted with great power and fascination. ====== IN THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. Eight short stories of marvellous power and beauty. $1.25. ==> _THIRTEENTH EDITION._ ====== DOWN THE RAVINE. With Illustrations. $1.00. A very engaging story of East Tennessee life, equally interesting to parents and children. -------------------------------------- Life and Letters of Louis Agassiz.