Among the NEW FEATURES of the coming year, the publisher would announce a new and brilliant series of POPULAR ROMANCES from the gifted and distinguished pen of
GEORGE LIPPARD,
Entitled, "LEGENDS OF THE LAST CENTURY,"
written expressly for "Scott's Weekly Paper," and now first offered to the public.
All who enjoyed the rare felicity of reading Mr. Lippard's famous "LEGENDS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION," published in the "Saturday Courier" for fifty-six consecutive weeks, will, we feel satisfied, be delighted with the prospect of a new series, embracing the leading events in American and French history during the last hundred years. The scenes, incidents, and characters of this, his last work, have been collated with the greatest care and most diligent research, from the records, reminiscences, and popular traditions of the people of both continents, and form the most reliable HISTORICAL CYCLOPEDIA of the present age. Mr. Lippard has, in these Legends, displayed all the original power, brilliancy, and classic beauty of style, which rendered his previous works so popular at the firesides of all true lovers of A SOUND AMERICAN LITERATURE; and we feel proud in having the opportunity to announce that the readers of "Scott's Weekly Paper" shall be the first to peruse them, and admire their separate and numerous excellences.
As Mr. Lippard will contribute solely to "Scott's Weekly Paper," the American public will see the necessity of sending their orders at the earliest possible moment, in order to secure these GREAT HISTORICAL PRODUCTIONS, which will not be published in any other form.
In connection with the above-named Legends of the Olden Time, we have the satisfaction to announce that
EMERSON BENNETT,
the eminent Novelist, author of "Viola," "The Forged Will," and other works of unmistakable genius, has been engaged to write one or more POPULAR NOUVELLETTES, the publication of which will shortly be commenced.