Rich and varied as is the program already drawn up for The Century Magazine for 1914 no prospectus for the year could express "the new spirit of The Century" so well as the current and future numbers of the magazine. THE CENTURY is the interpreter between the eager worker, the absorbed thinker, and the rapt artist on the one hand, and the earnest, cultured, life-loving public on the other. It studies and explains modern tendencies of many kinds, it tests values, it lives in the very mid-current of to-day. It separates the real from the apparent, the valuable from the worthless, the permanent from the momentary, the humorous from the merely diverting. In fiction, the essay, and poetry THE CENTURY Continues its leadership. A glance at the most salient features of the current (December) issue and of the January and February issues indicates that every cultivated home will require THE CENTURY in 1914 for the basis of its work and play, its study and relaxation in the fields of current literature, art, science, and the human onrush. The Century is the corner-stone of the family magazine reading in America. See opposite page WER CROUCH....... The Century's Greatest Year Has Begun The December Century "the most elaborate Christmas number ever published in America," is crowded with beautiful illustrations, many of them in color, a wealth of fiction, and such momentous contributions to current thought as Professor Edward A. Ross's "Social Effects of Immigration," W. Morgan Shuster's authoritative paper, "Have We a Foreign Policy?", and "The Modern Quest for a Religion," a serious and reverent study by Winston Churchill, author of "The Inside of the Cup." The January Century will contain an original theory expressed by Andrew Carnegie on "The Hereditary Transmission of Property." May Sinclair's story "The Collector" is an unequaled piece of fictional comedy. "The River" is a virile ballad by John Masefield. Richard Barry tells of the great, heretofore unsung hero, General Skobeleff. A discovery of absorbing interest to the world at large and to the art world is recorded by an American scholar. The February Century contains the beginning of a prophetic trilogy by H. G. Wells, in which this modern prophet sees a possible and logical future that stirs the imagination to its depths. This number will be called a "Short Story Number," and will contain a group of stories, fanciful, touching, and amusing, that will appeal to every lover of fiction. THE CENTURY is now adding new subscribers daily to its list. It is also achieving remarkable success on the news-stands. 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Magazine 1914 A Famous Writer's Articles by Price First Long Novel During the coming year the Magazine hopes to begin the first long novel by an American author who for many years has had one of the largest audiences among contemporary writers; whose work in prose and verse has been not only of the first rank but based upon a deep and unfailing optimism, concerning itself with human realities and ideals rather than with "problems." His short stories are among the best known wherever the English language is read, and his first novel will be awaited with a very uncommon interest. A detailed announcement will follow later. Collier Price Collier, whose “England and the English from an American Point of View," "The West in the East from an American Point of View," "Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View," were veritable literary sensations, revealing a new critic of the nations, will contribute papers about SWEDEN AND NORWAY. They will deal with the people, with socialand political matters-of exceptional interest in both of these countries. No one has better succeeded in conveying a clear impression of the essential qualities of the peoples about whom he writes. The author's style sparkles with wit and humor, with surprises in the way of vivid revelations of character, with occasional touches of illuminative and penetrating sarcasm. Madame Readers of the Magazine will anticipate Begin your Subscription with Short Stories By Rudyard Kipling, Sir Gilbert Parker, Henry van Dyke, Richard Harding Davis, Katharine Holland Brown, James B. Connolly, Mary R. S. Andrews, Gordon Arthur Smith, Mary Synon, Barry Benefield, Abbe Carter Goodloe, and many Others.-A remarkable group of stories by Katharine Fullerton Gerould, author of "Vain Oblations," including one of the best Ghost Stories of years. A Short Serial: A Love Story by Armistead C. Gordon. A tender idyllic story of the old South. 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