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Show THE MOST IMPORTANT YEAR OF THE CENTURY MAGAZINE . "The period through which we are j Ihinp. In its display of scientific ac- plishniepl and dashing social (or ' ( es Is the most broadly significant and humanly spectacular in the forts -three I years of the existence of The Centur) Magazine," sas an editorial in The' Century. It is the avowed ambition of the magazine, say its publishers, to be as ; nearly as possible representative of the times in which we live. Believing Believ-ing that fiction in vlrtnsJl) the onK effective means of iipproachins the minds of millions of Intelligent per 60118, The Century will devote about j half of each issue during the comiiu-year comiiu-year to fiction 1c a magazine of in.- size of The Century, this amount of space siven to fiction leaves B groat man pages which as usual will be devoted to art and poetry aud tc such papers as those on immigration by Professor Edward A Ross of the University of Wisconsin by W. Morgan Mor-gan Shuster. author of "The Strang ling of Persia." on subjects of international inter-national interest, for example. "Have We Foreign Policy?' and Shall the Filipinos have a Fourth of July?" Characteristic of the "New Spirit f the Century" aie the genuinely important im-portant pupers Theodore House ell on "The ProRressixr. Party" Edna Kenton on I he Militant WOJ and Women" which giNes the case for the feminists, and "The Modern Quest for a Religion " a serious and rev erent study b Winston Churchill, author au-thor of The Inside of the Cup which will be a feature of the December De-cember Century In the February Century will begin a prophetic trilogy by H G. Wells, In which' this modern prophet sees a possible pos-sible and logical future that stirs tho imagination The February number will be a "Short Stor Number.' and will contain a special Kroup of Btorh -b authors who are either celebrated aiready or likely to become so Always leader In the art field. The Centur) will continue to mnk' 1 a number of interesting experiments ! In arlous reproductive processes i ith Its corps of artist-engravers and Its elaborate art department The Centur Is able to get effects In full color and In "Century color lone" that are Impossible in less carefully print ed and designed magasin.es. in it.- comic department "In Cisht er Vein." The Century continues to prove that the best Illustrators and the best writers are giad occasionally j to turn to the lighter treatment of i current topics Advertisement, no |