{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_49156/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_49156","id":"gutenberg_49156","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49156","summary":null,"tags":["American literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals","Category: Children & Young Adult Reading","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Short Stories","Sunday schools -- United States -- Periodicals"],"text":"/*\n    $1.00 a Year.      NOVEMBER, 1886.      10 cts. a No.\n\n    THE\n    PANSY\n\n    EDITED\n    BY \u201cPANSY\u201d\n    MRS. G. R. ALDEN.\n\n\n    D. LOTHROP & CO.\n    BOSTON, MASS., U.S.\n\n    Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO., and entered at the\n         Boston P. 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The illustrations rank\nwith the best of our costliest art publications, the literature is\nsupplied by the most capable and famous men and women. Will delight\nyoung and old alike. Tempting enough to fetch the necessary coin out of\nthe pocket of the stingiest churl alive. No cost or trouble has been\nspared to make this work, in literary and artistic merit, and in the\nhomelier matter of type and paper, as perfect as possible. It is simply\nimpossible to give to one who has not seen it any idea of the good\nsense, rare fun, exquisite illustrations, and thorough healthiness of\ntone, which abound in this beautiful magazine._\u201d\u2014SHEFFIELD INDEPENDENT,\nEngland.\n\n\n_SERIAL STORIES AND SERIES OF ARTICLES_:\n\n\nThe Story of Keedon Bluffs. By _Charles Egbert Craddock_, author of\n\u201cThe Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains,\u201d \u201cDown the Ravine,\u201d etc. A\ndramatic serial of boy life in the Great Smokies, with new scenes and\nnew characters, among the latter a jolly young mountaineer who sings\noriginal dialect songs full of wild humor. Illustrations by Edmund H.\nGarrett.\n\n\nRomulus and Remus. By _Charles Remington Talbot_. This story is _not_\na tale of ancient Rome; instead, it is modern high comedy. Full of\nmirthful surprises. So far as known, the first strictly humorous serial\nprepared for a young folks\u2019 magazine. Illustrations by Frank T. Merrill.\n\n\nMontezuma\u2019s Gold Mines. By _Fred A. Ober_, author of \u201cThe Silver City.\u201d\nThis serial of romantic adventure is based on Mr. Ober\u2019s own search for\nthe lost gold mines of Montezuma, which are firmly believed in Mexico\nto be still in existence, their precise locality a guarded secret\namong one or two tribes of mountain Indians, who inherit the precious\nknowledge, handing it down in turn to their children. The hero of the\nstory is \u201cJohn North,\u201d the hero of \u201cThe Silver City,\u201d and the serial\nopens on the mysterious island of Cozumel. The story has been written\nto satisfy the incessant demand and unappeasable desire of the readers,\nold as well as young, of \u201cThe Silver City.\u201d Illustrations by Hy.\nSandham.\n\n\nThe Secrets at Roseladies. By _Mary Hartwell Catherwood_, author of\n\u201cRocky Fork,\u201d and \u201cOld Caravan Days.\u201d It is enough, perhaps, to reveal\nhere, of Pen Bidgood, and Willie Bidgood, and \u201cSister\u201d Bidgood, and\nlittle Honora Jones, and Aquilla Jones, and beautiful Sarah Roseladies,\nand Dan Marsh of the house-boat, that _one_ of their secrets concerned\nthe secrets of the Indian Mounds on the Lower Wabash. Illustrations by\nW. A. Rogers.\n\n\nHowling Wolf and His Trick-Pony. By _Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney_. The\nhair-breadth adventures of a bright little Indian boy in search of the\nlost \u201cmedicine\u201d of the Utes. An enchanting serial for Little Folks,\nwhich the big folks will equally enjoy. Illustrations by H. F. Farny,\nand from photographs.\n\n\nBird-Talk. By _Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney_. For some time Mrs. Whitney\nhas been making a study of our wild birds and their individual song\nexpression; and from that study comes now a delicious group of poems,\neach descriptive of a bird and its haunts, and each including a\nmetrical rendering of that bird\u2019s song, based on the true vowel sounds\nin the notes of its melody. This dainty and amusing series will be as\nfollows:\n\n/*\n    Jan.    _In the Evergreens._           Chickadee.\n    Feb.    _In the Thorn-Thicket._        Blue Jay.\n    Mar.    _On the Bare Bough._           Song-Sparrow.\n    Apr.    _In Open Fields._              Crow, Robin.\n    May    {_Hid in the Lilac._            Cat-bird.\n           {_On a Grass-Head._             Bobolink.\n    June   {_In the Ash-Tree._             Vireo.\n           {_Under the Laurel Bush._       Oven-bird.\n    July   {_In the Cherry-Trees._         Tanager.\n           {_In the Birch Hollow._         Savanna Sparrow.\n    Aug.    _In Deep Woods._              {Small Fly-Catcher.\n                                               {Hermit Thrush.\n    Sept.   _In the Stubble._              Quail.\n    Oct.    _Among Falling Leaves._        Tree-Sparrow.\n    Nov.    _In Early Snow._               Goldfinch.\n    Dec.    _From the Old Barn Gable._     Screech Owl.\n*/\n\n\nIn War-Times at La Rose Blanche. By _Mrs. M. E. M. Davis_. Twelve\nstories, written by a prominent New Orleans lady, the wife of a\nConfederate cavalry officer. They relate the adventures of a great\nSouthern sugar-plantation household, whose men were in the army from\nthe beginning to the end of the Civil War. The author was a little\ngirl at the time\u2014the \u201cMiss Ma\u2019y\u201d of the stories\u2014and was concerned in\nmany little dramas, some humorous and some pathetic, in which both\n\u201cBlue-coats\u201d and \u201cGray-coats\u201d were actors. \u201cThe Letter from the Front,\u201d\ndescribing the Battle of the Wilderness, in which her brother of\nfifteen was a color-bearer in Hood\u2019s Brigade, is said by both Union\nand Confederate officers to be one of the best descriptions ever\nwritten of what one soldier sees and feels in a battle. Some hundreds\nof \u201chouse and field hands\u201d belonged to La Rose Blanche plantation, and\nthe \u201cdialect\u201d is not one of the least of the charms of these stories.\nIllustrations by E. W. Kemble.\n\n\nBallads about Old-Time Authors. By _Harriet Prescott Spofford_. In\ntwelve picturesque ballads Mrs. Spofford will relate some tender\nstories from the lives of the masters of the earlier English\nliterature\u2014that one of \u201cGoldsmith\u2019s Whistle,\u201d and that one of Johnson\ndoing penance in Uttoxeter Market, and of Milton blind, and of Lamb and\nhis sister\u2014and many another beautiful literary story with which young\npeople ought to be made familiar. These ballads will be richly and\nauthentically illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett.\n\n\nFamous Pets. By _Eleanor Lewis_. A series of papers which have been\nin preparation at home and abroad for several years, comprising among\ntheir treasures rich contributions of facts, anecdotes, descriptions,\nengravings and photographs from many noted people who have owned\ninteresting pets: for instance, the first paper, \u201cSome Scotch\nCelebrities,\u201d narrates an interesting talk with the old keeper of\nGrayfriar\u2019s Churchyard, where the famous \u201cGrayfriar\u2019s Bobby\u201d lived and\ndied, and another chat with the sister of Dr. John Brown, author of\n\u201cRab and his Friends,\u201d with an engraving from a charming photographed\ngroup of Dr. Brown, Dr. Peddie and \u201cDandie,\u201d and half a dozen pictures\nfrom paintings, statues and photographs.\n\n\n\u201cFairy Folk All.\u201d By _Louise Imogen Guiney_. Twelve Papers. Researches\nin fairy-land, giving the natural history of brownies and bogles,\nof fays and elves, of necks, nixies and puckwudjies, of kelpies and\nkobolds\u2014in short, of all the known races of \u201cthe little vanishing\nfolk,\u201d with accounts of their dress, haunts, habits, manners, customs\nand usages. Full of delicious anecdote and legend, and with bewitching\npictures.\n\n\n_NEW FEATURES, SPECIALTIES, SINGLE NUMBER ARTICLES:_\n\n\nA New Department, called _The Contributors and the Children_, is to\nbe the fireside and round-table corner of the magazine. There the\nfamous WIDE AWAKE writers will meet the young folks face to face as\nit were, and in social chats with them say a thousand bright and\nimportant little things which naturally cannot come into their stories\nand articles. It will be a cosey and notable spot\u2014this Contributors\u2019\nCorner. Charming plans for it have already been carried out: at the\nChristmas (Dec.) gathering the young folks are to meet _Mrs. James T.\nFields_, _Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney_, _Margaret Sidney_, _Susan Coolidge_\nand _Sarah Orne Jewett_. The New Year\u2019s reception will be no less\ndelightful.\n\n\nConcord: Its Ways and By-Ways. By _Margaret Sidney_. A series of papers\nabout this historic and literary Mecca, its picturesque waters, lanes\nand spots, its famous people and their famous homes and haunts\u2014full of\nfresh anecdote and reminiscence. Mr. A. W. Hosmer, the accomplished\namateur photographer, is now making negatives in and about Concord\ntown, for the liberal illustration of these papers.\n\n\nChristmas-Tide Stories. A PRETTY SCARECROW, by _Elizabeth Stuart\nPhelps_. TAFFY AND BUSTER TIED TO A CHRISTMAS TREE, and TAFFY AND\nBUSTER AT NIBLO\u2019S, two stories by _Jessie Benton Fr\u00e9mont_. A CHRISTMAS\nMASQUERADE, by _Mary E. Wilkins_. A CHRISTMAS GUEST, by _Sarah Orne\nJewett_. A WEE WEDDING, by _Sophie May_. WHY THE DOLL\u2019S NAME WAS NEVER\nCHANGED, by _Katherine McDowell_. These stories will all appear in the\nChristmas and New Year\u2019s numbers.\n\n\nSome Educational Extremes. A YANKEE SCHOOLMISTRESS, by _Mrs. H. G.\nRowe_; a Maine village school of 1800, and how Aunt Polly Shedd taught\nhistory and civics. \u201cCAP\u2019N BOS\u2019ARD\u2019S WIFE\u2019S SCHOOL,\u201d by _Mrs. Frances\nA. Humphrey_; an amusing record of an Old Colony dame-school. A NEW\nENGLAND SUMMIT, by _Frona M. Brooks_; how the Harvard Annex girls live\nand study.\n\n\nThe Quest of the Whipping-Boy. By _Georgiana Washington_. An\nextravaganza chronicling the suppositious adventures of an American\nschool-girl, who, inspired by the \u201chappy thought\u201d of the early English\nkings in providing a Whipping-Boy to be punished for the sins of their\nyoung princes, set out on a journey to find a victim willing to bear\nall the consequences of the shortcomings of a seminary-full of modern\nschool-girls.\n\n\nLongfellow\u2019s Boyhood. Also, LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN. Two articles\nby _Rev. Samuel Longfellow_. Reminiscences of the beloved \u201cchildren\u2019s\npoet,\u201d as a child himself, and his relations with his own children and\nwith other children through life. This beautiful paper for all children\nwill appear in the Christmas number.\n\n\nAn Old House. By _H. L. Bradley_. Another Longfellow article, to appear\nin the New Year\u2019s number. It describes the quaint old Longfellow\nhouse in Portland, where the poet wrote his first poems, and to which\nAmerican boys and girls make pilgrimages. Many illustrations from\nphotographs and drawings.\n\n\nA \u201cLend-a-Hand\u201d Group. A HELPING HAND, by _Mrs. James T. Fields_. A\nLIVELIHOOD FOR GIRLS, by _Margaret Sidney_. THE BOSTON GIRLS\u2019 FRIENDLY\nSOCIETY, by _Mrs. Henry Whitman_. FROM THE ANNALS OF THE S. P. C. C.,\nby _Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells_. Associated Charities Story: KITTY\u2019S\nGINGERBREAD STORE, and JACK\u2019S ANIMALS, by _Mrs. Margaret Storer Warner_.\n\n\nFlowers I have Met. By _Grant Allen_. An interesting record of\nobservations upon plants and flowers along New England and Canadian\nroadsides and fields, made by the eminent English scientist during his\nrecent visit to America. Also animal papers.\n\n\nChild Life in London. FROM HYDE PARK TO WHITEHALL. By _Mrs. Elizabeth\nRobins Pennell_, with many drawings by _Joseph Pennell_, the\ndistinguished etcher. Both author and artist are now in London making\nspecial studies for this article.\n\n\nThe True Story of William Tell. By _Sarah Loring Bailey_. An historical\nand mythological research made at Altorf, Switzerland. Several\ninteresting illustrations from photographs of localities, statues, etc.\n\n\nWashington and his Playmates. By _Wm. F. Carne_, author of \u201cWashington\nas a Burgher.\u201d Interesting new material gathered from Virginia records,\nletters and recollections. Important illustrations.\n\n\nThe Luck of Edenhall. By _Amanda B. Harris_. The literary history of\nthat famous fairy glass, so celebrated in ballad and story, together\nwith the authentic family traditions and a correct description, kindly\nfurnished to WIDE AWAKE by the present family owners of this goblet of\nromance\u2014the Musgraves of Edenhall, Cumberland, England.\n\n\nA Day with Hans Andersen. By _Jessie Benton Fr\u00e9mont_. A delightful\naccount of a visit in Copenhagen with the dear old Fairy-storyteller of\nthe North. Another beautiful \u201cSouvenir,\u201d as faithful as a photograph.\n\n\nPictures of American Pastimes. By _F. Childe Hassam_. Stirring\nfull-page pictures of American games, each depicting a picturesque\ncrisis in the sport, and of a sort to make the boys toss their caps and\nshout \u201churrah!\u201d (and the girls long to do the same!) These pictures\nwill include Lawn Tennis, Hockey, Bowling, Quoits, Archery, Foot\nBall, Croquet, Polo, Lacrosse, and other popular plays that call for\nhealthful exercise.\n\n\nLittle Classics of English Prose, Illustrated. With the purpose of\ninteresting young people in English prose literature which is not\nall \u201cstory,\u201d it is proposed to give occasional selections of brief\nmasterpieces, accompanied by numerous illustrations.\n\n\n_FOR THE C. Y. F. R. U., AND FOR EVERYBODY:_\n\n\nSome Successful American Women. By _Sarah K. Bolton_. During the\npublication in the Readings for 1883-4 of Mrs. Bolton\u2019s \u201clittle\nbiographies\u201d of successful American men, under the title \u201cHow Success\nis Won,\u201d many parents requested that a series about successful women be\nprepared for their daughters; in accordance are given now the examples\nof a dozen bright, strong, and prosperous women _who have succeeded_ in\ntheir chosen work. Twelve papers, with portraits.\n\n\nWonder-Wings, Mellangongs, Colossii, and Others. By _C. F. Holder_,\nof the N. Y. Central Park Museum of Natural History. Twelve\nmarvel-chapters of animal life, as true as strange. Illustrations by J.\nCarter Beard.\n\n\nA Young Prince of Commerce. By _Selden R. Hopkins_, Commercial Counsel.\nA well-known authority and writer on business practice and commercial\nusages has written for the young folks a serial story of a boy\u2019s\ncareer, from a penniless youth to a young millionaire, as valuable as\nit is exciting and inspiring, showing that ledgers, stocks and bonds\nare as romantic and potent weapons in the hands of a young man with a\nknightly soul as ever were lance and shield in the days of old. The\ngirls too come in for a good share of the young \u201cprince\u2019s\u201d honor, and\nthe story shows how many business ventures are made successful by the\ntender \u201cpower behind the throne.\u201d Twelve chapters, with forms, laws and\nusages.\n\n\nOur Asiatic Cousins. By _Mrs. A. H. Lenowens_, the Eastern traveller.\nEntertaining and instructive. Studies of our kindred in the far\nfatherland of the race, tracing the relationships and delineating the\ngreat family traits. With many illustrations.\n\n\nWays to Do Things. By various authors. Practical handiwork for young\nfolks. The new series of these popular papers will open with a\ndelightful needlework article, \u201cBaby\u2019s Shoe,\u201d by _Mrs. Jessie Benton\nFr\u00e9mont_, to be followed by _Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs\u2019_ and _Amanda B.\nHarris\u2019_ instructions (two articles), \u201cHow to Write a Composition.\u201d\n\n\nSearch-Questions in Greek History. WITH MONTHLY PRIZES. By _Oscar Fay\nAdams_. The value everywhere set upon the past two years\u2019 work with\nSearch-Questions in Literature, and the cordial help afforded to the\nyoung \u201csearchers\u201d by librarians, professors, editors, and literarians\nthroughout the country, have led to a broad and careful plan for\nHistorical Search-Questions which shall extend through several years\u2019\nReadings, thus giving \u201csearchers\u201d a systematic survey of the great\nHistorical Periods. Each year\u2019s work comprises Answers to twelve sets\nof questions, of twenty questions each. Standard books are given as\nprizes, particulars of which will be given in the C. Y. F. R. U.\ndepartment.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_Rare Stories and Poems and beautiful Pictures are on hand, really\n\u201ctoo numerous to mention\u201d: \u201cMy First Voyage,\u201d a singular story, by\nMaurice Thompson, author of \u201cThe Witchery of Archery\u201d; \u201cHow Ned Scaled\nMt. Washington,\u201d by Mary Rebecca Hart; \u201cBesieged by Wolves,\u201d by John\nWillis Hays; \u201cThe Shipwreck of the Cologne Bottle,\u201d by Susan Coolidge;\n\u201cPh[oe]be Stout, Sculptor,\u201d by M. B. Ryerson; \u201cJeremicky\u2019s Sacrifice,\u201d\nby Mrs. Katherine B. Foote; \u201cA Manorial Pigeon Tower,\u201d with a full-page\npicture by Henry Bacon, the painter-author, of Paris, etc., etc._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n=!!!A WORD ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS.... $2.40 PROM THIS DATE!!!=\n\nD. Lothrop and Company announce that, leading in the great literary\nmovement toward lower prices, and large sales, they have made, without\nreducing quantity or quality, an extraordinary reduction in the price\nof WIDE AWAKE, the best illustrated young folks\u2019 magazine, 1000\nquarto pages and 500 original pictures yearly, and will now receive\nsubscriptions at the former wholesale price of only $2.40 a year.\n\n/*\n    =D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY, Publishers, Boston, Mass., U. S. A.=\n*/\n\n\nBABYLAND\n\nPROSPECTUS FOR 1887.\n\nBABYLAND will have two enticing _new features_ for the _babies and\ntheir mammas_, in addition to the perennial pleasures of the countless\nlittle two-minute stories and verses with which the magazine always has\nabounded.\n\nEspecially calculated to merrily occupy the eyes and ears of the little\nones are the monthly pictorial pages called\n\nPUZZLES ABOUT PETER AND PATTY,\n\ntext and pictures by _Margaret Johnson_; and especially calculated to\nsweetly teach and charm are the home kindergarten delights called\n\nNURSERY FINGER-PLAYS,\n\nby _Emilie Poulsson_, with dozens and dozens and dozens of bewitching\npicture-instructions by L. J. Bridgman. Every one who has the care of\nlittle nursery toddlers will bless BABYLAND for these two features.\n\nBig bright pictures, large print, strong paper, and dainty gay cover.\n=50 cts. a year.=\n\n=OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN=\n\nPROSPECTUS FOR 1887.\n\nThe Serial Story for the year, by that charming writer for children,\n_Mrs. M. F. Butts_, will be entitled,\n\nWANDERERS IN BO-PEEP\u2019S WORLD.\n\nIt will be accompanied with twelve full-page drawings by Miss E. S.\nTucker. The author of \u201cLittle Talks about Plants\u201d and \u201cLittle Talks\nabout Insects,\u201d has prepared an amusing series about\n\nTINY FOLK IN RED AND BLACK,\n\nin which she tells about ants and their wise and curious ways\u2014how they\nwork, how they harvest their grain, how they milk their cows, etc.\n\nTEN LITTLE INDIANS,\n\nby _Mrs. Helen E. Sweet_, tells many interesting things about Indian\nboys and girls, their sports and their strange ways of living, so\nunlike the life of our little men and women. The History Chapters for\nthe year will consist of\n\nADVENTURES OF THE EARLY DISCOVERERS,\n\nby _Mrs. Frances A. Humphrey_, following on from the voyages of\nColumbus, given last year, and relating the story of Ponce de Leon and\nhis search in America for the Fountain of Youth, the romantic tale of\nDe Soto and his burial in the Mississippi River, the exploits of Capt.\nJohn Smith in Virginia, etc., such incidents being chosen from the life\nof each as shall most interest little readers.\n\nAll these will be profusely illustrated, as also will be the verses and\nshort stories by _Mrs. Clara Doty Bates_, _Sara E. Farman_, _Mrs. Olive\nHoward_, _Charles E. Skinner_, _Bessie Chandler_, _H. R. Hudson_, _Anna\nR. Henderson_, _Henrietta K. Elliot_, _Emilie Poulsson_, _and other\nfavorite writers_.\n\nThe yearly numbers, as heretofore, will have _seventy-five full-page\npictures_. =$1.00 a year.=\n\n\nTHE PANSY\n\nPROSPECTUS FOR 1887.\n\nThis illustrated monthly contains thirty-two to forty pages each\nnumber, of enjoyable and helpful literature and pictures, equally\nsuited to Sundays and week days. The editor, \u201cPansy,\u201d will furnish a\nnew serial to run through the year,\n\nMONTEAGLE.\n\nThe Golden Text Stories will be continued under the title of \u201cA DOZEN\nOF US.\u201d Margaret Sidney will contribute a serial story called\n\nTHE LITTLE RED SHOP,\n\ntelling how Jack and Cornelius and Rosalie earned money to help\nmother take care of the baby. There will be more \u201cGreat Men\u201d and more\n\u201cRemarkable Women.\u201d Faye Huntington will write of flowers and plants in\n\nMRS. BROWN\u2019S BOTANY CLASS.\n\nRev. C. M. Livingston will furnish stories of Great Events, People,\nDiscoveries, Inventions, etc. A novel feature will be _a story by\neleven different authors_. R. M. Alden will direct a new department of\nChurch, Sabbath School and Missionary News. The present departments\nwill continue, and new ones be opened. =$1.00 a year.=\n\nAddress all orders to\n\n/*\n    =D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY, Publishers, Boston, Mass., U. S. A.=\n*/\n\nSPECIAL HOLIDAY BOOKS.\n\nThe special Holiday Book list of Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co. and their\ngeneral Booklist for the season embrace volumes of fresh beauty,\nand also sterling works fully abreast with the growing demand for\nattractive books of some educational value. Their array of costly\nillustrated volumes includes seven Fine-Art issues. Foremost is the\nmagnificent folio, IDYLS AND PASTORALS, comprising twenty-four poems\nby Celia Thaxter written expressly for this work, accompanied by\ntwenty-four superb fac-simile photogravures from paintings, water\ncolors and line drawings by eminent American and foreign artists,\nincluding Kate Greenaway, Howard Pyle, Wm. T. Smedley, Edmund H.\nGarrett, F. Childe Hassam, Jessie Curtis Shepherd, Miss L. B. Humphrey,\nW. L. Taylor, Joseph Pennell, Thomas Hovenden, F. H. Lungren, T. W.\nWood, N. A., Charles Volkmar, Hy. Sandham, F. T. Merrill and Henry\nBacon. These photogravures are printed by hand, in colors, on the\nfinest imported India paper. The book is bound in vellum cloth with\ndesigns in two metals, also in white calf embossed in imitation of\nantique carved ivory. A Popular Edition, octavo, with a selection, and\nfine wood engravings is bound both in cloth and embossed leather. YOUTH\nIN TWELVE CENTURIES is another _de luxe_ folio, holding twenty-four\nbold picturesque drawings by Hassam of youthful race-types of both\nsexes, ranging from Egyptian, 1500 B. C., down through Chinese, Greek,\nRoman, Scandinavian, Gaul, to the Renaissance of the Medici and the\nAmerican Colonial. These drawings are in hand-printed photogravures\nin twelve tones, and are accompanied by twenty-four poems by \u201cM. E.\nB.\u201d The book is in two styles of binding: in rich silk canvas from the\nNew York Associated Artists\u2019 art-fabrics with emerald calf corners and\nback, and in linen fabric overprinted in photogravure with a rich and\nmystic design. A POPULAR EDITION of the same, with wood engravings,\nis bound in fine cloth. THE MINUTE MAN, by Margaret Sidney, is a\nBallad of \u201cthe shot heard round the world;\u201d it has drawings by Sandham\nprinted with the text, also a strong water-color and three historic\nConcord views in toned photogravures. Beautiful binding. In BYE-O-BABY\nBALLADS, the \u201ccolor-book\u201d of the House, the little folks have a volume\nas perfect in taste as the costly adult gift-books; the ballads are\nby Charles Stuart Pratt (editor of WIDE AWAKE and BABYLAND), and\nthe pictures, by Hassam, the popular water-color painter, include\nmany strong charming full-pages and hundreds smaller, reproduced in\nexquisite colors by Buek & Co.; withal, the book is distinctively fresh\nand American. SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE. The immortal love-sonnets\nby Elizabeth Barrett Browning are so richly printed and bound as to\nbecome a standard presentation volume. New editions of recent favorite\ngift-books group with these new ones, notably IDEAL POEMS, HEROINES OF\nTHE POETS and STABAT MATER.\n\nThe Holiday Quartos in black-and-white for popular use are hardly less\nrich in their handsome bindings. First of course, are the regular\nAnnuals, WIDE AWAKE \u201cU\u201d and \u201cV,\u201d BABYLAND, OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN and\nTHE PANSY. WIDE AWAKE \u201cU\u201d contains complete serials by Mrs. A. D. T.\nWhitney and Margaret Sidney, \u201cHow the Middies Set up Shop\u201d and \u201cA New\nDeparture for Girls;\u201d \u201cV\u201d has the beautiful complete story of \u201cA Girl\nand a Jewel,\u201d by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford. OUR LITTLE MEN AND\nWOMEN has the delicious English serial written for it by L. T. Meade.\nBABYLAND has that dainty dozen of \u201cCrib-Curtain Stories,\u201d by Mrs. Ella\nFarman Pratt. PANSY has Margaret Sidney\u2019s \u201cSt. George and the Dragon\u201d\nand \u201cReaching Out,\u201d by Pansy. A quarto volume of CHILDREN\u2019S BALLADS\nis particularly rich in historical stories. The new edition of the\ngreat encyclop\u00e6dia of poetry, THE YOUNG FOLKS\u2019 GOLDEN TREASURY, has\nseveral hundred illustrated original poems. SIGHTS WORTH SEEING is\ngorgeous with spectacles and carnivals, while the small quartos and the\ntiny books for the Christmas Stocking People are countless in their\nrainbowy profusions. One choice volume of short stories for adults is\nincluded in the Holiday List, HESTER, AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND STORIES,\nby Margaret Sidney. This is beautifully gotten up, the artistic covers\nbeing designed by Mrs. Henry Whitman; one choice historical novel for\nyoung folks, IN LEISLER\u2019S TIMES, a story of Knickerbocker New York, by\nE. S. Brooks; and one beautiful Wonder Story for the little folks, THE\nBUBBLING TEAPOT, by Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney.\n\nAmong the new issues for popular reading are THE LAND OF THE CZAR AND\nTHE NIHILIST, by Rev. J. M. Buckley, LL. D., an illustrated octavo of\nrecent travel. ALL AMONG THE LIGHTHOUSES, by Mrs. Crowninshield (the\nwife of Commander Crowninshield U. S. N.,) finely illustrated and\nuniform in size, price and importance with the famous FAMILY FLIGHTS;\nand SOUVENIRS OF MY TIME, by Mrs. Jessie Benton Fr\u00e9mont, a large book\ncrowded with personal reminiscences of famous people, at home and\nabroad, celebrated places and notable scenes and events.\n\nFAMOUS STORIES, by those royal story tellers, Mary Hartwell Catherwood,\nDavid Ker and Charles R. Talbot, make a strong bid for the favor of\nboys and girls of from fourteen to sixteen; BIB AND TUCKER FOLKS,\ncompiled by Mrs. Humphrey, is crammed full with illustrations, and the\ntwo volumes of the FUN FOR THE FAMILY Series is full of jolly stories\nand pictures. Then for the smaller ones there is WONDER PEOPLE, which\ntells interesting stories about some curious folks; BABY\u2019S STORY BOOK;\nJACK, JILL AND TOT; a collection of amusing stories under the title of\nSO FUNNY; three charming books by Mrs. Humphrey either one of which\nwould be a treasure to the little ones\u2014KINGS AND QUEENS AT HOME, with\ntwenty-four portraits and pictures; QUEEN VICTORIA AT HOME and STORIES\nABOUT FAVORITE AUTHORS. All these are quartos in handsome cloth or\nchromo bindings.\n\nAmong the new issues in the regular library form are the issues in the\nTHROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE POETS Series, one of the choicest collections\nof poetry upon special themes ever made in this country: WITH REED AND\nLYRE, Clinton Scollard\u2019s charming collection of poems; the enlarged\nedition of the poems of James Berry Bensel; Willis Boyd Allen\u2019s SILVER\nRAGS, the second issue in the PINE CONE Series; Miss Ryder\u2019s HOLD UP\nYOUR HEADS, GIRLS! and a very remarkable volume of sermons by the Rev.\nReuen Thomas, under the title of DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY.\n\nBesides these there are two new \u201cWonder Stories\u201d forming additional\nvolumes in the series of that name; the first volume being devoted\nto stories of history and the second to those of travel. Hosts of\nyoung readers will remember PLUCKY BOYS, which had such a popularity\na year ago. This year the publishers bring out a companion volume,\nBRAVE GIRLS, which will be every whit as popular. There is announced,\ntoo, a new story by Joaquin Miller, called \u201cThe Gold Miners of the\nSierras;\u201d an entertaining volume called FOREIGN FACTS AND FANCIES, and\na collection of STORIES OF DANGER AND ADVENTURE.\n\nThe books of permanent and educational value for young folks include,\nSTORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, by Pansy; REAL FAIRY FOLKS; MY LAND AND\nWATER FRIENDS, by Mary E. Bamford; NELLY MARLOW IN WASHINGTON, by Laura\nD. Nichols, chronicling the wonders of Chemistry; THE STORY BOOK OF\nSCIENCE, by Mrs. Lydia Hoyt Farmer; STORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS, by Pansy;\nand ADVENTURES OF COLUMBUS, by Mrs. F. A. Humphrey; while for their\nentertainment there are Pansy\u2019s SUNDAY BOOK, THE ADVENTURES OF ANN (a\ncolonial story), by Mary E. Wilkins; TWO MODERN PRINCES IN THE TOWER,\nby Margaret Sidney; POLLY, an illustrated quarto also by Margaret\nSidney, and the great GOLDEN YEAR quarto of short stories. All are\nbeautifully illustrated and attractively and strongly bound.\n\n\n/*\n    =The Greatest of Our Special Announcements!=\n\n    The success which has attended our offer of WIDE AWAKE to\n    clubs at reduced prices has been so great that we have\n    decided to give the former _wholesale_ price to\n    EVERYBODY!\n\n    =$2.40\n    a year=\n\n    _From this date\n    Subscriptions to_\n    WIDE AWAKE\n    _for 1887 will be\n    received at the\n    net price of only_\n    =$2.40=\n\n    =$2.40\n    a year=\n\n    The magazine will be somewhat enlarged\n    and improved in every particular\u2014only an\n    enormous increase in circulation making possible the\n    _wholesale_ reduction in price which is announced above.\n\n    =D. LOTHROP & COMPANY, Publishers, Boston, Mass.=\n*/\n\n\n\n\n/*\n    _Volume 14, Number 1._    Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO.\n       _November 6, 1886._\n*/\n\nTHE PANSY.\n\n\n[Illustration: BETTIE.]\n\n\nA DOZEN OF THEM.\n\n/#\n    AND THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, MY LORD AND MY\n    GOD.\n\n    HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FEED MY LAMBS.\n\n    IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE\n    FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS\n    CHRIST HIS SON, CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN.\n\n    I AM HE THAT LIVETH, AND WAS DEAD; AND BEHOLD, I AM\n    ALIVE FOREVERMORE.\n#/\n\nYOUNG Joseph sat on the side of his bed, one boot on, the other still\nheld by the strap, while he stared somewhat crossly at a small green\npaper-covered book which lay open beside him.\n\n\u201cA dozen of them!\u201d he said at last. \u201cJust to think of a fellow making\nsuch a silly promise as that! A verse a month, straight through a whole\nyear. Got to pick \u2019em out, too. I\u2019d rather have \u2019em picked out for me;\nless trouble.\n\n\u201cHow did I happen to promise her I\u2019d do it? I don\u2019t know which verse to\ntake. None of \u2019em fit me, nor have a single thing to do with a _boy_!\nWell, that\u2019ll make it all the easier for me, I s\u2019pose. I\u2019ve got to\nhurry, anyhow, so here goes; I\u2019ll take the shortest there is here.\u201d\n\nAnd while he drew on the other boot, and made haste to finish his\ntoilet, he rattled off, many times over, the second verse at the head\nof this story.\n\nThe easiest way to make you understand about Joseph, is to give you a\nvery brief account of his life.\n\nHe was twelve years old, and an orphan. The only near relative he\nhad in the world was his sister Jean aged sixteen, who was learning\nmillinery in an establishment in the city. The little family though\nvery poor, had kept together until mother died in the early spring.\nNow it was November, and during the summer, Joseph had lived where he\ncould; working a few days for his bread, first at one house, then at\nanother; never because he was really needed, but just out of pity for\nhis homelessness. Jean could earn her board where she was learning her\ntrade, but not his; though she tried hard to bring this about.\n\nAt last, a home for the winter opened to Joseph. The Fowlers who lived\non a farm and had in the large old farmhouse a private school for a\ndozen girls, spent a few weeks in the town where Joseph lived, and\ncarried him away with them, to be errand boy in general, and study\nbetween times.\n\nPoor, anxious Jean drew a few breaths of relief over the thought of her\nboy. That, at least, meant pure air, wholesome food, and a chance to\nlearn something.\n\nNow for his promise. Jean had studied over it a good deal before she\nclaimed it. Should it be to read a few verses in mother\u2019s Bible every\nday? No; because a boy always forgot to do so, for a week at a time,\nand then on Sunday afternoon rushed through three or four chapters as a\nsalve to his conscience, not noticing a sentence in them. At last she\ndetermined on this: the little green book of golden texts, small enough\nto carry in his jacket pocket! Would he promise her to take\u2014should she\nsay each week\u2019s text as a sort of rule to live by?\n\nNo; that wouldn\u2019t do. Joseph would never make so close a promise as\nthat. Well, how would a verse a month do, chosen by himself from the\nGolden Texts?\n\nOn this last she decided; and this, with some hesitancy, Joseph\npromised. So here he was, on Thanksgiving morning, picking out his\nfirst text. He had chosen the shortest, as you see; there was another\nreason for the choice. It pleased him to remember that he had no lambs\nto feed, and there was hardly a possibility that the verse could fit\nhim in any way during the month. He was only bound by his promise to be\nguided by the verse if he happened to think of it, and if it suggested\nany line of action to him.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s the jolliest kind of a verse,\u201d he said, giving his hair a rapid\nbrushing. \u201cWhen there are no lambs around, and nothing to feed \u2019em, I\u2019d\nas soon live by it for a month as not.\u201d\n\nVoices in the hall just outside his room: \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do with\npoor little Rettie to-day,\u201d said Mrs. Calland, the married daughter who\nlived at home with her fatherless Rettie.\n\n\u201cThe poor child will want everything on the table, and it won\u2019t do for\nher to eat anything but her milk and toast. I am so sorry for her. You\nknow she is weak from her long illness; and it is _so_ hard for a child\nto exercise self control about eating. If I had anyone to leave her\nwith I would keep her away from the table; but every one is so busy.\u201d\n\nThen Miss Addie, one of the sisters: \u201cHow would it do to have our new\nJoseph stay with her?\u201d\n\n\u201cIndeed!\u201d said the new Joseph, puckering his lips into an indignant\nsniff and brushing his hair the wrong way, in his excitement; \u201cI guess\nI won\u2019t, though. Wait for the second table on Thanksgiving Day, when\nevery scholar in the school is going to sit down to the first! That\nwould be treating me exactly like one of the family with a caution!\nJust you try it, Miss Addie, and see how quick I\u2019ll cut and run.\u201d\n\nBut Mrs. Calland\u2019s soft voice was replying: \u201cOh! I wouldn\u2019t like to\ndo that. Joseph is sensitive, and a stranger, and sitting down to the\nThanksgiving feast in its glory, is a great event for him; it would\nhurt me to deprive him of it.\u201d\n\n\u201cBetter not,\u201d muttered Joseph, but there was a curious lump in his\nthroat, and a very tender feeling in his heart toward Mrs. Calland.\n\nIt was very strange, in fact it was absurd, but all the time Joseph was\npumping water, and filling pitchers, and bringing wood and doing the\nhundred other things needing to be done this busy morning, that chosen\nverse sounded itself in his brain: \u201cHe saith unto him, feed my lambs.\u201d\nMore than that, it connected itself with frail little Rettie and the\nThanksgiving feast.\n\nIn vain did Joseph say \u201cPho!\u201d \u201cPshaw!\u201d \u201cBotheration!\u201d or any of the\nother words with which boys express disgust. In vain did he tell\nhimself that the verse didn\u2019t mean any such thing; he guessed he wasn\u2019t\na born idiot. He even tried to make a joke out of it, and assure\nhimself that this was exactly contrary to the verse; it was a plan by\nmeans of which the \u201clamb\u201d should _not_ get fed. It was all of no use.\nThe verse and his promise, kept by him the whole morning, actually\nsent him at last to Mrs. Calland with the proposal that he should take\nlittle Rettie to the schoolroom and amuse her, while the grand dinner\nwas being eaten.\n\nI will not say that he had not a lingering hope in his heart that Mrs.\nCalland would refuse his sacrifice. But his hope was vain. Instant\nrelief and gratitude showed in the mother\u2019s eyes and voice. And Joseph\ncarried out his part so well that Rettie, gleeful and happy every\nminute of the long two hours, did not so much as think of the dinner.\n\n\u201cYou are a good, kind boy,\u201d said Mrs. Calland, heartily. \u201cNow run right\ndown to dinner; we saved some nice and warm for you.\u201d\n\nYes, it was warm: but the great fruit pudding was spoiled of its\nbeauty, and the fruit pyramid had fallen, and the workers were scraping\ndishes and hurrying away the remains of the feast, while he ate, and\nthe girls were out on the lawn playing tennis and croquet, double sets\nat both, and no room for him, and the glory of everything had departed.\nThe description of it all, which he had meant to write to Jean, would\nhave to be so changed that there would be no pleasure in writing it.\nWhat had been the use of spoiling his own day? No one would ever know\nit, he couldn\u2019t even tell Jean, because of course the verse didn\u2019t mean\nany such thing.\n\n\u201cBut I don\u2019t see why it pitched into a fellow so, if it didn\u2019t\n_belong_,\u201d he said, rising from the table just as Ann, the dishwasher,\nsnatched his plate, for which she had been waiting. \u201cAnd, anyhow, I\nfeel kind of glad I did it, whether it belonged or not.\u201d\n\n\u201cHe is a kind-hearted, unselfish boy,\u201d said Mrs. Calland to her little\ndaughter, that evening, \u201cand you and mamma must see in how many ways we\ncan be good to him.\u201d\n\n/*\n    PANSY.\n*/\n\n\nMOTHER\u2019S FACE.\n\n/*\n    THREE little boys talked together\n      One sunny summer day,\n    And I leaned out of the window\n      To hear what they had to say.\n\n    \u201cThe prettiest thing I ever saw,\u201d\n      One of the little boys said,\n    \u201cWas a bird in grandpa\u2019s garden,\n      All black and white and red.\u201d\n\n    \u201cThe prettiest thing I ever saw,\u201d\n      Said the second little lad,\n    \u201cWas a pony at the circus\u2014\n      I wanted him awful bad.\u201d\n\n    \u201cI think,\u201d said the third little fellow,\n      With a grave and gentle grace,\n    \u201cThat the prettiest thing in all the world\n      Is just my mother\u2019s face.\u201d\n                     \u2014EBEN E. REXFORD, _in Good Cheer._\n*/\n\n\nONLY A BICYCLE.\n\n[Illustration: I]T was the day before Thanksgiving. Cold weather had\ncome on early. The ground had been frozen solid for several days, and\nthe country roads were \u201csmooth as glass\u201d; so Grandpa Kirke said when\nhe came home from the post-office Tuesday afternoon. \u201cBut I shouldn\u2019t\nwonder if we were to have snow before morning,\u201d he added. And at this\nthe little granddaughter Lucy L. clapped her hands gleefully. The\nboy Whittier said nothing, but presently a noise was heard up in the\nwood-house chamber, and Mrs. Kirke said in a startled tone, \u201cWhat\u2019s\nthat?\u201d\n\nGrandpa stepped to the door and called, \u201cWhittier!\u201d\n\n[Illustration: \u201cGRANDMA KIRKE MIGHT GIVE YOU A BREAKFAST.\u201d]\n\n\u201cSir?\u201d responded the boy quickly.\n\n\u201cOh! you are there.\u201d\n\n\u201cComing in a minute; do you want anything?\u201d said Whittier, and in less\nthan a minute the boy appeared below stairs with his sled. \u201cLooks\npretty well to start on a second winter with!\u201d he said, as he dusted\nand examined the treasure. \u201cSay, Lucy Larcom, how will you like to ride\nto school on the Flyaway to-morrow morning?\u201d\n\nGrandma laughed, and said, \u201cYou seem to be counting on snow, for sure.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut you know grandpa said maybe it would snow, and when grandpa says\nmaybe, it most always comes so,\u201d said Lucy.\n\nSure enough snow lay on the ground, pure and white, to the depth of\nseveral inches when they looked out that morning before Thanksgiving\nDay. The children could scarcely be prevailed upon to eat their\nbreakfast, so eager were they to get off to school with the Flyaway.\nGrandma said:\n\n\u201cThis won\u2019t last long; snow that falls upon frozen ground never stays.\nIt is the snow that comes in the mud that makes sleighing to last.\u201d\nThis somewhat chilled their expectations, but Lucy concluded that the\nsnow would last until recess, anyway. As the two started off grandma,\nwatching them from the window, said with a sigh, \u201cHow much Whittier\nlooks like our John at his age!\u201d\n\n\u201cGod forbid that he should grow up to remind you of John!\u201d replied Mr.\nKirke, almost bitterly.\n\nMrs. Kirke washed the dishes and tidied the room in silence, then\nstepping to her husband\u2019s side she laid her hand upon his shoulder, and\nsaid softly, \u201cJoseph, to-morrow is Thanksgiving Day!\u201d\n\n\u201cWell?\u201d\n\n\u201cI have made the pies and the pudding and the plum cake that John\nalways liked so well, and now if John should come home?\u201d\n\n\u201cWell?\u201d this time the monosyllable was spoken a trifle less impatiently.\n\n\u201cIf he should come home you would receive him? Remember, Joseph, John\nis our first-born.\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2019Tain\u2019t no ways likely he\u2019ll come!\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know; someway I\u2019ve been thinking lik\u2019sanyway he\u2019ll be thinking\nabout the old home when Thanksgiving comes round. Anyway, I\u2019ve made\nthem things for him, but then,\u201d she added, more to herself than to her\nhusband, \u201cI\u2019m always ready for him. The bed is always made up for him,\nand there is always something cooked that he likes.\u201d\n\nMeantime the children had gone on their way, Whittier drawing his\nsister upon the Flyaway, bending all his energies to the task, for the\nsledding was not very good, so it happened that Lucy was the first to\nspy a strange sight for that part of the country.\n\n\u201cLook, Whitty! what is that coming?\u201d exclaimed his sister.\n\nThen Whittier stopped, and Lucy in her excitement jumped off the sled\nand stood beside him, half-frightened.\n\n\u201cWhy, that must be one of them things they call a bicycle!\u201d said the\nboy; \u201cI\u2019ve read a lot about them, and Tom Green saw one in Galway when\nhe was over there staying with his uncle. I guess this is the first one\never got around this way. My! how he skims along. But I wish he would\nstop, so we could see the machine better.\u201d\n\nAs if divining the boy\u2019s wish, the bicyclist came to a stand-still and\ndismounted as he reached the place where the children waited.\n\n\u201cHalloo, my boy! How\u2019ll you swap? I think I\u2019d like to go coasting this\nmorning; those hills over there look as though they might give a chance\nfor some sport.\u201d\n\n\u201cSay,\u201d continued the stranger without giving Whittier a chance to\nspeak, \u201cdo you s\u2019pose a fellow could get a breakfast anywhere around\nhere?\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d replied Whittier slowly. \u201cI guess, though, that grandma\nwould give you some. I\u2019ve heard her say she never could find it in her\nheart to turn a tramp away because maybe uncle John might be wanting\nsomething to eat and she would want somebody to give him a meal.\u201d\n\nThe stranger stooped down and seemed to be brushing the snow off the\nwheel, and when he spoke it was in a very quiet tone:\n\n\u201cWhere does grandma live, and what is her name?\u201d\n\n\u201cHer name is Grandma Kirke, and she lives over there in the white house\nyou see by the red barn.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd is there a Grandpa Kirke?\u201d\n\n\u201cOf course! we\u2019d have to have a grandpa or we couldn\u2019t get along, could\nwe?\u201d said Lucy, startled out of her shyness at the thought that there\ncould be a house without a grandpa.\n\n\u201cThere is just Grandpa and Grandma Kirke and us,\u201d said Whittier; \u201cwe\nused to have an uncle John, though Lucy Larcom and I came here after he\nwent away. He has been gone five years, but you better not say anything\nabout him if you go there, because it always makes grandma cry.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd does grandpa cry?\u201d\n\n\u201cNo; he only looks sober, but I guess he feels awful bad about uncle\nJohn, for he says it was rum that made him go off, and grandpa hates\nrum like poison. He won\u2019t have even cider in the house, and he always\nvotes against rum too.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd don\u2019t grandma make currant wine and keep it in the cellar for\nThanksgiving and Christmas?\u201d asked the stranger.\n\n\u201cMy! no! grandma hates everything that has alcohol in it. She wouldn\u2019t\nhave it anywhere around; but she will give you a cup of coffee, I\nguess.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd you think she would be glad to see John?\u201d\n\n\u201cI know she would!\u201d Then as a thought flashed into his mind, the boy\nsaid suddenly, \u201cSay, if you go riding around the country much on that\nmachine maybe you\u2019ll come across my uncle; if you do, just tell him\ngrandma keeps things all ready for him, \u2019specting him to come, will\nyou?\u201d\n\n\u201cAll right, I will; good-by!\u201d and mounting his wheel the stranger rode\noff towards the little white house which Whittier had pointed out. \u201cAs\nif I didn\u2019t know that house and every room in it!\u201d he said, talking to\nhimself. \u201cAnd so grandma keeps things ready for her wandering son!\u201d and\nhere he lifted his hand to brush away something from his cheek.\n\nIt could not have been a fly that frosty morning, could it?\n\nI have not space to tell you of the stranger\u2019s reception at the\nfarmhouse. There must have been joy in heaven over the returning\nrepentant prodigal; and what a Thanksgiving that was! When the next\nday the sons and daughters gathered for the feast, and found this\nlong-absent brother returned, their cup of joy and thanksgiving\nseemed to overflow. But I want to tell you of a bit of talk that took\nplace when uncle John had gathered the children all about him in the\nafternoon.\n\nThey were examining the bicycle, and he had been telling them some\nincidents of his long journey, when suddenly he said, \u201cNow, children,\nyou think this is a nice thing, and you boys quite envy your old uncle\nits possession, don\u2019t you?\u201d\n\n\u201cNot quite that, I guess,\u201d replied one of the older boys, \u201cbut I\u2019d like\nto own one.\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, perhaps your father will buy this; I want to sell it.\u201d At this\nthey all looked aghast to think their uncle would be willing to part\nwith such a treasure.\n\n\u201cJust let me tell you something, boys,\u201d he continued; \u201cI am forty years\nold, and all I possess in the world is this bicycle and a very few\ndollars which I have earned since I became a sober man. I have thrown\naway the best part of my life. Here are my brothers with comfortable\nhomes all their own, and I with nothing, and all because of rum! and I\nbegan by drinking cider over there at the mill. Boys, let it alone;\ndon\u2019t begin, and you will never be the slave of rum.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut, uncle John,\u201d said one, \u201cyou are not a slave any more.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo; but I shall carry the marks of my fetters to the grave. I tell you\nit hasn\u2019t paid. Forty years old, and nothing to show for my life! Sign\nthe pledge, boys; sign the pledge, and you will not have to say that\nwhen you are forty years old. I trust you will have something more than\na bicycle to show for it.\u201d\n\n/*\n    FAYE HUNTINGTON.\n*/\n\n\nA MOTHER\u2019S PRAYER.\n\n/*\n    \u201cSOMETHING for me, dear mamma, write!\u201d\n    Came with her kiss and sweet \u201cgood-night!\u201d\n    So thinking, with a mother\u2019s love,\n    Of all that waits below, above\u2014\n    Each upward step, each earthward snare,\n    I breathe for her a mother\u2019s prayer.\n\n    Father, I ask not cloudless day\n    To shine o\u2019er all the untried way\n    Appointed for these tender feet\n    Ere they may walk the golden street;\n    Whate\u2019er the path Thy love assign,\n    Hold fast this little hand in Thine.\n\n    I dare not say for this young heart\n    So much of earthly bliss impart;\n    From thine it caught its earliest thrill,\n    Each throb but answers to Thy will,\n    So in Thy tender love I rest\u2014\n    Whate\u2019er betide, Thou knowest best!\n\n    Not wealth I crave, its unseen \u201cwings\u201d\n    Rank it amid earth\u2019s baseless things;\n    Not on the scroll of worldly fame\n    I ask to write this well-loved name;\n    One book I know than all more fair,\n    The \u201cBook of Life,\u201d oh! write it there.\n\n    Saviour of little ones, I bring\n    To Thee this priceless offering,\n    This one sweet lamb, nor let her stray\n    Far from thy heavenly fold away;\n    \u201cBy the still waters\u201d cool and sweet,\n    \u201cIn pastures green\u201d oh! guide her feet.\n*/\n\n\nALL ALONG THE LINE.\n\nR. M. ALDEN (_Editor_).\n\n/#\n    GREETING to all the Pansies! In this Department we are\n    to have news from Churches, Sunday-schools, Mission\n    Bands, and all such things. And we want to invite\n    all the Pansies to contribute some news. If your\n    Sunday-school or Mission Band has had an entertainment,\n    write and tell us about it, or tell us about what you\n    did last Christmas, Easter, or Children\u2019s Day. Address,\n    R. M. Alden, Winter Park, Orange County, Florida.\n#/\n\nTHE Arabic Bible is completed, and is said to be selling at a great\nrate, in Alexandria, Egypt.\n\nTHE room in which the infidel Voltaire once predicted the speedy\noverthrow of Christianity, is now used as a Bible depository.\n\nTHREE missionaries have been recently murdered: Rev. John Houghton and\nwife of Golbanti, East Africa, and Bishop Hannington.\n\nNOT long ago, a Mr. Green, president of a temperance society of\nEngland, destroyed the contents of his wine-cellar, valued at three\nthousand dollars.\n\nWE are glad to hear that the government of Japan has forbidden the\nlecturing against Christianity, by \u201cYaso Taiji,\u201d or Jesus opposers,\nbelieving it to be damaging to the country.\n\nWE hear of a church in Iowa which is very new, and not yet furnished.\nJust now the Sunday-school scholars are seated on rough boards resting\non boxes. But this is a good beginning.\n\nA LITTLE over twenty-five years ago Sunday-schools were introduced into\nSweden. Now there are two hundred thousand Sunday-school scholars and\ntwenty thousand teachers in the country!\n\nTHERE is a saloon in the city of Cincinnati, called \u201cThe Spider Web,\u201d\nwith a picture on the sign of a spider in his web. How appropriate this\nis, when the business of the saloon is to entangle men\u2019s souls and\nbodies!\n\nBEFORE the war, a slave was beaten terribly by his master for being\n\u201creligious,\u201d and the cruel man afterward exclaimed: \u201cThere! what will\nyour religion do for you now?\u201d \u201cIt will help me to forgive you, Massa,\u201d\nwas the reply.\n\nA MINISTER of Kansas said that he once took into the church, at one\ncommunion service, a Chinaman, a colored man, two Germans, an Irishman\nand some Americans. \u201cThere is neither Jew nor Greek, circumcision nor\nuncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all,\nand in all.\u201d\n\nTHE Societies of Christian Endeavor, among the young people, are\ngrowing, all over the country. There is a thriving one in a little\nchurch in New York State, of which we know. They recently gave a \u201clawn\nparty\u201d and raised money to fresco, paint, carpet, and partially seat\nthe chapel of the church. They also have an \u201cenvelope fund,\u201d and each\nmember brings weekly some regular amount. Half of this goes to regular\nchurch expenses, and half to anything for which they vote to use it.\n\nIN Southern Ohio last spring there was a little brick church, the\nwall-paper of which had peeled off. The walls were dirty, the matting\nin the aisles was dirty, the seats were ugly, and the chandeliers hung\nfrom the ceiling by ropes. The people were discouraged, and thought\nnothing could be done. But some money was raised, and the walls were\nre-papered, the seats oiled and grained, a new carpet put down, the\nchandeliers hung nicely, and now such a pretty little church as it\nis! If you could have seen it the Sunday before it was fixed, and the\nSunday after, you would have thought it a wonderful transformation,\nindeed.\n\nREV. MR. MEADE, of New York State, who has been in the temperance\nwork among the colored people of the South, says he was present at a\nconference of their church, when the ministers were bringing up the\nmoney from the churches. One man brought \u201call de money he could raise,\u201d\nand then took a shining silver dollar. \u201cDat,\u201d said he, \u201cis from me,\nfor de home missionary cause. And dat,\u201d taking out another, \u201cfor the\nforeign missionary cause. And,\u201d turning to Mr. Meade, \u201cif I had another\ncent, I\u2019d gib it to you, for de temperance work, but I have to walk\nhome thirty miles now, widout money to pay my fare.\u201d Mr. Meade gave him\na chance to bring up a package from the depot, and he was delighted to\nearn twenty-five cents for \u201cde temperance cause.\u201d\n\n[Illustration: THANKSGIVING NIGHT.]\n\n\n\n\n/*\n    _Volume 14, Number 2._      Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO.\n                    _November 13, 1886._\n*/\n\nTHE PANSY.\n\n\n[Illustration: ANOTHER BABY!]\n\n\n\u201cSHE.\u201d\n\nBY PANSY.\n\n\nCHAPTER I.\n\n[Illustration: M]ARGARET was washing the dishes; making a vigorous\nclash and spatter, and setting down the cups so hard that had they been\nanything but the good solid iron-stone which they were, they would\ncertainly have suffered under the treatment.\n\nMargaret was noisy in all things, but to-day the usual vigor of\nmovement was manifestly increased by ill humor. There was an ominous\nsetting of a pair of firm lips, and all her face was in a frown. The\nknives and forks, when their turn came, seemed to increase her ire.\nShe rattled and flung them about with such reckless disregard of\nconsequences that there landed, presently, a lovely tricolored globe\nof foam in the centre of John\u2019s arithmetic, over which he was at this\nmoment gloomily bending.\n\n\u201cLook here,\u201d he said, half fiercely, half comically, \u201cquit that, will\nyou? This thing is dry enough, I know; but it will take more than soap\nsuds to dampen it.\u201d\n\n\u201cTake your book out of my way, then. What do you s\u2019pose _she_ would say\nto its being on the table and you bending double over it?\u201d\n\n\u201cShe may say just exactly what she pleases. It will stay on the table\nuntil I get ready to take it off.\u201d\n\n\u201cO yes! you\u2019re very brave until you hear her coming, and then you are\nas meek as Moses.\u201d\n\n\u201cNow I say, Mag, that\u2019s mean in you, when you know well enough that all\nI\u2019m after is to try to keep the peace.\u201d\n\n\u201cPeace! there isn\u2019t enough of that article left in this house to make\nit worth while to try to save it. I\u2019m sick to death of the whole\nthing.\u201d And the knives bumped about against a plate in the dish-pan\nwith such force that the plate rebelled and flew into three pieces in\nits rage.\n\n\u201cThere goes another dish!\u201d exclaimed West, from the window corner where\nhe was busily whittling; \u201cthat makes the seventeenth this week, doesn\u2019t\nit? Mag, you are awful, and no mistake.\u201d\n\nThen Margaret\u2019s face flamed and her angry words burst their bounds:\n\u201cI wish you would just mind your own business, Weston Moore! You think\nbecause you are eighteen months and seven days older than I, that you\ncan order me around like a slave.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhew! bless my eyes! How you do blaze out on a fellow! Who thought of\nordering you around? I should as soon think of ordering a cyclone. I\nwas only moralizing on the sweet and amiable mood you were in, and the\nnice comfortable times we have in this house.\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, you may let my moods alone if you please; and my dishes too.\nI\u2019ve a right to break them all if I choose, for all you. I\u2019d rather\nblaze up in a rage, than be an everlasting tease and torment, like you.\u201d\n\n\u201cFather\u2019ll have a word to say about the dishes, I fancy, my lady; you\nmight now and then think of him: he isn\u2019t made of gold, I s\u2019pose you\nknow, and dishes cost money.\u201d\n\n\u201cI do think of him a great deal oftener than you do, you great lazy,\nwhittling, whistling boy! If it wasn\u2019t for him I\u2019d run away, and be rid\nof her and you, and all the other nuisances, dishes and all.\u201d\n\nShe paused in her clatter long enough to dash away two or three great\ntears which were plashing down her hot red cheeks.\n\n\u201cAs to that,\u201d said the whittler, as he slowly closed his jack-knife,\n\u201cperhaps you better seriously consider it. I\u2019m not sure but it would\nbe more comfortable for all concerned; especially the dishes.\u201d Then\nhe spied the tears; and seizing upon the dish towel which had been\nangrily flung across the back of a chair, he rushed toward his sister,\nexclaiming: \u201cHere, let me wipe away those briny drops.\u201d\n\nMargaret\u2019s hands were in the dishwater again, but she drew them forth\nall dripping with the greasy suds, and brought the right one with a\nresounding slap, about the curly head of the mocking boy.\n\nJust how he would have received it will not be known; for the sudden\njerk backwards of the left arm, came against the full dish-pan, already\nset too near the edge of the table, and over it went, deluging table,\nfloor, and Margaret\u2019s dress not only, but pouring a greasy flood over\nthe rows of bread tins carefully covered, and set in a sheltered corner\nfor the dough to rise.\n\nMargaret\u2019s exclamation of dismay was suddenly checked, and the angry\ncolor flamed back into her eyes as the door leading into the hall\nopened, and a woman appeared on the scene\u2014a tall, pale woman in a\nplain, dark, close-fitting calico dress, without a collar, and with\ndark, almost black hair combed straight back from a plain face. She\ngave a swift glance at the confusion, and took in the situation.\n\n\u201cQuarreling again! I might have known it. Were you three ever together\nin your lives, without it? John, let the book alone until it dries; if\nit had not been on the kitchen table where I told you never to have it,\nthe dishwater wouldn\u2019t have ruined it. And the bread too! I declare!\nThis is too bad!\u201d These last words came in detached sentences as the\nextent of the misfortune grew upon her.\n\nA quick snatch of the carefully tucked cloth, now holding little pools\nof dishwater, a comprehension of the utter ruin of the many loaves of\nbread, and she turned upon the wrathful girl:\n\n\u201cMargaret, go upstairs this minute, and don\u2019t venture down again until\nyou are called. I\u2019m sure I wish you need never come.\u201d\n\n\u201cYou can\u2019t begin to wish it as I do.\u201d This was Margaret\u2019s last bitter\nword as she shot out of the door.\n\nJohn stood dolefully surveying his soaking arithmetic, and his great\nsheet of now ruined examples, carefully worked out. The woman was\nalready tucking up her calico dress ready for work, but she had a\nmessage for him.\n\n\u201cNow _you_ go _some_where; don\u2019t let me see you until dinner time. And\nmind, I shall tell your father you have disobeyed me again.\u201d\n\nAs for Weston the tease, he had slipped swiftly and silently from the\nroom with the entrance of the mother.\n\nYes, she was their mother. At least, she was their father\u2019s wife,\nthough none of the three had ever called her by the name of mother. A\ncurious position she held in the home, bound by solemn pledge to do a\nmother\u2019s duty by these three children, yet receiving from none of them\na shred of the love, or respect, or true obedience, which the name\nmother ought to call forth.\n\nPoor Mrs. Moore! I do hope you are sorry for her. Sorry for the\nchildren, are you? Well, so am I.\n\nIndeed it is true, they every one need pity and help. The question is,\nWill they get what they need?\n\nUpstairs, angry Margaret made haste to remove her much soiled dress,\neyes flashing, and cheeks burning the while. Something more than the\nscenes we watched in the kitchen had to do with Margaret\u2019s mood.\n\nA green and prickly chestnut bur came whizzing into the room, landing\nin the middle of her bed.\n\nIt called forth an angry exclamation. Here was some more of that\ntormenting West\u2019s work. She would not stand it! She made a rush for the\nwindow, but a low, merry laugh stopped her. This was not West\u2019s laugh.\n\n\u201cWell,\u201d said Hester Andrews, from under the chestnut-tree, \u201ccan you go?\u201d\n\n\u201cNo; of course I can\u2019t. I should think you might know without asking.\nDo I ever go anywhere now days?\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is just too mean for anything!\u201d declared Hester. \u201cWhat reason does\nshe give this time?\u201d\n\nThere was a peculiar emphasis on the word \u201cthis,\u201d which was meant\nto indicate that here was only one of the numberless times in which\nMargaret Moore had been shamefully treated, Margaret answered the tone\nas well as the words.\n\n\u201cOh! father says he can\u2019t have me out so late in the evening; it isn\u2019t\nthe thing for a little girl, and he doesn\u2019t approve of sail boats,\nanyway. As if I didn\u2019t know where all that stuff came from!\u201d\n\n\u201cThe idea! I declare, it\u2019s a perfect shame. Wouldn\u2019t you like to see\nyour own mother keeping you at home from places, and treating you like\na baby, or a slave, as she does?\u201d\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t you speak my mother\u2019s name the same day you do _hers_,\u201d said\nMargaret, with fierce voice and flashing eyes.\n\n\u201cWell, I\u2019m sure I don\u2019t wonder that you feel so,\u201d was Hester\u2019s soothing\nanswer. \u201cI\u2019m just as sorry for you as I can be; I wonder sometimes that\nyou don\u2019t run away. Every one says it comes harder on you, because you\nare a girl: the boys can keep out of her sight. O Mag! I\u2019m so sorry you\ncan\u2019t go. If _your_ mother were only here, what lovely times we could\nhave?\u201d\n\nAnd this was the help which Margaret\u2019s most intimate friend brought\nher! In point of fact, these two knew no more of what the mourned\nmother would have done, than did the squirrels up in the chestnut-tree.\nShe had been lying in the cemetery for a year when Hester Andrews\u2019\nfamily moved into the town, and Margaret was only a busy little\nelf of not quite six, when she received with gleeful laughter her\nmother\u2019s last kiss. What did she know how the mother would treat the\nthirteen-year-old girl\u2019s longings for sail boats and evening parties?\n\nDownstairs, Mrs. Moore left to solitude and bitter thoughts, worked\nwith swift, skilled fingers, and set lips. Not long alone; some one\ncame to help her\u2014a sister, married, and living at ease in a lovely home\nonly a few streets away; a younger sister who was sorry, so blindly and\nunwisely sorry for the elder\u2019s harder lot, that she could not keep back\nher words of indignant sympathy.\n\n[Illustration: \u201cSOME ONE CAME TO HELP HER.\u201d]\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a shame!\u201d she said, \u201cjust a burning shame, the way you are\ntreated by those children. The idea of your being down on your knees\nmopping up the musses which they have made, on purpose to vex you. If I\nwere you, Sophia, I wouldn\u2019t endure it another day. It is a wonder to\nme that their father permits such a state of things. Henry and I were\nspeaking of it last night.\u201d\n\n\u201cTheir father doesn\u2019t know the half that goes on,\u201d Mrs. Moore said,\nspeaking quickly in defence of her husband. \u201cWhat is the use? We live\nin an uproar all the time, as it is. And after all, Emma, they are his\nchildren.\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t care. You are his wife. You owe something to your self\nrespect. Henry thinks so too; he thinks it is a shame. Why do you go on\nthe floor and clean after them? Isn\u2019t that girl as able to mop up her\ndishwater as you are?\u201d\n\nMrs. Moore wrung the wet, greasy cloth with a nervous grip, letting\nsome of the soiled drops trickle down her arm, in her haste, and\nanswered with eyes that glowed:\n\n\u201cTo tell the truth, I would scrub the floor after her all day, for the\nsake of getting her out of my sight for an hour.\u201d\n\nAnd this was the help Mrs. Moore received.\n\n\nTHE MISSION OF A GRAY WOOLLEN SOCK.\n\n[Illustration: V]ARIOUS exclamations greeted Nell Erwin as she entered\nthe schoolroom and drew out her work\u2014a coarse gray woollen sock.\n\nIt was \u201cFancy Friday\u201d at Daisy Hill Seminary\u2014something peculiar to\nthe place. Three Fridays out of the month were spent in the customary\nelocutionary exercises, but the afternoon of the fourth was spent in\na cosey, informal way, the girls, both day scholars and boarders,\nbringing their fancy work, and Madam Lane reading to them from some\nstandard work.\n\nAt the present time she was in the midst of a translation of the Iliad,\nbut I fear that in spite of Madam\u2019s clear and beautiful rendition,\n\u201cJove, the cloud-gatherer,\u201d \u201cJuno, the ox-eyed,\u201d and the other Homeric\nworthies, were less fascinating than \u201crick-rack\u201d and \u201cKensington\nstitches.\u201d\n\nOn this particular Friday, there was a brilliant display of fancy work.\nHelen Grant was embroidering a pair of slippers\u2014splendid purple and\nyellow pansies; Lulu Fletcher a sofa pillow\u2014a cluster of lilies on\ncardinal satin; Katie Lee was at work on an elaborate stand-spread;\nMary Morse was crocheting a fleecy white shawl; Carrie Evans was making\nan applique bracket; a dozen or so girls were deep in the delightful\nmysteries of \u201ccrazy quilts\u201d; and\u2014but, dear me! I have not the time to\nenumerate all the beautiful things! Seats and desks were covered with a\ndazzling array of silks and worsteds.\n\nSo you see it was no wonder that Nell\u2019s humble gray sock created such a\nsensation. However, though she blushed a little at the pleasantries of\nher mates, she took her seat and courageously set to work.\n\n\u201cWhy, Nell! I thought you were going to bring that lovely foot-rest!\u201d\nsaid Helen Grant. \u201cYou told me yesterday that you were going to finish\nit to-day. Have you it already done?\u201d\n\n\u201cO no!\u201d\n\n\u201cThen why under the sun didn\u2019t you bring it instead of this solemn old\nsock!\u201d\n\nNell blushed still redder, then she said hesitatingly, \u201cWell, you see,\ngirls, I _did_ think I\u2019d bring the foot-rest. In fact I had it all done\nup in my work-bag, and then I remembered that I would need a pair of\nscissors. So I went to mother\u2019s work-basket, and, girls, in rummaging\naround there, I got an idea!\u201d\n\n\u201cAn idea in a work-basket! How very remarkable! Now I shall know where\nto go when I am obliged to write a composition and can\u2019t think of\nanything to say!\u201d said Maude Hasket.\n\n\u201cWhat I mean is this,\u201d said Nell earnestly; \u201cI found that work-basket\nfull\u2014yes, full to overflowing\u2014with things to mend, make and fix! There\nwere Billy\u2019s mittens to mend; the baby\u2019s petticoats to be shortened;\nbuttons to be sewed on Kitty\u2019s apron; a patch in Tom\u2019s jacket, and all\nfor my dear little mother\u2019s one pair of tired hands! And all to be done\nthis afternoon or evening! I tell you, girls, I felt ashamed when I\nlooked at my own nonsensical piece of fancywork! And then and there I\nmade up my mind to do something towards lessening the contents of that\nbasket. So I grabbed up this sock, for I remembered hearing mother say\nonly a few days ago that father needed a new pair. I\u2019m not much of a\nhand at knitting, but I\u2019ll do all I can this afternoon, working on the\nleg, and when I get home to-night, mother\u2019ll show me about fixing the\nheel.\u201d\n\nThere was a short silence.\n\nPresently Maude said, \u201cWell, girls, I dare say the most of us have\nmothers whose work-baskets are in the condition of the one Nell has\ndescribed! I\u2019ve no doubt that I can find one in my own home! There\nare six of us children\u2014four younger than myself. It would take one\nwoman\u2019s time to keep our little Ben in anything like decent order! He\nis a veritable Peggotty for button-bursting! And sister Flo is almost\nas bad! She\u2019s a perfect Tomboy! Tears regular barn-door holes in her\napron!\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s pretty much the same at our house,\u201d observed Maggie Gray.\n\u201cOf course there are not so many of us, but still mother\u2019s sewing,\nmending and darning about all the time.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd mine too!\u201d said Laura Harris. \u201cIt was only last evening that I\nheard father ask mother if she wouldn\u2019t go to the lecture with him,\nand she said she would like to very much, but couldn\u2019t go, because she\nhad to patch Jack\u2019s trousers so that he could wear them to school the\nnext day. And I sat there like an unfeeling wretch, working on a silly,\ngood-for-nothing lamp-mat! And mother did look so tired and wistful,\npoor darling! Father seemed disappointed too. Now I might have offered\nto do the patching, and so given her a chance to go. It would have done\nher so much good!\u201d\n\n\u201cWell,\u201d said Maude briskly, \u201cI guess we\u2019re all in the same fix! We have\nbeen going on and doing our own sweet wills, and I for one propose that\nwe make a change! Suppose we all agree to go to our respective mother\u2019s\nmending-basket and get work from it for our next Fancy Friday?\u201d\n\n\u201cAll right! We will!\u201d chimed the others.\n\nFurther conversation on the subject was put an end to by the entrance\nof Madam, Iliad in hand, and for the next hour, the girls were regaled\nby the account of Achilles dragging the body of Hector nine times\naround the walls of Troy.\n\n\u201cFour!\u201d chimed the great clock in the hall.\n\n\u201cYoung ladies, you are dismissed,\u201d said Madam, closing her book. \u201cNext\ntime, I think we will have a little prose instead of poetry. It will be\na change, you know. Good afternoon!\u201d\n\n\u201cProse instead of poetry,\u201d Maude repeated as they put on their wraps.\n\u201cAnd we\u2019ll have the prose of sewing instead of its poetry, won\u2019t we?\u201d\n\nAnd Nell answered by a wave of the gray woollen sock. \u201cYou dear old\nsock!\u201d she whispered as she rolled it up, \u201chow I did hate to bring you\nthis afternoon, for I was so afraid the girls would make piles of fun!\nBut it all turned out nicely, after all, and you had a mission, didn\u2019t\nyou, you humble thing!\u201d\n\n/*\n    M. E. BRUSH.\n*/\n\n\nPOEM FOR RECITATION.\n\nMISS MARION\u2019S THANKSGIVING DAY.\n\n/*\n    TWO big houses broad and high,\n    Outlined against an autumn sky.\n\n    Set on two hills, the houses stand,\n    One grim and cheerless, one fair and grand;\n\n    One teems with life throughout its walls,\n    One silent in all its stately halls.\n\n    One is of wood, and one of stone,\n    Each set in broad acres all its own.\n\n    One is the almshouse, gaunt and gray,\n    One the beautiful home of Miss Marion Ray.\n\n    Miss Marion Ray\u2014her kith and kin\n    All to their rest have entered in.\n\n    Now she dwells with servants in lonely state,\n    In the mansion behind the iron gate.\n\n    A lady tall, and sad, and fair,\n    With a quiet face and a gentle air\u2014\n\n    A sweet, worn face, and hair of gray,\n    Has the lonely lady, Marion Ray.\n\n    Sometimes in the night, when all is still,\n    She has looked at the lights on the other hill,\n\n    And wondered much if \u2019twere sadder fate\n    To live in the house with the wooden gate.\n\n    But something happened, the other day,\n    That has stirred the heart of Miss Marion Ray:\n\n    A mother went out of the almshouse door,\n    Went out of it to go back no more;\n\n    Went out to be buried under the leaves,\n    While the wind of November moans and grieves,\n\n    And left a wee blossom with eyes of brown,\n    To the tender mercies of all the town.\n\n    Miss Marion has thought of the baby\u2019s fate\n    Till love and pity have grown so great.\n\n    She has opened her Bible there to see:\n    \u201cAs ye did it to Mine, ye did it to Me;\u201d\n\n    And so, on the morn of Thanksgiving Day\n    In the early morn, when the sky is gray,\n\n    At the almshouse door a carriage stands,\n    With shining horses in gleaming bands;\n\n    And into the eyes of the little child,\n    The sad-eyed lady looked and smiled.\n\n    On the silken shoulder the glittering head,\n    Then\u2014\u201cI love \u2019oo, lady,\u201d the baby said,\n\n    Gathered close to the hungry heart,\n    The child and the lady never to part\u2014\n\n    Carried home to the mansion grand,\n    The proudest and richest in all the land.\n\n    Never a pauper, the lovely child\n    Into whose face the lady smiled.\n\n    \u201cDone to the least it is done to Me.\u201d\n    What grander honor on earth could be?\n\n    Oh! a sweet and joyous Thanksgiving Day\n    Has come to the home of Miss Marion Ray.\n\n                      EMILY BAKER SMALLE.\n*/\n\n\nTHEY \u201cTWO AGREED.\u201d\n\n[Illustration: M]ISS RAINES was very earnest that day. Deb and Dora\nnoticed as she bent over them and whispered, \u201cWhere two agree, just\ntwo, dear ones,\u201d that her face was filled with a strange light.\n\nThey went home from Sabbath-school, wondering about that promise and\nwhy their teacher gave them such a tender look as she said \u201cTwo,\nremember; you are two, dear ones; haven\u2019t you some great thing you\u2019d\nlike to ask of your Heavenly Father\u2014something for Thanksgiving Day?\nThink now, won\u2019t you? and then just you _two agree_ to ask Him.\u201d\n\nAnd she gave each a kiss, and went her way; they, theirs. But they\nturned about to catch one more sight of their \u201cbeautiful teacher.\u201d She\nhad turned, too, and was looking after them. She waved her hand with\nanother kiss, and disappeared around the corner.\n\nOn they went their weary way and talked as to what they should agree\nto ask. They thought of a turkey and cranberries and mince pie as it\nused to be when papa was \u201cright\u201d and had work and brought home money,\nand mamma bought what she liked. But a turkey and no papa there to eat\nit with them, or, if there, to curse, and mamma crying! that would\nbe no Thanksgiving for them. Besides, how could they expect a turkey\nwith no money or friends? and they two walked on together, wondering\nwhat Miss Raines _could_ mean. Then a thought struck them, and at once\nthey stopped and their faces shone like Miss Raine\u2019s, and there on the\nstreet they fairly leaped up and down for joy.\n\n\u201cWhat is it?\u201d said Deb.\n\n\u201cAnd what is it, _you_?\u201d answered Dora.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s ask Him,\u201d said Deb.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s,\u201d answered Dora, \u201cbut what?\u201d\n\n\u201cTo give us our own papa back again.\u201d\n\n\u201cAgreed, Deb; and let\u2019s begin now.\u201d\n\nAnd away they ran down, down the dirty street. Dogs barked; ragged boys\nlaughed and hooted, but Deb and Dora were soon up the old stairs, into\nthe little dark bedroom, on their knees.\n\nJust one thing they plead, they two; first Deb, \u201cGive back our papa,\u201d\nthen Dora, the same.\n\nThen with radiant faces to poor mamma.\n\nWednesday they two went through the market.\n\nTurkeys, chickens, ducks, by the ton. So many were buying, their eyes\nwere hungry. But they could not buy one cent\u2019s worth, not having even\nthat. Still, somehow, they murmured not, nor charged God foolishly.\nThey _knew_ there was a good time coming. They looked from the fat\nstalls and smiled into each other\u2019s face.\n\nThat evening it was a bare floor at their home, an almost empty grate,\nlittle or no bread, mamma sad as usual.\n\nBut Deb and Dora laughed and chatted joyously as though they were at a\nking\u2019s banquet. They had come from their knees.\n\nThen a knock, and the door slightly opened, and a turkey, ready for\nthe oven, looked in and a hand came after it and\u2014dear poor papa after\nthe hand, and mamma sobbed out something. Deb and Dora seized the\nturkey and cranberries, then bounded into papa\u2019s outstretched arms.\nThen they danced about the room as though they were mad.\n\nPapa had that very morning signed the pledge and found work, and there\nwas his wages\u2014that turkey with needful sauce and vegetables.\n\nHe was trusted for half a ton of coal. Just then the coal man rapped at\nthe door to know where to put it.\n\nThe next day was Thanksgiving. They four went to church. They were\nshown into a seat near Miss Raines.\n\nDeb and Dora whispered to her. She whispered back, \u201cDid not I tell you\nso?\u201d\n\nThat day \u201cpoor papa\u201d asked the blessing. And so ever after.\n\n/*\n    REV. C. M. LIVINGSTON.\n*/\n\n\nBEING TRUE.\n\n[Illustration: S]HE was four and he was six. She sat on the piano\nstool, and he stood beside her; and I, behind the curtain, heard their\ntalk.\n\n\u201cI picked out the biggest one there was, and brought it on purpose for\nyou and me.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut we mustn\u2019t eat it, because mamma wouldn\u2019t like it; you know she\nwouldn\u2019t, Freddy.\u201d\n\n\u201cShe wouldn\u2019t care if it didn\u2019t hurt us, and it _wouldn\u2019t_. Who ever\nheard of an apple hurting anybody? You just take a big bite, and then I\nwill.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo, Freddy, I can\u2019t, and you can\u2019t. Mamma said if they were hard, we\nmustn\u2019t.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat ain\u2019t so very hard. Mamma is in a worry. Aunt Mag said it\nwouldn\u2019t hurt us; she said mamma worried about things. If she doesn\u2019t\nknow, she can\u2019t worry. Let\u2019s go behind the curtain and eat it, then if\nmamma comes up, she won\u2019t see us.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo, Freddy. God can see us behind the curtain, as well as he can in\nthis room, and this apple is as hard as a rock. Now, Freddy, let\u2019s be\n_true_.\u201d\n\n\u201cWell,\u201d said Freddy, \u201cwe will.\u201d\n\n/*\n    PANSY.\n*/\n\n[Illustration: \u201cNOW, FREDDY, LET\u2019S BE TRUE.\u201d]\n\n\n\n\n/*\n    _Volume 14, Number 3._      Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO.\n                    _November 20, 1886._\n*/\n\nTHE PANSY.\n\n\n[Illustration: \u201cI DID IT WITH THE NEW KNIFE!\u201d]\n\n\nUNCLE WILL\u2019S JACK-KNIFE.\n\n/*\n    GRANDPA sat in his big arm-chair,\n      At the close of a long, bright day,\n    Gathered closely about him\n      Robbie, Martie and Say.\n    \u201cSo you want another story!\n      What shall it be to-night?\u201d\n    And Grandpa stroked Say\u2019s shining head\n      Till it glowed in the fading light.\n\n    Chorused the sweet-voiced trio,\n      \u201cTell us something we don\u2019t know:\n    Tell us something that happened\n      Ever so long ago.\u201d\n    \u201cWell,\u201d said Grandpa slowly,\n      \u201cI thought of something to-day,\n    Something that really happened,\n      But \u2019tis more for the boys than Say\u2014\n\n    \u201cSomething about my own little boy,\n      Your grave good uncle Will,\n    He preaches to us each Sunday,\n      And the people all keep still.\n    The thing he wanted most to own,\n      When he was a little boy,\n    Was a big jack-knife, with four shining blades,\n      That was his dream of joy.\n\n    \u201cAnd I meant to give him a beauty\n      For a grand birthday surprise;\n    I wanted to see his pleasure,\n      The laugh in his great blue eyes,\n    But I didn\u2019t tell him, of course not,\n      And to get it he saw no way:\n    Once I heard him say so sadly,\n      \u2018When I get it I\u2019ll be gray.\u2019\n\n    \u201cNow there was a good old carpenter\n      Who lived not far away,\n    And Will used to go quite often,\n      \u2019Mong the shavings and chips to play\u2014\n    That good old man is in Heaven\n      This many and many a year,\n    But I can see him as plainly now\n      As, children, I see you here.\n\n    \u201cSuch a knife as my Willie wanted\n      Was always by his side;\n    Sometimes it was under the shavings\u2014\n      Seemed almost in play to hide.\n    Now I must tell you a sad, sad tale:\n      One day my little Will,\n    When the old man went to his dinner,\n      Crept there so sly and still,\n\n    \u201cAnd _stole_ the knife he wanted,\n      And carried it away\n    In his little inside pocket\u2014\n      O sorrowful, sorrowful day!\n    But do you think he was happy?\n      Ah, no! and again, ah, no!\n    He could not use it or show it,\n      And nobody must know.\n\n    \u201cSo he grew sadder, and sadder,\n      My pitiful little man!\n    And shrank from me and his mother,\n      And was thin and pale and wan,\n    Till one day he told me the story\n      With many a bitter tear,\n    And laid the knife before me,\n      And sobbed on my shoulder, here.\n\n    \u201cThen I told him he must carry it,\n      And tell the dear old man\n    How he stole it, and he was sorry.\n      It was hard, but he said, \u2018I can.\u2019\n    Then I told him his Heavenly Father,\n      He had sinned against Him too;\n    And Will asked Him to forgive him,\n      And I think Our Father knew.\n\n    \u201cHe says that the scent of new shavings;\n      Sickens him in the air,\n    And the sound of their rustle underfoot\n      _To-day_ he cannot bear.\n    That year his birthday present\n      Wasn\u2019t a big jack-knife\u2014\n    I gave him something different;\n      But the lesson was for life.\u201d\n\n    Then up spoke the little girlie:\n      \u201cGrandpa, \u2019twas some for me;\n    I wanted a ribbon for kitty\u2019s neck,\n      And I almost took it, you see.\n    Kitty is white and pretty,\n      And the ribbon was pretty and blue,\n    I wanted to do it, Grandpa,\n      And nobody ever knew.\u201d\n*/\n\n/*\n    \u201cBut then, you see you didn\u2019t,\n      My darling little Say;\n    You triumphed over temptation,\n      And that is the very way.\n    Now, little folks, \u2019tis our bed-time:\n      Robbie and Martie, may you\n    Both grow to be like uncle Will,\n      As noble and as true.\u201d\n                                      E. B. S.\n*/\n\n\nTHE PEACHES.\n\nI ONCE read a story that I want to tell the Pansies. A man brought some\nfine luscious peaches to his four boys and their mother. They had never\nseen any peaches before. That evening, he said, \u201cWell, how did you like\nthe peaches?\u201d The elder answered, \u201cFather, it was lovely; I kept the\nstone, and shall have a tree for myself some day.\u201d\n\nThe father was well pleased with his boy\u2019s thoughtfulness.\n\nThen the youngest said: \u201cI ate mine and threw away the stone; mother\ngave me half of hers.\u201d\n\nAnother spoke up: \u201cI picked up the stone my brother threw away, and ate\nthe kernel. I sold my peach, and will buy a dozen with the money when I\ngo to town.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd you, Edmund?\u201d the father asked.\n\n\u201cI took mine to George, who is ill with fever. I laid it on his bed,\nand came away.\u201d\n\n\u201cNow, who has done the best?\u201d inquired the father.\n\n\u201cBrother Edmund,\u201d they all exclaimed, and his mother embraced him with\ntears in her eyes.\n\nFrom this fable you may learn many valuable lessons. The first is\nPrudence and Carefulness; for, if we all planted stones and trees, we\nshould, like the Spaniards, have a great abundance of the good things\nof life; and we may likewise learn a lesson of unselfishness, and also\nbe taught to have a kindly consideration for the sick, to whom little\nattentions are very gratifying.\n\nEach one of us could do something to cheer the many sick-rooms if we\nfaithfully endeavored so to do, and always kept in mind the motto of\n\u201cThe Pansy Society.\u201d Let us take the story of \u201cThe Peaches\u201d for our\nlesson.\n\n/*\n    RINGWOOD.\n*/\n\n\nMONTEAGLE.\n\nBY PANSY.\n\nCHAPTER I.\n\n[Illustration: \u201cY]ES,\u201d said Mrs. Hammond, a little sigh in her voice as\nshe spoke, \u201cMr. Hart is going with us; I don\u2019t know how long he will\nstay. I\u2019m afraid there is very little on Monteagle to hold him.\u201d\n\nTwo children sat on the extreme end of the broken steps; one was pale,\nthin, hollow-eyed and sorrowful. The other was rosy-cheeked, chubby,\nand dirty. The pale one was perhaps twelve years old; the other,\nsomewhat younger.\n\n\u201cOnly hear that name!\u201d said the hollow-eyed girl. \u201cMonteagle! doesn\u2019t\nit make you feel cool just to think it over?\u201d\n\n\u201cI didn\u2019t think it over,\u201d said Rosy Cheek. \u201cWhat is it, and where is\nit?\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know where it is,\u201d spoken very wearily, as though it was an\neffort to speak at all. \u201cIn Heaven, maybe; the word sounds like it.\nMonteagle! it must be high, and cool, and still. I wonder what it feels\nlike to be cool and still? Oh! how _hot_ it is! O dear me!\u201d\n\nThere was such a world of longing and weariness in the sentence, that\nMrs. Hammond turned and looked curiously at the girl; then uttered a\nlittle exclamation of surprise, and perhaps dismay.\n\n\u201cWho is that girl, and what is the matter with her?\u201d\n\nThe man who was busy with a troublesome strap which had to do with Mrs.\nHammond\u2019s phaeton, glanced up for a moment, then said:\n\n\u201cThat is my girl, ma\u2019am, if you mean the pale one. There ain\u2019t anything\nthe matter with her now, only weakness, the doctor says. She\u2019s had the\nfever\u2014been dreadful sick. There was a spell when I thought she wouldn\u2019t\npull through, nohow, but she did, up to a certain p\u2019int, there she\nstopped, and there she hangs\u2014jest crawls about all day; doesn\u2019t eat\nnothing, and doesn\u2019t sleep nights, only off and on, you know. I dunno\nwhat to do with her.\u201d\n\nMrs. Hammond looked again at the girl who had dropped into a listless\nattitude, a very photograph of discouraged weakness. The rosy-cheeked\nyounger one in a much soiled dress had slipped away. Mrs. Hammond\nlooked from the girl to the low, small, tumble-down building on the\nsteps of which she sat, imagined the room in which she must spend\nher nights, imagined the table at which she must sit down to eat her\n\u201cnothing,\u201d and murmured, \u201cPoor thing!\u201d with another long-drawn sigh.\n\nHow could one be expected to gain strength in such a home as that must\nbe?\n\n\u201cWho takes care of you and your daughter?\u201d\n\n[Illustration: BABY ETHEL.]\n\nShe had turned again to the man at the carriage. He gave a short\nhalf-laugh as he answered slowly: \u201cWell, as to that, what care we get\nwe have to give to ourselves. Her and me live alone; since the boy went\nto work for his board, at the meat market, I\u2019ve took care of her the\nbest I could, since she got on her feet again; and when she was sick,\nthe neighbors was kind. The doctor was, too\u2014uncommon kind; stayed the\nmost of two nights himself, and brought his woman once or twice to see\nher; but she\u2019s gone now, up to Monteagle, along with the rest of the\nworld. I suppose it is cool up there, ma\u2019am?\u201d\n\n\u201cYes,\u201d said Mrs. Hammond, with another sigh. \u201cIt is cool there; poor\nthing! I don\u2019t see how she is ever to get well in such a place.\u201d\n\nThis last, in undertone; then louder: \u201cShe is Northern born, too, I\nthink you said?\u201d\n\n\u201cWho, ma\u2019am, the girl? O yes; we\u2019re from the North.\u201d\n\nIt was the man\u2019s turn to sigh now. \u201cWe come down here to try the\nclimate for her mother\u2014but it didn\u2019t do; we came too late, or\nsomething. The mother died the very next summer, and we\u2019ve had to pull\nalong alone. There, ma\u2019am, I think that buckle is all right now; it\nwon\u2019t come out again of itself in a hurry. It\u2019s lucky I happened to be\naround; it might have made you trouble. Why, no, ma\u2019am, I don\u2019t want no\n_pay_ for a job like that; it didn\u2019t take ten minutes, and it ain\u2019t in\nmy line anyhow.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhat can she do when she is well?\u201d asked Mrs. Hammond, holding out the\nshining silver.\n\n\u201cWhat, my girl? Why, as to that, I dunno as she can be said to know how\nto do anything. She works along as well as she can; and we make out to\nlive, but you see it is pretty nigh four years since her mother died;\nand she was a young thing then. She ain\u2019t had no chance. I ain\u2019t got no\nchange, Mis\u2019 Hammond, and I don\u2019t want no pay, neither.\u201d\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t want change, Mr. West; it is worth a dollar to me to know that\nall the buckles and straps are in order. I shall leave that matter\nof hauling the dirt in your hands, then. It can be done just as well\nwhile I am away; Mr. Hart will be back and forth, I presume, and he can\ndirect you if you need any directions; good-morning!\u201d And the little\npony phaeton drove away.\n\nAs the fat little white pony carefully drew the carriage around the\ncurve, his mistress heard a weak, petulant voice say: \u201cO father, it is\n_so_ hot; I don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d\n\n\u201cPoor thing!\u201d said Mrs. Hammond for the third time, \u201cI don\u2019t know what\nshe will do. It _is_ very warm indeed. She thinks Monteagle sounds like\nHeaven. I presume it would seem almost like Heaven to her. If there was\nanything she could do\u201d\u2014and then Mrs. Hammond looked at her watch, and\nspoke sharply to the fat pony, and they went to the house at a brisk\ntrot.\n\nIt was a lovely home. Before even the pony turned in at the tree-lined\ncarriage drive which wound quite around the house, you would have known\nby the air of quiet elegance which hung gracefully over everything in\nsight, that you were coming to a home that commanded money and culture.\nIn the wide handsome hall everything was in order, and the rooms\nopening from them were cool, and dark, and elegant. Yet Mrs. Hammond\nas she dropped sun hat and umbrella on a white sofa, and trailed her\nwhite morning shawl over the soft carpet toward an easy chair, said:\n\u201cO dear! it is warm _everywhere_. I wish we were on the mountain this\nminute.\u201d Even as she spoke, she thought of that hollow-eyed West girl\nagain. When, after a few minutes of rest, she mounted the long winding\nflight of stairs to the nursery, the sight which met her eyes was not\ncalculated to cool her.\n\nMiss Ethel Hammond was on an investigating tour. At this particular\nminute she belonged in a wide white crib rolled into the coolest,\nshadiest corner of the northwestern veranda, eyes closed, lovely face\nshaded from intruding bugs and flies by a network of delicate creamy\nlace, and Jennette, the nurse, within easy range of the treasure. Where\nJennette was just now, was not apparent, but Miss Ethel was certainly\nnot in her crib. Her eyes were very wide open, and she had the room to\nherself.\n\nBy dint of much energy, she had succeeded in pulling one of the heavy\nchairs before the object of her most intense desire, and, climbing in,\nwas in the act of leaning forward to grasp it, when Mrs. Hammond opened\nthe door. \u201cIt\u201d was a rare and wonderfully mounted clock, heavy enough\nto put Ethel\u2019s busy inquiring brain at rest forever, should the strong\nlittle hands succeed in pulling it over on her; or, failing in that,\nshould she lose her balance and pitch head-first against the corner of\nthe cruel marble.\n\nNo time for exclamations; rather, enough presence of mind to avoid\nthem. With swift, silent steps she moved across the room; a long room,\nand seeming to the startled mother miles long, just then. A moment more\nand she had the wide-awake, energetic, struggling, disappointed baby in\nher arms. So near to its life-purpose only to be thwarted!\n\nThe first thing the mother did, was to kiss Ethel; though her mouth was\nwide open, and from it were issuing loud, disappointed yells.\n\nThe next thing was to think aloud: \u201cThat is as much confidence as I\nwas afraid I could place in Jennette. She is good for ruffling, and\ntucking, and ironing the baby\u2019s dresses, but not for watching her.\u201d\n\nThe next was to say within her heart, \u201cI should think _she_ might be\nable to help keep a baby out of mischief.\u201d\n\nBut this last thought was not about Jennette.\n\n\nSOME REMARKABLE WOMEN.\n\nS.\u2014SMITH, MRS. HANNAH WHITALL.\n\n[Illustration: B]ORN and reared in a Quaker home, educated in a Quaker\nschool, and for many years holding her membership in the sect known by\nthat name, Mrs. Smith has been characterized as \u201ca Friend indeed.\u201d Of\nher father and herself, this has been said: \u201cHe was a bright, cheery,\njoyous, yet Cromwellian soldier, clapped by mistake under the broad\nbrim of a Quaker, but this extinguisher was never able to hide his\ngladsome piety, and the daughter is her father over again.\u201d\n\nHer husband is a partner in the firm of Whitall, Tatum & Co. And\njust here I want to tell you something which I learned the other day\nregarding the temperance principles of this firm. Their business is\nthe manufacture of white glass; theirs being the largest establishment\nof the kind in the world. So consistent and loyal to the cause of\ntemperance are these men, that no orders for glass ware are accepted\nfrom men who will use the bottles and glasses for rum in any of its\nguises!\n\nDoubtless they sometimes lose money by refusing large orders, but\nit is a fact that it sometimes costs something to be consistent.\nNevertheless, let us be consistent\u2014it pays in the long run! Mrs. Smith\nis well known to the world of Christians as H. W. S. You may have seen\nin your mother\u2019s workbasket, or found slipped between the leaves of her\nBible or other favorite book of devotion, little tracts bearing this\nsignature.\n\nShe has for many years been accustomed to give expositions of\nScriptures, sometimes going to obscure country churches of a Sabbath\nevening, then again speaking to thousands gathered in an immense\nhall in London. Of her powers as a public speaker, an English paper\nsays: \u201cHer freshness, her profound insight, are as remarkable as her\nsurprising fluency.\u201d\n\nI think it was in a little paper called _Times of Refreshing_, that an\narticle appeared which described the effect of her addresses upon an\naudience as something remarkable. Saying that, however old and worn\nthe topic, she by her vigorous way of presenting the truth seemed to\nmake it over new, and the secret of her power is given in five words:\n\u201cconsecrated talent and careful research.\u201d\n\nOne of her children says of her: \u201cShe seems to me perfectly unselfish,\nand this she carries into the smallest details.\u201d Of how many of us can\nthis be said, I wonder!\n\nSpeaking of the sorrows and the bereavements which Mrs. Smith has been\ncalled to bear, Miss Willard says: \u201cTo the praise of that dear name\nabove all others, let it be said, this Christian heart knows, proves,\nillustrates, always, in all life\u2019s changeful discipline, the victory\nthat overcometh even faith. No sentence is so familiar to her friends\nfrom those dear smiling lips that open but to speak brave and tender\nwords, as \u2018I cannot be unhappy, for I always have God.\u2019\u201d\n\nMrs. Smith is also known to the world as the Superintendent of the\nEvangelistic Department of the W. C. T. U. Does that need explanation?\nYou all know what sort of an organization the W. C. T. U. is. Well, one\nof the first questions which came to the noble Christians who banded\nthemselves together to fight the monster vice of intemperance was this\npuzzling one, How shall we reach the masses? Men bound by the chains\nof the drink habit were not likely to come voluntarily within their\ninfluence. Then there was but one answer to the question: \u201cGo to them!\u201d\nAnd they went, and it is this work of carrying the Gospel story to the\npoor drunkard, that we call evangelistic work. Mrs. Smith tells us how\nshe became identified with the W. C. T. U. At the time of the Crusade\nshe was in England, engaged in her work of Bible exposition, but when\nshe heard through the newspapers of the wonderful outpouring of God\u2019s\nspirit upon her countrywomen, her soul was stirred, and she seemed to\nhear the voice of her Master calling upon her for a consecration to\nthe work, and she says, \u201csitting before an English fire in our London\nhouse, I joined that Crusade.\u201d\n\nShe said: \u201cThose women are my sisters, and their work is my work from\nthis time forward until my death.\u201d Again she says: \u201cI consider the W.\nC. T. U. one of the grandest instrumentalities for good the world has\never known.\u201d\n\nCan you tell why I have selected Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith to stand in\nthis list of Remarkable Women?\n\n/*\n    FAYE HUNTINGTON.\n*/\n\n\nOUR ALPHABET OF GREAT MEN.\n\nV.\u2014VINCENT, REV. JOHN H., D. D.\n\n[Illustration: I] HAVE written down the name of the \u201cgreat man\u201d which\nI have chosen to stand in this Alphabet, and here I pause as I reflect\nthat to many of you his face and form and speech are familiar. You\nhave seen him upon the platform and upon the avenues of Chautauqua and\nFramingham, and in other places. Some of you have welcomed him at your\nown homes; his smiles and his talks are among the things which will\nbe always, so long as you live, a pleasant memory. What can I tell\nyou about him that you do not already know? Yet I am not willing that\nanother name should take the place of this, and therefore we will talk\na little together of this friend of the young people, and idol of the\nolder people.\n\nDr. Vincent\u2019s early home was in the Sunny South. \u201cIn the land of orange\nblossoms and magnolia groves,\u201d he first saw the light. Six years of his\nlife were spent in the home of the flowers; then the family came North\nand settled in Pennsylvania. Like the mothers of many of our great\nmen, John H. Vincent\u2019s mother might fill a worthy place in our list of\nRemarkable Women.\n\nShe is described as \u201cpatient, amiable, living as though she belonged\nto heaven rather than earth. Often at the twilight hour, especially on\nSundays, she would take her children to her own room, and there sweetly\nand tenderly tell them about the life to come, and point out their\nfaults and spiritual needs.\u201d\n\nMrs. Bolton in her sketch of Dr. Vincent published two or three years\nsince, gives some amusing incidents of the childhood of our Great Man.\nI quote from memory, but I think it is she who tells the story of\nthe boy of six years gathering the children of the neighborhood, and\nafter getting them quiet by threatening them with the lash of a whip,\nhe would preach to them. And so far did his zeal carry him, that upon\none occasion he tore into several parts a small red-covered hymn book,\nwhich he valued as the gift of his pastor, and distributed the pieces\nthrough his audience, doubtless thinking it highly important that all\nshould be supplied with hymn books. Whether they all sang together\nfrom the different parts of the book given them, we are not informed.\n\nVery early in life the boy seems to have decided that he would _do\nsomething with his life worth while_; that he would do that which\nshould help others, and realizing that there is a world to be saved, he\ngrew up with the hope of one day becoming a minister. His studies were\ncarried on for a time at home, afterwards at a neighboring academy.\nLater he engaged in teaching, continuing his studies by himself, and\nfinally he had fitted himself for college. Not every boy would have the\nwill and perseverance to carry on a course of study while teaching six\nhours or more each day. However, he did not finish his college course.\nNot for any want of persistence, neither did he consider such a course\nunimportant. But he was anxious to be about his Master\u2019s work, and thus\nit was that before he was twenty-one years old he set out to preach \u201con\na thirty-mile circuit, over the mountains and through the valleys of\nLuzerne County, Pennsylvania.\u201d\n\nHe travelled on horseback, studying and thinking out his sermons as\nhe journeyed. Everybody, young and old, were glad to see his bright,\nsmiling face and feel the warm grasp of his hand. It has been said that\n\u201che never shook hands with the tips of his fingers, nor preached dry\nsermons.\u201d\n\nIt was during this period of his life that his mother whose parting\nwords when he went out into the world were, \u201cMy son, live near to God;\nlive near to God,\u201d went to be with God. One near the throne in heaven,\nthe other living near the throne on earth; is this the secret of John\nH. Vincent\u2019s success in the Lord\u2019s vineyard?\n\nAt length he became a pastor, preaching for a few years in New Jersey,\nafterwards in the vicinity of Chicago. But all the time he was busy\nwith plans of an educational character. These plans which were at first\ncarried out in the establishing of Saturday afternoon classes of young\npeople, called Palestine Classes, with the purpose of studying about\nthe Holy Land, have at length developed a Chautauqua. I need not tell\nyou about Chautauqua; about the C. L. S. C., nor about the C. Y. F. R.\nU.; you do not need to be told about the town and country clubs, nor\nabout the society of Christian ethics. Many of you have listened to\nthose Sunday afternoon talks in the Children\u2019s Temple, and afterwards\ngone to the vesper service in the Hall of Philosophy.\n\nI ought to tell you that although Dr. Vincent postponed his college\ncourse, he never gave it up, but outside college walls, he continued\nhis studies by himself, even in the midst of a busy life, until by\nregular examinations he took his degrees, and also passed through the\nregular theological course of study of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\nto which denomination he belongs.\n\nTo the boys especially I recommend the study of the life and character\nof Dr. Vincent. A gentleman remarked in my hearing the other day,\n\u201cprobably no man living is exerting a wider influence over the hearts\nand minds of the young people than Dr. Vincent!\u201d And I thought, what\na responsibility! and how thankful the fathers and mothers should be\nthat he is just the man he is; that his influence is ever on the side\nof truth and right; that his aim is to uplift, and that Christ is ever\nthe centre of his thought. To see and hear Dr. Vincent is to understand\nsomething of the secret of his power. The sympathy which manifests\nitself in every look and tone, the enthusiasm with which he enters into\nhis work, and which tides him over the hard places, and the personal\nmagnetism\u2014which makes you, whether you will or not; these qualities,\nsanctified and consecrated, make the man a power for good.\n\n/*\n    FAYE HUNTINGTON.\n*/\n\n[Illustration: TWO HANDSOME DOGS.]\n\n\n\n\n/*\n    _Volume 14, Number 4._      Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO.\n                    _November 27, 1886._\n*/\n\nTHE PANSY.\n\n\n[Illustration: OUR NEW FALL OVERCOATS.]\n\n\nTHE LITTLE RED SHOP.\n\nBY MARGARET SIDNEY.\n\nCHAPTER I.\n\n[Illustration: T]HE old house on Cherryfield high road, back of the\nrow of stiff poplars, with its queer little gnarled apple-trees at the\nback, looked for all the world just as it did one hundred years ago. It\nhad no more paint on it now than when the children\u2019s grandfather took\nhome his young bride who thought it the most beautiful place in all the\nworld to begin housekeeping in. Then it was a dingy yellow, with faded\ngreen blinds; and now the same forlorn attempt at coloring greeted all\npassers-by. To be sure it had been painted many times in the interim,\nbut always the same hue was chosen, so that to the oldest inhabitant it\nwas the best known landmark for miles around.\n\nThe \u201cBrimmer Place\u201d was known too, for something else than its\nantiquity; it was the cheeriest, home-iest old house that ever stood\non any road, overflowing with good-will to everybody, especially to\nsick people and to little children. If anybody were in trouble and\ncould reach her, Mrs. Brimmer always found just the right word of cheer\nto speak, while she tried to help in many other ways\u2014and what she\ndidn\u2019t do, why, there were Jack, and Cornelius, and Rosalie, to say\nnothing of Primrose, the baby\u2014four little comforters who made everybody\njust happy to look at them. And yet every one who lived in the big,\nhundred-year-old house was poor.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s most dreadful to be poor,\u201d said Rosalie one morning, in a burst\nof confidence to the boys, out in the woodshed. Cornelius stopped\nhacking at an old log to flash her a convincing \u201cno\u201d out of his black\neyes.\n\n\u201cAnd it\u2019s so very unagreeable,\u201d continued Rosalie, smoothing down her\napron while she seated herself on one end of the bench.\n\n\u201c_Dis_agreeable, you mean,\u201d corrected Jack, picking up sticks over in\nthe corner. \u201cThere, Corny, you let that old fellow alone; I\u2019ll tackle\nhim soon. He\u2019s too tough for you.\u201d\n\nCorny, resenting the implication, let the hatchet fly on the back of\nthe old log to show how strong he was in such a masterful style that\nthe chips flew in every direction, and Rosalie paused to shake them\nfrom her apron, before she said,\n\n\u201cNo; I\u2019m quite sure it is unagreeable\u2014I saw it in the dictionary.\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, then, you didn\u2019t see right,\u201d said Jack. \u201cIt\u2019s d-i-s; awful big\nletters too. Means hateful, and not nice.\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s not nice to be poor,\u201d said Rosalie wisely waiving all\nfurther discussion as to the word; \u201cthat you must say anyway, Jack.\u201d\n\nBut Jack\u2019s lips were tight. Presently he straightened himself up, and\ngave his head a shake. \u201cWell, what shall we do about it?\u201d\n\n\u201cDo?\u201d said Rosalie, in surprise, \u201cwhy, I don\u2019t know what you mean,\nJack?\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen things are not nice, there is no use in talking about them if you\ndon\u2019t do something to make them better,\u201d said Jack philosophically.\n\u201cNow I want to know what we are going to do to make ourselves rich.\u201d\n\n\u201c_To make ourselves rich\u2014O Jack!_\u201d cried Rosalie and Cornelius together.\n\n\u201cIf we can earn some money, I suppose we shall be rich sometime,\u201d\nobserved Jack; \u201ceverybody was poor once, but they worked and got money.\nNow, how can we?\u201d\n\nThe children were so possessed with the idea of their ever being rich,\nthat no words came to their aid; and Jack went on without interruption.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking over something that, if we can do it, will be\nperfectly splendid, and help mammy take care of baby. Poor, dear mammy!\u201d\n\nHe turned away for a moment, and then showed his face again, the same\nold Jack with the laughing eyes, and pleasant, honest mouth.\n\n\u201cTell on,\u201d said Cornelius, who had dropped his hatchet, and drawn near.\n\u201cBe quick and tell us,\u201d he added breathlessly.\n\n\u201cWell, there is the tool-house,\u201d said Jack. \u201cFunny old hole, but just\nthe thing for us. Now what\u2019s to hinder our setting up a shop in it, and\nselling things?\u201d\n\n\u201cReal true-as-you-live things,\u201d cried Rosalie, \u201cwith counters, string,\nand brown paper bags?\u201d \u201cAnd five cent pieces, and cents and quarters?\u201d\nscreamed Cornelius on his highest key. \u201cWhickets! why didn\u2019t we think\nof it before? But where\u2019d we get the things to sell with? Phoh! your\nnews isn\u2019t anything, after all; only just an old dried-up joke.\u201d He was\nso disgusted, that he went back, picked up his hatchet, and fell to\nslowly hacking again. Jack flung himself up to Rosalie\u2019s side on the\nbench.\n\n\u201cNow see here, both of you. The thing can be done, if we will all club\ntogether, and work hard. It\u2019s not to be a success in a day, mind you,\nbut we\u2019ve got to pull hard, and at it all the time. Are you willing to\ndo it for mammy\u2019s sake?\u201d\n\n\u201cCan\u2019t we have any time for play?\u201d asked Rosalie with a long face.\n\n\u201cPerhaps; but there won\u2019t be much,\u201d said Jack, \u201cif we make a good thing\nof this.\u201d\n\n\u201cWell, I s\u2019pose you and I are the men of this family,\u201d said Cornelius,\nover his log, \u201cand so if you\u2019ll just say how the money\u2019s coming to\nbegin with, why, I\u2019ll give you my word, I\u2019ll keep at it.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe want Rosalie,\u201d said Jack, kindly; \u201cwe can\u2019t do anything without\nher.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhy, she\u2019s nothing but a girl,\u201d said Cornelius, still pummeling; \u201cit\ntakes men to keep store and make money.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut there are ever so many things that a girl can do to help us,\u201d said\nJack, \u201cso we must take her into partnership.\u201d\n\n\u201cO Jack! how very fine and exquisite,\u201d cried Rosalie, grasping his arm\nwith excited little fingers. \u201cI\u2019ll wait on customers, and make change\nall alone, and help you fix up things and look nice.\u201d\n\n\u201cShe uses such terribly big words,\u201d said Cornelius, in disfavor at the\nscheme, \u201cand puts on airs, just like all the other girls. Jack, we\ncan\u2019t let her in; it\u2019s no use to try.\u201d\n\n\u201cNow, Corny,\u201d cried Rosalie, slipping from her bench and standing quite\ntall. \u201cI\u2019m very big\u2014nearly ten; and I know a great many things, and\nJack says I may\u2014so there.\u201d\n\n\u201cYes, she really ought,\u201d said Jack, with a nod over at the smaller\nboy, \u201cbecause you see it\u2019s a family concern. We must make it Brimmer\nBrothers and Company.\u201d\n\n\u201cAm I Company?\u201d asked Rosalie, in subdued excitement.\n\n\u201cYes,\u201d said Jack. \u201cWell, now I\u2019ll tell you how we can make the money to\nbuy the things that we are to sell. To begin with, Rosalie?\u201d\n\n\u201cI?\u201d cried the Company, with widened eyes.\n\n\u201cYes,\u201d Jack nodded at her very decidedly. \u201cYou can take care of Mrs.\nProuty\u2019s baby.\u201d\n\n\u201cO Jack!\u201d It was a tone of horror that came from the girl of the\nfamily, \u201cyou don\u2019t ever mean that?\u201d\n\n\u201cIf we are really going to earn money to help mammy with, we must\nexpect to do some disagreeable work,\u201d said Jack gravely.\n\nRosalie hid her ashamed little face a moment, then said, \u201cVery well,\nI\u2019ll do it. But how do you know she wants me?\u201d\n\n\u201cI heard her tell the cook when I carried the lettuce there this\nmorning that she\u2019d give fifty cents to any girl who would take care\nof the baby a week\u2014just come in every day. Her cousin is going there\nto-morrow to visit, and she wants her time to herself. Just think,\nRosalie, fifty bright new cents!\u201d\n\nThe Company fairly clapped her hands. \u201cPerhaps she\u2019ll let me bring the\nbaby over home, then I sha\u2019n\u2019t be away from Primrose.\u201d\n\n\u201cShe\u2019d be only too glad to get him out of the way, I\u2019ll be bound,\u201d said\nJack; \u201cI sh\u2019d be, if I owned that baby.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd Primrose is so sweet that any other baby would smile and be good,\neven if it was a great fat, big, crying, red-faced one like Mrs.\nProuty\u2019s,\u201d said Rosalie, seeing some alleviation to her task of earning\nfifty cents. \u201cNow what is Corny going to do?\u201d she demanded, trying not\nto hope that his work was disagreeable also.\n\n\u201cCorny and I have to work together,\u201d said Jack, with a little grimace\nhe couldn\u2019t help. \u201cIt\u2019s to clean up Widow Brown\u2019s pig-pen.\u201d\n\n\u201cI sha\u2019n\u2019t clean up that old woman\u2019s pig-pen, nor anybody\u2019s pig-pen,\u201d\nshouted Corny, with a vicious hack at the log; \u201cno, _sir_!\u201d\n\n\u201cVery well, sir,\u201d cried Jack back again, \u201cthen I\u2019ll do it alone.\u201d\n\nHe didn\u2019t say, \u201cI would if I were you,\u201d or anything of the persuasive\nsort, knowing that by no such ways could he manage Cornelius. He simply\nlet him alone, as he always did, and did his own duty. The consequence\nwas, the chubby young wood-chopper presently turned around, and said\ncomplacently, \u201cWhen I get this log chipped up for mammy, I\u2019ll join you.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf you don\u2019t come till that log is done, I\u2019ll have Widow Brown\u2019s\npig-pen in apple pie order,\u201d cried Jack, in high good humor.\n\n\nONLY A LITTLE M\u00c4DCHEN.\n\n[Illustration: G]RETCHEN VAN CORTLANDT was a little German _m\u00e4dchen_,\nas you see by her name, and she lived in the great city of Berlin.\nShe and her mother occupied two rooms in a tenement house on\n\u201cSteinstrasse,\u201d as her father had died when she was very young.\nGretchen had very few play-things, and spent much of the time in\nhelping her mother earn what little money she could.\n\nOne Sunday Gretchen went out for a walk, and while going along the\ncrowded street, reached a large brick building, from which came the\nsound of singing. Above the door there was a sign which she spelled\nout, and found to be, \u201c_Wilkommen!_\u201d As that meant \u201cWelcome!\u201d to a\nlittle German girl, Gretchen hesitated, and finally pushed open the\ndoor, and walked in. It was a large room, with seats full of people,\nmany of whom were poorly and even raggedly dressed. At one end was a\ndesk, and behind it stood a man who was reading something out of a big\nbook.\n\n\u201cEven Christ pleased not Himself.\u201d\n\n\u201cMy!\u201d thought Gretchen, \u201cI wonder why!\u201d But the man was talking. There\nwas a good deal he said that the little girl could not understand, but\nshe found that there was once a very good Prince, the son of a good and\ngreat King, who had come from his palace and had gone around, through a\ngreat deal of trouble, trying to save people from harm. He did nothing\nto please only Himself, but wanted to please his Father and those who\nloved Him. Gretchen understood one other thing\u2014that every one else\ncould do as this Prince did, and help other people as He had done,\nbecause He loved them so. If they did this they would be pleasing Him.\n\nSo when she reached home, Gretchen told her mother what she had heard,\nand asked her to explain it.\n\n\u201cTruly, child,\u201d said the Frau Van Cortlandt, \u201cI remember very little\nthat I used to hear about it, but it\u2019s all true\u2014what he said.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut, mother, how can we all, or a poor little _m\u00e4dchen_ like me,\nplease this great Prince?\u201d asked Gretchen.\n\n\u201cAch, child!\u201d said the good Frau, \u201cI remember very little about it,\nbut this I know\u2014that every little boy and girl in the Fatherland, no\nmatter how poor or small they are, can please this Prince, and the\nKing, His Father, by doing something good and kind.\u201d\n\n\u201cI should like to do something for Him, mother, if He is as good as the\nman said,\u201d replied Gretchen.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThat is the first part of the story. The next part came nearly a week\nlater, when there was to be a great procession through the city. There\nwere proclamations all over the city, saying that the \u201cKaiser Wilhelm,\u201d\ntheir emperor, was to march through the streets, with his soldiers and\nguards in full uniform, and the drums were to beat, and the bugles were\nto blow, and the houses were to be decorated with flags, in honor of\nthe procession.\n\nOur little _m\u00e4dchen_ was, of course, in a flutter of delight about\nit, especially when she found they were to march down their street,\nand past their tenement-house, on the way to the K\u00f6nigstrasse. How\ndelightful! She would see the great army of Germany, and the great\nKaiser William, march by their door!\n\nWhen the eventful morning came, everything was bright and gay-looking,\nand the sidewalks were crowded with people who wished to see the\nprocession. When the Van Cortlandts\u2019 bed had been made, the breakfast\ndishes cleared away, and the two rooms nicely swept and dusted (for\nit is to be believed that if the Frau Van Cortlandt had known the end\nof the world was to come in an hour, she would not have delayed her\nmorning\u2019s work a moment) Gretchen and her mother were ready to watch\nand wait, with the remainder of the city. But alas, and alas. No view\nwas to be had from their windows, because of the crowd outside, and no\nroom could be found outside. No one would give up their place. How much\nGretchen wished for the Herr Van Breyck, their only friend, who would\ntake her in his strong arms, and find a place for her, but he was away\nat Frankfort, and what should she do?\n\nSuddenly she thought of the attic balcony! It was a little bit of a\none, and would hold but one person. Gretchen\u2019s mother could not go up\nthe stairs, so she slipped up to the unoccupied garret, and out on the\nbalcony, from which she could look down over the heads of the people,\nand see the Emperor and his troops, as nicely as she could wish.\n\nShe was leaning lazily over the edge of the balcony when she chanced to\nsee, in the middle of the road, a poor old woman, who was vainly trying\nto get a good place amid the crowd. Among those people there was little\nchance for her, and Gretchen pitied her.\n\n[Illustration: BERLIN: STATUE OF FREDERIC THE GREAT.]\n\n\u201cPoor thing!\u201d she said. \u201cI think\u201d\u2014at this moment she suddenly stopped,\nstartled by a thought which came into her mind, and remained silent\nquite a while. What she was thinking was something like this: \u201cSuppose\nI should ask her to come up on the balcony? Then I couldn\u2019t see the\nprocession at all\u2014and that wouldn\u2019t do, after all my trouble to get\na good place. I wonder if that would be doing what the man said\u2014not\npleasing myself? Maybe it would, but then it is such a little thing\nthat I\u2019m sure the King wouldn\u2019t hear of it. If I could only please Him\nsome _great_ way, how nice it would be!\u201d\n\nBut I am glad to tell you, and am sure you will be glad to hear, that\nafter this talk with herself, the little girl made her way down to\nwhere the old lady was looking about her.\n\n\u201cGood Frau,\u201d she said, as the old lady turned to look at her, \u201cI have a\nplace for you to see the procession; will you come with me?\u201d\n\nThrough the door, up the three flights of stairs, went the little light\nfigure, followed by the older and feeble one. \u201cI am afraid, good Frau,\nthese stairs will tire you,\u201d said Gretchen, \u201cbut it is the only place\nthere is.\u201d\n\nA chair was then brought up from the Frau Van Cortlandt\u2019s own kitchen,\non which the old lady seated herself, after which Gretchen went to the\nbedroom down-stairs, and throwing herself on the bed, burst into a\nflood of tears. \u201cI can\u2019t help it,\u201d she sobbed; \u201cI did so want to see\nthe procession! But I am not sorry, if the Prince knows.\u201d Then she\ndried her eyes and went to the door, where she could see nothing but\nthe backs of the people in front of it.\n\nThe Ellsworths had been in Berlin some weeks, and having seen all they\nwanted to of the city, were about ready to go back to America, but they\nstayed longer than they otherwise would have done, for the purpose of\nseeing the procession. And then, as Amelia said, \u201cit was just perfectly\nhorrid,\u201d that, after all, the soldiers were not to pass in front of\ntheir hotel.\n\n\u201cI am determined to see the procession,\u201d said Mrs. Ellsworth. \u201cAnd so\nam I,\u201d said Amelia. Nevertheless, they were acquainted with no one in\nBerlin who would offer them a place, and they couldn\u2019t well stand in\nthe streets, \u201cwith the rabble,\u201d said Mrs. Ellsworth.\n\n\u201cBlees, your honors,\u201d said Hans, their guide and interpreter, \u201cI haf\nzomedings teu zay. Mein schwester hab ein house in der Steinstrasse,\nmit ein gut\u2014vat you gall it\u2014palgonie, vair you kon go, if blees you.\u201d\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s go, mother!\u201d said Amelia, \u201canything is better than not seeing\nthe procession, when we stayed in the city on purpose.\u201d\n\nAnd Hans, not in the least minding the doubtful compliment to his\n\u201cschwester\u2019s house,\u201d agreed to drive them around there early enough to\nkeep out of the crowd. So it came to pass that on the balcony of the\nFrau Krant\u2019s house, across the street from the Frau Van Cortlandt\u2019s,\nwere seated, the morning of the procession, Mrs. Ellsworth, her\ndaughter Amelia, and her sister Julia.\n\n\u201cMamma,\u201d said Amelia, \u201clook at that cute little German girl across the\nstreet up on that mite of a balcony. See! she has gone down now.\u201d\n\nSometime later, she had more remarks to make. \u201cMamma, that little girl\nwent down and got a poor old woman to take her place on the balcony\u2014see\nher up there\u2014and she is down now where she can\u2019t see a thing.\u201d\n\n\u201cIs it possible!\u201d said Mrs. Ellsworth; \u201cthat is an act of self-denial\none doesn\u2019t often see in a child. Are you sure she hasn\u2019t a better\nplace?\u201d\n\n\u201cYes, mamma, there she is, down by the door, where she can\u2019t see\nanything, I know.\u201d\n\n\u201cThen,\u201d said Mrs. Ellsworth, \u201cI am going to have her come up here.\nThere is room between Julia and me. Hans!\u201d and that individual, who had\nbeen talking with his \u201cschwester\u201d inside, appeared. \u201cTell that little\nGerman girl in the door across the road, that I would like to see her\nup here.\u201d\n\n\u201cMamma!\u201d said Amelia.\n\n\u201cJa!\u201d said Hans, in his surprise returning to the use of his native\ntongue.\n\n\u201cShe looks very neat and nice, Amelia,\u201d said Mrs. Ellsworth.\n\nSo it happened that our heroine Gretchen was confronted by a\ndignified-looking personage of her race, who informed her that a Frau\nfrom America desired her presence in the balcony across the street.\nGretchen was frightened, and vaguely wondered if she had in any way\ncommitted treason against the United States Government, but her\ntrembling limbs carried her to the Frau Krant\u2019s balcony, where Mrs.\nEllsworth questioned her, through her interpreter.\n\nThe story all came out, in German and in English, how Gretchen had\ngiven up her place because of the King and his Son, whom she wanted to\nplease. Said she, \u201cI am only a little _m\u00e4dchen_, but I thought He might\nknow.\u201d\n\nBy this time there came the sound of drum and fife and martial\nfootsteps, from around the corner, and the eyes of all on Steinstrasse\nwere turned toward the place whence the sound proceeded. Mrs. Ellsworth\ndesired Hans to tell the little girl she could stay where she was\nuntil the procession passed, thus relieving her fears that she was to\nbe arrested for treason, and she, in turn, committed her overwhelming\nthanks to the good Frau for a good place to stand.\n\nThat isn\u2019t the end, though I am almost through. Gretchen says she\nwould have been satisfied without a place on the balcony, or anything\nelse, if she could have known that she pleased the King and his Son by\nnot pleasing herself, but that didn\u2019t hinder her being very thankful\nthat she could see the Emperor and his troops, and Mrs. Ellsworth made\nup her mind that she wanted a nice little German girl to take home\nto America, and educate and help in various ways, in return for her\nservices, and a nice German woman who could do her washing, and live\nwith her, too.\n\nSo the week after the procession found the Frau Van Cortlandt and her\ndaughter bidding the Herr Van Breyck good-by, as they boarded the\nsteamer bound for America, at the Hamburg wharves.\n\nGretchen and her mother are still living with the Ellsworths, and\nthough they are sometimes a little homesick for the \u201cFatherland,\u201d they\nare enjoying their home in America very much.\n\nThe week after they reached home they ate the Thanksgiving dinner, with\na huge turkey and its regular belongings, and though they had never\nbeen used to the day at home, Gretchen and her mother were as thankful,\nthey thought, as anyone could have been. And the way to be happy and\nthankful as they would tell you, is to try to make others so. \u201cAnd\nit all came about,\u201d said Mrs. Ellsworth, \u201cbecause of that kind and\nunselfish act of yours, Gretchen.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am only a little _m\u00e4dchen_,\u201d said Gretchen, \u201cbut I pleased not\nmyself, and the King saw.\u201d\n\n/*\n    PARANETE.\n*/\n\n\nCELEBRATED TREES.\n\nTHE chestnut-tree at Mt. Etna, is one hundred and ninety-six feet in\ncircumference, and its branches are like trees. For ages have pilgrims\ndelighted to linger in its shadows. There is also a great chestnut-tree\nat Tamworth, England, and when Stephen was king, in 1135, it formed a\nboundary, called the \u201cGreat Chestnut-Tree.\u201d I have also heard of one\ncalled the \u201cManna Tree;\u201d they grow in Italy and Sicily. The bark of it\nis cut in August, and the manna flows out like water. It was used for\nmedicine. It is unlike the manna mentioned in the Bible, called \u201cBread\nof Heaven,\u201d upon which the Children of Israel were fed. That was a\nsmall grain, and fell early in the morning. It was made into paste, and\nbaked.\n\nThe Bamboo is used mostly in making houses, in Sumatra, and when the\ngreat and good Dr. Judson was a missionary, his lovely wife, Anne\nHasseltine, made themselves a bamboo cottage.\n\nThe India Rubber tree is also very useful. It grows in South America\nand India. In Quito it is made into cloth.\n\nThe Cocoa-tree gives the poor Indians bread, water, milk, honey, oil,\nsugar, needles, clothes, thread, cups, baskets, cordage, nails, roofs,\netc.\n\nThe Bread-Tree of the Pacific Islands yields fruit for eight months of\nthe year. Two or three trees will supply one person with sufficient\nfood. It is very nourishing.\n\nThe Jaca resembles this tree; it grows in Asia. The fruit often weighs\nthirty pounds. When the tree is young it grows upon the twigs, later,\non the trunk, when old, upon the roots.\n\n/*\n    R.\n*/\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration: ROUND THE FAMILY LAMP]\n\n\nLIKES AND DISLIKES.\n\nTHIS is a splendid game if well played. Form two lines, each facing\nthe other. A leader goes down the centre asking the right-hand line,\nbeginning at the head, \u201cWhat do you like best?\u201d Each one must answer\njust what he or she wishes to, funny objects of course adding to the\njollity of the game. When Leader has finished, she turns around and\ngoes up the centre, asking the left hand line, \u201cWhat do you dislike\nmost?\u201d When all have answered, she claps her hands, and cries, \u201cNow.\u201d\nThe two lines pass across each other, turn, and pass back again, turn\nto their original places, facing each other, when they remain still.\nAs the lines are crossing, each player must sing \u201cI love cheese,\u201d or\nwhatever he or she has professed to like, or, \u201cI dislike cats,\u201d or\nwhatever he or she has professed to dislike, keeping distinct and\nclear, each his own utterance; _no one must smile_. After this is over,\nthe leader must pass down and up the line, asking one side, \u201cWhy do\nyou like it?\u201d or, \u201cWhy do you dislike it?\u201d Then the lines pass across,\nsinging, \u201cBecause it is delightful,\u201d or, \u201cBecause it is squealing,\u201d\nor anything\u2014turn, dance back again to places. The leader must then\npass down and up the centre, asking each line, \u201cWhat are you going\nto do with it?\u201d When all have answered, the lines must pass across,\nsinging their answers, turn, and pass back again, ending with each\nplayer singing \u201cI like monkeys because they are funny, I\u2019ll send them\nto school;\u201d or, \u201cI dislike pigs because they are squealing; I\u2019ll cut\noff their heads;\u201d or anything they choose. Pass across, turn, and pass\nback again, when two opposite players take hold of hands, beginning at\ntop, pass down centre, bow to each other, and go off to their seat,\ncontinuing till all are seated. Whoever smiles during this game must\nbe conducted out of the line and made to stand up against the side of\nthe room, with their faces to the wall, where they must remain as\nwall-flowers till the game is finished.\n\nP. S. This game is so long, we could only print one this month. Send on\nthe games, Pansies, as soon as you can, that you wish to have printed\nin this department.\n\n[Illustration: THE WARTBURG: CASTLE COURT.\u2014NEAR EISENACH, GERMANY.]\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration: The P. S. Corner]\n\n\nTHE PANSY.\n\n_Terms of Subscription._\n\n/#\n    The price of THE PANSY is One Dollar a year. New\n    subscriptions may begin with the volume (November\n    issue), or with any number desired.\n\n    The date following the subscriber\u2019s name on the label\n    shows the time to which the subscription is paid. Thus,\n    Oct. \u201987 means that the subscription is paid to and\n    including the October, 1887, number.\n\n    If no request to discontinue the magazine is received,\n    it is understood that its continuance is desired. The\n    magazine will, however, be stopped at any time, if the\n    subscriber so desires, provided all arrearages are paid\n    as required by law.\n\n    [Illustration: Right Index] The order to discontinue\n    must be sent to the publishers direct, and not through\n    an agent.\n\n    If a change of address is desired, the OLD as well as\n    the new must be given.\n\n    Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order,\n    Draft, Bank Check, or American Express Money Order.\n\n/*\n    D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, Boston.\n*/\n#/\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMY DEAR ONES:\n\nHere we are with November at the door! A new year for THE PANSY.\nGreeting to you, every one. How have you treated the old year who has\njust shut the door on you all? Three hundred and sixty-five days since\nlast November! Oh! the story of them. How ill it reads when you come\nto look it over! Oh! there is ever so much which you wish was blotted\nout? Is that what you say? I know, for I have to say the same. What a\nblessed thing for us all that we have a Friend, great and glorious,\nwho has promised to do just that with the story of our mistakes and\nfailures. \u201cI will blot out their transgressions.\u201d Have you been to Him\nto get them blotted out?\n\nWell, we begin again. New faces join us; and we must do what we can to\nhelp them. They will do what they can to help us. A Thanksgiving Day is\njust ahead. Shall we each try to give some one something for which to\nbe thankful? It may be that they need only a pleasant word, a loving\nsmile, a kind \u201cGood-morning!\u201d Such easy things to give! Shall we look\nabout us while the surly November winds blow over half the country, and\nthe balmy November breezes glide over the other half, and whether Dame\nNature smiles or frowns where we are, make all hearts light because\nof our brightness, and sympathy, and unselfishness? Try to spread\nsunshine, my Blossoms, so we may have real flowers all the year round.\n\nWhat are we going to give you for 1887? Why, look through the November\nPANSY and see. \u201cMonteagle.\u201d Yes; that is a serial. I shall tell how it\nall happened, just as well as I can. I do hope you will like some of\nthe people, for I do, very much. \u201cShe.\u201d I know it is a queer title. It\nwill be altogether a queer story. Something that happened, well known\nto seven different people, who intend to tell it as well as each of\nthem know how. Who are the people? Why, their names will be at the\nhead of the chapters which they write. You can see for yourselves.\n\u201cAll Along the Line.\u201d I know you will like our new department. Young\npeople always like to know what is really going on in this world; and\nof course you will enjoy the design, engraved especially for us, by an\nartist who is also one of our contributors, and who loves every Blossom\nof you. For the rest, the old friends, Faye Huntington, Rev. C. M.\nLivingston, Margaret Sidney, Paranete, etc., will continue to work for\nyou; you have told me so many times that you thought they were \u201cJust\nperfectly splendid,\u201d and as they each intend to be more splendid than\never, this year, I have no fears for their places in your hearts.\n\nThere are other new features, which you will be able to see for\nyourselves. We mean, with your help, to make THE PANSY for 1887 a great\ndeal better than ever before. How many new Blossoms can you gather for\nour bed?\n\nAnother thing; will you remember that you have now a department of your\nown to look after? \u201cAround the Family Lamp\u201d has been thrown open for\nyour use. We do hope you will be industrious and unselfish, and send on\nyour thoughts as often as you have any. Keep your eyes open, and when\nyou see other people playing games which you think are pleasant, don\u2019t\nbe contented with simply copying their good times, but pass the word\ndown the line for the rest of us.\n\nThat reminds me of the address: I wonder if there is any way in which\nI can get you to remember it? Winter Park, Orange Co., Florida. This,\nuntil further notice. Now please do not send your letters to Boston,\nnor to Cincinnati, nor to Chautauqua, nor anywhere else but to Winter\nPark. Understand? Of course when you want to subscribe for THE PANSY,\nor order books, or transact any business which would naturally belong\nto the Publishers, you send to Boston, as usual. But for the \u201cP. S.\nDepartment,\u201d or \u201cAround the Family Lamp,\u201d or when you want a badge,\nor want to ask me any question, remember the Winter Park address.\nFor anything pertaining to the new department, \u201cAll Along the Line,\u201d\naddress the Editor, R. M. Alden, at Winter Park, also. Who will be the\nfirst to give us some games for our Christmas number?\n\n/*\n    Lovingly,\n\n    PANSY.\n*/\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_Gracie_ from Canada. Indeed, your letter was not too long. I enjoyed\nevery word. You must have been a very industrious Pansy to get so\nmany premiums. I knew a boy who used to trouble his mother very much\nby being late to breakfast. One morning when he came down to the\ndining-room half an hour after time, he found the table dishes all\ncleared away, and there was no breakfast for that boy until next\nmorning. I don\u2019t think he was late again for nearly two weeks. I am\nglad you are going to break yourself of that careless habit without any\nsuch help.\n\n_Mary Edith_ from Ohio. It is very easy to be cross, and brave to try\nto overcome the habit. I hope your badge will help you.\n\n_Ray Spencer_ from Turkey in Asia. We are very glad to welcome you. One\nwho \u201ctries to do things right the first time,\u201d is a great comfort to\nhis friends, and will be likely to grow into a good and wise man. It is\na pleasure to have a letter from your far-away home. The Pansies would\nall be glad to hear something about the people of Turkey. Can\u2019t you\nwrite us a little letter for the magazine?\n\n_Arthur_ from Iowa. You are right, my boy. What is generally meant by\n\u201ctalking back\u201d does harm instead of good. The Bible says \u201ca soft answer\nturneth away wrath.\u201d But the trouble is, when people are saying things\non purpose to vex us it is very hard to think of anything \u201csoft\u201d to\nsay, or to be willing to say it if we could think of it. The One who\nhas promised to \u201ckeep the door of our lips,\u201d is the only Source of real\nhelp.\n\n_Harry_ from Ohio. Yes, indeed, a boy six years old may have a badge.\nI am sorry you did not tell us the name of the habit you were going to\nget rid of; but so long as you know its name, and are pledged against\nit, we will trust you.\n\n_Virginia_ from Louisiana. I hope you don\u2019t think we put the letters of\nour Blossoms into the waste basket! I am always glad when I receive a\npledge against \u201cteasing.\u201d I think it one of the most troublesome habits\nwe have to deal with. So easy to form, so ready to grow, so hard to get\nrid of. Yet it can be conquered.\n\n_Fred_ from Illinois. I once knew a beautiful black-eyed boy who used\nto tell his mother he saw seventy-two cats down in the back yard, when\nhe meant that he saw three. His mother used to laugh, and think such\nstories were amusing, so Eddie kept telling them, until, when he was\nnine years old, people said of him: \u201cYou cannot believe a word that boy\nsays.\u201d And yet I don\u2019t think Eddie meant to tell what was false; he had\nsimply formed a bad habit, and let it grow. I am glad to receive your\npledge.\n\n_May_ from Georgia. Do you know the difference between \u201cfirmness\u201d and\n\u201cstubbornness?\u201d The former we admire, and the latter is unpleasant to\neverybody. I asked a little girl the difference between the two, and\nshe said, \u201cFirmness was sticking to a thing because it was right, and\nyou thought you ought; and obstinacy was sticking to it anyhow, because\nyou wanted your own way, right or wrong.\u201d Do you accept her definition?\n\n_Edward Mason._ Now, my friend, you and I are both in trouble. You have\nsent a letter, asking for a badge, and giving your pledge, but you have\nnot told me where you lived, neither town nor State! How can I get\na badge to you? I am hoping your bright eyes will see this printed\nletter, and that you will at once let me hear from you again.\n\n_Bernie_ from Missouri. If here isn\u2019t another Blossom who bites her\npoor little finger-nails! How glad we are that she has resolved to stop\nit, and I hope by this time succeeded. Did the missing magazines reach\nyou at last?\n\n_Ella_ from Nebraska. Oh! these tempers. I know all about them. It is\nastonishing how small a thing will ruffle them. Yet I know a lady of\nwhom everybody says: \u201cHow lovely she is. One never hears her speak an\nungentle word.\u201d\n\nAnd the lady told me herself that when she was a young girl she used to\nfly into a passion over the smallest things, and have to be locked into\nher room for hours! So, you see, the naughty tempers can be overcome.\n\n_May_ from Conn. Thirty-seven mistakes in my \u201cqueer letter!\u201d I wonder\nif any of the Pansies will find more than that number? I am waiting to\nsee. Your little poem gave me so much amusement I think I must copy it\nfor all our family.\n\n_Harold_ and _Laurence_ from New Mexico. Welcome to our Pansy Bed,\nmy dear, brave boys! How do I know you are brave? Because people who\nown their faults and resolve to conquer them, have a right to that\ntitle. Don\u2019t you know the Bible says: \u201cHe that ruleth his spirit, is\ngreater than he that taketh a city?\u201d Is that just the way it reads? I\nam quoting from memory. Look it up, won\u2019t you, and see if I am exactly\ncorrect?\n\nWe would like to hear about the interesting things in New Mexico.\n\n_Lizzie_ from Illinois. Don\u2019t get discouraged, my dear girl, even\nwhen things will not go just as you want them. Don\u2019t you know the old\ncouplet:\n\n/*\n    If at first you don\u2019t succeed,\n      Try, try again.\n*/\n\nIt is a good motto to work by. If I were you, I would, by all means,\ntry a \u201cP. S.\u201d in the new home. You may be able, through it, to do a\ngreat deal of good.\n\n_Marion_ from Conn. I hope our badge is helping you. Jealous people\nmanage to get a great deal of unhappiness out of things which were\nintended for their pleasure. It is wise to get rid of that weed as fast\nas possible.\n\n_Minnie_ from Conn. I am glad to hear from you. Yes, it is hard to do\nright; but we have one comfort: it is, after all, a great deal harder\nto do wrong, because doing right grows easier as the days go by, while\ndoing wrong makes life harder for us each day.\n\n_Ralph_ from Ohio. \u201cMy boy,\u201d said an old gentleman, putting his hand\non the head of a little fellow, \u201chere is something to remember: other\npeople may do your work, but no one can ever do your duty for you.\u201d The\nboy is a man now, a grand one, and says he has always tried to live by\nthat sentence which the old gentleman gave him. Your pledge made me\nthink of this.\n\n_Stella_ from Nebraska. There are plenty of weeds in our bed, my dear;\nyou need not think you are alone in that; but the beauty of it is, we\nare all trying to get rid of them. \u201cI always count tardy obedience just\nthe same as disobedience,\u201d said a stern-faced mother to me the other\nday.\n\nThat seems rather hard, doesn\u2019t it? I don\u2019t think that is quite the\nway; but tardy obedience is a very disappointing kind. I know your\nmother must be glad that you intend to give no more of it.\n\n_Clarence_ from \u2014\u2014 The truth is, my boy, I don\u2019t really know where you\nare from. You forgot the State.\n\nYou are right about the mistakes. And did you correct them all without\nhelp? I should agree with you about the rabbit. I think we are often\nvery cruel in trying to cage and make pets of animals and birds who are\nused to freedom.\n\n_Mattie_ from Tennessee. O, yes! I have been in Florida. In fact, while\nI am writing, I sit at this moment under an orange-tree in Orange Co.,\nanswering your letter. As I read it, I raise my voice and give Mr.\nLivingston, who is in his study overhead, your message. He is very glad\nto get it. It makes a minister\u2019s heart glad to have a young listener\nsay that he makes things plain, in the pulpit.\n\nI hope you find your badge a reminder whenever you are tempted not to\ndo the next thing promptly.\n\n_Rufus_ and _Mamie_ from Massachusetts. So glad to welcome these dear\npeople to our garden! I think often of Rufus\u2019 pleasant face, and of\nhis tender care of Mamie. I wonder if that little Blossom is becoming\nless timid? Flowers often droop their heads, but the sweet, gentle dews\nmake them look up and smile. I think the dew of gentleness will drop\nall around Mamie\u2019s life and give her courage. Thank the dear mamma for\nher sweet, kind, strong words to me. When we all get home, what a happy\ntime we shall have together.\n\n_George_ from Indiana. Oh! these tempers. I think I must have said\nthat at least a dozen times this morning. I find so many of my Pansies\ntortured by that weed \u201canger.\u201d If we were not sure we could succeed,\nhow discouraging it would be! As it is, I rejoice over every new name I\nwrite in our great pledge book.\n\n_Emma_ from Dakota. I congratulate mamma. I know by experience just how\ntrying it is to have to repeat the same direction several times before\nit is obeyed. If you read the answers to letters, you will notice how\nmany of our Pansies are at work in the same line. We will take courage;\nthe next men and women will be stronger and better than we.\n\n\nEXTRACTS FROM PANSY LETTERS.\n\n/*\n    DEAR PANSY:\n*/\n\nI am a little girl ten years old. I have taken THE PANSY for two years,\nand like it ever so much. I got some nice presents from the Publishers:\na knitting machine, two balls of yarn, a box of Logomachy, and your\npicture. I think Nettie Decker was splendid. And Grandma Burton did\ntell such lovely stories! My grandma went to Heaven just a little while\nago. She was eighty-four years old. Mamma thinks I am making my letter\ntoo long, but I cannot tell you all I want to in a little short letter.\nIf you would only come to Wells Island I would go down there on purpose\nto see you; I think a great many other Pansies would do the same.\n\nI have many faults to overcome. One is, not being up in time for\nbreakfast; another is, not doing things quickly; and, not putting\nthings in their places when I have done with them. My two little\nbrothers want badges. One will try not to act cross when he can\u2019t have\nthings just as he wants them, and one will try to remember to take off\nhis hat when he comes into the room.\n\n/*\n    Your loving friend,\n\n    GRACIE CONGER.\n*/\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n/*\n    DEAR PANSY:\n*/\n\nI really cannot think how to commence this letter. Oh! I want to tell\nyou that I found thirty-seven misspelled words in the funny queer piece\nabout babies. I hope none of them are mine. Once I made up some poetry;\nit is not very good, but I will write it to you. Here it is:\n\n/*\n    Many an Indian man\n    Intruded upon the colonial land.\n    But they never tried to massacre\n    The little people of Alaska.\n*/\n\nI am very much interested in Nettie Decker, and, for that matter, in\nevery story that there is in THE PANSY.\n\n/*\n    Good-by,\n\n    MAY FINNEY.\n*/\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n/*\n    DEAR PANSY:\n*/\n\nI have taken your magazine for nearly two years. I like it very much.\nEver since I began reading the letters, I have thought how I should\nlike to join your band. Now I am going to, although I am afraid you\nwill find me a weedy Pansy. I mean to try and pull out every weed. I\nhave so many faults, I do not know which of them I need to overcome the\nworst. One of them is not to go right away when mamma calls, but to\nwait till I forget it.\n\nHow I should like to hear from you real often! But I know you have so\nmany Pansies to write to, I will try to be real patient. Mamma likes\nto read THE PANSY as well as I do. We are reading the New Testament\ntogether. Every morning when I get up, I take a verse from the Bible\nto live by, during the day. One verse I try to live by, is: \u201cFor even\nChrist pleased not himself.\u201d\n\n/*\n    Your loving friend,\n    STELLA GRAHAM.\n*/\n\n======\n\n[Illustration: right index] Until further notice, the address of Mrs.\nG. R. Alden will be Winter Park, Orange Co., Florida.\n\n\nILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOKS.\n\nIDEAL LITERATURE AND ART; IN RICH AND ORIGINAL BINDINGS.\n\n\nIDYLS AND PASTORALS.\n\n_Edition de luxe._ This splendid folio is a sumptuous home gallery\nof poetry and art. The text consists of twenty-four original poems\nby Celia Thaxter, written expressly for this volume. The poems are\naccompanied by twenty-four beautiful photogravures by eminent artists\nhere and abroad, including Kate Greenaway, Howard Pyle, W. T. Smedley,\nEdmund H. Garrett, F. Childe Hassam, Jessie Curtis Shepherd, Miss L. B.\nHumphrey, W. L. Taylor, Joseph Pennell, Thomas Hovenden, F. H. Lungren,\nT. W. Wood, N. A., Charles Volkmar, Hy. Sandham, F. T. Merrill, Henry\nBacon. The photogravures are printed by hand, in colors, no two of\nthe same tone, on the finest imported India paper, the text paper and\nthe backing of the India being the best American plate paper, made\nexpressly for this volume. Very handsomely bound in vellum cloth with\ndesign in two metals, gilt top, rough edges, price, $15.00. In white\ncalf, embossed in imitation of antique carved ivory, price, $25.00.\n\n\nYOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES.\n\n_Edition de luxe._ This unique folio volume holds twenty-four\npicturesque drawings of youthful race types and national costumes\nof both sexes, from Egyptian 1500 B. C., Chinese 500 B. C., Greek,\nRoman\u2014taking the various peoples at their eminence down through the\ncenturies to the French of Louis XIV., to the colonial of our own\nland. These very striking pictures are reproduced in fac-simile by\nphotogravure hand prints, in twelve tones; and the pictures are\naccompanied by twenty-four character poems by M. E. B. The book is\nprinted on the finest plate paper made expressly for this volume, gilt\ntop, rough edges, and the binding is likely to be the novelty of the\nyear\u2014the base being an imported vellum cloth, entirely covered by a\nrich and mystic design, over-printed in photogravure by hand in several\ntones, with lettering in dead gold, $10.00. In superb silk canvas\n(special manufacture of the Tiffany Associated Artists, New York) and\nemerald calf, price, $20.00.\n\n\nHEROINES OF THE POETS.\n\n_Edition de luxe._ This magnificent folio is unique among holiday\nvolumes. The text consists of twelve poems by the most famous poets\nfrom Chaucer to Browning, and the heroines of these poems, in\ncharacteristic situations, are the subjects of a superb series of\npictures by F. H. Lungren. In addition to the twelve \u201cheroines,\u201d the\nbook has a beautiful frontispiece, vignettes, etc. But the notable\nfeature of the book is the remarkable reproduction of the original\ndrawings, which are masterpieces of photogravure, printed by hand\non the finest imported India paper, mounted on the best American\nplate paper, no two pictures in the whole volume of the same color\nor tone. Very handsomely bound in cloth, gilt top, rough edges, with\nan exquisite inset in color and lettering in gold, $12.00. Leather\nbinding, $15.00.\n\n\nWONDERFUL CHRISTMASES OF OLD.\n\nIn this special holiday volume Mr. Butterworth describes in graphic\nprose ten famous historic events that have fallen on Christmas Day,\nwhich are the subjects of ten beautiful and dramatic pictures, by F. H.\nLungren, who has also furnished the frontispiece, title and vignettes.\nEach volume is in a unique box; cloth, gilt edges, price, $1.75. In\nleather binding, $2.00.\n\n\nBYE-O-BABY BALLADS.\n\nThe little folks have in this superb \u201ccolor book\u201d a volume as perfect\nin taste as the costly adult gift books of this and previous years. The\nballads, by Charles Stuart Pratt (editor of WIDE AWAKE and BABYLAND),\nare for children, not simply about them, and, between the songs of\ngood-morning and good-night, cover the range of a child\u2019s day and a\nchild\u2019s year. The pictures, by F. Childe Hassam, the popular water\ncolor painter, include many charming full pages and hundreds smaller,\nreproduced in exquisite colors by the eminent art lithographers, G. H.\nBuek & Co. Withal, the book is distinctively modern and American. In\nbeautiful binding of colors and gold, price, $2.00.\n\n\nSONNETS: From the Portuguese.\n\nThough without illustrations, these immortal love sonnets by Elizabeth\nBarrett Browning have been given so rich and exquisite a setting that\nthe volume is likely to be one of the most favored gift books of the\nyear. Edited with notes by W. J. Rolfe. Vellum, gilt top, rough edges,\n$1.50.\n\n\nTHE KINGDOM OF HOME.\n\nHomely poems for home lovers. The choicest poems from all sources and\ntimes. Selected and arranged by ARTHUR GILMAN, M. A. It is a large\nand very elegant quarto, profusely and beautifully illustrated, and\nsuitable for a birthday gilt, wedding present or Christmas remembrance.\n8vo, leather, seal grain, or half calf, white vellum cloth, $6.00.\n\n\nTHROUGH SPAIN ON DONKEY-BACK.\n\nOne hundred drawings by W. PARKER BODFISH, with explanatory notes.\nThese fine studies of the Spanish life of to-day have a special\ninterest from their freshness, having been recently drawn from life. By\nexquisite printing in black on a delicate undertint the novel and rich\neffect of proof impressions on Japanese paper is secured. Espagnolia\nbinding, $3.00.\n\n\n/#\n    WILD FLOWERS AND WHERE THEY GROW.\n#/\n\nBY AMANDA B. HARRIS. Sixty illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey. A\ncharming chronicle of the rambles, explorations, and merry-makings of a\ngay household. 8vo, extra cloth, beautifully bound, gilt edges, $3.00.\nMorocco padded, limp, gilt edges, $4.00.\n\n\n/#\n    POETS\u2019 HOMES. PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES OF AMERICAN POETS\n    AND THEIR HOMES.\n#/\n\nBy R. H. STODDARD, ARTHUR GILMAN and others. New complete edition. This\ncollection of entertaining papers concerning the homes, habits and\nwork of prominent American authors, is fully illustrated with views,\ninteriors and portraits. First series, extra cloth, plain, $1.50; gilt,\n$1.75. Second series, extra cloth, plain, $1.50; gilt, $1.75. Two\nvolumes in one, 8vo, cloth, plain, $2.50; gilt, $3.00.\n\n\n/#\n    FIELD, WOOD AND MEADOW. HOW WE WENT BIRD\u2019S-NESTING.\n#/\n\nBy AMANDA B. HARRIS. A charming volume which represents many years\u2019\npatient outdoor study. Twelve full-page landscape and figure engravings\nby George Foster Barnes. Quarto, extra cloth, gilt edges, $2.00.\n\n\n/*\n    _Franklin and Hawley Streets, Boston._\n*/\n\n\nILLUSTRATED BOOKS.\n\nART, LITERATURE AND TRAVEL.\n\n\n/#\n    THE LAND OF THE CZAR AND THE NIHILIST.\n#/\n\nWith an account of travels in Norway and Sweden including a view of the\nmidnight sun from the North Cape. By J. M. BUCKLEY, LL. D. Extra cloth,\n$3.50.\n\nThis book is fresh from the travels and observations of Dr. Buckley,\nwho has made an extended tour in the countries named, and treats of\nwhat he saw there with all the power and brilliancy of this gifted\nauthor, who is well known as one of the talented and influential\neditors of the most widely circulated religious paper in America.\n\n\nTHE ICE ZONES.\n\nAmerican exploration in the Ice Zones with a full account of the\nwork of the Greely party and rescue of the survivors. By PROF. J. E.\nNOURSE. Professor Nourse\u2019s book bears the credentials of accuracy and\nauthority, is well printed and bound, has numerous engravings and\nuseful maps, including some portraits on steel, has a suitable index\nand table of contents. 8vo, extra cloth, $3.00; gilt edges $3.50; half\ncalf, $6.00.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE FAMILY FLIGHTS.\n\nBY E. E. HALE and SUSAN HALE. History, biography, personal incidents,\nnatural scenery, are all made, by these facile pens, to administer to\nthe pleasure of the readers. Each volume in double lithograph cover,\n$2.00; cloth, $2.50.\n\n/*\n    A Family Flight through Mexico.\n    A Family Flight around Home.\n    A Family Flight over Egypt.\n    A Family Flight through Spain.\n    A Family Flight through France.\n*/\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nQUARTOS BY MARGARET SIDNEY.\n\n/#\n    Golden West (The), AS SEEN BY THE RIDGWAY CLUB.\n#/\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY. This is a capital record of a journey, gathered\nfrom the author\u2019s personal knowledge of the places mentioned. It is\naccurate, clearly written, and admirably fitted to instruct young\npeople, and many older ones as well, on the localities, methods of\ntravel, peoples and customs of our newer States and Territories, around\nwhich at present gathers so much interest. Everything in this volume is\nfresh and unhackneyed, and presented in the author\u2019s fascinating style.\nLithographed, $1.75. Cloth, ornate stamp, $2.25.\n\n/#\n    What The Seven Did; OR, THE DOINGS OF THE WORDSWORTH\n    CLUB.\n#/\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY. Seven bright girls are the heroines of this\nvolume for the young people; how they succeeded in doing many acts\nof charity with their little means, and how they all had a very good\ntime, the author tells in a graphic and entertaining manner; profusely\nillustrated in the text, and with many full-page pictures. In a\nhandsome lithographed cover, $1.75; cloth, gilt, $2.25.\n\nWho Told It To Me.\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY, author of \u201cFive Little Peppers.\u201d A charming story\nof country life and the best kind of country people, and so vivid are\nsome of its touches that one can hardly believe it is all pure fiction.\nBeautifully illustrated and bound in chromo covers, $1.25; cloth,\n$1.75.\n\n\nWIDE AWAKE, 1886.\n\nTwo volumes in one including the Chautauqua Supplement. This massive\nquarto with its thousand double-columned pages and its hundreds of\nengravings is a book for a whole year\u2019s delight. Its trifling price\ncovers several volumes of popular stories. Cloth, $4.00.\n\n\n/#\n    YOUNG FOLKS\u2019 GOLDEN TREASURY OF POEMS.\n#/\n\nThe finest and most beautiful illustrated volume of poetry ever issued\nfor young people. The illustrations are all original by our best\nartists. Very finely engraved. It contains many original poems by John\nG. Whittier, Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Christina\nRossetti and other famous English and American authors. Extra cloth,\ngilt edges, $5.00.\n\n\nART FOR YOUNG FOLKS.\n\nA book full of suggestions and hints for all young people interested\neither in the practice or literature of art. Narrating the amusing\nexperiences of two New York boys in its earlier chapters, it goes on\nto give an account of an Art School for Children in New York City, and\nthen furnishes biographies of twenty-four successful American artists,\nmost of whom are now living, with portraits, engravings of paintings,\nand views of studios. Quarto, tinted edges, $2.00; cloth, gilt edges,\n$3.00.\n\n\nTHE POET AND THE CHILDREN.\n\nEdited by MATTHEW HENRY LOTHROP. It has for its leading poem Whittier\u2019s\nverses on Longfellow, which give title to the book. The different poems\nare the contributions of some of the finest writers in the country\nand are especially adapted to the tastes of young readers. Exquisite\nillustrations by such artists as Miss Humphrey, E. H. Garrett, and\nJessie Curtis Sheppard. Cloth gilt, gilt edges, $3.00.\n\n\nCHILD LORE.\n\nEdited by CLARA DOTY BATES. This is the most delightful and valuable\nchild\u2019s book ever issued. It contains child classics of all times,\nnewly versified by Mrs. Bates, and more than two hundred original\nillustrations by American artists. Double lithograph cover, $2.00.\nCloth, ornate stamps, $3.00.\n\n\nBOYS\u2019 AND GIRLS\u2019 ANNUAL. 1886.\n\nEdited by WILLIAM BLAIR PERKINS, A. B. It contains original stories\nwritten expressly for us by the best living authors who have ever\nwritten for young folks. Illustrations by the best illustrators in\nAmerica. Profusely illustrated and attractively bound. Quarto, cloth,\n$3.00.\n\n\nYOUNG FOLKS\u2019 CYCLOP\u00c6DIA\n\nOF STORIES. By famous authors. These favorite stories sold separately\nin 12mo volumes at $9.00 may here be bought in one elegant volume.\nBound in elegant cloth, $3.00.\n\n\nBLOSSOMS BY THE WAY.\n\nA collection of choice poems. Edited by CARRIE A. COOKE. Border\ndesigns by M. J. Sweeney. The poems are for children\u2019s reading, and\nthe pictures will please the little ones; each page enclosed in a very\npretty border in different colors, and composed of vines, flowers, and\ndelicate tendrils, extra cloth, gilt edges, $3.00.\n\n\nALL AMONG THE LIGHTHOUSES.\n\nBy Mary Bradford Crowninshield. Finely illustrated from photographs and\noriginal drawings. An attractive book for boys, giving the account of\nan actual trip along the coast of Maine by a lighthouse inspector with\ntwo wide awake boys in charge. The visits to the numerous lighthouses\nnot only teem with incident, but abound in information that will\ninterest every one. Extra cloth, quarto, $2.50.\n\n\n/*\n    _Franklin and Hawley Streets, Boston._\n*/\n\n\n\n\nHOLIDAY QUARTOS.\n\nEACH VOLUME PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, BOUND IN BOARDS WITH BEAUTIFUL\nLITHOGRAPH COVERS.\n\n\n$1.75.\n\nWIDE AWAKE, Volume U.\n\nThis beautiful volume is rich in stories, ballads, special illustrated\narticles, adventures, history and literature and art features\nrepresenting the recent work of the most popular authors and artists.\nAmong its commanding specialties are the \u201cPopsy Stories\u201d by H. H.,\nthe \u201cVirginia Stories\u201d by Mrs. Jessie Benton Fr\u00e9mont, the \u201cOld Colony\nStories\u201d by Miss Wilkins, the fine heliotype Memorial Portrait of\nGeneral Grant, and a complete serial story, \u201cHow the Middies Set up\nShop,\u201d by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, etc., etc.\n\n\nWIDE AWAKE, Volume V.\n\nThis magnificent annual is rich in special features: True War Stories,\ntrue stories of Perilous Adventure, richly pictorial Ballads, by Mrs.\nWhitney, Mrs. Thaxter, Mrs. Spofford, Sarah Orne Jewett, Nora Perry and\nElizabeth Stuart Phelps, two beautiful full pages in colors, together\nwith a charming serial by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, \u201cA Girl and\na Jewel,\u201d largely descriptive of the author\u2019s own childhood adventures\nand escapades.\n\n\nCHILDREN\u2019S BALLADS.\n\nHeroic stories from history, and hearth-legends, told in the musical\nverse that children remember and repeat; among these ballads are the\nstories of the Luck of Edenhall, Robert Bruce\u2019s Bowl, The Marching\nof the Cock-Horse Regiment at Nuremburg, The Mission Tea given to\nHavelock\u2019s Highlanders at Lucknow, etc., etc. Richly illustrated.\n\n\nSIGHTS WORTH SEEING.\n\nGraphic records of brilliant spectacles and foreign panoramas by those\nwho saw them. \u201cThe Montreal Carnival,\u201d \u201cChild Life in Venice,\u201d \u201cThrough\nthe Heart of Paris,\u201d \u201cA Grand Peace-Meat,\u201d etc., etc. Fully illustrated.\n\n\n\u00c6SOP\u2019S FABLES.\n\nVersified by MRS. CLARA DOTY BATES. Accompanied by the standard\ntranslations from the original Greek. Illustrated by E. H. Garrett,\nF. H. Lungren, F. Childe Hassam, George Foster Barnes, M. J. Sweeney.\nThe striking originality and fine workmanship displayed in the\nillustrations make this volume a tempting one. Cloth, $1.75; gilt\nedges, $2.00.\n\n\nNEW ENGLAND STORY BOOK.\n\nStories by famous New England authors; MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY, MARGARET\nSIDNEY, NORA PERRY, SARAH O. JEWETT, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS, and\nothers. This has become a standard story-book and will remain so for\nyears. This new and enlarged edition is tastefully bound in an elegant\ncover lithographed by Julius Bien & Co. $1.75; cloth, $2.00.\n\n\nCHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKES.\n\nEnlarged edition of one of the most attractive juvenile books. A\nselection of poetry for little folks, chosen with excellent taste, and\nbeautifully printed and bound with two hundred illustrations. Cover\nlithographed by Julius Bien & Co. $1.75; cloth, $2.00.\n\n\n$1.50.\n\n/#\n    OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN, 1886.\n#/\n\nA notable feature of this attractive annual is the large number of\nfull-page pictures, seventy-four in all, two printed in colors,\nin addition to nearly two hundred smaller illustrations. The text\nis designed for the delight and information of youngest readers,\nincluding, along with short stories, poems, incidents of travel and\ncurious bits of animal life, a complete serial in twelve chapters,\nentitled, \u201cMe and My Dolls,\u201d by the popular English writer, L. T.\nMeade, written expressly for this volume. Quarto, illuminated cover,\nfrom water color designs by Miss. C. A. Northam. $1.50; cloth, $2.00.\n\n\nMY LAND AND WATER FRIENDS.\n\nBy MARY E. BAMFORD. The most novel and entertaining of outdoor books,\ngiving delicious little autobiographic accounts of strange and familiar\ncreatures, their ways of life and possible ways of thinking and\ntalking, together with nearly two hundred original drawings by L. J.\nBridgman, accurate enough for a scientific work, yet not lacking in\nfancy and quaint touches.\n\n\nTHE GOLDEN YEAR.\n\nA Horn of Plenty sort of book, spilling over with charming family\nstories of all kinds for all varieties of weathers and moods. A taste\nfor \u201cgood short stories\u201d has been growing for the last two years, and\nthis is one of the best of the collections. Every story is original.\nIllustrated.\n\n\n/#\n    FAMOUS STORIES BY FAVORITE AUTHORS.\n#/\n\nRepresentative stories by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, David Ker, Charles\nR. Talbot and John Preston True. Each story is illustrated by more than\ntwenty-five drawings by American artists.\n\n\nYULE TIDE.\n\nIllustrated stories by American and English authors. With a poem by\nHENRY RANDALL WAITE. It is not often that so much that is varied and\nchoice is brought together in a single collection. Boards, double\ncover, $1.50; cloth, tinted edges, in box, $2.00.\n\n\nPANSY\u2019S PICTURE BOOK.\n\nThese delineations of child-life are thoroughly clear and natural; not\nonly their looks, attitudes, costumes, and gestures, but what they do,\nsay, think and feel. Double lithograph cover, $1.50; cloth, $2.00.\n\n\n/#\n    THE LIFE AND HABITS OF WILD ANIMALS,\n#/\n\nA choice volume of Natural History, giving the traits and habits of\nwild animals. Illustrated from designs by JOSEPH WOLF. The descriptions\ninclude the elephant, tiger, bear, puma, rabbit, wild boar, jaguar,\nbison or buffalo, ape, wolf, lion, deer, baboon, chamois, lynx, weasel,\nsea-gull, owl, crow, osprey.\n\n\n/*\n    _Franklin and Hawley Streets, Boston._\n*/\n\n\n\n\n_PANSY ADVERTISER_\n\n\n=PROGRESSIVE HOUSEKEEPING.=\n\nGood Housekeeping,\n\nA SEMI-MONTHLY JOURNAL,\n\n_Conducted in the Interests of the Higher Life of the Household_.\n\n\nVolume IV. of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING will have among its other attractions,\n\n=A NEW SERIAL\u2014PROGRESSIVE HOUSEKEEPING,=\n\n\u2014BY\u2014\n\n=CATHERINE OWEN=, entitled \u201cPROGRESSIVE HOUSEKEEPING, or Keeping House\nwithout Knowing How, and Knowing How to Keep House Well.\u201d\n\nThis serial will contain the much-called-for Daily Housekeepers\u2019\nProgramme.\n\n======\n\n=E. C. GARDENER= will write on the important subject of \u201cKitchen\nComfort, Convenience and Economy,\u201d with drawings of a Model Kitchen,\nand some detailed Kitchen Appurtenances.\n\n======\n\n=MARIA PARLOA= will continue her valuable series of papers, which are\nprepared expressly for GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and are not printed elsewhere.\n\n\n=A $25 PRIZE PAPER ON CARVING.=\n\n/#\n    GOOD HOUSEKEEPING has so many wails from correspondents\n    who find the matter of Carving a burden grievous to be\n    borne, and who ask for detailed instructions in the\n    Art of the Carving Knife, that we offer $25 for the\n    best and most complete paper on Carving\u2014practical,\n    instructive and comprehensive\u2014that may be sent us on or\n    before November 1st, 1886. The name of the writer must\n    accompany each paper in a sealed envelope, not to be\n    opened until after the papers have been examined.\n\n    ======\n\n    Every person sending us $2.50 before January 1st,\n    1887, will receive GOOD HOUSEKEEPING from November\n    13th, 1886\u2014the commencement of Volume IV.\u2014to January\n    1st, 1888, and Catherine Owen\u2019s admirable serial, \u201cTen\n    Dollars Enough, or How to Live Well on Ten Dollars a\n    Week,\u201d which has been published in a tasteful book of\n    some 300 pages.\n\n    The able writers on practical household subjects,\n    who have made so quickly and permanently an enviable\n    position and established fame for GOOD HOUSEKEEPING,\n    will continue to favor its readers with their\n    contributions in the interests of the Higher Life of\n    the Household, and it will be the aim of its Editor\n    to make each issue better and more valuable than its\n    predecessor, in the Homes of the World.\n\n    N. B. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING is the best home magazine\n    published, and is issued _every other week_.\n#/\n\n/*\n    =CLARK W. BRYAN & CO., Publishers,=\n\n    New York Office:\n    239 Broadway.            HOLYOKE, MASS.\n*/\n\n\n=DESIRING TO MAKE=\n\n=ALL THE LITTLE FOLKS HAPPY=\n\nWe have printed nearly a million copies of\n\nThe Delightful Story\n\nTressy\u2019s Christmas,\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY, with two Full-page illustrations, and will send a\ncopy to any child whose address is sent to us with a 2-cent stamp for\nmailing.\n\n/*\n    D. LOTHROP & CO., Boston.\n*/\n\n\n=NEW TEMPERANCE PUBLICATIONS.=\n\nThe National Temperance Society and Publication House has published\nover 1500 varieties of publications bearing upon every phase of the\ntemperance question, from the pens of over 250 different writers. The\nfollowing are among the publications:\n\n=For Sunday-School Libraries.=\n\n/*\n  =Let it Alone.= 12mo, 294 pages                                  $1 00\n  =The Old Tavern,= and other Stories. 12mo, 386 pages              1 25\n  =Dave Marquand.= 12mo, 357 pages                                  1 25\n  =The Bird-Angel.= 12mo, 147 pages                                   75\n  =Under Ban.= 12mo, 325 pages                                      1 25\n  =The Story of Rasmus=; or, The Making of a Man. 12mo, 338 pages   1 25\n*/\n\n=Miscellaneous Publications.=\n\n/*\n    =The Prohibitionist\u2019s Text-Book.= 12mo, 312 pp. Cloth,    $1 00\n    paper                                                        50\n*/\n\nThis volume contains the most valuable arguments, statistics,\ntestimonies and appeals, showing the iniquity of the license system,\nand the right and duty of prohibition.\n\n/*\n  =Alcohol and the State.= A Discussion of the Problem of Law\n    as applied to the Liquor-traffic. By Robert C. Pitman, LL. D.,\n    Associate Judge of Supreme Court of Massachusetts. 12mo,\n    411 pages, cloth, =$1 50=; paper edition                     50\n\n  =Talmage on Rum.= By T. De Witt Talmage, D.D. 12mo, 114\n    pages. Consisting of eight sermons by this eminent pulpit\n    orator on the twin evils of rum and tobacco                  25\n\n  =The Prohibition Songster.= 12mo, 80 pages. Compiled by J.\n    N. Stearns. =$1 50= per dozen; =$12= per hundred; single\n    copies.                                                      15\n*/\n\nThis is a new collection of words and music for Temperance Gatherings,\nwith some of the most soul-stirring songs ever published. Music by some\nof the best composers, and words by our best poets.\n\n/*\n  =Readings and Recitations, No. 6.= 12mo, 120 pages. By\n    Miss L. Penney. Cloth, 50 cents; paper                       25\n*/\n\nThis is an entirely new collection of articles in prose and verse from\nthe pens of some of the best authors in the land.\n\n/*\n  =National Temperance Almanac=                                10\n*/\n\nThis admirable hand-book for 1887 is now ready, and full of interesting\nfacts, figures and statistics. 72 pages on tinted paper.\n\n/*\n  =Book of Dialogues, No. 1.= By Rev. A. J. Davis. 12mo, 118\n    pages. Cloth, =60= cents; paper cover                        25\n*/\n\nAn entirely new book of 25 Dialogues, humorous, pathetic and\ninstructive. Adapted for entertainments and literary exercises of all\nkinds.\n\n/*\n  =The Brooklet Series.= Six illustrated Story-books. Cloth\n    binding, with chromo. 72 pages each. 226 wood engravings.\n    Only =25= cents each                                       1 50\n*/\n\n=THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.=\n\nA monthly paper devoted to the interests of the Temperance Reform,\ncontaining articles upon every phase of the movement from the pens of\nsome of the ablest writers in America.\n\nTerms (cash in advance) including postage, $1.00 per year.\n\n=THE YOUTH\u2019S TEMPERANCE BANNER.=\n\nThe National Temperance Society and Publication House publish a\nbeautifully illustrated four-page Monthly Paper for Children and Youth,\nSabbath-schools and Juvenile Temperance Organizations. Each number\ncontains several choice engravings, a piece of music, and a great\nvariety of articles from the pens of the best writers for children in\nAmerica.\n\nTERMS: MONTHLY\u2014Cash in advance, including postage. Single copies, one\nyear, 25 cents; one hundred copies to one address, $12. For any number\nof copies over four to one address, at the rate of 12 cents per year.\n\nSEMI-MONTHLY\u2014Single copies, one year, 40 cents; four copies and over to\none address, 24 cents each.\n\nBesides these, the Society publishes a large variety of Tracts, Cards,\nSong-Books, Books for Sunday-school Libraries, Text-Books, etc., etc.\nCatalogue sent free on application. Address\n\n/*\n    =J. N. STEARNS, Publishing Agent,\n    58 Reade Street, New York.=\n*/\n\n\nPREMIUM LIST.\n\n/*\n    WIDE AWAKE, $2.40.      THE PANSY, $1.00.      BABYLAND, 50 cts.\n    OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN, $1.00.\n*/\n\n\n=HINTS ABOUT GETTING NEW SUBSCRIBERS.=\n\nThose desiring to secure one or more of the valuable premiums offered\nin this list should read carefully the following:\u2014\n\n1. Send us ten cents (either by a postal note, or in stamps), and we\nwill send you, as a canvassing outfit, specimen copies of the above\nmagazines, prospectuses and \u201cHints about getting new Subscribers.\u201d By\nfollowing the directions given in the pamphlet, and devoting a little\ntime and trouble, you can hardly fail to secure some new subscribers.\n\n\nInstructions to all Working for Premiums.\n\n=2. Our premiums are not offered as an inducement to any one to\nsubscribe for our magazines.= We have put the subscription price just\nas low as possible, so as to be within the reach of all. The premiums\nare simply offered to those who choose to give us the time, trouble\nand expense of obtaining for us new subscribers, and sending us the\nnecessary amount.\n\n3. The sender\u2019s subscription cannot count for a premium =when sent\nalone=, but may be counted when =two or more new= subscriptions are\nsent at the same time for any of the magazines.\n\n=4. A transfer of a subscription from one member of a family to another\ndoes not constitute a new subscriber.=\n\n5. Send your subscriptions as you get them. Always send the payment for\neach subscription with the name.\n\n6. You can send for a premium when you send us the names of new\nsubscribers, or you can complete your list and then select your\npremiums, as you may prefer.\n\n7. Those working for premiums can have until October, 1887, in which to\ncomplete their lists.\n\n8. All premiums should be ordered by November 1st, 1887.\n\n=9. The premiums we offer are given FOR new subscribers, NOT TO new\nsubscribers.=\n\n10. Two new subscriptions for six months will count as one yearly\nsubscription.\n\n11. The names and full subscription price must be sent to D. Lothrop &\nCo., and _not_ through any agent or Subscription Agency.\n\n=12. Renewals may count in lists of two or more names, provided at\nleast one half of such lists consists of new names.=\n\nThe volumes of the magazines begin as follows:\n\nWIDE AWAKE, with the December and June numbers; THE PANSY, with the\nNovember number; OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN, with the January number;\nBABYLAND, with the January number.\n\nAlways specify the date you wish the subscriptions to begin with.\nSubscriptions may begin with any number.\n\n13. No WIDE AWAKE subscriptions for the C. Y. F. R. U. Course will\ncount towards premiums. Subscriptions for the CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS\u2019\nJOURNAL do not count towards premiums.\n\n14. If you send for your premiums after your list is completed send us\nthe name and full address of each new subscriber you have sent.\n\n15. _Mark every name or list of names, \u201cFor premiums,\u201d if so intended,\nand we will credit them to the sender._\n\n16. All subscriptions for premiums are credited to the _Sender_,\nwhether the papers are sent to one Post-office, or to a dozen or more\noffices.\n\n17. Express or freight charges are usually low on premium articles. The\ncost can be best learned at one\u2019s own office.\n\n18. The articles in this list are for sale at the prices given. No\narticle will be sent by express C. O. D. unless a remittance of one\nhalf the price accompanies the order. We will register any premium sent\nby mail, thus insuring its safe arrival, if ten cents extra is sent\nus for registry fee. =If sent unregistered, we cannot hold ourselves\nresponsible for its non-receipt.=\n\n\nSpecial Instructions.\n\n19. A remittance should be made by a Post-office order; by a registered\nletter; by American Express money order; or by a bank check. These four\nways are safe. Remittances for _small_ amounts may be made by postal\nnotes or stamps, but not at our risk.\n\n20. Write your name and address, and the names of your subscribers, and\ntheir Post-office address, very plainly, every time you write.\n\n21. _Sign your name to your letter every time you write._\n\n\nDelays in Receiving Premiums.\n\n22. If any article which you have ordered does not come by the next\nmail do not feel at all anxious, and do not write at once. You should\nwait five, ten, or perhaps fifteen days, according to the distance you\nare from Boston. If you have occasion to write, please follow these\nrules: Give the date when you mailed the order. Specify how you sent\nmoney, and how much money you enclosed.\n\n\nTo Foreign Readers.\n\n23. The above rules about mailing premiums apply only to the United\nStates and Territories. =Premium articles (except books), must be sent\nby express to Canada, receiver to pay charges and duties in all cases.=\nWe will follow any direction given about sending articles from the\nPremium List to foreign subscribers.\n\n/*\n    Send all orders for subscriptions and specimen numbers, applications\n      for agencies, special terms and circulars, etc., etc., to\n    D. LOTHROP & CO., FRANKLIN AND HAWLEY STREETS, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.\n*/\n\n\n/*\n    _PREMIUM LIST._ {_WIDE AWAKE._        _OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN._\n                    {_BABYLAND._          _THE PANSY._\n*/\n\n\n=GAMES AND TOYS.=\n\n\n=WORDS AND SENTENCES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n/*\n    GAME OF\n    WORDS\n    AND\n    SENTENCES\n*/\n\nMILTON BRADLEY & CO. Springfield, Mass.]\n\nA sensible and interesting amusement for the entire family circle.\nOf all the various letter games under the names of Logomachy, War\nof Words, Word Making and Word Taking, etc., we believe Words and\nSentences covers the ground more thoroughly and with greater range of\ninterest than any other. This edition has very heavy tablets, water\nproof enameled, in a fine, polished wood box, and is an ornament to any\ntable, and the tablets are a pleasure to handle. Price in wood box, 50\ncents. We also have the same game in a cheaper form, in a neat paper\nbox. Given for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=SNAP.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nA card game printed in colors. Put up very neatly in paper box. The\nbest child\u2019s game published. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=THE CHECKERED GAME OF LIFE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n/*\n  +============+============+==========+=============+============+===========+==============+=============+\n  |            |  WEALTH    |          |  MATRIMONY  |            | GAMBLING  |              |HAPPY OLD AGE|\n  |            |            |          |             |            |  TO RUIN  |              |             |\n  |            |    10      |          |   picture   |            |  symbol   |              |      50     |\n  |            |  WEALTH    |          |  MATRIMONY  |            | GAMBLING  |              |HAPPY OLD AGE|\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |PERSEVERANCE|            |  TRUTH   |             |  POLITICS  |           | INTEMPERANCE |             |\n  | TO SUCCESS |            |          |             | TO CONGRESS|           |  TO POVERTY  |             |\n  |   Symbol   |            | picture  |             |   symbol   |           |   symbol     |             |\n  |PERSEVERANCE|            |  TRUTH   |             |  POLITICS  |           | INTEMPERANCE |             |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |            |   CRIME    |          |  HAPPINESS  |            | IDLENESS  |              |   SUCCESS   |\n  |            |  TO PRISON |          |             |            |TO DISGRACE|              |             |\n  |            |   symbol   |          |      5      |            |  picture  |              |      5      |\n  |            |   CRIME    |          |  HAPPINESS  |            | IDLENESS  |              |   SUCCESS   |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |  CONGRESS  |            |  HONOR   |             |   CUPID    |           |  SPECULATION |             |\n  |            |            |          |             |TO MATRIMONY|           |              |             |\n  |      5     |            |    5     |             |   symbol   |           |              |             |\n  |  CONGRESS  |            |  HONOR   |             |   CUPID    |           |  SPECULATION |             |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |            |   HONESTY  |          |   INDUSTRY  |            |  BRAVERY  |              |     RUIN    |\n  |            |TO HAPPINESS|          |  TO WEALTH  |            |  TO HONOR |              |             |\n  |            |   symbol   |          |   symbol    |            |   symbol  |              |    picture  |\n  |            |   HONESTY  |          |   INDUSTRY  |            |  BRAVERY  |              |      RUIN   |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |  POVERTY   |            | AMBITION |             |  COLLEGE   |           |   SUICIDE    |             |\n  |  picture   |            |  symbol  |             |     5      |           |   picture    |             |\n  |  POVERTY   |            | AMBITION |             |  COLLEGE   |           |   SUICIDE    |             |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |            |  SCHOOL    |          |  INFLUENCE  |            |   FAME    |              |  FAT OFFICE |\n  |            | TO COLLEGE |          |TO FAT OFFICE|            |           |              |             |\n  |            |  symbol    |          |    symbol   |            |  picture  |              |      5      |\n  |            |  SCHOOL    |          |  INFLUENCE  |            |   FAME    |              |  FAT OFFICE |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n  |   INFANCY  |            | DISGRACE |             |    JAIL    |           |    PRISON    |             |\n  |            |            |          |             |            |           |WHERE YOU MUST|             |\n  |   picture  |            | picture  |             |   picture  |           |     LOSE     |             |\n  |   INFANCY  |            | DISGRACE |             |    JAIL    |           |   ONE MOVE   |             |\n  |            |            |          |             |            |           |     PRISON   |             |\n  +------------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+\n*/\n\n\nOne of the oldest and best juvenile games. This game was among\nthe first that served to inaugurate the introduction of moral and\ninstructive amusements into our homes, and is still a prime favorite.\nPrice $1.00.\n\n\n=THE AMERICAN TOY VILLAGE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Toy Village is superior in design, finish, variety, and\nconstruction to any ever offered. A large map or plan of a village,\nwith streets, canals, river, harbor, etc., lithographed in colors,\naccompanies each set. The pieces consist of Church, Blocks, single\nHouses, Passenger Station, Freight Depot, Coal Sheds. Railroad Train,\nCanal Boats, Monitor, Passenger Steamer, Lighthouse, etc., etc., and\nin addition to the plan designated on the map, may be arranged in\nvarious other ways. With a box of sand, real hills, streets, etc., may\nbe formed, and the buildings, etc., set in place, thus rendering it a\nsummer as well as winter toy. The whole is packed in a strong, finely\nfinished wooden box, with a large, elegant chromo-lithographed label\ncovering the top. Price 1.00. Postage 12 cents extra.\n\n\n=CHECKER AND BACKGAMMON BOARDS.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese are nice checker boards, with polished wood frames, wood sides,\nand metal hinges. The peculiar construction of the frame protects the\nedges of the covering, so that a complete imitation of inlaid work is\npresented and great durability secured.\n\nNo. 1. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00. An elegant\nmoulded frame of polished cherry, with covering in imitation of\ninlaid rosewood and satin wood, very light, ornamental and desirable.\nFurnished with cups and checker men. Size, 8x14 when closed. Price\n$1.00.\n\nNo. 3. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50. A beautiful\nboard with polished cherry frame and with sides imitation of mahogany\nand walnut inlaid. Furnished with cups and men. Size, 7x12 closed.\nPrice 75 cents.\n\nNo. 5. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00. Polished wood\nframe, board sides, paper covering, brass hinges. A durable and\nhandsome board. Furnished with cups and men. Size, 6x10\u00bd closed. Price\n50 cents.\n\n\n=JACK STRAWS.=\n\nThis is one of the most popular games ever played, and although enjoyed\nas well centuries ago, is always new. Our AMERICAN JACK STRAWS are the\nfirst ever made by machinery, and are very light and durable.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe No. 1 Set contains 18 different pieces, and is given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00. Price 50 cents.\n\nThe No. 2 Set is given for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\nIt contains guns, serpents, arrows, lances, round straws and square\nstraws. The game is as well played by one set as the other, but of\ncourse No. 1 is the more attractive. Price for No. 2, 25 cts.\n\n\n=PARCHEESI.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nParcheesi is designed in such a distinct and attractive manner that it\nis quickly comprehended by children, putting their wits on the alert\nat once, and engaging the excited interest of the oldest players for\nhours. It can be played by either two, three or four persons at a time.\n\nIt is bound in durable and handsome paper (imitation cloth), with\nlabels printed in best gold bronze. A box containing eight dice, 16\ncounters of heavy pasteboard, and directions accompanying the board,\nthe whole forming a complete and very attractive game. Price $1.00.\nPostage and packing 25 cents extra.\n\n\n=A SET OF CHESS MEN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThe chess men are made of boxwood, and are in two colors, black and\nwhite. They are of good size and packed in a neat wooden box. Price 60\ncents.\n\n\n=GO BANG.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA splendid game for the young folks. Two, three or four can play at the\nsame time. The older ones enjoy it too. One of the most popular games\nplayed. Tivoli, and Fox and Geese can also be played on the same board,\nthus making three games on one board. Price $1.25. Postage 25 cts.\n\n\n=NEW GAME OF AUTHORS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents. This game is too\nwell known to require description. It is very interesting, and serves\nto familiarize the young with the names of the most celebrated authors\nand their work.\n\n\n=THE EVENING PARTY.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nA most enjoyable collection of entertainments. An elegant box with\nilluminated label and containing an assortment of games, puzzles,\ncharades, rebuses, tricks, conundrums, etc., in a convenient form for\nuse at sociables, picnics, and evenings at seaside and mountain. The\nbest thing for practical use ever published in this line. Any one who\nhas tried to entertain a dull company knows that just when wanted all\nrecollection of the details of suitable amusements is sure to take\nflight, all to be remembered when too late. This box fills the bill at\nthe time. Price, each, 25 cents.\n\n\n=PUZZLES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 25 cents.\n\nA collection of interesting puzzles in a neat box elegantly put up.\nEither one of the puzzles is worth the cost of the whole box for one\nevening. Price 15 cents.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=MATCHED PICTURES\u2014SCENES IN THE FAR WEST.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis toy is constructed on entirely new principles, and is not merely\nan ordinary dissected picture puzzle, but the design constituting the\n40 pieces is so ingeniously made that the various parts will mismatch\nto form an almost unlimited number of different pictures, representing\nmany of the most exciting incidents in Indian and frontier life. Price\n25 cents.\n\n\n=SLICED ANIMALS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: ZEBRA]\n\nA large box containing pictures of animals cut up, each slice of the\nanimal containing a letter of part of the same, so that as fast as\nthe picture is put together the name of the animal is spelt. The box\ncover is ornamented with a most attractive picture label, printed in\ndifferent colors. Price 50 cents. Postage 12 cents extra.\n\n\n=SLICED BIRDS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThe pictures are printed in the highest colors, as far as possible\nimitating the natural colors of the birds themselves, and are very\nattractive. Price 50 cents. Postage 12 cents extra.\n\n\n=COMMON SENSE BUILDING BLOCKS.=\n\nBox Z given for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nBox Z Z given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA large number of plain blocks of the Kindergarten building forms in a\nbox with brilliantly colored label. Just the blocks the mothers have\nbeen inquiring for, without paint or other injurious element. Nothing\na child can be injured with. Z contains 25 blocks. Price 25 cents. Z\nZ contains 50 blocks. Price 50 cents. Postage and packing on Box Z 30\ncents extra; on Box Z Z 60 cents extra\u2014or sent at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=SLICED OBJECTS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: BOAT]\n\nThese pictures are divided on the same plan as the Sliced Animals and\nSliced Birds. The box contains the following objects: Yacht, engine,\nboat, car, fort, church, house, dam, bridge, coach, fountain, statue.\nPrice 50 cents. Postage 12 cents extra.\n\n\n=THE GAME OF OLD MAID.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n/*\n    GAME OF\n    OLD MAID, IMPROVED\n*/\n\nMILTON BRADLEY & Co.\n\nSPRINGFIELD MASS.]\n\nThe game of Old Maid has been standard in many forms for years. Our\nnew edition \u201cImproved\u201d has several novel and attractive features never\nbefore introduced. The designs are new, by skilled artists, and in\nthemselves very attractive and amusing. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=THE HISTORISCOPE IMPROVED.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: BRADLEYS HISTORISCOPE]\n\nA large and elegant chromo-lithographic panorama, with thirty-two\nscenes, selected with great care for their attractive appearance and\nhistorical value. A new brief lecture embodies the principal events of\nAmerican history which are illustrated, and altogether the toy forms\na very attractive and instructive object lesson in history better\nthan months of dry study for fixing the subject in the minds of the\nchildren. Price $1.00. Postage 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=SHADOW TRANSFORMATIONS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nA complete show for one hundred nights, with change of scenes every\ntime. With pieces of card-board inserted in a simple wooden standard,\nshadows are cast upon a paper screen, producing silhouettes of a most\npleasing character. The comical effect secured by the mere change of a\nhat on a figure is wonderful, and cannot be understood without a trial.\nWith this toy a bright boy or girl may afford unlimited entertainments\nto an entire family circle, from the baby of two years to the\ngrandparent of eighty. And still better, it affords occupation to the\nchild in its preparation, and development to his inventive faculties in\nits exhibition. Price 25 cents. Postage 8 cents extra.\n\n\n=A NEW GAME OF MARBLES.\u2014JAPANESE TIVOLI.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis will be found to be a very interesting game for children as well\nas for older persons.\n\nFasten the acrobat in position, and place the marble on his feet. By\npressing a spring the figure is released, and will throw the marble\ndown the incline into one of the numbered pockets. Full details of\nthe game accompany each article. Handsomely bronzed, with figure\nappropriately painted. Price 25 cents. Postage and packing, 20 cents\nextra.\n\n\n=THE COMBINATION SET OF GAMES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nThe games comprised in this collection are as follows:\n\nGO BANG. A universally popular game. Game in box with folded papers for\nthe board.\n\nBEAST, BIRD, FISH. An amusing game, calculated to sharpen the wits and\ncultivate a cool, clear head. A new form of a game always popular in\nsocial circles when played.\n\nGAME OF FORTUNES. A simple game of character and fortune telling after\nthe manner of the Gypsies which has always been so popular in our line.\n\nJACK STRAWS. A neat set which will afford much pleasure. Put up in box\nwith illuminated label.\n\nOLD MAID. A very attractive form of this always popular game.\n\nPrice of the full Set 25 cents. Postage 5 cents extra.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=FRENCH CHORAL TOP, NO. 273.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nChanging tunes while spinning. The latest novelty in tops. By touching\nit while it is in motion, it produces a variety of beautiful tones,\nits melody at one time resembling the tender weird strains of an\n\u00c6olian Harp, at another the rich deep notes of the church organ. It is\nstrongly made. Price 30 cents.\n\n\n=CRANDALL\u2019S KITE REEL.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 25 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a new article, and, as will be seen, very useful. No boy who,\nhas a kite, should be without one. It is cheap and durable. Price 15\ncents.\n\n\n=ANIMALS\u2019 PICNIC.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n/*\n    THE ANIMALS\n    PICNIC\n*/\n\nA PICTURE & GAME COMBINED.]\n\nVery amusing and novel. An original painting of a picnic of animals in\nthe woods, so arranged that when properly cut into uniform sections,\nsome animal\u2019s head appears on nearly every piece or card.\n\nThis is printed in colors on heavy paper-board cards, which are dealt\nto the players and then in the process of the game the picture is\nreconstructed. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=THE EASTLAKE SOLITAIRE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Solitaire Board is made of varnished chestnut. The four large\nwells in the top serve as temporary receptacles for the marbles while\nin use, and a neat drawer underneath holds them. The marbles accompany\nthe board. Price 50 cents. Postage 25 cents additional when purchased\nor sent as a premium.\n\n\n=THE FRISKY COW.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n/*\n    Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle.\n      The cow jumped over the moon.\n    The little dog laughed to see such sport\n      And the dish ran away with the spoon.\n*/\n]\n\nIt is 12 by 6 inches in size. It is beautifully illustrated by\nlithograph in bright colors. Two wooden balls go with each game. In\nplaying the ball is rolled across the floor.\n\nIf the ball strikes the left hand knob, the silver bell rings, which\nscores you _five_. If the ball hits the right hand knob, the gold bell\nrings and scores you _ten_. If the ball hits the centre knob, the cow\njumps over the moon and lands at the right of the game in a standing\nposition and scores _twenty_. The game is very popular; because it\nis very attractive; it is easy to play; it contains a surprise which\nmakes the children shout and laugh when the cow goes sailing up over\nthe moon. The interest in the game keeps up hour after hour. Price 50\ncents. Receiver to pay express charges, or will be sent postage paid on\nreceipt of 40 cents.\n\n\n=PITCH-A-RING AND RING TOSS, NO. 3.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis style is made as shown in the illustrations, in which the box\nholding the posts and hoops is made to serve as a base when the game\nis set up. Very compact and convenient to carry to picnics or when\ntraveling. The hoops are plaited with heavy colored thread, thus\navoiding all possible injury to furniture. Price $1.00. Postage and\npacking 40 cents additional, or sent by express at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=IMPROVED CATAPULT.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe improved Catapult or Pocket Gun requires no powder, no caps, is\nneatly finished, durable, and can be carried in the pocket. Will shoot\nshot or bullets with accuracy and force. The loop, strap, pocket and\npulling-tip, are all moulded in one solid piece of the best kind of\nrubber. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=CELLULOID WHISTLE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a large and very nice whistle. It has a trill. Just the thing\nfor signals. The illustration shows the whistle very much reduced in\nsize. Price 30 cents.\n\n\n=A PARLOR RUBBER BALL.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese balls are of the best goods and are colored and inflated. The\ndiameter is 3 and \u00bc in. They cannot injure anything, and will please\nthe little ones. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=REVOLVING WALL BLACKBOARD, NO. 59.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe marking surface is finished by our new process which neither crocks\nor rubs off. The frame is of ash or chestnut varnished. The board can\nbe reversed so as to form a desk, without turning the frame. The size\nis 17 by 17 inches. Price 50 cents. Express charges to be paid by the\nreceiver.\n\n\n=DECALCOMANIE ALBUM.=\n\n3 Books given for new subscriptions amounting to 25 cents. Each book\ncontains an assortment of pictures. The pictures are transferable to\nany article by simply wetting with water. Price 15 cents for three.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=LOVELL\u2019S CHAMPION SINGLE BARREL SHOT GUN, BREECH LOADING.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $20.00; or given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $14.00 and $3.50 cash additional; or given\nfor new subscriptions amounting to $10.00 and $5.50 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt has the celebrated top snap action. By having the hammer in the\ncentre of the frame, instead of on the side, it prevents the liability\nof missing fire, by striking a direct blow full in the centre of the\ncap. This Gun has the Safety Rebounding Lock, pistol grip stock, and\nthe trimmings are all nickel-plated. It is a most superior gun in all\nrespects. Price $15.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=DOUBLE-BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $24.00; or given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $15.00 and $4.50 cash additional; or given\nfor new subscriptions amounting to $10.00 and $7.00 cash additional.\n\nThis Gun is the best weapon for the money now obtainable. It gives\nuniversal satisfaction, and both for close and strong shooting is equal\nto many of the Guns sold at double its price. The barrels of this Gun\nare of Fine Laminated Steel, and are absolutely safe. The action is the\ncelebrated Lefaucheaux pattern, which for both reliability and wear\nis superior to any side lever action now made. The Stock is of solid\nWalnut, oil-finished, and full checkered. It is a Belgian (W. Scott)\ngun. It has size 12 bore, and 30 inch barrels. Weight, about 8\u00bd pounds.\nPrice $15.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\nA Set of Reloading Tools sent for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\nPrice 50 cents.\n\n\n=ARROW GUNS FOR THE BOYS.=\n\nThe Guns described below are all especially adapted to \u201cFourth of July\u201d\nsports, from the fact that with them torpedos can be thrown with great\naccuracy, and, exploding as they strike, make a very loud report. What\nis known as the small \u201cAmerican\u201d torpedo is the best.\n\nThese Guns are especially suitable for drilling purposes. Any boy will\nfind it a very easy matter to secure enough subscriptions to earn the\nguns that may be needed for his company.\n\n\n=\u201cDOCTOR CARVER\u201d GUN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: DOCTOR CARVER]\n\nIt has an adjustable tension that can be regulated to suit the strength\nof any boy. This is a new gun, made on a new principle, and is the best\narrangement for target shooting ever seen. It shoots with great force\nand accuracy. Three arrows go with each gun. It will also fire marbles,\nbullets, sticks or paper wads. The gun is nicely finished in all parts\nand is painted a bright red that will not fade, which makes it very\nhandsome. It is three feet long, strong and durable, easy to adjust\nand load, and does not get out of order. Price 50 cents. Postage and\npacking 15 cents extra.\n\n\n=THE \u201cLITTLE GEM.\u201d=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration: LITTLE GEM PAT. SEPT. 15, 1885.]\n\nThis is a new gun, well finished and very effective. It possesses part\nof the patented features of the celebrated \u201cDoctor Carver\u201d gun, but is\nnot as powerful. It is lighter and somewhat smaller than the \u201cDoctor\nCarver\u201d gun. Price 25 cents. Postage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n\n\u201c=WINCHESTER RIFLE.=\u201d\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: WINCHESTER RIFLE PAT. SEPT. 15, 1885.]\n\nA new double-barrel gun. It has the patent \u201coscillating yoke\u201d or\nyielding stop, same as the celebrated \u201cDoctor Carver\u201d gun and has\na well-finished stock of proper shape. Price 50 cents. Postage and\npacking 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=THE WILCOX TARGET GUN, WITH BAYONET.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: WILCOX]\n\nIt shoots with precision, is simple in construction, and finely\nfinished. The bayonet is of wood, bronzed to imitate steel. Each gun\nis provided in the breech with a small pocket, in which will be found\n5 metal-head arrows, and 2 paper targets. For drilling purposes, it\ncan be readily changed to the form of an ordinary rifle. Price $1.00.\nPostage and packing 20 cents extra.\n\nThe Arrow Guns are carefully packed to go by mail, and protected when\nnecessary by wooden braces. But we cannot guarantee that the Post\nOffice Department will deliver them in perfect condition. On receipt of\n10 cents extra we will ensure the safe delivery of each gun.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\nCUTLERY.\n\n=TEXAS HUNTER, NO. 626.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00: or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 30 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration: TEXAS HUNTER]\n\nThis is a valuable companion in the field; Oil Tempered, Hand Forged,\nSaber, Blades. It is ready for any use. The cut does not represent full\nsize. The knife has stag horn handle, is full Nickeled Plated, and\ncannot rust. The Knife is specially valuable when fishing. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=\u201cTOLEDO BLADE,\u201d NO. 2232.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 25 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration: TOLEDO BLADE]\n\nNo. 2332 Knife is perhaps the greatest favorite, owing to the shape of\nblades (see cut). It is very sharp at the point, and the fact of being\nmade from the finest Razor Steel, Hand Forged, Nickel Plated, makes it\na very durable knife for Carpenters, Farmers, or Wood-Workers. Price 75\ncents.\n\n\n=\u201cGOOD LUCK\u201d KNIFE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents and 15 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration: TERRY\u2019S GOOD LUCK TOLEDO O.]\n\nThis is our Good Luck Knife; the cheapest and best ever made. It has\ntwo strong, hand-forged, razor steel blades; German silver bolsters;\nis brass lined; cocoa handle, round corners. This is a genuine \u201cBoys\u201d\nKnife, but is made from better material than most of the boys\u2019 knives.\nPrice 50 cts.\n\n\n=CONGRESS KNIFE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: T. B. TERRY & CO.]\n\nFull pearl handle. This is a beautiful Knife, just right for pocket\nuse; keen edge, crocus blades and the finest finish. The Knife does not\nhave the name-plate as represented in the illustration. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=COMPLETE BUTTON-HOLE CUTTER.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: TERRY & Co. TOLEDO O.\n\nWARRANTY UNLIMITED.]\n\nWe have now the most complete Button-Hole Cutter that has ever been\nmanufactured. It satisfies the want of every lady, and gives perfect\nsatisfaction. The illustration shows the improvement in the large\ngauge, which regulates the distance between each hole, and from the\nedge of the garment. It does away with all measures usually used in\nmaking button-holes. The small gauge or screw regulates size of hole.\nPrice $1.25.\n\n\n=TERRY\u2019S FAMILY SHEAR.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\n[Illustration: TERRY&CO. TOLEDO O.\n\nPat.\u2019d Apr. 21st 85.]\n\nIt is 8 inches in length, Japanned handle and plated blades. It is the\nbest shear ever made for family use, and is fully warranted. Price 80\ncts.\n\n\n=THE \u201cFAVORITE\u201d SCISSORS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThe Scissors are 4\u00bd inches in length, and perfect in all respects. They\nare made of the best steel and nickeled plated. Price 80 cents.\n\n\n=BASE BALL CAP AND BELT.=\n\nBoth given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe Cap is made of Canton Flannel, lined, and has a stiff visor. In\nvarious colors. Price 25 cents.\n\nThe Belt is made of fine webbing, extra heavy. It has a double strap\nand buckle stitched. Price 25 cents.\n\nPostage and packing on belt and cap 7 cents extra.\n\n\n=POCKET DRINKING CUP. NO. 795.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cts.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis cup is a great convenience, as well as a curiosity. A tin case\ngoes with the cup, in which it can be placed when not in use. It is\njust the cup for tourists, for picnics, parties, etc. Price 20 cents.\n\n\n=BOYS\u2019 FISHING OUTFIT, WITH JOINTED ROD.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis outfit is put up especially for our use. It consists of a 12 foot\njointed rod with brass tips and ferrules, 1 bob, 2 sinkers, 1 36 foot\nline, 1 dozen hooks assorted, 2 flies, 1 bait-box, 1 trolling hook for\npickerel, and 2 hooks ganged (i. e., with hair or gut snell). Postage\nand packing 25 cents extra. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=BOOK CLAMPS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cts.\n\n[Illustration: TRADE MARK]\n\nWatson\u2019s Clamps improved. What every schoolboy wants. It is\nneat-looking, easily handled, and durable. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=LADIES\u2019 CLAMP SKATE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 25 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration: LD\n\nBARNEY&BERRY SPRINGFIELD MASS\n\nBARNEY & BERRY]\n\nThis is, without exception, the strongest and neatest Skate ever\noffered. Made from the best grade of charcoal iron, Japan finish.\nMounted with russet leather, patent lever buckles and nickeled heel\nbands. Clamps operated by a double right and left screw. Sizes\u20148, 8\u00bd,\n9, 9\u00bd, 10 inches. Postage and packing 30 cents extra, or, sent by\nexpress at receiver\u2019s expense. Price $1.50.\n\nWe will furnish the same skate with toe straps instead of clamps, if\ndesired for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 20 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n\n=LADIES KEYLESS SKATE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and 75 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration: NUMBER\n\nLR\n\nBARNEY & BERRY]\n\nThis is a very fine ladies\u2019 skate and will give thorough satisfaction.\nThe foot plates, clamps and brackets of this skate are made from\ncrucible steel; blades fine finish, russet leather trimmings, and\nnickeled heel bands. Skate is secured to shoe by a thumb screw at heel\noperating toe clamps, and by strap over instep. Sizes 8 to 10 inches.\nPrice $2.50. Postage 30 cents extra, or sent by express at receiver\u2019s\nexpense.\n\n\n=A GREAT SKATE OFFER.=\n\n=A PAIR OF \u201cCHAMPION\u201d KEYLESS SKATES=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 30 cents cash additional. Postage\nand package 30 cents extra, or sent by express at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n[Illustration: \u201cCHAMPION\u201d SKATE. BARNEY & BERRY]\n\nOwing to special arrangements with the manufacturers we are enabled\nto offer our readers this very special inducement. Never before have\nwe made so liberal an offer. Every boy should secure a pair of these\nskates at once.\n\nThis Skate is a fac-simile of the genuine Barney & Berry Keyless Skate,\nand is thoroughly made of the best material. It will give entire\nsatisfaction. The heel plates, foot plates, toe clamps and brackets\nare made from crucible cast steel. The Blades are finely finished.\nPrice $1.25. Postage and packing 30 cents extra, or sent by express at\nreceiver\u2019s expense.\n\nWe can supply the same Skate with nickeled blades for new subscriptions\namounting to $3.00; or, for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50 and 75\ncents cash additional. This finish gives the skate a nicer appearance.\nPrice $2.00. Postage and packing 30 cents extra, or sent by express at\nreceiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=SIDEWALK ROLLER SKATE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00, and 25 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration: NUMBER L]\n\nThese skates are finished with French polished, light-colored woods,\nblack leather mountings, patent buckles, nickeled heel bands, steel\naxles and maple wheels, secured to axle by our patent washer. Sizes, 7\nto 11 inches. Price $1.00. Postage 30 cents extra, or sent by express\nat receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=THE BOYS\u2019 SKATE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: NUMBER D\n\nSPRINGFIELD MASS.\n\nBARNEY & BERRY]\n\nMade from the best grade of charcoal iron, japan finish, clamps\noperated by a double right and left screw. Sizes 8 to 11 inches. Price\n50 cents. Postage 30 cents extra, or sent by express at receiver\u2019s\nexpense.\n\n\n=AMERICAN RINK SKATE, NO. 3.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $6.00 and 60 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis Skate is made from the best of material, blades of welded steel,\ntempered by Barney & Berry\u2019s patent process. This Skate is adjusted\nto any size shoe by a thumb screw at heel, and is secured by a lever\noperated under instep. All parts can readily be removed and cleaned.\nThe Skates are polished and nickeled. Sizes 8 to 12 inches. Price\n$4.50. Postage and packing 35 cents, or sent by express at receiver\u2019s\nexpense.\n\n\n=FOOT BALL, NO 5.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 35 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Foot Ball is made of heavy canvas, rubber coated, very strong, so\nas to be blown up with a key which goes with each one. It is 9 inches\nin diameter. This Foot Ball will give thorough satisfaction to our\nboy friends, and every school boy should secure one by clubbing with\nhis comrades. There is no sport so healthy and invigorating as a well\nconducted foot ball game. Price $1.50. Postage and packing 10 cents\nextra.\n\nWe will send a Foot Ball, No. 2, diameter 6 inches (circumference about\n18 inches), for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00. Price $1.00.\nPostage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n\n\n=THE NEW ROGERS\u2019 SCROLL SAW. NO. 2.=\n\n[Illustration: BLOWER NICKEL PLATED TILTING TABLE]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $8.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $5.00 and $1.25 cash extra; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and $2.00 cash additional.\n\nThis season we offer to our subscribers the New Rogers\u2019 Scroll Saw,\nwhich the manufacturers declare to be the best cheap saw ever offered\nto the public.\n\nThe latest improvements on this Saw are Pratt\u2019s Rubber Positive Blower\nand a new Clamp for holding the Saw Blades.\n\nThe entire framework is made from Iron, painted and Japanned black, and\nornamented with red and gilt stripes.\n\nAll parts made to interchange.\n\n1. The Bearings to the Arms are carefully sized to bring them in\nperfect line. (This is a vital point in the construction of any Jig\nSaw).\n\n2. Each machine is provided with a Dust Blower, which is a very great\nadvantage.\n\n3. Our machine has a jointed Stretcher Rod, which allows the operator\nto throw the upper arm out of the way when adjusting his work or saw.\nThis joint also permits the machine to work much more freely than with\na straight iron rod.\n\n4. Our clamps have a hinged jaw which overcomes the disagreeable raking\noverthrow of the blade, which is unavoidable when the saws are secured\nrigidly to the arms. Saw blades are not nearly so liable to break when\nclamps have this joint. Thus a large percentage of the expense of\nrunning the saw is saved. Besides this the saw runs much easier, the\nswing coming at the hinge instead of bending the blade with each stroke\nof the saw.\n\n5. The Balance Wheel is 4\u00bc inches in diameter, with a handsome spoke\ncentre and Rim of Solid Emery (No. 70), \u215d x \u00be in the No. 2 Saw.\n\n6. The attachment for Drilling is on the Right Hand Side of the\nmachine, which, for convenience, is an obvious advantage.\n\n7. No Pins are used in the construction of this machine, as we prefer\nthe durability of nicely fitted screws and bolts in securing each part.\n\nWhile the New Rogers\u2019 Saw is very rich, though not gaudy in appearance,\nit has been more especially our object to make, for the least\npossible money, a saw characterized for its Compactness, Strength and\nDurability, ease of action, and firmness when in operation.\n\nWith each machine we give six Saw Blades, Wrench, Sheet of Designs and\nthree Drill Points. The Saw alone weighs 25 lbs.; Saw and Box together,\n36 lbs.\n\nPrice of No. 2 Rogers\u2019 Saw, $4.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\nThis Saw is provided with a polished Tilting Table, heavily\nnickel-plated.\n\n\n=SORRENTO AND INLAID WORK.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00. Postage 5 cents extra.\n\nA complete and practical manual on Scroll Sawing, by ARTHUR HOPE. This\nbook is intended for the use of amateurs and others, explains fully\nand clearly how hand and machine scroll sawing is done, how to polish,\noverlay and inlay, make silhouettes, etc., etc.\n\nIt is illustrated with new and very beautiful _full-sized designs_\nengraved on wood and prepared expressly for this book.\n\nThe Designs include one bracket, three card photograph frames, two\neasels, two easels with separate panels for inlaying, five paper\nknives, one card case, two match boxes, one jewel case, one cigar\nholder, one wheelbarrow card receiver and twenty-six new and grotesque\ninitial letters, entirely new and original. Price, paper, 50 cents.\n\n\n=BRACKET SAW SET.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for $2.50 worth of new names.\n\nThis set is packed in a paper box, and embraces a Nickel-plated Spring\nSteel Saw Frame 5 x 12 inches, having Patent Clamps for holding the\nSaw Blades, with Rosewood handle. Fifty full size designs, embracing a\ngreat variety of fancy and useful articles; six Saw Blades, one Awl,\none sheet of impression paper, and directions for using the saw. Price\n$1.25.\n\n\n[Illustration: BRACKET SAW BLADES.\n\n_BEST._\n\n_STRONGEST._\n\n_GRIFFIN\u2019S PATENT SAW BLADES._\n\n_FASTEST CUTTING._\n\n_SHARPEST TEETH.</i]\n\nOne half Gross of either size 000 to 6 given for new subscriptions\namounting to $1.00. Price 50 cents.\n\nOne half gross of either size 7 to 10 given for new subscriptions\namounting to $1.50. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n=LITTLE WONDER STEAM ENGINE.=\n\n[Illustration: No. 1.]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThis is a model Steam Engine, with solid brass boiler, plated fly wheel\nand cylinder, and metal pulley wheel for connecting and running small\nmachinery, such as a circular saw, lathe, planer, etc. This little\nengine will run with great speed for one-half hour at one filling of\nthe boiler. With proper care it will last a life time. It is perfectly\nsafe for any child to handle; the self-acting safety valve renders\nexplosion impossible.\n\nA boy will find much amusement in constructing toy machinery to run by\nhis engine, and will gain many practical ideas of the power and utility\nof steam. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=THE SMALL HORIZONTAL.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00.\n\nLength, 6 inches; height, 4\u00bd inches; weight, 21 ounces; heavy brass\nboiler (no unsoldering), regular Safety Valve, Brass Pipe, connecting\nBoiler and Steam Chest, 1 inch stroke, cross head running on steel\nways; more than 1000 revolutions per minute. Packed in a box complete,\nwith lamp, funnel, etc.\n\nAn ingenious boy will find no difficulty in connecting the large wheel\nwith the paddle wheels of a steamer, or with the driving wheels of a\nhome-made locomotive.\n\nPrice $2.50. Postage 25 cents extra.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=Every Boy and Every Girl=\n\nCAN EARN A GOOD WATCH AND CHAIN.\n\n=A GRAND OFFER!=\n\n[Illustration: EXACT SIZE.\n\nWATERBURY WATCH CO.\n\n\u201cThe Waterbury.\u201d\n\nChain, \u2154 actual size.]\n\nWe make a special offer of the famed Waterbury Watch (including a\nnickel-plated chain and whistle charm) as a special premium. We will\ngive the watch and chain to any subscriber sending us new subscriptions\nto our magazines amounting to $5.00; or, for new subscriptions\namounting to $3.00 and $1.25 cash additional.\n\nThe Waterbury Watch will be found a marvel of simplicity, accuracy and\ncheapness.\n\nAccurate, because it will run twenty-four hours, and keep time equal to\nthe better grade of watches.\n\nCheap, because it will wear for years, and is offered at a price within\nthe reach of everybody.\n\nRemember, the Waterbury Watch is not a toy, but a real watch, having\nless than one half the number of parts to be found in any other going\nwatch in the world.\n\nA Watch winding at the stem, and having a stop-work which prevents its\nbeing damaged by over-winding.\n\nA Watch strong and durable in all its parts, and calculated to do good\nservice for years.\n\nFor beauty, durability, accuracy, and economy the Improved Waterbury\nWatch is superior to any medium priced Silver watch on the market. Its\nreputation as a reliable time-keeper is thoroughly established.\n\nThis is one of the most liberal premium offers we have ever made, and\nour special reason for making it is that we wish you to obtain the\nnecessary subscriptions from your own town or vicinity, and acquaint\nthe subscribers with your satisfaction with the watch.\n\nEvery watch is perfect before leaving the factory and is tested a few\ndays in our office before being sent away.\n\nThe Waterbury Watch is now carried by tens of thousands of boys and\ngirls, men and women. Time itself has proven it to be the equal of\nwatches costing many times its price.\n\nIts cases are made from the new metal, Silverloid, which in appearance\nand durability is equal to the best Coin Silver. Each watch is packed\nin a nice satin-lined case.\n\nThe price of the watch is $3.50. Postage, packing and registry fee, 15\ncents additional.\n\n[Illustration: Carry a Waterbury and you will never be late. Every boy\ncan afford to own one.\n\nNEW ENGRAVED CASE (BACK).]\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n\n=DOLLS AND DOLL FURNITURE.=\n\n\n=PAPER DOLL OUTFIT, NO. 910.=\n\nOne Doll and Outfit given for new subscriptions amounting to 25 cents;\nthree Dolls and Outfits given for new subscriptions amounting to 50\ncents.\n\nThis is a delightful little present for a little girl fond of dolls.\nThe dress can be taken off the figure and can be changed with other\nfigures. The doll is about eight inches long. The dress is made of\ntissue paper in various colors and designs. The upper part of the\nfigure is printed in handsome colors, and is to be changed from one\ndress to another as may suit the possessor. Price 12 cents each.\n\n\n=DOLL\u2019S HIGH CHAIR.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nIt is a complete doll\u2019s high chair, handsomely painted to represent\ncane-work and large enough to hold any doll. It is packed in a neat\nbox. It is a very popular toy and will give great satisfaction to the\nlittle girls fond of dolls. Height when set up, 18 inches. Price 25\ncents. Postage and packing 8 cents additional.\n\n\n=DOLLS\u2019 CHAMBER SET, NO. 14.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nThis is a particularly attractive toy for the girls. The set consists\nof a bed, dressing case, table, chair, and towel rack, all painted in\ncolors on wood. They all pack in the body of the bed. This beautiful\nToy is one of the most instructive and useful that the little girls can\npossess. Length, 17 inches; width, 8 inches; height, 12 inches. Price\n$1.00. Express charges to be paid by the receiver.\n\n\n=FOLDING BEDSTEAD AND WARDROBE, NO. 73.=\n\n[Illustration: _Bed closed, Wardrobe in use._]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: _Bed open._]\n\nTwo complete Toys in one. It cannot fail to please the girls, being\non one side a wardrobe for the Doll\u2019s clothes and on the other side a\ncomplete Folding Bed, which can be opened and used without in any way\ninterfering with the Wardrobe. Made of Chestnut and neatly finished\non the natural wood. Height of Bed when closed, 22 inches; length, 21\ninches; width, 10\u00bd inches. Price $1.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=FOLDING CRADLE, NO. 72.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nA very neat and tasty Swing Cradle. The Standards and rails are of\nchestnut, with slats of white-wood, making a very pretty appearance.\nLength outside, 21 inches; width, 8\u00bd inches. Price $1.00. Receiver to\npay express charges.\n\n\n=WARDROBE, WHATNOT, AND BOOK CASE, NO. 61.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nA very ornamental piece of Doll furniture. A Wardrobe with shelf for\nhats, etc., also a nice drawer at the bottom. Shelves at the sides,\nfurnished with candlestick and candle, card receiver, etc. A neatly\nornamented top-piece which makes a nice shelf for books. Height, 22\ninches; width, 14 inches. Price $1.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=FOLDING CHAIR, NO. 64\u00bd.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nThe great demand for our Dolls\u2019 High Chair has encouraged us to make\na small Folding Chair, with frame made of birch cloth seat, and fancy\nsawed back. Can be folded into very small space. Stands when set up, 11\ninches high. Price 25 cents. Postage 5 cents.\n\n\n=A. B. C. TABLE.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nThis pretty little piece of child\u2019s furniture is made of Chestnut,\nfinished on the natural wood. The top is neatly ornamented with the\nletters of the Alphabet. The dimensions are as follows: length, 14 in.;\nwidth, 8\u00bd in., height, 10\u00bd inches. Price 25 cents. Postage 5 cents.\n\n\n=TIN KITCHEN SET, NO. 100.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 10 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis is a necessary piece of furniture for a little girl\u2019s\nhousekeeping. It is 12 inches long, 7\u00bc inches high, and 4 inches wide.\nThere are 18 pieces in the set. The pump is an attractive feature.\nPrice 65 cents. Postage and packing 30 cents extra, or sent by express\nat receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=WASH SET, NO. 4.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nThis is a nice premium for the little girls. It has four pieces: tub,\nwringer, clothes-horse and washboard. The tub is 9\u00bd inches in diameter,\n4\u00be inches high. The clothes-horse is 11 inches high and 7 inches wide.\nPrice 30 cents. Postage and packing 30 cents extra, or sent by express\nat receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=Beautiful Dolls Imported Expressly for Our Little Readers.=\n\n\n=WAX DOLL, NO. 104.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 10 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis lovely Doll will delight the hearts of all the girls. It has a\nfine rosy complexion and beautiful wavy hair. Its height is 20 inches.\nThe little bonnet is trimmed with flowers and a bow. The eyes are of\na beautiful color. The Doll is fully dressed in a pretty suit. Price\n$1.25.\n\nPostage and packing 45 cents; or will be sent by express at receiver\u2019s\nexpense.\n\n\n=UNDRESSED WAX DOLL, NO. 111.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThis is a very pretty Wax Doll, with rosy cheeks and fine light brown\nhair. The face is washable. The Doll has very pretty eyes. The length\nis 17 inches. Price 50 cents. Postage and packing 25 cents extra; or\nsent by express at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=DOLL\u2019S BISQUE HEAD, NO. 160.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nThis is a beautiful head. It is made from French Bisque. The hair is\nof a lovely brown color, and also the eyes. The face has a very fine\nexpression. The hair is very soft, long and wavy. The head is 3 inches\nhigh (from the throat) and 4 inches wide (from shoulder to shoulder).\nThe style of the hair is just like that in the illustration. _The eyes\nclose when the doll is laid on its back and open again when placed in\nan upright position._ Price $1.00. Postage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=DOLL\u2019S BISQUE HEAD, NO. 130.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThis Head is very similar to the No. 160, but the eyes are not movable.\nThe face is very pretty and the hair very fine and thick. The Bisque\nHeads are much superior to Wax Heads in every way. Price 50 cents.\nPostage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=CHINA DINNER SET, NO. 101.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00 and 15 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis is the finest and handsomest Toy Dinner Set we could obtain for\nour premium use. The illustration does not convey any idea of the\nbeauty of this Set. There are 24 pieces. The dishes are large and deep.\nThe plates are 3 inches in diameter. This is a _dinner_ service, not a\ntea set. The China is a beautiful pearl-gray color with design in gold\nand brown. Price $1.25. Express charges to be paid by receiver; or if\nexpress charges are too heavy, we will send by mail in boxes, carefully\nwrapped, on receipt of $1.00 extra. The total weight is about 8 pounds.\nWe do not hold ourselves responsible for breakage in any case.\n\n\n=TEA SET, NO. 105.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 15 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis is a handsome Set and will make a little girl\u2019s eyes glisten with\npleasure. Every piece is richly decorated, and several are of quaint\nand unique shape. There are 21 pieces in the box. It is a very fine\nTea Set in every respect. The illustration does not show the beauty\nof the set. Price $1.25. Express charges to be paid by the receiver;\nor will be sent by mail in boxes if express charges are heavy,\ncarefully wrapped, on receipt of $1.00 extra. We do not hold ourselves\nresponsible for breakage in any case.\n\nYou can easily ascertain from your express office the probable expense\nof the set by express.\n\n\n=SCRAP ALBUM, NO. 797.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThis is a very fine Album for a low-priced one. It contains 64 pages\ngood paper; size 9 inches by 12 inches. The cover has a beautiful\ndesign in black and gold with the word SCRAPS in the centre in handsome\nlettering. Price 50 cents. Postage 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=SCRAP ALBUM, NO. 656.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThis is a fine Album, and will please every one. It has 120 pages of\nheavy paper. The size is 11\u00bc inches by 13\u00bd inches. Price 75 cents.\nPostage and packing 15 cents extra.\n\n\n=BOX OF CHOICE STATIONERY.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThe corner of the paper is adorned with novel bronzed designs, four\ncolors to each box. The paper is very heavy. We can supply this with\nthe days of the week, if preferred to the bronzed designs. Price 50\ncents. Postage 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=CHILDREN\u2019S STATIONERY.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to 50 cents and 10 cents cash additional.\n\nThis box contains paper and envelopes of suitable size for children\u2019s\nuse. It is very nice in quality, and has decorative designs in the\ncorner. Price 35 cents.\n\n\n=WATCH CASE DRINKING CUP.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a collapsing cup, superior to anything heretofore obtainable.\nWhen open, the cup is about two inches deep. When closed, it closely\nresembles a Watch Case, and is very convenient for the vest pocket.\nThe cup is fastened to the case so that no part can get lost. Price 50\ncents.\n\n\n=THE IDEAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nA handsome Album. The size of page is 6\u00be by 4 inches. There are several\nengravings scattered through the Album. The cover has an elegant\nembossed design. The pages are tinted. Price $1.00. Postage and packing\n12 cents additional.\n\n\n=AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, NO. K.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThe size of page is 6\u00be by 4 inches. The Album is neat and pretty and\nhas the word ALBUM on the side in gold, enriched with gold designs.\nPrice 50 cents. Postage and packing 8 cents additional.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n\n=SPY GLASS, NO. 2275.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00 and 40 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is the best premium offer of a Spy Glass that we have ever made.\nThis Glass has Rosewood body, and three draws. It is 15 inches in\nlength when drawn out, 6 inches when closed. The object-glass is one\ninch in diameter. The power is 13 times.\n\nHow far can I see with this Spy Glass? The distance at which an\nobserver can see objects depends upon two considerations: First, the\npower of the instrument; and second, the condition of the atmosphere.\nAll that is needful is to multiply the distance at which the unassisted\neye can see objects clearly, by the given power of the glass. For\ninstance, the atmosphere being clear and steady, this Spy Glass will\nenable a person to make out an object one mile distant with the same\ndistinctness that he can see it at a distance of 130 yards with the\nunassisted eye. It is an excellent instrument. Price $2.50. Postage and\npacking 12 cents extra.\n\n\n=SPY GLASS, NO. 2276.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00 and 25 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis glass has Rosewood body and 3 draws. Length, 16 inches drawn out;\n6 inches closed. Power 16 times. The object-glass is 1\u215b inches in\ndiameter. Price $3.50. Postage and packing 13 cents extra.\n\n\n=SPY GLASS, NO. 2278.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $10.00 and 50 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nLength 30 inches, drawn out, 10 inches closed. The object-glass is 1\u215d\ninches in diameter. Power 25 times. This is a powerful and excellent\ntelescope. An object a mile distant will appear as though but a few\nrods away. Price $7.00. Postage and packing 50 cents extra, or sent by\nexpress at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=FIELD GLASS, NO. 379-3.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $15.00 and 40 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Glass has 6 lenses, and its object-glasses are achromatic. It is\nthe best Field Glass for the price that is made. Complete with morocco\ncase, with strap, sunshades, etc. Its power is 5\u00bd times. Price $9.50.\nPostage and packing 30 cents extra.\n\n\n=STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS.=\n\nOne half dozen given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThe views we offer are assorted views of different places of interest,\nnatural history scenes, etc. Price 50 cents for 6 views.\n\n\n=EXCELSIOR PRINTING-PRESS OUTFITS.=\n\n[Illustration: HAND-INKING PRESS.]\n\nAll Excelsior Presses use ordinary printers type, as made in any\npart of the world. No Excelsior Press is cheaply made, but has steel\nbearings, best of screws, etc. All presses print within \u215b inch of full\nsize of chase as screws are used to lock up the forms.\n\nEvery Excelsior Press is fully warranted in every respect. With every\npress we send out is included full printed instructions on every point,\nby which any purchaser can manage type-setting, press-work, etc.,\nsuccessfully and satisfactorily.\n\n[Illustration: SELF-INKING PRESS.]\n\n\n=Outfit A.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $8.50; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $6.00 and $1.20 cash additional; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $4.00 and $2.00 cash additional.\n\nA SELF-INKING PRESS will be substituted in any of the above offers for\nadditional subscriptions amounting to $2.00. Outfit A consists of\n\n/*\n    No. 1 Press, complete, 2\u00bd x 3\u00bd inches      $3.00\n    Assortment of Furniture                            .10\n    Ink Roller, 3-inch, with handle                    .35\n    Can of Black Ink                                   .20\n    Font of Type                                      1.00\n    Leads                                              .05\n    Type Case                                          .30\n                                                      \u2014\u2014\n                                              Price, $5.00\n*/\n\n(With a Self-Inking Press, price $1.00 additional.)\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAll Outfits sent by express at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\nNothing in the world will give you so much pleasure, real enjoyment,\nand earn many a dollar at the same time, as a printing press.\n\n\n=Outfit B.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $16.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $10.00 and $2.50 cash additional; or, for\nnew subscriptions amounting to $6.00 and $4.50 cash additional.\n\nA SELF-INKING PRESS will be substituted in any of the above offers for\nadditional subscriptions amounting to $5.00. Outfit B consists of\n\n/*\n    No. 2 Press complete, 3\u215b x 5\u215b in.            $5.00\n    Furniture                                      .30\n    Ink Roller, 2-inch, with handle                .35\n    Can of Black Ink                               .20\n    Two Fonts of Type                             2.50\n    Extra Feed Table                               .30\n    Leads, Oil Can                                 .30\n    Can of Cleaning Preparation                    .30\n    Set of Gauge Pins                              .20\n    Type Case                                      .55\n                                                  \u2014\u2014\n                                         Price, $10.00\n*/\n\n(With a Self-Inking Press, price $3.00 additional.) This Outfit will do\nwork from the size of a postal card down.\n\n\n=THE \u201cEUREKA\u201d TYPEWRITER.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration: THE \u201cEUREKA\u201d TYPEWRITER\n\nNEW YORK MAY 30 1886\n\nMR. R. H. ODELL.\n\nDEAR SIR.\n\nPLEASE CALL AT MY OFFICE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.\n\nYOURS VERY TRULY\n\nJ. D. PIERCE.]\n\nThis Typewriter combines usefulness, amusement and instruction. It will\nwrite, and write well. It weighs but a few ounces, and is so simple\nthat it will not easily get out of order. This Typewriter is used by\nbusiness men, and yet it is so cheap that every boy and girl can have\nthis novel little machine. The base is 9\u00bd inches long; the height of\nthe whole 3 inches. Price $2.00. Postage and packing 15 cents.\n\n\n=STEREOSCOPE, NO. 2380.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a good article and will give satisfaction to our subscribers.\nIt has a Walnut frame, Round Walnut Hood, and is mounted on a Stand.\nPrice $1.25. Postage and packing 25 cents extra.\n\n\n=STEREOSCOPE, NO. 2371.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt is the same as No. 2380, but without the stand. Price 75 cents.\nPostage and packing 20 cents extra.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n\n=SPECIAL PAINTING OUTFIT.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: TILTON\u2019S Decorative Art Color-Box.]\n\n_Water Color Painting_ is the most simple, most artistic, and most\neconomical. The Art Color-Box of moist water colors offered by us meets\nthe wishes of those desiring a reliable set of colors for a low price.\n\nThe Box is made of Japanned Tin, with ample room on the inside of cover\nfor mixing paints. It contains three brushes and ten pans of moist\nwater-colors, as follows: Indigo, Vermilion, Cobalt, Gamboge, Prussian\nBlue, Crimson Lake, Vandyke Brown, Yellow Ochre, Sepia and Light Red.\nEach box also contains directions for mixing colors. Price, 50 cents.\nPostage, 5 cents extra.\n\nEvery one obtaining the Tilton Art Color-Box should also send for\n\n\n=Introductory Lessons in Drawing and Painting in Water Colors,=\n\nBy Marion Kemble. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nIn this book the author explains just what to do and how to do it,\nassuming that the reader knows nothing about the subject. The book\ncontains a number of outline sketches ready for coloring. Price 50cts.\n\nIn order that those who may not care to learn to draw may have an\nopportunity to practice painting, we have prepared the following six\nbooks of Outline Designs.\n\n\n=One Book of Designs=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nSeven Times One are Seven. And other pictures to paint.\n\nOutlines of Flowers.\n\nGood-Night and Good-Morning. And other pictures to paint.\n\nJack in the Pulpit.\n\nOutlines of Landscapes.\n\nTwenty-four Pictures from Mother Goose.\n\nThe size of each picture is 6 x 6\u00bd inches. Price of each Book,\n50 cents. All of the colors that will be needed are in \u201cTilton\u2019s\nDecorative Art Color-Box.\u201d\n\nEach book contains eighteen outline pictures.\n\n\n=THE \u201cMURILLO\u201d COLOR-BOX.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration: THE MURILLO COLOR-BOX SUPERIOR]\n\nHas six wells in the cover, for holding tints. One flap palette, for\nmixing tints. The box contains 16 Pans of superior Moist Water Colors,\n1 Tube of Moist Chinese White, 1 Tube of Moist Sepia, and 4 Camel\u2019s\nHair Brushes. A very nice box of colors for practical use. Price $1.25.\nPostage and packing 12 cents.\n\n\n=THE BEST PREMIUM OF THE SEASON.=\n\nA BEAUTIFUL MINERAL CABINET.\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 60 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration: =TAMMEN\u2019S ROCKY MOUNTAIN CABINET.=\n\nA set of 20 large Minerals, Gems and Petrifactions, systematically\narranged in a polished hardwood case. Price, $1.35.\n\n_Contains Specimen Ores of Gold Quartz, Silver, Iron, Pyrites, Zinc,\nalso Malachite, Jasper, Silicified Wood, Cluster of Rock Crystals,\nWavellite, Carnelian (a polished gem), Molybdenum, Satin and Iceland\nSpars, Pike\u2019s Peak Topaz, Amazon Stone, Magnetite, Wood-Opal,\nChalcopyrite and Tourmoline. Distinctly understand, these are all_\nlarge specimens (_1\u00bc inch square_), and not fragments.\n\nA DESCRIPTIVE MANUAL IS SENT WITH EACH CABINET GIVING THE HISTORY,\nPROPERTIES & USES OF THE DIFFERENT MINERALS & GEMS.\n\nCopyright, 1886, by H. H. TAMMEN, Denver, Colorado.]\n\nThis is unquestionably the best cabinet ever offered for the price. It\nwill prove a source of continual pleasure and instruction. Price $1.35,\npostage paid.\n\nMineral Cabinet, No. 2. We have a companion set to the above, of\nequally fine specimens, and arranged in a polished wood case. Cabinet\nNo. 2 contains specimens of Opal Agate, Aragonite, Milky Quartz,\nCuprite (Red Copper Ore), Jasper, Galena, Sulphur, Crocidolite (Tiger\nEye) surface polished, Selenite, Hematite, Feldspar, Fluorspar,\nVariscite, Argentite (silver glance), Chalcedony, Petrified Cedar Wood,\nAlabaster, Lead Carbonate, Telluride Ore, Muscovite (common mica). The\nforty specimens are different from each other. This cabinet is given\nfor new subscriptions amounting to =$2.50=; or, for new subscriptions\namounting to $1.00 and 60 cents cash additional. Price $1.35.\n\n=Both Cabinets= will be sent to one address for new subscriptions\namounting to $4.50; or, for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50 and 75\ncents cash additional. Price of both, $2.25.\n\n\n=OIL COLORS IN TUBES.=\n\n5 tubes given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese colors are the best in the world. We name a few of the most\nimportant colors: Burnt Sienna, Emerald Green, Flake White, Light Red,\nNaples Yellow, Permanent Blue, Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Terra Verte,\nVandyke Brown, Yellow Ochre, Ivory Black, Zinnober Green, medium.\nAbout seventy-five colors can be supplied on the above basis. If other\ncolors are desired a full list will be sent, including the subscription\namounts required to obtain more expensive colors. Price per tube, 10\ncents. Two cents for postage and packing for each tube must be sent.\n\n\n=TILTON\u2019S JAPANNED TIN BOX OF OIL COLORS AND MATERIALS. NO. 51.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00.\n\nThis box of colors is the handiest, most compact, as well as cheapest\noutfit offered. It contains 12 tubes, as follows: Emerald Green, Burnt\nSienna, Yellow Ochre, Light Red, Ivory Black, Raw Sienna, Flake White,\nVandyke Brown, Chrome Yellow No. 2, Crimson Lake, Vermilion, Permanent\nBlue. Also, 6 brushes, palette, turpentine and drying-oil. Measures 5\u00bd\nx 9 x 1 inches. Price $3.00. Postage and packing, 40 cents; or, sent by\nexpress at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=SOFT FRENCH PASTEL CRAYONS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nThis box contains 26 crayons, assorted colors, Lefranc\u2019s first quality.\nNothing superior. Postage 15 cents. Price 80 cents.\n\nBox No. 2 contains 42 crayons, assorted. Given for new subscriptions\namounting to $2.00 and 15 cents cash additional. Postage 20 cents.\nPrice $1.10.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=MICROSCOPE, NO. 22.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe three lenses can be combined into one of great power. It makes a\nvery useful microscope, and when closed it can be carried in a small\npocket. It will prove to be a convenient and serviceable microscope. We\nwill send it postage paid, for 90 cents.\n\n\n=MICROSCOPE, NO. 42\u00bd.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.75.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt has a glass to contain seeds, insects, bugs, etc., which can be\nexamined while in motion. It can be so easily carried in the pocket\nthat it will prove a very welcome companion when you are walking for\npleasure, or on excursions. Price 85 cents.\n\n\n=FLORAL MICROSCOPE, NO. 45.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis microscope will be found very serviceable and handy for examining\nflowers, etc. The frame is made of brass. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n=MICROSCOPE, NO. 35 M.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50. This little microscope\nis very useful to take on excursions for examining flowers, insects,\netc. Can easily be carried in the pocket. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=AN EXTRAORDINARY MICROSCOPE OFFER.=\n\n=QUEEN\u2019S UNIVERSAL HOUSEHOLD MICROSCOPE, NO. 3064.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $15.00 and 50 cents cash\nadditional; or given for new subscriptions amounting to $10.00 and\n$3.50 cash additional; or given for new subscriptions amounting to\n$7.00 and $5.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration: UNIVERSAL HOUSEHOLD MICROSCOPE JAMES W. QUEEN & CO\nPHILADELPHIA]\n\nThis complete and powerful instrument has the essential parts and\ngeneral design of a first-class modern Microscope. It is simple in\nconstruction and of convenient design, and is well adapted for teachers\nand students, as well as for family use, affording amusement and\ninstruction to young and old.\n\nThe stand is eight inches in height, with hinged joint, allowing it to\nbe inclined to any angle for convenience of observation. The base is of\ncast-iron, handsomely japanned, the compound body of finely lacquered\nbrass, with draw-tube, for increasing the power of the object-glasses.\nThe stage is of ample size, and is provided with spring clips for\nholding the object whilst under observation; beneath is a concave\nmirror, conveniently jointed, for the illumination of all transparent\nobjects.\n\nOne great advantage consists of the rack and pinion adjustment for\nfocus. It also has a condensing lens for giving a better illumination\nto opaque objects. The dividing _Achromatic_ object-glass gives a\nrange of powers from 75 to 290 diameters, (not _times_, which is\n_area_, remember), with an improved quality of definition. Two prepared\nobjects, two glass slips and brass forceps accompany each instrument,\nand the whole is packed in a neat polished mahogany case.\n\nN. B. Any one desiring this Microscope for immediate use, or as a\npresent, can forward $12.00 and receive it, and afterwards make up a\nPremium Club for it, as above offered, deducting the proper amount from\nthe $12.00. Price $12.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=THE MICROGRAPH.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe Micrograph is a microscope which can be used for viewing all\nsmall objects, such as seeds, minerals, insects, etc., and for this\npurpose will be found very useful. There is also furnished with each\ninstrument a set of 100 microscopic pictures photographed on glass.\nThis instrument is beautifully polished and nickel-plated, with sliding\ntube for adjusting the focus and a reversible glass reflecting mirror.\nThe price is $1.00 postage paid.\n\n\n=THROUGH A MICROSCOPE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nBy Samuel Wells, Mary Treat and Frederick LeRoy Sargent. It gives\nsuggestions as to outfits, preparation of objects, and methods of\nexperiment. Mr. Sargent tells how home-made microscopes may be prepared\nand used. Price 60 cents.\n\n\n=A GOOD MICROSCOPE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo one need be without a microscope. We have made special arrangements\nby which we can offer a Combination Microscope (or Floroscope), 2\ninches in length, for new subscriptions amounting to only $1.00. It\nhas in addition to a powerful microscope lens, a mineral glass for\nexamining plants, minerals, etc. It is very convenient. It can be put\ninto a vest pocket, and yet is as serviceable as many more expensive\nmicroscopes. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n\n\n=COMPOUND MICROSCOPE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and 75 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis instrument will show satisfactorily the larger animalcules in\npond water, the scales from a butterfly\u2019s wing, etc. The stand is\nof polished brass, handsomely lacquered, with one eye-piece and one\nobject-glass, magnifying, when combined, about 40 diameters or 1600\ntimes. One prepared object, two glass slips and a pair of brass\nforceps, are furnished with it; the whole is packed in a neat polished\nwalnut-wood case. Price $2.50. Postage paid.\n\n\n=POCKET COMPASS, NO. 378.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis compass is a watch pattern, with brass case, metal dial, glass\nface. It has a catch to secure the needle when one is travelling, and\nkeeps the adjustment from being disturbed.\n\nPrice $1.00.\n\n\n=BULL\u2019S EYE LANTERN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 15 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis lantern will be found very useful by farmers, hunters, etc. It is\nvery convenient to have when skating. Can be carried in the hand or\nadjusted to a belt. Diameter of the lens three inches. Price 75 cts.\n\nPostage 20 cents extra.\n\n\n=THE BRILLIANT MAGIC LANTERN, WITH POLYOPTACON ATTACHMENT.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00; or given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and $1.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is the best Magic Lantern we have ever seen for so small an amount.\n\nThe Magic Lantern Outfit consists of 1 high power brilliant magic\nlantern, 14 beautiful views, photographed on glass, 10 German colored\nviews hand-painted on glass, 72 exhibition tickets, 1 lecture book\n(describing views), 1 large show bill, and complete instructions. All\npacked in a strong wood box. Fine portraits of Longfellow, Whittier,\nBryant, Holmes and Tennyson, are included in the views we give, and a\nshort sketch of the life of each will be found in the Lecture Book.\nWe also include among the views a story of \u201cThe Lazy Ant,\u201d in three\nchapters, \u201cThe Gobbler Gobbled,\u201d \u201cThe Singing Lesson,\u201d \u201cCrossing the\nFerry,\u201d \u201cWelcome,\u201d \u201cGood-Night.\u201d A delightful entertainment for an\nevening, either at home or with friends, can be furnished by this\nsplendid outfit.\n\nWith each Polyoptacon is included a Series of 30 Comic Card Views,\n\u201cWhat Hans saw at the German Fair,\u201d also a Comic Series called \u201cHans\nBreitmann\u2019s Party,\u201d 30 Views, and one Series, \u201cChildren at Play.\u201d\n\nThere is no reason why our boys and girls cannot earn money by giving\nexhibitions. The entertainment can easily be given at your own home,\nor in the schoolroom, especially if the proceeds are for the benefit\nof your school library or school cabinets. Price $2.25. Postage and\npacking 30 cents, or sent by express at receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=A BEAUTIFUL MINERAL INKSTAND.=\n\n[Illustration: TAMMEN]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 15 cents cash\nadditional. Style J. J. This beautiful Inkstand is about 3 inches\nsquare, and resembles illustration on this page. The ink-well has\na Bohemian cut glass top, ornamented with a spray of flowers. 75\nselected minerals are studded around its sides and top. The filling\nis rich, bright, sparkling silver ore sands. The minerals consist of\nores, petrified woods, spars, etc., arranged systematically. Price,\npostage-paid, $1.75.\n\n\n=CIRCLE-RADIUS DRAWING RULER.=\n\n[Illustration: A]\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 25 cents. It serves all the\npurposes of an ordinary ruler, and in addition, makes a perfect guide\nin drawing circles. Price 12 cts.\n\n\n=READING GLASS, NO. 2818.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration: NO. 2818.]\n\nThis Glass has a German Silver frame, wood handle, double convex lens\n3\u215d inches long by 1\u00be wide. Price, $2.00. Postage 10 cts. extra.\n\n\n=READING GLASS, NO. 2802.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration: NO. 2802]\n\nIt has a German Silver frame, double convex lens 3 inches in diameter.\nReading glasses are of great convenience and value to all in reading\nfine print. Aged persons especially appreciate such a gift as this on\naccount of the ease with which they can read by its aid. Price $1.50.\nPostage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=THE WEEDEN UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.50 and 50 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration: _The Engine is double the size of this cut._]\n\nWe have made special arrangements whereby we are able to offer this Gem\namong engines for a very moderate amount. Every boy can have a great\ndeal of pleasure and gain much practical information as well.\n\n\nDescription of the Engine.\n\nThe engine is 8\u00bd inches high and 4\u00bd inches in diameter. It is\n_nickel-plated_ in all its parts, and each engine is packed in a wooden\nbox.\n\n\nSafety-Valve.\n\nIt is impossible for the boiler to explode as the Engine has a\nperfect-working Safety-valve.\n\n\nSteam-Whistle.\n\nYou will notice the location of the Steam-whistle by referring to the\ncut. The valve by which the whistle is operated is also shown.\n\n\nThe Throttle-Valve.\n\nThe Engine is started and stopped by means of the Throttle-valve. No\nother small engine has this attractive and important feature.\n\n\nThe Steam-Exhaust.\n\nAll oscillating Engines exhaust at the ports. This Engine exhausts into\nthe smoke-stack, and thus the steam passes off into the air.\n\nThe Power of the Engine is sufficient for running toy machinery. So\nperfectly and so accurately is this Engine made that the screw-nuts\non the cylinder head, and the rivet-heads on the boiler and fire-box\nare represented (see illustration of the Engine.) It is a Scientific\nToy, nearer in appearance and operation to a large Engine than any\nheretofore made. It is both amusing and instructive. It is safe and\neasy to operate. It will run small Toys, and develop ingenuity. It is\na simple and complete machine which will practically illustrate to the\nyouthful mind that wonderful power so constantly at work on all sides\nin this age of Steam.\n\nThere are 41 pieces and over 400 operations in the manufacture of this\nEngine.\n\nIn this little Engine every means of safety has been provided, so that\nyoung beginners may take their first lesson without incurring any risk.\nThe fuel to be used must in all cases be Alcohol as the lamp is not\nadapted for anything else.\n\nEvery Engine is Tested by running at the Factory. The price of the\nEngine is $1.35. Postage and packing 30 cents additional: or sent by\nexpress at the receiver\u2019s expense.\n\n\n=A SET OF CARVING TOOLS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe set consists of Six Carving Tools, made of the best quality\nof steel, and fully warranted. With this outfit all can learn the\nfascinating art. They have Rosewood handles and are sharpened ready for\nuse.\n\nThe process of carving is very simple, and easily learned. Many young\nladies have learned this fascinating work and earn good salaries at it.\nPrice $1.25. Postage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=BRACKET-SAW DRILL, NO. 4.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nBracket and Scroll Saw Workers will find this a very useful article.\nPrice 75 cents. The Drill Stock is 8 inches in length. It is made\nof iron with rosewood handle, and has a brass chuck for holding the\ndrill-points. With each drill stock we send a box containing six\nsuperior drill-points, of various sizes. Postage and packing 12 cents\nextra.\n\n\n=THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.=\n\n=A Mechanical Toy to be run by the Weeden Engine.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis new mechanical toy is a working model of the interior of a village\nblack-smith\u2019s shop. The various tools usually found therein, together\nwith the anvil, fireplace, bellows, etc., are all handsomely printed in\ncolors. The mechanical arrangement is so constructed that when attached\nto the Weeden Engine the quiet scene instantly changes to one of\nintense activity. The Village Blacksmith hammers away upon his anvil,\nand the large bellows near the fireplace are indicated by the boy as he\npulls upon its lever. An ingenious boy can easily attach other working\ntoys. Price 50 cents. Postage 10 cents additional.\n\n\n=THE MONKEY BAND ATTACHMENT.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nThe Band consists of a Monkey leader, two Monkey violinists, and Monkey\nbass-viol. All in one piece. It is run by the Weeden Engine. Price 50\ncents.\n\n\n=Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n\n\n=PATENT ADJUSTABLE TOOL HOLDER AND TEN LARGE TOOLS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese tools are all made from the best quality of steel, and ready for\nuse. The handle is made from Rosewood. The chuck is polished steel,\nnickeled, and will hold any tool from a pin to a large mill file. The\nTool Holder is an actual necessity in every family, as it can be used\nfor so many different repairs. Price $1.00. Postage and packing 10\ncents.\n\n\n=BENCH VISE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis tool will be very useful in every home. In making repairs about\nthe house it will prove of great service many times. It can be adjusted\nto any table. The jaws will open 1\u00bd inches. Price 50 cents. Postage and\npacking 30 cents, or will be sent by express if preferred.\n\n\n=THE HANDY SET OF TOOLS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: TERRY\u2019S GOOD LUCK TOLEDO O]\n\nThis set of tools consists of a fine Block Plane, 1 Keyhole Saw, with\ndetachable handle, 1 Try Square, and a good pocket knife. The outfit\nwill prove extremely useful to boys with an ingenious turn of mind.\nPrice 85 cents. Postage and packing 20 cents.\n\n\n=BLOCK PLANE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a fine plane in every respect. It is made of first class\nmaterials throughout. The plane is what is technically called a\n\u201cdouble-ender,\u201d that is, the blade is reversible, and you can plane\nclose up into corners. Price 85 cents. Postage and packing 30 cents.\n\n\n=PATENT BRACE, NO. 72.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Brace has the same style of jaws as the best steel Braces.\nThe Sweep is made of steel, tumbled and not polished; the head and\nrevolving handle are of hard maple. It is a good serviceable brace. It\nhas a 10 inch sweep. Price 60 cents. Postage and packing 25 cents.\n\n\n=GLASS CUTTER AND PUTTY-KNIFE COMBINED.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 25 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis cut represents a new style of Glass Cutter. It is durable, being\nmade of finely tempered steel and polished; combines a Glass Cutter and\nGraduated Glass Breaker. Price 15 cents.\n\n\n=MAGIC KNIFE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe easiest Knife in the world to open, no stiff joints, consequently\nno broken thumb nails. The blade moves out or in when pressure is\napplied on the end opposite the blade, according as that end is held\ndown or up. The blade, entirely concealed in the case, is effectually\nprotected from dirt and rust, and there are no sharp corners or\nprojecting points to damage the pocket. A small pocket knife is a\nnecessity with every one, and none better than this for either Lady or\nGentleman has ever been produced. Price 25 cents.\n\n\n=PERFECTION STUDY LAMP.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $8.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis well-known and popular lamp is without exception the best for\noffice or household use. It is the safest because the oil is kept at\na distance from the light. It gives the most agreeable light that can\nbe obtained. The lamp is very ornamental looking, and although it\nlooks light, is so well balanced as to be perfectly firm. Price $5.00.\nReceiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=THE HOUSEKEEPER\u2019S SCALES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00 and 25 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis little Scale is made with Steel Bearings and Brass Beam, and\nweighs accurately any package from \u00bd oz. to 25 lbs. It is nicely\nadjusted, and an almost indispensable article for the Housekeeper.\nPrice, $3.50. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=THE READY BINDER.=\n\nThree Binders given for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration: THE READY BINDER\n\nMOTT\u2014NY]\n\nThis is something that will bind loose papers and pamphlets in a\nsubstantial manner.\n\nThey are much more convenient to handle if they can be cut at the folds\nand yet kept in place for reading by the Ready Binder. It is made of\ntwo white wires joined in the centre, with slides on either end for\npressing the wires together, thus holding the magazine together by\npressure. Price 10 cts. each. 3 for 25 cts.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LOTHROP\u2019S POPULAR MAGAZINES GIVEN AS PREMIUMS.=\n\nWe will send WIDE AWAKE one year, free, for new subscriptions to any of\nthe four magazines (Wide Awake, The Pansy, Our Little Men and Women and\nBabyland) amounting to $8.00.\n\nWe will send THE PANSY one year, free, for new subscriptions to any of\nthe four magazines (Wide Awake, The Pansy, Our Little Men and Women and\nBabyland) amounting to $3.00.\n\nWe will send OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN one year, free, for new\nsubscriptions to any of the four magazines (Wide Awake, The Pansy, Our\nLittle Men and Women and Babyland) amounting to $3.00.\n\nWe will send BABYLAND one year, free, for new subscriptions to any of\nthe four magazines (Wide Awake, The Pansy, Our Little Men and Women and\nBabyland) amounting to $1.50.\n\n\n=THE CROSS FOUNTAIN GOLD PEN, NO. 1.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00.\n\n[Illustration: THE CROSS PEN CO.]\n\nOf the same superior workmanship and finish as the Stylographic Pens,\nand is fitted with the best quality Gold pen. Either octagon or round\nbarrel. Price $2.00. Fountain Gold Pen, No. 3 will be given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $5.00. Price, $3.00.\n\n\n=THE A. T. CROSS \u201cBUSINESS\u201d PENCIL, NO. 100.=\n\nAn automatic business pencil, given for new subscriptions amounting to\n25 cents.\n\n[Illustration: THE CROSS PEN CO.]\n\nThe pencil has a nickel-plated point and enamelled handle. By simply\nturning the handle slightly to the right, the lead is propelled forward\nto the extent desired, and by turning to the left, the lead is drawn\nback into the pencil, protected from any breaking of the point. A very\nuseful article. Price, 20 cents. Extra leads, 20 cts. a box.\n\n\n=THE A. T. CROSS STYLOGRAPHIC PEN.=\n\nNo. 451. Plain. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00. No.\n452. Gold mounted. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis pen is an \u201cindispensable luxury\u201d to every one who writes. The pen\ncan be held at any natural angle. When the writing is done, the cap\nis replaced over the pen, and it is ready to put in the pocket. It is\nespecially suitable for travelling. Price plain, $2.00. Gold mounted,\n$2.50. Either round or octagon barrel.\n\n\n=GOLD PLATED SCREW PENCIL.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo. 4. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00. Gold Plated\nScrew Pencil, beautifully engraved. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=DECORATED ENAMEL MAGIC PENCIL CHARM.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo. 157. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00. Price $1.00.\nDecorated Enamel Magic Pencil Charm, Hand Painted, Plated mounting.\n\n\n=GOLD PLATED TELESCOPIC DESK HOLDER WITH SOLID GOLD PEN.=\n\n[Illustration: WINSOR & MASON]\n\nNo. 333. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50. Gold Plated\nTelescopic Desk Holder with solid Gold Pen, in Nickel box. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=LADIES\u2019 GOLD PEN AND PEARL HOLDER.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo. 372. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $4.50. An elegant\nLadies\u2019 warranted Solid Gold Pen (14 karat) and Pearl Holder. In a fine\nmorocco case silk lined. Price $2.25.\n\n\n=SOLID GOLD PICK.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo. 62. Given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00. The pick is\nsolid 10-karat Gold. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=RED GOLD PLATED SCREW PENCIL CHARM.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo. 19. Given for new subscriptions amounting to 75 cents. Red Gold\nPlated Screw Pencil Charm. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n\n\n=STUDENTS\u2019 COMBINATION DESK AND BLACKBOARD.=\n\nOne new Study and Writing Desk given for new subscriptions amounting to\n$3.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe inside of the Lid is covered with prepared silicate, thus forming\na perfect blackboard. This Desk is for family use. It is a convenient\naddition to the furniture of a sitting-room. It can be used by any\nmember of the family for reading, writing and study purposes. It is\nthe right size to use with the ordinary house chair. The desk is made\nentirely of hard wood (ash), trimmed with walnut, and the top is\ncovered with enameled leather giving a very finished look. It has a\nlock and key, and inside the desk are different apartments for papers,\nbooks, etc. Raise the lid and draw it forward to front of desk and you\nhave an inclined blackboard. The Desk is strong and well made. The\nbrace-rod is firmly screwed to the legs, which makes the desk very\nfirm. We also recommend this Desk for school purposes.\n\nA gentleman in Pennsylvania having charge of a private school ordered\none desk as a sample, and on examination sent an order for six more\nsaying \u201cthey were just what he wanted.\u201d\n\nHeight, at lowest point, 29 inches; width, 25 inches; depth, 19 inches.\nThe cut is a good representation of the shape, proportion and style of\nthe desk. For convenience and economy the legs and ornamental top are\ndetached from the body of the desk in packing. By this arrangement, the\ncost of transportation is made very reasonable. Price $2.00. Receiver\nto pay express charges.\n\n=STUDENTS\u2019 DESK AND TABLE TOP WITH DRAWER.=\n\nAll given for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00 and 25 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nBy obtaining the complete desk (as above) and a _table top_ (see\nillustration below), you can combine the two as seen in this\nillustration. When the table is needed for use, all that is necessary\nis to take off the desk; replacing the latter when through using the\ntable. At a slight additional expense the use of two separate articles\nis secured. Price of the combination $2.75.\n\n\n=THE \u201cFAVORITE TABLE.\u201d=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 10 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Table will be found a desirable companion for ladies with their\nsewing, or children with their games. It has a drawer to hold needles\nand thread, or for dominoes, checkers, etc., when used for games. It\nis made of chestnut, finely finished, with cloth top. Size, 31 inches\nlong, 19 inches wide, 27 inches high. Takes apart for convenience in\nshipping. Price $1.50. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=HAND MIRROR AND BRUSH.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.25.\n\nOne of the most useful premiums we offer. They are handsomely\nornamented, and will wear well. The material of which each is made\nimitates rubber very closely. A very satisfactory premium. Price $1.15.\n\n\n=AUTOMATIC SHAWL STRAP.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cts.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe best shawl or book strap or parcel carrier made. Finely finished.\nPrice 25 cts.\n\n\n=GOLD BANGLES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\nThe bangles are of plain gold plate, each end terminating in a Roman\nball. Price per pair $1.50.\n\n\n=STUDENTS\u2019 BOOK-RACK, NO. 318.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Book-Rack has three shelves 18 inches long, and will hold 40\nvolumes of suitable size for students\u2019 use. When folded it measures 18\u00bd\ninches long, 7 inches wide and 2\u00bc inches thick, and can be put in a\nsmall trunk. Price 50 cents. Express charges to be paid by receiver; or\nwill be sent by mail on receipt of 60 cents for postage and packing.\n\n\n=FAMILY BOOK-RACK, NO. 424.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese book-racks are made upon an entirely new principle. The uprights\ngo through the top and bottom shelves and the knobs screw on, thus\nholding them very firm, while the intermediate shelves can be changed\nto admit any size of book. They are always firm, and will not become\nloose and topple over by reason of any shrinkage of the shelves. Can be\ntaken apart and put up again in a moment\u2019s time. They are made strong\nand will stand firm on floor, table or desk, or may be suspended from a\npicture knob or hook on the wall.\n\nThis Book-Rack has four shelves 24 inches long, with capacity for\nholding eighty volumes of ordinary size, and when packed for removal\nwill occupy a space only 26 inches long, 7 wide and 2\u00bd deep, and weighs\nabout 4 pounds. Price $1.00. Express charges to be paid by receiver, or\nwill be sent by mail on receipt of 90 cents for postage and packing.\n\n\n=COTTAGE BOOK-RACK, NO. 424\u00bd.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Book-Rack has about the same capacity as No. 424, but is far more\nstylish and artistic in design. The uprights are square with chamfered\ncorners and ebonized finished. The shelves are held in position by a\nnew and novel locking device, while the whole is surmounted with an\nornamental balustrade. Size when packed, 24 inches long, 6 wide and 2\u00bd\ndeep. Price $1.50. Express charges to be paid by receiver, or will be\nsent by mail on receipt of 90 cents for postage and packing.\n\n\n/* =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.= */\n\n\n=THE \u201cLITTLE WONDER\u201d PERFORATOR, AND OUTFIT COMPLETE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00 and 25 cents cash\nadditional; or for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 60 cents\ncash additional.\n\n\n=Ladies, Make Your Own Stamping Patterns.=\n\n[Illustration: PEARL\u2019S PERFORATING\n\n_THE LITTLE_ WONDER PEARL\u2019S PERFORATOR\n\nSTAMPING OUTFIT\n\n\u201c_THE LITTLE WONDER_\u201d PEARL\u2019S PERFORATOR & STAMPING OUTFIT\n\nPATENTED. NOV. 21st 1882.]\n\nThis Sewing Machine Attachment makes Perforated Stamping Patterns, from\nthe most elaborate and intricate designs, either original or those\nfrom Art Books. The design is placed over from 1 to 10 sheets of Linen\npaper and passed through the machine. Perforated duplicates are thereby\nobtained, each of which will stamp the design a hundred times. Designs\nmay be taken from wall paper, cretonnes, carpets, laces, etc.\n\nPatterns perforated in this way are superior in every way to those made\nby the old method. There is no rough side from which you are obliged\nto stamp; being alike on both sides one can stamp from either side.\nThere is no possibility of the patterns \u201cfilling up\u201d and thus becoming\nuseless, for each perforation is made by actually removing an atom of\nthe paper the size of the needle or punch used. Different sized punches\nare furnished so that the operator can choose a fine or a coarse line\nas best suits his work.\n\nBy setting the machine with a short stitch so the perforations come\nclose together, beautiful stencils can be cut from card-board, paper,\netc.\n\nThe \u201cLittle Wonder\u201d is applicable to transferring designs for\nEmbroidery, Braiding, Quilting, Ornamental Painting, Frescoing,\nWood Carving, Fret-Sawing, and for instantly copying designs on the\nblackboard for the use of teachers illustrating lessons in Botany,\nGeography, Natural History, etc., etc.\n\nAccompanying each outfit are instructions, showing how to perforate,\nhow to stamp on any material without liquids (the simplest and most\nperfect method known) and how to set stamping on velvets and plush by\nsteam; various minor uses to which the \u201cLittle Wonder\u201d is applicable\nare also fully noted.\n\nThe \u201cLittle Wonder\u201d Perforator can be furnished for the following\nMachines _only_:\n\nLight-Running Domestic, Wheeler and Wilson No. 8, Remington No. 3,\nWhite, Household, double or single feed, Weed \u201cNew Hartford,\u201d New\nHome, Singer, \u201cNew Family,\u201d Singer Improved, Elias Howe, and New Howe\n\u201cG.\u201d _In case you do not have one of the above machines, possibly\nyour neighbor has, and would allow you to use it in exchange for some\npatterns._\n\nWe cannot supply them for any other machines. _Name your machine with\nyour order (and it must be one of the above), or we cannot send it._\n\nPearl\u2019s Perforating and Stamping Outfit consists of 1 Patent\nPerforating Attachment, 3 small, 3 medium and 3 large Punches, 1 Box\nPearl\u2019s Perfect White Stamping Powder, 1 Box Blue Powder, 1 Improved\nReversible Chamois Stamping Pad, together with a book of explicit\ninstructions for its adaptation and use in perforating and stamping of\nevery description, all enclosed in a handsome case. Price $2.00.\n\nTHE \u201cLITTLE WONDER\u201d PERFORATOR (without the Outfit). Given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $2.00; or for new subscriptions amounting to\n$1.00 and 50 cents cash additional. Price $1.25.\n\nONE QUIRE LINEN PERFORATING PAPER, size 17 x 22. Given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00. Price 40 cents.\n\nONE PACKAGE PERFORATING PUNCHES. Given for new subscriptions amounting\nto $1.00. Each package contains one dozen punches. Price 40 cents.\n\n\n=LONGFELLOW IN HIS LIBRARY, \u201cCRAIGIE HOUSE,\u201d CAMBRIDGE, MASS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 40 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nDESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE.\n\nHollyer\u2019s Steel Plate engraving of \u201cLongfellow in His Library,\u201d is an\naccurate representation of the room which Longfellow used from 1837\nuntil the time of his death, and it will undoubtedly be accepted as the\nfavorite picture of the \u201cAmerican Popular Poet;\u201d the likeness is good;\nthe attitude and expression happily betoken a mind deeply occupied\nin the task before him; and everyone who admires and appreciates the\nwritings of the great poet, will be pleased to see the appointments of\nthe room in which he worked, together with a faithful portrait of him.\nThe central figure is that of the Great Poet. He is seated on the right\nof a circular table, strewn with his books and writing materials. Price\n$1.00.\n\n\n=MONOGRAM OUTFIT, NO. 2.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration: BLACK INK RED INK BRONZE INK PADS\n\nUNIVERSAL MONOGRAM OUTFIT]\n\nHeretofore monograms have been expensive and beyond the reach of our\nyoung people. We have had the whole series made, and can supply any\nletters desired.\n\n[Illustration: EXACT SIZE.]\n\nThe Monograms in Outfit 2 have _two_ letters. The advantage of having\nan exclusive private mark for your books, clothing, etc., is of great\nimportance, and a Monogram supplies the want better than any other\nmark. All of the materials used are of the finest quality and put up\nwith care. Each outfit contains 1 Rubber Monogram Stamp, 1 Bottle\nIndelible Ink, 1 Bottle Bright Red Ink, 1 Ink Distributor, 1 Bottle\nBronze, Ink Pads. Price 50 cents. Postage and packing 5 cents.\n\n\n=MONOGRAM OUTFIT, NO. 3.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 15 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis Outfit is similar to the above, except that the Monogram consists\nof _three_ letters. Price 80 cents.\n\n\n=CRUMB TRAY AND BRUSH.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe Tray is made of tin, handsomely painted and ornamented. Postage and\npacking 15 cents additional. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n=HAND AND BRACKET MIRROR.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis exceedingly convenient mirror cannot fail to give perfect\nsatisfaction. The frame is covered with silk plush. The glass is French\nplate with bevelled edge. Size of the mirror 4 inches by 6 inches. The\nadjustable handle is nickel plated, the whole making a very attractive\naddition to one\u2019s room. Price 80 cts.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=THE UNIVERSAL BINDER.=\n\nA New and Superior Binder for Our Magazines.\n\n[Illustration: PATENTED MARCH 28, 1882 MARCH 23, 1886]\n\nA and C are the two covers separated.\n\nA-cover shows the paper filed on the wires, and the back or flap (B)\nwhich forms the back of the book.\n\nC-cover has a metal hinge or clamping-bar, perforated for the wires,\nwith lugs to hold the wires when bent down, and a pocket for the back\nto slide into.\n\nD shows the complete book, made without the objectionable bulging back\nof other binders.\n\nThe back (B), when in the pocket, forms a complete book with one sheet\nor any thickness of paper placed in the binder. The wires are toughened\nby a process, and will not break.\n\nWe are gratified at being able to call the attention of our subscribers\nto an Improved Binder that we know will give entire satisfaction. It\nis made very strongly, of the best materials, and makes a handsome,\nfinished-looking volume whether filled with the full number of\nmagazines required, or with but one or two copies. The Binder is made\nin two sizes and two styles; one is adapted for WIDE AWAKE and one for\nTHE PANSY. The name of each magazine is stamped in gold on the covers.\nAny magazine that is of the same size as either of the above may be\nbound, either permanently or for temporary preservation. For instance,\nBABYLAND or the C. Y. F. JOURNAL will fit WIDE AWAKE binder very well.\n\nWe can supply the binder for either magazine in full cloth, or in half\nRussia. An awl for punching holes in the magazines accompanies each\nBinder.\n\nThe Binder for THE PANSY will contain a year\u2019s numbers. The Binder for\nWIDE AWAKE will contain a full volume (six numbers).\n\nUniversal Binders for WIDE AWAKE or PANSY, full cloth, given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThe Binder, in Half Russia, given for new subscriptions amounting to\n$1.50 and 10 cents cash additional.\n\nThe Half Russia cover is preferable on account of the greater\ndurability as well as the richer appearance.\n\nPrice, full cloth, 70 cents; half Russia, 80 cents. Postage and packing\n15 cents extra, when purchased or sent as a premium.\n\n\n=DOVER EGG BEATER.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: DOVER EGG BEATER PAT. MAY 31 1870]\n\nThe revolving floats or beaters turn on two different centres and\ninterlace each other. This draws the egg into the beater, and away\nfrom the sides of the bowl, when it is thoroughly cut and aerated in a\nmoment. This size will beat the whites of 2 eggs in 10 seconds. Price\n50 cents.\n\n\n=THE PLYMOUTH LAPBOARD.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt is in all respects the most desirable article of the kind. It is a\nlight, durable and perfect board. With it one avoids the discomfort\nincident to holding a heavy board. The peculiar felting finish upon\nboth sides, effectually prevents the slipping of the work from the\nboard, also the slipping of the board from the lap. It is manufactured\nfrom a material specially adapted to this purpose. It will neither warp\nnor crack, and with proper care will last a life-time. The graduated\nscale entirely does away with the need of a yard-stick or tape-measure.\nThe Checker-Board upon one side will be found very convenient for\npersons interested in either of the games of checkers or chess. Price\n$1.25. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=HOW TO GET YOUR BACK NUMBERS OF WIDE AWAKE, ETC., BOUND.=\n\nTO SUBSCRIBERS WISHING THEIR NUMBERS BOUND:\u2014We will bind any one\nyear of WIDE AWAKE (in two volumes), in handsome cloth covers, for\nany subscriber sending us new subscriptions amounting to $5.00. The\nmagazines must be sent to us fully prepaid. We will return the volumes\nat our expense. We will bind a year\u2019s numbers of either BABYLAND, THE\nPANSY, or OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN, for new subscriptions amounting to\n$2.00, and return at our expense.\n\n\n=THE \u201cUNIVERSAL\u201d OPERA-GLASS, NO. 180.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $15.00; or given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $10.00 and $2.25 cash additional; or given\nfor new subscriptions amounting to $6.00 and $4.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nWe have presumed that our subscribers desire a _good_ Opera-Glass\npresented to their notice, or none at all. We have therefore secured\nthe \u201cUniversal\u201d from a reliable house as a premium. This Glass is\nsupplied with lenses which have never been surpassed in any particular.\nThe glass has a large field, perfect definition, and the frame is\nstrong and rigid. We can recommend this glass as one which will not\nonly give satisfaction when new, but after years of use. The height\n(closed) is 2\u215e inches. The glass is covered with black Morocco. A crush\nleather case is given with the glass. These Glasses are not to be\nconfounded with the cheap opera-glasses usually offered as premiums.\nThey are the best we can obtain for a reasonable price. Price $9.00.\n\n\n=SCHOLARS\u2019 COMPANION, NO. 41.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: NO. 41]\n\nThis is a very fine case for scholars to use. It is very strong, and\nthoroughly made. It contains an Inkstand, Penholder, Lead and Slate\nPencils, Rubber, Sponge, and a Pen-Knife. It has small compartments\nfor various uses. It is about 7 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 1\u00bc\ninches deep. The case is fastened by a steel lock and key. Price $1.00.\nPostage 15 cents extra.\n\n\n=SCHOLARS\u2019 COMPANION, NO. 40 X.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nThis Case is about the same dimensions as the NO. 41, but not so strong\nand durable. It is fastened with a catch instead of a lock. It has the\nsame articles as case NO. 41. Price 35 cents. Postage 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=PERFUME CASE, NO. 10.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a neat and pretty little perfume case. Height, 6 inches; width,\n1\u00be inches; depth, 2 inches. The top and base are covered with rich\nplush. A mirror is at the back. One bottle goes with this case. Price\n25 cents. Postage 8 cents.\n\n\n/* =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.= */\n\n\n=THE PEARL RUG MAKER.= (=Used on all Sewing Machines or by Hand.=)\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 30 cents extra.\n\n[Illustration: The PEARL RUG MAKER.]\n\nThe easiest and most economical process ever invented for making Rag\nand Turkish Rugs, Ottoman Covers, etc. Every lady has enough material\nin her rag bag to make several handsome durable rugs. Any cloth, old or\nnew, yarns, carpet waste, etc., can be used. Small pieces of Silk, too\nmuch worn for Patchwork, make pretty stool or ottoman covers. The Pearl\nRug Maker is a set of Steel Forms and Tines, on which the material is\nwound, then sewed through the centre to a cloth foundation\u2014_with any\nsewing machine or by hand_\u2014forming loops, which are readily cut open,\nmaking a soft, close pile or tuft a half inch thick, all on the upper\nside. Rags when used do not have to be sewed together. Small pieces are\ncut in strips, on the bias. A handsome Rug 2 x 3 feet, with a border,\ncan be made in a day. Folks who have talked hard times for years must\nhave an abundance of old clothes. The Pearl Rug Maker is the only\ninvention that will utilize them without being obliged to go to further\nexpense than a spool of thread. With the scraps of cloth, odds and\nends that accumulate in every home, you can make Rugs that will adorn\nany parlor. If you do not have enough bright colored pieces in your\nrag bag, you can color them at trivial expense. (See our Premium Offer\nof Diamond Dyes.) With the Pearl Rug Maker many ladies make an entire\ncarpet.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe Pearl Rug Maker is made of Bessemer Steel, silver finish, and is\nput up in a handsome case, with explicit \u201cDirections for making Rag and\nTufted Rugs,\u201d containing 14 illustrations, which will enable anyone to\ndo the work. Price postpaid to any address, only $1.00.\n\n\n=DIAMOND DYES.=\n\nFour packages (your choice of colors) given for new subscriptions\namounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nComparatively few persons are aware that many articles of personal and\nhousehold use may be so renewed that they can be regarded as almost as\ngood as ever for further service. By using these Dyes, colors that have\nbecome faded or dingy, or unfashionable, can be renewed; or the article\nmay be changed in color and appearance so that they may again be made\nserviceable.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nEach Dye is complete in itself, requiring no other articles to set\nthe color. It is really for most colors no more difficult to dye any\narticle a perfect color than to rinse or starch such an article, and\nthe person making the trial for the first time will be delighted with\nthe result. They are warranted to give complete satisfaction when\ndirections are followed. Now at a trifling expense it can be done in\nany house, and any one can save many dollars every year by the extra\nwear they can get from garments that have been renewed in this way.\nAfter a lady has once felt the comfort of having a faded or dingy dress\nor garment made as good as new by these Dyes, she will not fail to use\nthem often for these purposes.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\nCOLORING HOODS, SHAWLS, ETC.\n\nThese articles are used by every lady, and are frequently made of white\nor very light colored material, and as a consequence very quickly\nbecome soiled or faded. Then they are usually discarded or given away.\nNow there is nothing easier than to color these articles, and thus make\nthem as good as new. Simply follow the directions and they will come\nout all right.\n\nThe Diamond Dyes are unequalled for coloring Dresses, Cloaks, Coats,\nWrappers and all garments; Shawls, Hoods, Scarfs, Yarn, Stockings,\nCarpet Rags, Feathers, Grasses, and many other articles of similar\nnature. Beautiful wood stains may be made from the Dyes.\n\nList of colors: Yellow, Scarlet, Crimson, Magenta, Cardinal Red, Dark\nGreen, Dark Wine, Plum, Black, Eosine (Pink), Bismarck, Old Gold,\nOrange, Maroon, Seal Brown, Violet, Brown, Dark Brown, Navy Blue, Dark\nBlue, Light Blue, Terra Cotta, Slate, Purple, Garnet, Olive Green, Drab\nGreen. Cardinal, for cotton, Blue, for cotton, Yellow, for cotton,\nGreen, for cotton, Scarlet, for cotton.\n\nThe Diamond Dyes of most colors work well on cotton, but for the colors\nspecially mentioned above it is necessary to have Dyes specially\nprepared. In ordering, specify \u201cfor cotton,\u201d if so desired. Price of\nDiamond Dyes, 10 cts. per package.\n\n\n=PERFECTION FOLDING TABLE.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nTo be given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 20 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is not a toy, but a useful and ornamental Sewing Table, very\nsimple in construction, yet made very substantial, and capable of\nstanding at eight different elevations varying from 23\u00bd to 29 inches in\nheight. Also, can be folded very compact, as shown in the engraving.\nThe top is ornamented with a Checker Board; also has an eighteen-inch\nMeasure across the front. Makes a splendid Card Table, or for use on\nlawns or piazzas. Size of top, 19 x 30 inches. Price, $1.25. Receiver\nto pay express charges.\n\n\n=THE SEWING ASSISTANT.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt consists of a Work Holder, Thread Cutter, Needle Cushion and Spool\nStand all combined in one article; made of Plated Metal; simple and\ndurable. It can be quickly attached to any work table or top of sewing\nmachine. The Work Holder consists of a movable jaw and spring which\nholds the work firmly (in place of the old method of pinning to the\nknee) and without any risk of soiling or tearing the finest fabric.\nPrice, 35 cts.\n\n\n=WRITING CASE, NO. 70.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt has appropriate apartments for Books, Stationery, Pen and Ink, etc.,\nwith a Blackboard on the inside of the cover, which drops down as seen\nin the cut. Height 18 in.; length, 14 in.; width, 6 in. Price, $1.00.\nReceiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=A 60-INCH NICKEL-PLATE TAPE MEASURE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration: HAFF M\u2019F\u2019G CO. N. Y.]\n\nThis measure will be found very convenient not only when sewing, but\nmany times around the house. It is nicely made, and is durable. Price,\n25 cents.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=GIRL\u2019S WORKBOX, NO. 1205.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 10 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Work Box is very pretty. The top is finely decorated with flowers.\nThe inside of the cover is a mirror. The Box is divided into three\ncompartments (one large, two small), and has two velvet cushions for\npins, etc. Scissors, a needle case, bodkin, and thimble are included.\nThe Box has a lock and key, and is covered with Japanese Lacquer. This\nis one of our best premiums for the girls. Price $1.25. Postage 25\ncents extra.\n\n\n=SHAWL STRAP, NO. 176.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA very strong and durable Shawl Strap. Such straps are indispensable\nfor carrying parcels of various kinds. This one has two long straps.\nThe crossbar is solid and cannot bend. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=SHAWL STRAP, NO. 118.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Strap is very similar to the illustration, but is made of metal,\nnickel-plated. It has three straps. No. 176 is preferable for strength,\nbut No. 118 is nicer looking, and has the extra strap. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=LADY\u2019S PORTMONNAIE, NO. 174 A.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA choice Portmonnaie, very finely made. The leather is a very fine\nimitation Alligator skin. The book has a patent clasp ornamented. For\nfinish, quality and durability this book cannot be excelled for the\nmoney. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=RUBBER COMB SET.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Set is an indispensable article to every lady and girl. The combs\nare of fine quality and put up in a neat case. Price 50 cents. Postage\n7 cents extra.\n\n\n=TOILET SET, NO. 145.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis will prove a very satisfactory premium. The case is 9\u2153 inches\nlong, 4\u00bd inches wide and 3 inches high. The case is imitation Alligator\nskin of a very pretty tint. It has a nickel silver fastening. The\nlining is satine. The mirror and brush are made of a composition that\ncannot be distinguished from rubber, and are finely ornamented. The\ncomb is rubber. Price $1.25. Postage and packing 20 cents extra.\n\n\n=MODEL CABINET.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $4.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis cut is an exact representation of the shape, proportion and\nstyle of the Cabinet. It is made of Rock Maple, finely finished, with\npolished brass trimmings, and enameled ornaments. Has lock and key;\ncontains 2 shelves. It is sent packed flat, and is fastened by screwing\non the little knobs in the cut. Dimensions: 30 in. high, 16 in. wide, 7\nin. deep. Price $2.50. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=FINE CANVAS BAG, With leather Trimmings.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA flap with double buckles comes over the top to cover the contents\nfrom the rain, etc. It has a leather shoulder strap. Size 11 inches by\n14 inches. Price 50 cents. Postage and packing 10 cents.\n\n\n=VASSAR SCHOOL BAG.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a finely woven Cord Bag, size 10\u00bd by 13 inches. The cord is of\ngood size and quality, and woven close. The bag is lined with cloth. It\nmakes a very neat bag for school children. Price 50 cents. Postage and\npacking 8 cents.\n\n\n=SOLID SILVER THIMBLE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.25.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nSend the size of thimble desired when ordering. You cannot make a\nmother a more acceptable present than this.\n\nPrice 60 cents.\n\n\n=TISSUE PAPER FLOWER OUTFIT, NO. 1.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: HOW TO MAKE PAPER FLOWERS]\n\nThis outfit is very complete. It contains a book of instructions,\nfully illustrated, giving every possible and minute detail in this\nbeautiful art. The outfit contains a choice lot assorted colors of\nimported Tissue Paper, Wire, Rubber Stems, Leaves, Culots, Sprays,\nFlower Centres, a large variety of ready stamped Flowers, etc. All of\nthe materials are of the best quality. Price of Outfit No. 1, 60 cents.\nPrice of Outfit No. 2, $1.00.\n\nOutfit No. 2 contains a a number of extra tools, and more material.\nOutfit No. 2 is given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n\n/* =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.= */\n\n\n=FLUTE HARMONICA, NO. 209.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration: PAT\u2019D JAN. 12. 1881]\n\nThis instrument has eight round keys, new style, and has a German\nsilver top. The music is produced by blowing through the mouthpiece\nseen at the right. The music is very sweet. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=THREE SIDE HARMONICA.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: TREMOLO CONZERT]\n\nThis is a genuine \u201cThie\u201d Harmonica. The tone is very fine and sweet. It\nhas 48 holes, with zinc reed plates. The covers are nickel. A very fine\ninstrument. Price 90 cents. Postage 15 cents extra.\n\n\n=RICHTER HARMONICA, NO. 23.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: RICHTER]\n\nThis is a genuine Richter Harmonica, of the best quality. It has 24\nholes, with German Silver sides, and is a very fine instrument. Price\n50 cents. Postage 7 cents extra.\n\n\n=GUITAR, NO. 144.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $13.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $8.00 and $2.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA beautiful instrument, more easily learned than the piano. This one\nis handsome enough to please an accomplished musician, and has a fine\ntone. It is imitation rosewood, with patent head. Price $7.00. Receiver\nto pay express charges.\n\nA fine quality pasteboard case supplied for new subscriptions amounting\nto $2.00. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=MUSIC BOX, NO. 0.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Music Box has one air, and may be supplied in either a round or\nsquare case. The Cylinder is turned with a crank. Price $1.00. Postage\n5 cents extra.\n\n\n=BANJO, NO. 123.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $6.00, and 40 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nThis Banjo has eight brackets, a nickel-plated rim wood lined, ball\nbrackets, calfskin head, imitation walnut arm, and is fretted. We send\nthe Banjo in a strong pasteboard case. It is a very good instrument for\nso small a price. Price, complete, $4.00. Express charges to be paid by\nreceiver.\n\n\n=HARP ZITHERN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a fifteen string Musical Instrument, made in the new harp\nshape, nicely finished with ebonized ends, and is very handsome. A key\nfor tuning accompanies each instrument. Each instrument packed in a\nstrong paper box. Price $1.00. Postage and packing 20 cents additional.\n\n\n=VIOLIN, NO. 770.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $13.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $8.00 and $2.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is an excellent instrument for a very reasonable price. We have\nhad it selected especially for our use. It is an imported \u201cKlotz\u201d\nmodel, red shaded, ebony trimmed. A good bow accompanies the violin.\nPrice $8.00.\n\nA fine wood case, with hooks and handle, supplied for new subscriptions\namounting to $3.00. Price $1.75. Receiver to pay express charges on\nboth violin and case.\n\n\n=THE METALAPHONE, NO. 729.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration: C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C]\n\nThis is a Musical Instrument which discourses the sweetest music. It\nrequires but a little practice to become an adept, and any tune can be\nplayed on it. It cannot get out of order\u2014will last a lifetime. Makes\na very handsome, useful and common sense present for a boy or girl.\nIt has 22 notes. Postage and packing 35 cents, or sent by express at\nreceiver\u2019s expense. Price 60 cents.\n\n\n=A SET OF GARDEN TOOLS, NO. 2.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Set of Garden Tools is a necessity to every one having flowers.\nThe Set consists of four pieces, neatly put up in a box. The pieces\nare as follows: steel hoe, steel trowel, iron rake, iron weeding fork.\nPrice 25 cents. Postage and packing 20 cents extra.\n\n\n=PERFUME CASE, NO. 169.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA very nice article for personal use or as a present. The case is\ncovered with handsome plush, and has two mirrors back of the bottles.\nThe case is 6 inches high, and 3 inches from back to front. Two\ncut-glass bottles accompany the case. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=A GOLD FILLED THIMBLE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\nSend the size desired when ordering. The gold filled thimbles are much\npreferable to solid gold ones, as they wear much longer. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=WEEDEN\u2019S NEW MATCH SAFE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cts.\n\n[Illustration: MATCHES]\n\nThe only safe made showing a luminous word all night, and the only\nsafe adapted for use of all kinds of matches. The Luminous Surface is\nthe best known in the arts, and is _warranted_ not to contain anything\ninflammable or injurious, to last many years unimpaired. The safe is\nmade from sheet metal in a strong, compact form, intended not only to\nbe a convenient receptacle for good and burnt matches, but to show\nduring the night The Luminous Word \u201cMatches,\u201d as a guide to finding its\ncontents in darkness. The design and finish are such that it serves\nduring the day as an ornament, wherever it may be placed. Price 20\ncents.\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n\n\n=JEWELRY.=\n\nPlease note what is said on first Page of Premium List (section 18) as\nto registering articles.\n\n\n=RINGS.=\n\nTo ascertain the size of the ring you wish, cut a piece of firm paper\njust long enough to go around your finger.\n\nNos. 1, 2, 3 or 4 in Heavy Rolled Gold Plate. Either given for $1.50\nworth new names. Price $1.00 each, postage paid.\n\nNos. 1, 2, 3 or 4 in 14 karat Filled Gold. Either given for $2.00 worth\nnew names. Price $1.25, postage paid.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nNo. 1 or 3, Solid Gold, given for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\nPrice $1.75.\n\nNo. 2. Solid Gold, given for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00.\nPrice $2.25.\n\n\n=CAMEO RING, NO. 232.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis beautiful genuine Cameo Ring is a very nice present for a friend\nor for one\u2019s self. The band is heavy gold plate. Price $1.75.\n\n\n=SOLID GOLD, CAMEO RING.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\nThis Ring is very similar to the No. 232, but the band is Solid Gold,\nand the Cameo is considerably smaller. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=GOLD STONE RING, NO. 259.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a very fine ring, the stone being genuine gold stone. The band\nis heavy gold plate. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=AMETHYST RING.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\nThis Ring has a genuine Amethyst stone setting. The band is Solid Gold.\nThe stone is of medium size. Price $1.75.\n\n\n=GARNET RING.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\nThe description of the Amethyst Ring will apply to this one. The band\nis Solid Gold. Price $1.75.\n\n\n=GENUINE CARVED TIGER-EYE RING, NO. 268.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a handsome Ring. The \u201cTiger Eye\u201d stone has a peculiar flashing\neffect, when turned from side to side. The band is heavy Gold-Plate.\nPrice $1.25.\n\n\n=GOLD-PLATED BROOCH.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis handsome and attractive shawl pin is made of the best gold plate.\nThe bar is ornamented and chased in various designs. As the styles are\nconstantly changing, we cannot, perhaps, send this exact pattern; but\nwhat we send will be equally good in all respects. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n=BRACELETS, NO. 84.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese bracelets have a nice design of flower-work and are of the buckle\npattern. They are gold-plated. Very suitable for girls. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=BRACELETS, NO. 8.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is a very pleasing design, and will give satisfaction in all\nrespects. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=CLASP BRACELET, NO. 19.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00.\n\nThis pair of bracelets is really very handsome and rich looking. The\ndesigns are in various styles. The bracelets are of fine heavy gold\nplate, and each has a chain attached. Price $2.00.\n\n\n=WATCH CHARM.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is the best Watch Charm premium ever offered. We have ordered a\nvery large quantity and only by so doing are we enabled to make such an\noffer. The charms consist of polished agate, jasper, onyx, blood-stone,\netc., mounted in the finest gold plate. These charms will cost you from\n50 to 75 cents at retail stores. The illustration is about one half the\nactual size of the charm. Price 40 cents.\n\n\n=CORAL SET.=\n\nA Handsome Coral Set of Drops and Pin, given for new subscriptions\namounting to $2.50.\n\nThe design is very pretty and will be sure to please. The coral is\ngenuine, and the settings are heavily plated with fine gold. Price\n$1.25.\n\n\n=LADY\u2019S CHATELAINE WATCH.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $12.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $6.00 and $3.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nWe can recommend this Watch as a good one for the price. It will keep\nfair time, and give good satisfaction. The case is made of Nickel\nSilver. Price $7.50. Postage and packing 10 cents extra.\n\n\n=A NICE GOLD-PLATED CHAIN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nThe Chain is intended especially for use with the Chatelaine Watch.\nPrice $1.25.\n\n\n=SCARF PIN.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\n[Illustration: _Glittering Gold Quartz_]\n\nAn entirely new Scarf Pin, the setting of which is made of Glittering\nGold Quartz, (Auriferous Pyrite) taken from famous Gold bearing Mines\nonly in the Rocky Mountains. Price 30 cents.\n\n\n=POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM, NO. 1.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\nEvery boy or girl collecting stamps needs such an Album as this. It\nenables the collector to properly classify his stamps, and keep them\nin a neat and systematic manner. The Album contains spaces for 2400\nstamps, with the names of the countries above. With 264 illustrations\nof stamps. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM, NO. 2.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThe size, number of spaces, and illustrations are the same as in No.\n1. But it is bound in cloth, and has appended a complete descriptive\ncatalogue, giving a description and value of all the stamps issued to\ndate. The catalogue alone will be useful as an aid in making exchanges.\nSize of Stamp Album 6 inches by 9 inches. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n=POSTAGE STAMPS, SERIES NO. 19.=\n\nOne Hundred Stamps given for new subscriptions amounting to 50 cents.\n\nThis collection contains 100 assorted stamps. All are different and in\ngood condition. Especially desirable for exchanging purposes. Price 25\ncents.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n\n\n=FINE SILVER-PLATED WARE.=\n\nThe well-known house of E. G. Webster & Bro., of New York, supply us\nwith the beautiful articles of silverware offered in this list. All\ngoods are warranted equal in every respect to the best.\n\n\n=CARD RECEIVER, NO. 36.=\n\nTo be given for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $2.50 and $1.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis beautiful card receiver is at once useful and very ornamental.\nPrice $3.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=ICE PITCHER, NO. 17.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $10.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $5.00 and $2.50 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis Ice Pitcher is thoroughly made, and handsomely chased. It will\nprove a handsome and ornamental piece of ware for either sideboard or\ntable.\n\nPrice, $6.00; receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=CHILD\u2019S CUP, NO. 28.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $4.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $2.00 and $1.25 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nGilt lined, given for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00. Price,\n$3.00.\n\nThe design is very pleasing and the shape of the cup novel and\nattractive. Price, $2.50. Postage, 10 cents.\n\n\n=SUGAR, NO. 3.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and $1.25 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nOne of the handsomest pieces of silverware ever offered by us. The\nglass may be had in Amber, Red or Crystal tints. Price, $3.50. Receiver\nto pay express charges.\n\n\n=CREAM, NO. 3.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and $1.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis handsomely shaped cream pitcher is made to match the Sugar\ndescribed elsewhere. The glass may be obtained in the same tints as the\nSugar. The chasing is modest in design, but rich and effective.\n\nPrice, $3.25. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=BUTTER DISH, NO. 120.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $7.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and $2.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis is an elegant article, chased in a rich design. The butter dish\nhas rests on the side for the knife.\n\nPrice, $4.00. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=PICKLE JAR, NO. 48.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nAs the illustration shows, the glass is handsomely engraved. Also has a\npair of tongs which hang from the side of the stand. The cover of the\njar is also silver plated, and has a chased pattern around the top. It\nis a most complete and elegant looking jar for pickles, olives, etc.,\nand will be an ornament to any table.\n\nPrice, $2.75. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=CHILD\u2019S CUP, NO. 38.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe cup is gold lined, suitable for a christening or Christmas gift. It\nis the best cup for the price ever offered. Price, $1.50. Postage, 10\ncents.\n\n\n=SUGAR SHELL.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nIn any of the styles given for spoons. With solid or flat handle.\nPrice, $1.00.\n\n\n=TEASPOONS AND FORKS.=\n\nThe spoons and forks can be selected from any of the four patterns\nillustrated. They are guaranteed triple plated (12 dwts. to the doz.),\non the best of 18 per cent. Nickel Silver, warranted, and in finish,\nstyle, and quality are excelled by none. They will give thorough\nsatisfaction.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n=ONE HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS.=\n\nGiven for subscriptions amounting to $5.50.\n\nThese spoons may be selected from either the French or Oval Thread\npatterns. Sent postpaid. Price, $2.50.\n\nOr, for new subscriptions amounting to $6.00, we will send the set of\nsix teaspoons in either the Harvard or Warwick patterns. Sent postpaid.\nPrice, $3.00.\n\n\n=ONE HALF DOZEN DESSERT SPOONS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $9.00.\n\nThis offer is for the French or Oval Thread pattern. Price, $4.50. Sent\npostpaid.\n\nDessert spoons are the best size for general table use. The set of\nsix Dessert spoons in Harvard or Warwick pattern, given for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $10.00.\n\nSent postpaid. Price, $5.00.\n\n/*\n    No. 1 is Warwick pattern.\n    No. 2 is Harvard pattern.\n    No. 3 is French pattern.\n    No. 4 is Oval Thread.\n*/\n\n\n=ONE HALF DOZEN FORKS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $10.00.\n\nThe forks are Dessert size, very convenient for general use. They may\nbe selected from any of the patterns given. Sent postpaid. Price, $4.50.\n\n\n=ONE HALF DOZEN MEDIUM FORKS.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $11.00.\n\nThey may be selected from any of the patterns given.\n\nThese forks are a size larger than the dessert. Sent postpaid. Price,\n$5.00.\n\nRemember that these goods are the genuine triple plated silver ware.\nThey will wear many years before needing replating.\n\n\n/* =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.= */\n\n\n=SIX SOLID HANDLE PLATED KNIVES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $6.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThese knives can be selected from either the medium size or table size.\nThey are guaranteed to be plated on the best of steel, with twelve\npwts. of silver on each dozen, thus making a heavy, genuine triple\nplating. You can select either style desired, with rounded end (as in\nillustration) or with square end. The knives bear the stamp of E. G.\nWebster & Bro., as a guarantee of their fine quality. Price $3.00. Sent\npostpaid.\n\n\n=POCKET FRUIT KNIFE, NO. 1.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe blade and pick are of sterling silver. The handle is filled. This\nillustration is one half the actual size of the knife. Price $1.60.\nPostage paid.\n\n\n=A SET OF SIX TABLE FRUIT KNIVES.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00.\n\n[Illustration: NEW YORK\n\nE. G. WEBSTER & BRO.]\n\nThe illustration is one half the actual size of the knives. These\nknives are very convenient, being light, and sharp enough to cut fruit.\nNo table should be considered complete without a set.\n\nPrice $2.00. Sent postage paid.\n\n\n=INDIVIDUAL SET, NO. 11.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $5.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nAn individual set is a very useful article for table use. This set\ncomprises salt, pepper and mustard bottles. The bottles are furnished\nin either pink or blue porcelain, richly decorated. Price, $1.75.\nPostage and packing, 20 cents.\n\n\n=DINNER CASTER, NO. 127.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $7.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $5.00 and $1.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis caster is of very pleasing design, handsomely chased. The bottles,\nfive in number, are engraved with a pretty design. The caster is\nsixteen and one half inches in height. Price $4.00. Receiver to pay\nexpress charges.\n\n\n=CALL BELL, NO. 1600.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.00. A handsome call bell,\nheavily plated throughout. Price, $1.50. Postage, 8 cents.\n\n\n=CHILD\u2019S SET.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 and 15 cents cash\nadditional.\n\n[Illustration: E.G. WEBSTER & BRO.]\n\nThis beautiful set will give a child great pleasure, and it is\nexceedingly useful as well as necessary if you wish a child to learn\nquickly how to use table articles.\n\nNo better present can be made to a little relative or friend. The set\nis extra plated and will wear a long time. Price, $1.50. Postage, 10\ncents.\n\n\n=FRUIT DISH, NO. 103.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $6.00; or, for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $3.00 and $1.00 cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nWe can supply this beautiful dish in Blue, Amber, Canary and Crystal\nGlass.\n\nPrice, $3.50. Receiver to pay express charges.\n\n\n=A CASE OF NUT PICKS, NO. A, 2.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\nThe box is blue lined and has strong corrugations to hold the picks in\nplace. The picks are unique in appearance, and substantial in material\nand construction being made of steel throughout, chased with handsome\ndesigns, and heavily nickel-plated. Price 75 cents.\n\n[Illustration: NO. A, 2.\n\nNO. C, 2.]\n\nNO. C, 2.\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50.\n\nThe picks are the same as in A, 2, but there is included a nut cracker,\nto match the picks in design. A very desirable article to have.\n\nPrice $1.50. Postage 10 cents.\n\nWe can furnish the Nutpicks with somewhat larger handles, put up in\nhighly finished Black Walnut and Cherry cases at the following rates:\n\nNo. A, 1 given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.50. This case\ncontains six picks. Price, $1.25. Postage and packing, 8 cents extra.\n\nNo. C, 1 given for new subscriptions amounting to $3.50. This case\ncontains six picks and a Nut Cracker. Price, $2.00. Postage and\npacking, 12 cents extra.\n\n\n=NAPKIN RING, NO. 153.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThis ring is of a pretty pattern, and has a plate for the name or\ninitials. Price, 75 cents.\n\n\n=BUTTER KNIFE.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nThis is a very handsome butter knife. We can send it with either flat\nor solid handle; and if desired with either spoon or bent handle. It\nmay be selected in any of the styles of handles given for spoons. Price\n$1.00.\n\n\n=Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n\n\n=OUR MAMMOTH STAMPING OUTFIT.=\n\nFor Kensington, Outline and Ribbon Embroidery, Kensington and Lustra\nPainting, Braiding, etc.\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00; or for new\nsubscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 25 cents cash additional.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n_This superior Stamping Outfit contains 100 Stamping Patterns._\n\nThe Outfit offered by us last season contained only 35 patterns. We\nhave given our subscribers the full benefit of this great increase\nin quantity without any increase in price. With this Outfit you can\ndo your own stamping, and also stamping for others as a profitable\nbusiness.\n\nOur new Outfit contains a Complete Alphabet (26 beautiful Initials from\n1\u00bd inches to 2 inches in size) for Hat Bands, Napkins, etc., and, among\nothers, these beautiful designs: Daisies 3x5 inches, Wild Roses 4\u00bdx5,\nAutumn Leaves 3x5, Holly 3x6, Half Wreath of Wild Roses 5x9, Vine and\nScallop 2x7, Violet Strip 1\u00bdx7, Daisies and Ferns 2x6, Strip of Acorns\n2 inches wide, Braiding Pattern 3x8, Peaches 3x3, Fuchsias 3x3, Rose\nand Forget-me-nots 2x7, Bird 4x4, Coxcomb and Ferns 5x6, Wheat, Bouquet\nof Forget-me-Nots, Lily-of-the-Valley and Wild Rose, Fish, Elephant,\nButterfly, Anchor, Mouse, Kitten, Dog, Rosebud and Wheat, Girl with\nMuff, Tulip, Owls, Golden Rod, Rosebud, Buttercup, and other designs\nfor Embroidery, Crazy Patchwork, etc.; in all 100 Perforated Patterns.\n\nThis Outfit also contains a Felt Tidy and Imported Silk to work it.\nInstruction Book for Stamping and Working, including Instructions for\nIndelible Stamping, Box Stamping Powder and Distributing Pad, and\nour new book: HOW TO USE FANCY WORK MATERIALS. Price of the complete\noutfit, $1.00.\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nEvery hammock is warranted by the manufacturers; and nothing but the\nbest material and workmanship enter into their construction. Each\ngrade is tested at a given number of pounds. They are warranted, when\ncolored, not to soil the finest fabric.\n\n\n=THE HERCULES.= Given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00. This is\nthe strongest hammock made, warranted to hold 1100 lbs. It is made of\nvery heavy cord. Length, 13 feet; length of bed, 6 feet. Price $1.15.\nPostage and packing 30 cents additional.\n\n\n=CHILD\u2019S HAMMOCK.= Given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50. This\nis a nice hammock for the little ones. It has variegated colors in ends\nand body. Has a miniature Horseshoe for the fastening at the ends and\nsafety cords at the sides. It is perfectly reliable and far preferable\nto a crib or cradle. Length, 7 feet; length of body, 3 feet. Price 75\ncents. Postage and packing 15 cents extra.\n\n\n=B. B. HAMMOCK.= Given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00. This\nhammock is made better than ever before. The web is of extra heavy\ncord, and bright colors which are warranted fast. It is a splendid\nhammock. Length 11 feet; length of bed, 6\u2153 feet. Price $1.00. Postage\nand packing 20 cents extra.\n\n\n=THE BOSTON.= Given for new subscriptions amounting to $3.50. A\ndouble-web hammock that is very popular. Length, 12\u00bd feet; length of\nbed, 8 feet. Price $1.75. Postage and packing 20 cents extra.\n\n\n=CANVAS FOLIO,\n\nWith Russia Leather Trimmings.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\nThis folio is very ornamental, very light and convenient, and extremely\ndurable. It is much superior to the old-fashioned leather portfolios.\nIt contains four pockets of sizes appropriate for letter paper,\nenvelopes, etc. It also has several sheets of very fine blotting paper\nfastened inside. The size is 8 inches by 11\u00bd inches. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=WRITING DESK.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $3.50.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA fine desk. It is made of solid walnut. It has inlaid design on\ntop, beveled edges, and velvet lining inside. It has all the usual\ncompartments. Price $1.50. Express charges to be paid by receiver.\n\n\n=FANCY WORK BOOKS.=\n\nThe _full set_ of 9 books described below, given for new subscriptions\namounting to $2.00; or for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 30\ncents cash extra.\n\nMANUAL OF FANCY WORK. 192 pages. This New Edition has 192 pages of\nPatterns and Instructions for Kensington Embroidery, Artistic Needle\nWork. Price 35 cents.\n\nCOLORS OF FLOWERS FOR EMBROIDERY. It gives the Correct Colors and\nShades for Embroidering Flowers, Wheat, Grasses, Ferns, etc. Price 35\ncents.\n\nHANDBOOK OF CROCHET AND KNITTED LACE. New Edition. New Patterns! Price\n30 cents.\n\nBOOK OF DARNED LACE PATTERNS. Price 25 cts.\n\nBOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS AND PATTERNS FOR CRAZY AND FANCY PATCHWORK. Price\n15 cents.\n\nMACRAME LACE AND RICK-RACK BOOK. Price 15 cents.\n\nWORSTED CROSS STITCH PATTERNS. Price 25 cts.\n\nNEW BOOK OF TIDY AND POINT RUSSE PATTERNS. Price 25 cents.\n\nOUR NEW FANCY WORK BOOK has directions for Dry and Wet Stamping, also\nKensington, Lustra and Hand Painting, and a variety of Fancy Work\nPatterns. Price 15 cents.\n\nThe Retail Price of these 9 Books singly is $2.21.\n\nWe will send the set complete on receipt of $1.10.\n\n\n=SILK KNITTING OUTFIT.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n[Illustration: How to use Florence Knitting Silk No. 5\n\nNonotuck Silk Co.]\n\nThe outfit consists of two balls (1 oz.) of Florence Knitting Silk, a\nset of imported Knitting Needles, and an illustrated book of 62 pages\non Knitting, containing a valuable collection of original articles and\nrules for knitting mittens, wristers, ladies and gents\u2019 hosiery, baby\u2019s\nsocks, purses, edgings, etc. In ordering state what color of silk you\nwish. Extra silk at 40 cents per ball (\u00bd oz). Price of the Outfit\n$1.00. Postage paid by us.\n\n\n=SCRAP ALBUM, NO. 654.=\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $1.00 and 10 cents cash\nadditional.\n\nWe have never before offered so fine a Scrap Album for this amount. The\nsize is 9 by 12 inches. The cover has a beautiful design in black and\ngold, with the word ALBUM in large letters in the centre. The Album\ncontains 60 pages of heavy paper with a delicate tint. Price 60 cents.\nPostage 10 cents extra.\n\n\n/* =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.= */\n\n\n\n\n=Section I.=\n\nAny book in this section given for new subscriptions amounting to\n$1.00.\n\n\n=IN NO-MAN\u2019S LAND.=\n\nBy ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS.\n\nWith seventy-two pen and ink character drawings by Hassam. For the\nfirst time since the publication of \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d and \u201cThrough\nthe Looking-Glass,\u201d we have a wonder-story worthy to be placed\nalongside these famous classics. 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Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=FROM THE HUDSON TO THE NEVA.=\n\nBy DAVID KER.\n\nA story of a daring American lad\u2019s adventures in the Old World. With\nmany pictures. The author is the well-known travelling correspondent of\nthe _N. Y. Times_. Price, boards, 50 cents.\n\n\n=CHRISTMAS DAY.=\n\nBy CHARLES KINGSLEY.\n\n\n=THE OLDEN CHRISTMAS.=\n\nBy SIR WALTER SCOTT.\n\nThese fully illustrated gift-books, bound in a new leather-like\nmaterial, stamped in gold, or in heavy paper stamped in gold, price,\n$1.00 each.\n\n\n=QUEEN VICTORIA AT HOME.=\n\nBy MRS. FRANCES A. HUMPHREY.\n\nWith portraits of the English Royal Family, and views of the English\nPalaces. It was a happy thought to write a home biography of the \u201cGood\nQueen\u201d for children to read. The volume is charmingly anecdotal.\nThe volume will remain of standard value especially for its large\ncollection of portraits. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=POLLY: Where she lived, what she said, and what she did.=\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY. With twelve full-page pictures by Margaret Johnson.\nThe story of a funny parrot and two charming children. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=STORIES ABOUT FAVORITE AUTHORS.=\n\nBy MRS. FRANCES A. HUMPHREY.\n\nWith twelve portraits. Little literature lessons to make children\nacquainted with standard authors. Price 50 cents.\n\n\n=THE STORY OF PUFF.=\n\nBy MRS. C. M. LIVINGSTON. One of the loveliest stories of bird life\never written. Fully illustrated, 60 cents.\n\n\n=SIDE BY SIDE.=\n\nBy PANSY. Illustrated stories from Bible texts for the help of boys and\ngirls in their school and home duties. 16mo, cloth, illustrated, 60\ncents.\n\n\n=A HEDGE FENCE.=\n\nBy PANSY. Here is a story of the haps and mishaps of the typical boy\nwhose purposes are good, but whose impetuosity plunges him into all\nkinds of mischief, as the boy himself expresses it, \u201cbefore he knows\nit.\u201d The book will benefit and please every boy who reads it, to whom\nit is read. 16mo, 60 cents.\n\n\n=IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.=\n\nBy DR. D. A. SARGENT.\n\nThis little handbook is worth its weight in gold, and should be found\non the most convenient shelf of every family library. The author\u2019s aim\nis to give such practical information as will aid to self-preservation\nin times of danger and to teach a few of the simplest methods of\nmeeting the common accidents and emergencies of life. Illustrated.\nPrice 60 cents.\n\n\n\n\n=Section II.=\n\nAny book in this section given for new subscriptions amounting to\n$1.50, unless otherwise specified.\n\n\n=ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES.=\n\nArabian Nights\u2019 Entertainment; Swiss Family Robinson; Children of the\nAbbey; Don Quixote; Bunyan\u2019s Pilgrim\u2019s Progress; Ivanhoe; Paul and\nVirginia, Rasselas, Vicar of Wakefield; Scottish Chiefs; Thaddeus of\nWarsaw; Last Days of Pompeii; Andersen\u2019s Fairy Tales; Grimm\u2019s Fairy\nTales; Gulliver\u2019s Travels, Baron Munchausen; Dickens\u2019 Child History\nof England; \u00c6sop\u2019s Fables, over 100 illustrations. 12mo, cloth. Price\n$1.00 per volume.\n\n\n=CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS\u2019 ANNUAL, 1886.=\n\nThe new volume of these valuable annuals is the most tempting treasury\nof entertainment and education yet sent out between a single pair of\ncovers. The titles of the series (12 articles in each) indicate the\ncharacter and range: \u201cPleasant Authors for Young Folks\u201d by Miss Harris,\n\u201cMy Garden Pets\u201d by Mary Treat, \u201cSouvenirs of My Time\u201d (foreign) by\nMrs. Fr\u00e9mont, \u201cItalian Authors\u201d by Mr. Vincent, \u201cStrange Teas, Dinners,\nWeddings and F\u00eates\u201d by various authors, \u201cWays to Do Things\u201d by various\nauthors, \u201cSearch-Questions in English Literature\u201d by Mr. Adams.\nIllustrated. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=BABYLAND, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.=\n\nBaby\u2019s own library, full of everything that will keep baby sweet and\nwinsome and happy. Lovely illustrations, elegant paper and exquisite\ncover by G. F. Barnes. The bound volume for 1886 is volume 10.\n\nThis edition is bound in handsome chromo covers. Price 75 cents.\n\nIn cloth binding, either volume given for new subscriptions amounting\nto $2.00. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=THE SILVER CITY.=\n\nA romance of Central American travel. By Fred A. Ober, author of \u201cYoung\nFolks\u2019 History of Mexico.\u201d While the story of this handsome volume\nis one of genuine and delightful romance, there is also valuable and\ninstructive filling-in of the historic annals and traditions, the\nreligious belief, descriptions of scenery, and natural productions\nof this most interesting and picturesque part of the world. Sure to\nbe a favorite with the boys. 100 illustrations from descriptions and\nphotographs, by W. P. Bodfish. Quarto, $1.00.\n\n\n=HOLD UP YOUR HEADS, GIRLS!=\n\nBy ANNIE H. RYDER.\n\nIn the eleven chapters of which the contents consists there is more\nsound practical advice, sensibly put, on points of everyday interest to\ngirls, than we have ever before seen put into the same number of pages.\nIt is a book for study, for companionship, and the girl who reads it\nthoughtfully and with an intent to profit by it will get more real help\nand good from it than from a term at the best boarding-school in the\ncountry. $1.00.\n\n\n=A NEW DEPARTURE FOR GIRLS.=\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY.\n\nA brilliant practical story for girls who must, or desire to, work\ntheir way in the world. Illustrated. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n/* =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.= */\n\n\n\n\nSection II.\n\nAny book in this section given for new subscriptions amounting to $1.50.\n\n\n=YOUNG FOLKS\u2019 STORIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND HOME LIFE.=\n\nEdited by PANSY. A book entertaining and bright, that young people will\nread, of the early history of our country, its manners, customs and\npeople. Price 75 cents.\n\n\n=YOUNG FOLKS\u2019 STORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS.=\n\nEdited by PANSY. Bright sketches of foreign scenes, people and customs.\nPrice 75 cents.\n\n\n=POETS\u2019 BIRTHDAY BOOK.=\n\nArranged by AMANDA B. HARRIS.\n\nOriginal poems for each month by Longfellow, Whittier, Will Carleton,\nand others. Twenty-four full-page illustrations, cloth, tinted edges,\n$1.00.\n\n\n=LITTLE FOLKS\u2019 ART BOOK.=\n\nPen-and-ink drawings prepared for the children by George Foster Barnes,\nM. J. Sweeney, W. P. Bodfish, and J. E. Francis. The delight of the\nnursery and the drawing-room; while the designs tempt the little people\nto copy them, thus inciting to early practice with pencils and crayons,\nthe wit of the conceptions certainly amuse and greatly entertain the\nolder members of the family. Double Lithograph covers in nine colors by\nH. Bencke. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=\u00c6SOP\u2019S FABLES (VERSIFIED).=\n\nBy MRS. CLARA DOTY BATES.\n\nWith seventy-two full-page illustrations by Garrett, Lungren, Sweeney,\nBarnes and Hassam. Boards, $1.00. Cloth, $1.75. Full gilt, $2.00.\n\n\n=LITTLE FOLKS\u2019 BIRTHDAY BOOK.=\n\nArranged by AMANDA B. HARRIS.\n\nTwelve full-page illustrations in color, and pictures for every day.\nCloth, tinted edges, $1.00.\n\n\n=THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE POETS.=\n\nEdited by OSCAR FAY ADAMS.\n\nThe contents are prefaced by a valuable index of authors, in which not\nonly the names are given, but also the place and date of birth.\n\n/*\n    =Winter=\u2014DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.\n    =Spring=\u2014MARCH, APRIL, MAY.\n    =Summer=-JUNE, JULY, AUGUST.\n    =Autumn=\u2014SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.\n*/\n\nEach season, 3 volumes in a neat box. Each volume, plain cloth, 75\ncents; half cloth, gilt, $1.00.\n\n\n=WEBSTER\u2019S PRACTICAL DICTIONARY.=\n\nThis is a very complete dictionary, and contains more matter than any\nother dollar dictionary. The book is finely printed, and handsomely\nbound. It has 600,000 words and 1400 illustrations. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=HOW THEY LEARNED HOUSEWORK.=\n\nBy CHRISTINA GOODWIN.\n\nUnder the guise of an interesting story it gives a deal of information\nrelative to housekeeping, or just that part of housekeeping which young\npeople are capable of taking a hand in\u2014sweeping, dusting, bed-making,\nsewing, plain cooking, with experiments in preserve and jelly making.\nPrice 75 cents.\n\n\n\n\nSection III.\n\nAny book in this section given for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00.\n\n\n=CROWN EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS.=\n\n_Ten Volumes now ready._\n\n=Tennyson\u2019s Complete Poetical Works.= With numerous illustrations, and\ncontaining all the writings of the \u201cPoet-Laureate,\u201d to date. The new\nedition is in double column, good type, and is the best one volume\nedition published.\n\n=Milton\u2019s Poems.= 576 pages, complete. Including the Sonnets, Psalms,\nand Latin and Italian Translations. With illustrations.\n\n=Burns\u2019 Poems.= 514 pages, with complete glossary, and copious marginal\nexplanations of the Scotch words. Numerous illustrations.\n\n=Owen Meredith\u2019s Poems.= Containing \u201cLucille\u201d complete, and all other\npopular poems of this favorite author. With illustrations.\n\n=Scott\u2019s Poetical Works.= Over 750 pages. With Memoir and Notes\ncomplete.\n\n=Byron\u2019s Poems.= 740 pages. Illustrated. With Memoir and Notes.\n\n=Browning\u2019s Poems.= The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.\nComplete edition, from the last London edition. This new edition is in\ndouble column, good type, and is the best one-volume edition published.\n\n=Ingelow\u2019s Poems.= The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow, including the\n\u201cShepherd Lady,\u201d and other poems. Fully illustrated.\n\n=Procter\u2019s Poems.= The Poetical Works of Adelaide A. Procter. Complete\nedition, with an introduction by Charles Dickens. Fully illustrated.\nLarge clear type.\n\n=Lucille.= By Owen Meredith. The best edition of this beautiful\nword-painting of Owen Meredith (Lord Lytton). With numerous\nillustrations.\n\nEach volume is printed on the finest laid paper. Price, full gilt sides\nand back, gilt top, $1.25; vellum cloth, gilt top, $1.00.\n\n\n=OUR BOYS AND GIRLS AT HOME AND ABROAD.=\n\nEdited by PANSY.\n\nA perusal of these pages will enable the boy and girl to become\nacquainted with other boys and girls of corresponding countries and\nhomes, as well as gain a knowledge of the manners and customs by which\ntheir individual lives are governed. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=PANSY\u2019S SUNDAY BOOK.=\n\nEdited by MRS. G. R. ALDEN.\n\nStories to be read in the quiet of the home Sabbath, when, the sermon\nand Sunday-school ended, the parents and young folks meet to exchange\nhelpful thought and gain new courage for future work and study, which\nthe tone and excellence of these tales impart. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=POEMS FROM SCOTT.=\n\nThe \u201cLay of the Last Minstrel,\u201d \u201cMarmion,\u201d the \u201cLady of the Lake.\u201d\nPrice $1.25.\n\n\n=LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME WITH IVRY AND THE ARMADA.=\n\nBY LORD MACAULAY. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=A BOY\u2019S WORKSHOP.=\n\nBy A BOY AND HIS FRIENDS.\n\nA fascinating little volume full of practical ideas for the benefit of\nboys who are getting their first training in the use of tools. It will\nprove an admirable help in the direction of industrial training. Price\n$1.00.\n\n\n=FIRESIDE CHRONICLES.=\n\nBy ABBY MORTON DIAZ.\n\nThis is one of the most delightful of juvenile books, and is the work\nof a genius. The Illustrations by Boz are profuse and excellent. The\nemblematic cover is well worthy of special mention for its good taste\nand appropriateness. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=ANNA MARIA\u2019S HOUSEKEEPING.=\n\nBy MRS. S. D. POWER.\n\nOf interest to all girls and young housekeepers. Price $1.00.\n\n\n=COOKERY FOR BEGINNERS.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nBy MARION HARLAND, author of \u201cCommon Sense in the Household,\u201d etc.\nPlain, practical lessons for girls and young housekeepers of small\nmeans. Its directions are to be relied upon, and its results are\ninvariably delicate, wholesome, and delicious. It possesses the\nadvantage of being perfectly adapted to the needs of beginners. 16mo,\n$1.00.\n\n\n=THE BUBBLING TEAPOT.=\n\nBy LIZZIE W. CHAMPNEY.\n\nThe Girl who doesn\u2019t thoroughly enjoy the story of the curious\nexperiences of Little Flossy Tangleskein must be a very dull girl\nindeed. It is not a fairy story, and yet it is the next thing to it.\nOne might call it a dream story, for the strange adventures of Flossy\nall took place during a series of naps in the studio of an artist\nfriend, who was using her as a model in painting a picture of a Breton\npeasant child. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=A GIRL\u2019S ROOM.=\n\nBy SOME FRIENDS OF THE GIRLS.\n\nOf all the books that have been specially prepared for girls this is\nat once the most interesting and most practical. It is not, as one\nmight perhaps imagine, a story, but, as the title page sets forth,\nit contains \u201cplans and designs for work upstairs and down, and\nentertainments for herself and friend\u201d; a book, in short, to show girls\nhow they may make their rooms cosey and attractive with only a small\noutlay of money and time and work. Each of the twenty-four chapters\ndeals with a special subject. Price $1.00.\n\n\n/*\n    =Read carefully the conditions on the first page of Premium List.=\n*/\n\n\n=PINE CONES.=\n\nBy WILLIS BOYD ALLEN.\n\nThe adventures of several wide-awake Boston boys and girls in Maine\nduring their Christmas vacation. In the opening chapter a wagon is\noverturned, and the whole party obliged to camp out in the woods over\nnight, in the midst of a driving snowstorm. The book is profusely\nillustrated, and brimful of incident, adventure and fun. Cloth,\nillustrated, $1.00.\n\n\n=HANDBOOK OF WOOD ENGRAVING.=\n\n[Illustration]\n\nWith practical Instructions in the Art for persons wishing to learn\nwithout an Instructor. Containing a Description of Tools and Apparatus\nused, explanations, etc. By WILLIAM E. EMERSON, Wood Engraver. New\nEdition, illustrated $1.00.\n\n\n=UNDERFOOT.=\n\nBy LAURA D. NICHOLS.\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 ($2.50 cloth).\n\nIt replaces the old fairy stories of the under world with the more\nremarkable realities telling us of the genuine miners instead of\ngnomes. Price $1.25; cloth, $1.50.\n\n\n=OVERHEAD.=\n\nBy ANNIE MOORE and LAURA D. NICHOLS.\n\nGiven for new subscriptions amounting to $2.00 (cloth, $2.50).\n\nProf. Waldo of Yale College in his introduction to this book, says it\n\u201ccovers up a primer of astronomy under the guise of a story.\u201d Price\n$1.25; cloth, $1.50.\n\n\n=IN THE WOODS AND OUT.=\n\nBy PANSY.\n\nAdmirably suited to the needs of that large class of young folks who\nwish at times to read, or have read to them, the choicest of short\ntales. Mothers and older sisters will make a note of this, and for the\ntwilight hour when the young folks clamor for \u201ca story\u201d will provide\nthemselves with \u201cIn the Woods and Out.\u201d Illustrated. Price, cloth,\n$1.00.\n\n\n=LIFE OF GENERAL U. S. GRANT.=\n\nBy E. E. BROWN.\n\nThis biography of Grant is a plain and clearly told consecutive\nnarrative, circumstantial, but not too much elaborated in detail. Price\n$1.50.\n\n\n\n\n=Section IV.=\n\nAny book in this section given for new subscriptions amounting to\n$2.50.\n\n\n=FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS; AND HOW THEY GREW.=\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY.\n\nBright and sparkling, yet home-y and cosey, this book will be read to\ntatters, but never thrown aside. Thirty-six illustrations by Jessie\nCurtis. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.\n\n\n=THE PETTIBONE NAME.=\n\nBy MARGARET SIDNEY.\n\nV. I. F. Series. It is a delightful story of New England life, drawn\nfrom close observation of the characteristics of its people of both\nsexes. 12mo, cloth. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=HONOR BRIGHT (The Story of).=\n\nBy MAGNUS MERRIWEATHER.\n\nAuthor of \u201cRoyal Lowrie.\u201d A charming story full of intense life.\nParticularly interesting to the older \u201cyoung folks,\u201d and the old folks,\ntoo. 16mo, illustrated. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=TWO YOUNG HOMESTEADERS.=\n\nBy MRS. THEODORA R. JENNESS.\n\nA stirring, eventful description of a new prairie home. 36\nillustrations, 12mo. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=ROYAL LOWRIE.=\n\nBy CHARLES R. TALBOT.\n\nA boy\u2019s book. A grand, helpful story for boys. Large 16mo. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=ROYAL LOWRIE\u2019S LAST YEAR AT ST. OLAVES.=\n\nBy CHARLES R. TALBOT.\n\nA live story for boys. 16mo, illustrated. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=OLD CARAVAN DAYS.=\n\nBy MRS. MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD.\n\nGiving the exciting adventures and experiences of a family moving\nto Illinois, long before the time of Western railroads. With 36\nillustrations by H. Pruett Share. 12mo, cloth. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=A DOUBLE MASQUERADE.=\n\nBy REV. CHARLES R. TALBOT.\n\nA stirring romance of the American Revolution, with illustrations made\nfrom careful studies of old Boston, by Share, Merrill, and Taylor.\nExtra cloth, 12mo. Price $1.25.\n\n\nAny volume of the following\n\n\n=\u201cPANSY\u201d BOOKS=.\n\nCunning Workmen; Dr. Deane\u2019s Way, and other stories; by FAYE HUNTINGTON\nand PANSY; Grandpa\u2019s Darlings, Miss Priscilla Hunter and My Daughter\nSusan, two stories in one attractive volume; Mrs. Deane\u2019s Way, by FAYE\nHUNTINGTON and PANSY; What She Said. Price $1.25 per vol.\n\n\n=IN LEISLER\u2019S TIMES.=\n\nBy E. S. BROOKS.\n\nA stirring historical story of boy and girl life in early New York.\nIllustrations by W. T. Smedley. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=ROBINSON CRUSOE.=\n\nBy DANIEL DEFOE.\n\nAn edition _de luxe_, printed on exquisite paper, with sixteen\nillustrations by Thomas Stothard, R. A., with an introduction by Austin\nDobson. Fac-simile of the frontispiece and title-page of the original\nedition, original prefaces, extra cloth binding. Price $1.25.\n\n\n=BOY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.=\n\nBy H. H. CLARKE.\n\nIn this graphically written and wonderfully entertaining volume, boy\nlife in the Navy of the United States is described by a navy officer,\nin a manner which cannot fail to satisfy the boys. 12mo, illustrated,\n$1.50.\n\n\n=KING GRIMALKUM AND PUSSYANITA=; or the Cats\u2019 Arabian Nights. By MRS.\nA. M. DIAZ. Elegant and appropriate cover in colors and silver.\n\n[Illustration: KING GRIMALKUM\u2014\u2014 AND PUSSY ANITA]\n\nNothing can be imagined funnier than this Cats\u2019 Arabian Nights. The\nillustrations are drawn by Francis, Boz, Palmer, Cox and others, while\nthe story is told in Mrs. Diaz\u2019s best humor. There is no one in the\nfamily circle too young to appreciate it, or too old to enjoy it. Price\n$1.25.\n\nAny one volume of\n\n\n=CHARLOTTE M. YONGE\u2019S HISTORIES=.\n\nYoung Folks\u2019 History of Germany; Young Folks\u2019 History of Greece; Young\nFolks\u2019 History of Rome; Young Folks\u2019 History of England; Young Folks\u2019\nHistory of France; Young Folks\u2019 Bible History. Price $1.50 each.\n\nAny one volume of\n\n\n=LOTHROP\u2019S LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING HISTORY.=\n\nEdited by ARTHUR GILMAN, A. M. Each volume has 100 illustrations.\n\nIndia, by FANNIE ROPER FEUDGE; Egypt, by MRS. CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT;\nSpain, by PROF. JAMES ALBERT HARRISON; Switzerland, by MISS HARRIET D.\nS. MACKENZIE; Russia, by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE. Price $1.50 each.\n\n\n=FAMOUS STORIES BY FAVORITE AUTHORS.=\n\nRepresentative stories by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, David Ker, Charles\nR. Talbot and John Preston True. Each story is illustrated by more than\ntwenty-five drawings by American artists. Price $1.50.\n\n\n=ENGLAND: As Seen by an American Banker.=\n\nIt is written in an off-hand, easy style which makes it peculiarly\nagreeable to read, and can be set down as one of the most notable books\non English travel that we have had for the past half-dozen years. Price\n$1.50.\n\n\n=HISTORICAL STORIES.=\n\n[Illustration: YOUNG FOLKS HISTORICAL STORIES. CHARLOTTE M. YONGE]\n\nBy CHARLOTTE YONGE, The Prince and Page. A story of the last Crusade.\nLances of Lynwood. A story of the Days of Chivalry in England. The\nLittle Duke. Richard the Fearless. Golden Deeds. Tales of brave and\nnoble actions. Its fascinating manner and thrilling matter make a\ncharming book. 4 volumes, 12 mo, illustrated, price $1.25 each.\n\n\n=THE PANSY FOR 1886.=\n\nThis Periodical edited by PANSY (Mrs. G. R. Alden), has already greatly\nincreased its subscription list. It is PANSY\u2019S favorite, and all her\nfriends are flocking to her support. The bound volumes for \u201984, \u201985\nand 1886 appear in charming chromo lithograph covers and each volume\ncontains more than 100 pages of the choicest literature for children\nand young people, and 300 fine illustrations. Price $1.25.\n\nIn handsome cloth binding given for new subscriptions amounting $3.00.\nPrice $1.75.\n\n\n=POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES.=\n\nAny one volume given for new subscription amounting to $2.50.\n\n/*\n    DICKENS, CHARLES.\n    FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.\n    GREELEY, HORACE.\n    GARFIELD, JAMES A.\n    HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL.\n    LONGFELLOW, HENRY W.\n    LAWRENCE, AMOS.\n    LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.\n    LIVINGSTON, DAVID.\n    NELSON, LORD.\n    PEABODY, GEORGE.\n    SUMNER, CHARLES.\n    TAYLOR, BAYARD.\n    WHITTIER, JOHN.\n    WEBSTER, DANIEL.\n    WILSON, HENRY.\n*/\n\nPrice $1.50 per volume.\n\n\n=WHO TOLD IT TO ME.=\n\n[Illustration: Who Told It To Me\n\nD. 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The IVORY SOAP is, without\nexception, the most luxurious soap for bathing. It lathers freely and\nis so easily rinsed off, leaving a sense of comfort and cleanliness\nsuch as no other soap will.\u201d\n\nLOUISE: \u201cYes, and isn\u2019t it nice to use soap that floats like the IVORY;\nfor if you drop it, you don\u2019t have to feel for it, but pick it off the\ntop of the water.\u201d\n\nA WORD OF WARNING.\n\n/#\n    =There are many white soaps, each represented to be\n    \u201cjust as good as the \u2018Ivory\u2019;\u201d they =ARE NOT=, but like\n    all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable\n    qualities of the genuine. Ask for \u201cIvory\u201d Soap and\n    insist upon getting it.=\n#/\n\nCopyright 1886, by Procter & Gamble.]\n\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nTranscriber\u2019s Notes:\n\nObvious punctuation errors repaired. This periodical is divided into\nthree sections with three separate paginations. The advertising section\nat the front, the magazine section which is the Pansy Magazine itself\nand the Editor\u2019s section that is included at the end of every Pansy\nmagazine.\n\nMagazine section:\n\nPage 7, \u201cchuches\u201d changed to \u201cchurches\u201d (money from the churches)\n\nPage 12, \u201cfascinanating\u201d changed to \u201cfascinating\u201d (worthies, were less\nfascinating)\n\nPage 21, \u201cto the\u201d added to the text (went to the house at a) although\nit\u2019s possible \u201chouse\u201d should be \u201chome.\u201d\n\nPage 22, \u201cevor\u201d changed to \u201cever\u201d (world has ever known)\n\nPage 28, \u201cMADCHEN\u201d changed to \u201cM\u00c4DCHEN\u201d (ONLY A LITTLE M\u00c4DCHEN)\n\nEditor\u2019s Section:\n\nPage 3, \u201cdon\u2019\u201d changed to \u201cdon\u2019t\u201d (doesn\u2019t it? I don\u2019t)\n\nPage 7, under WIDE AWAKE, Vol. U., \u201cFremont\u201d changed to \u201cFr\u00e9mont\u201d (Mrs.\nJessie Benton Fr\u00e9mont)\n\nPage 8, \u201capplicatien\u201d changed to \u201capplication\u201d (sent free on\napplication. Address)\n\nPremium List:\n\nPage 3, \u201cat at\u201d changed to \u201cat\u201d (persons at a time)\n\nPage 4, repeated word \u201cthe\u201d removed from text (Just the thing for\nsignals)\n\nPage 6, \u201cguage\u201d changed to \u201cgauge\u201d twice (gauge, which regulates)\n(small gauge or screw)\n\nPage 7, \u201csubscripions\u201d changed to \u201csubscriptions\u201d ($2.00; or for new\nsubscriptions)\n\nPage 9, \u201csubscriptione\u201d changed to \u201csubscriptions\u201d (new subscriptions\namounting)\n\nPage 12, \u201cGuage\u201d changed to \u201cGuage\u201d (Set of Gauge Pins)\n\nPage 19, \u201cchages\u201d changed to \u201ccharges\u201d (pay express charges)\n\nPage 20, \u201cPERRFORATOR\u201d changed to \u201cPERFORATOR\u201d (\u201cLITTLE WONDER\u201d\nPERFORATOR)\n\nPage 21, \u201cBEATR\u201d changed to \u201cBEATER\u201d (DOVER EGG BEATER PAT.)\n\nPage 23, under FINE CANVAS BAG, \u201csubscrip-scriptions\u201d changed to\n\u201csubscriptions\u201d (Given for new subscriptions)\n\nPage 27, under CALL BELL, \u201csubecriptions\u201d changed to \u201csubscriptions\u201d\n(Given for new subscriptions)\n\nPage 29, \u201cCub\u201d changed to \u201cClub\u201d (the Reading Club)\n\nPage 29, \u201cRassalas\u201d changed to \u201cRasselas\u201d (Paul and Virginia, Rasselas)\n\nPage 30, \u201cSection II.\u201d is repeated at the top of the first column of\nthis page, continuing from the last column of the previous page.\n\nPage 30, \u201cBurn\u2019s\u201d changed to \u201cBurns\u2019\u201d (Burns\u2019 Poems)\n\nPage 30, repeated word \u201ca\u201d removed from text. Original read (perhaps\nimagine, a a story)\n\nPage 33, \u201cone every\u201d changed to \u201cevery one\u201d (every one who secures)","title":"The Pansy, November 1886, Vol. 14","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":57477}