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A mother, whose five children have read WIDE AWAKE in her company from
its first number to its latest, writes: "_I like the magazine because
it is full of Impulses. Another thing--when I lay it down I feel as if
I had been walking on breezy hill-tops._"
_SIX ILLUSTRATED SERIALS:_
=I. A MIDSHIPMAN AT LARGE.=
=II. THE CRUISE OF THE CASABIANCA.=
Every boy who sailed in fancy the late exciting races of the _Puritan_
and the _Genesta_, and all lovers of sea stories, will enjoy these two
stories of Newport and Ocean Yachting, by CHARLES REMINGTON TALBOT.
=III. A GIRL AND A JEWEL.=
MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD, in this delicious White Mountain
Romance, writes her first young folks' magazine serial.
=IV. DILLY AND THE CAPTAIN.=
=V. PEGGY, AND HER FAMILY.=
MARGARET SIDNEY writes these two amusing Adventure Serials for Little
Folks. Thirty-six illustrations each.
=VI. A Six Months' Story= (title to be announced), by CHARLES EGBERT
CRADDOCK, author of _Down the Ravine_.
=ROYAL GIRLS AND ROYAL COURTS.=
By MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD. This series, brilliant and instructive, will
begin in the Christmas number and run through the year.
=A CYCLE OF CHILDREN.=
By ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. Twelve historical
stories celebrating twelve popular holidays.
=Master Sandys' Christmas Snapdragon.= Dec., 1611.
=Mistress Margery's New Year's Pin-Money.= Jan., 1500.
=Mr. Pepys' Valentine.= February, 1660.
=The Last of the Geraldines.= March, 1535.
=Diccon and the Wise Fools of Gotham.= April, 1215.
=The Lady Octavia's Garland.= May, 184.
=Etc., etc.=
_STORIES OF AMERICAN WARS._
Thrilling incidents in our various American warfares. Each story will
have a dramatic picture. The first six are:
=The Light of Key Biscayne.=
=Joel Jackson's Smack.=
=A Revolutionary Turncoat.=
=How Daniel Abbott Outwitted the Indians.=
=In the Turtle Crawl.=
=The Boy-Soldiers of Cherry Valley.=
_IN PERIL._
A romantic dozen of adventures, but all strictly true. Each story will
be illustrated. The first six are:
=Saved by a Kite.=
=Taz a Taz.=
=In a Mica Mine.=
=The Life Trail.=
=The Varmint that Runs on the "Heigh-Ho!"=
=A Strange Prison.=
=YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES.=
A beautiful art feature. Twenty-four superb studies of race-types and
national costumes, by F. Childe Hassam, with text by M. E. B.
_FIRE-PLACE STORIES._
This article will be a notable feature of the Christmas number. The
rich illustrations include glimpses of Holland, Assyria, Persia,
Moorish Spain and New England, with two paintings in clay modelled
expressly for WIDE AWAKE, and reproduced in three tones.
_SOME SPECIAL ARTICLES:_
_L'ENFANT TERRIBLE TURK._ By HON. S. S. COX, U. S. Minister to Turkey.
_THE PRINCESS POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND._ By MRS. RAYMOND BLATHWAYTE.
Illustrations include portrait from painting never before
engraved.
_AUTOGRAPHS AND AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS._ By NORA PERRY. Racy and amusing.
_A GRAND PEACE-MEET._ By WILL P. HOOPER. An imposing Indian Ceremony;
with many pictures by the author.
_A SIXTEENTH CENTURY SCHOOLBOY._ By APPLETON MORGAN. The life of a lad
in Shakespeare's time.
_MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT._ By GEN. JOHN C. FREMONT.
_THROUGH THE HEART OF PARIS._ By FRANK T. MERRILL. A pen and pencil
record of a trip down the Seine.
_THE DUMB-BETTY LAMP._ By HENRY BACON. Hitherto untold incidents in
connection with "Floyd Ireson's Ride."
_TWELVE BALLADS._
These are by twelve of the foremost women poets of America. Each ballad
will fill five to seven pictorial pages. The first six are:
=The Deacon's Little Maid.= A ballad of early New England. By MRS. A.
D. T. WHITNEY. Illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey.
=The Story of the Chevalier.= A ballad of the wars of Maria Theresa. By
MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. Illustrations by E. H. Garrett.
=The Minute Man.= A ballad of the "Shot heard round the World." By
MARGARET SIDNEY. Illustrations by Hy. Sandham.
=The Hemlock Tree.= A ballad of a Maine settlement. By LUCY LARCOM.
Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett.
=The Children's Cherry Feast.= A ballad of the Hussite War. By NORA
PERRY. Illustrations by George Foster Barnes.
=Little Alix.= A ballad of the Children's Crusade. By SUSAN COOLIDGE.
Illustrations by F. H. Lungren.
Many other enjoyments are in readiness; among them a Thanksgiving poem
by Helen Jackson (H. H.), the last poem we can ever give our readers
from her pen; "A Daughter of the Sea-Folks," a romantic story of
Ancient Holland, by Susan Coolidge; "An Entertainment of Mysteries,"
by Anna Katherine Greene, author of the celebrated "detective novels;"
foreign MSS. and drawings by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pennell; "Stoned by a
Mountain," by Rose G. Kingsley; a frontier-life story by Mrs. Custer,
author of _Boots and Saddles_; a long humorous poem by Christina
Rossetti; Arctic Articles by Lieut. Frederick Schwatka; "A Tiny Tale of
Travel," a prose story by Celia Thaxter; a "Trotty" story, by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps; beautiful stories by Grace Denio Litchfield, Mary E.
Wilkins and Katherine B. Foote; a lively boys' story by John Preston
True; "Pamela's Fortune," by Mrs. Lucy C. Lillie; "'Little Captain' of
Buckskin Camp," by F. L. Stealey--in short, the magazine will brim over
with good things.
_THE C. Y. F. R. U. READINGS_
meet the growing demand for the _helpful_ in literature, history,
science, art and practical doing. The Course for 1885-86 includes
=I. Pleasant Authors for Young Folks.= (_American Series._) By AMANDA
B. HARRIS. =II. My Garden Pets.= By MARY TREAT, author of _Home Studies
in Nature_. =III. Souvenirs of My Time.= (_Foreign Series._) By MRS.
JESSIE BENTON FREMONT. =IV. Some Italian Authors and Their Work.= By
GEORGE E. VINCENT (son of Chancellor Vincent). =V. Ways to Do Things.=
By various authors. =VI. Strange Teas, Weddings, Dinners and Fetes.= By
their Guests and Givers. =VII. Search-Questions in English Literature.=
By OSCAR FAY ADAMS.
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=How we are Governed.=
=By Anna Laurens Dawes.= 12mo, $1.50.
The task undertaken in this work by the accomplished
daughter of Senator Dawes, has been to present an
explanation of the constitution and government of the
United States, both national, State, and local, in
so simple and clear a way as to offer to the masses
everywhere such an opportunity for their study as
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=Lilith: the Legend of the First Woman.=
=By Ada Langworthy Collier.= 12mo, $1.00. GILT EDGES, $1.25.
In this book, which is characterized by rare brilliancy
of expression, beauty of thought, and tenderness and
pathos in sentiment, and which is withal as intensely
interesting as any recent work of prose fiction, the
accomplished author presents a poem based upon the
Rabbinic legends that Eve was not Adam's first wife,
but that she had a predecessor in the world's first
Eden, who bore the name of "Lilith." The poem, based
upon these legends, cannot fail to establish the
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=Boy Life in the United States Navy.=
=By H. H. Clark.= 12mo, ILLUSTRATED, $1.50.
If there is anything in the way of human attire which
more than any other commands the admiration and
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nation, it is the trim uniform and shining buttons
that distinguish the jolly lads of the "Navy." In
this graphically written and wonderfully entertaining
volume, boy life in the Navy of the United States is
described by a navy officer, in a manner which cannot
fail to satisfy the boys.
=Memorial of Rev. Warren H. Cudworth.=
=By His Sister=; WITH PORTRAIT, 380 PAGES, $1.50.
Simply told and remarkably interesting is this story of
the life of one of the most saintly of Christian men.
It will be welcomed and read with satisfaction by all
who knew him. Those who never saw him, cannot fail to
be stimulated by its suggestive thought.
=Money in Politics.=
=By Hon. J. K. Upton.= LATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
TREASURY EXTRA CLOTH, TOP. 12mo, $1.25.
This volume presents a complete history of money, or
the circulating medium, in the United States, from the
colonial days to the present time. Mr. Edward Atkinson,
in his introduction, pronounces it the most valuable
work of the kind yet published.
=Baccalaureate Sermons.=
=By Rev. A. P. Peabody, D. D. LL. D.= 12mo, $1.25.
These sermons, delivered before the graduating classes
of Harvard University, it is safe to say, are not
excelled by any production of their kind. They are not
only rarely appropriate, as discourses addressed to
educated young men upon the threshold of active life,
but are models of logical thought and graceful rhetoric
worthy the study of all ministers.
=What's Mine's Mine.=
=By George MacDonald=, AUTHOR OF "ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD,"
"DONAL GRANT," ETC. 12mo, CLOTH, $1.50.
From original MSS. It will be published by D. Lothrop &
Co., in advance of the publication in England.
=Boys' Heroes.=
=By Edward Everett Hale.= READING UNION LIBRARY. 16mo, ILLUSTRATED.
PRICE, $1.00.
This handsome volume unites the charm of the _Arabian
Nights_ with the solid value of an Encyclopædia. In its
twelve chapters, Dr. Hale gives careful and definite
account of a dozen famous characters the boys of all
ages have agreed to regard as heroes, but about whom
their information is often neither full nor accurate.