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Harper"s Young People Series
_Ill.u.s.trated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25 each:_
=The Mystery of Abel Forefinger.= By WILLIAM DRYSDALE.
=Raftmates.--Canoemates.--Campmates.= By KIRK MUNROE.
=Young Lucretia, and Other Stories.= By MARY E. WILKINS.
=A Boy"s Town.= By W. D. HOWELLS.
=Diego Pinzon.= By J. R. CORYELL.
=The Moon Prince, and Other Nabobs.= By R. K. MUNKITTRICK.
=The Midnight Warning, and Other Stories.= By E. H. HOUSE.
=Phil and the Baby, and False Witness.= By LUCY C. LILLIE.
=Flying Hill Farm.--The Mate of the "Mary Anne".= By SOPHIE SWETT.
_Ill.u.s.trated. Square 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00 each:_
=Wakulla.--The Flamingo Feather.--Derrick Sterling.--Chrystal, Jack & Co., and Delta Bixby.--Dorymates.= By KIRK MUNROE.
=The Talking Leaves.--Two Arrows.--The Red Mustang.= By W. O.
STODDARD.
=Prince Lazybones, and Other Stories.= By Mrs. W. J. HAYS.
=The Ice Queen.= By ERNEST INGERSOLL.
=Uncle Peter"s Trust.= By GEORGE B. PERRY.
=The Adventures of Jimmy Brown.--The Cruise of the Canoe Club.--The Cruise of the "Ghost."--The Moral Pirates.--The New Robinson Crusoe.= By W. L. ALDEN.
=Toby Tyler.--Mr. Stubbs"s Brother.--Tim and Tip.--Left Behind.--Raising the "Pearl."--Silent Pete.= By JAMES OTIS.
=The Four Macnicols.= By WILLIAM BLACK.
=The Lost City.--Into Unknown Seas.= By DAVID KER.
=The Story of Music and Musicians.--Jo"s Opportunity.--Rolf House--Mildred"s Bargain, and Other Stories.--Nan.--The Colonel"s Money.--The Household of Glen Holly.= By LUCY C. LILLIE.
=Who Was Paul Grayson?= By JOHN HABBERTON.
=Captain Polly.= By SOPHIE SWETT.
=Strange Stories from History.= By GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York
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[Ill.u.s.tration: A SWIMMING LESSON.]
WISE CHILD.
"Papa, I know why Napoleon needed to sleep only four hours every night."
"Why, my son?"
"Because he took a _Nap_ everywhere he went."
A district school teacher in New Hampshire has had great difficulty in explaining adverbs to a cla.s.s of children. After toiling faithfully with them, he said: "Bring in a list of adverbs to-morrow. Remember that a great many adverbs ends in ly."
The next day one boy"s list began: Slowly, fastly, lily, emily!