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ADVENTURES OF
TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY
TO
j.a.pAN AND CHINA.
Ill.u.s.trated, 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.
A more attractive book for boys and girls can scarcely be imagined.--_N. Y. Times._
The best thing for a boy who cannot go to China and j.a.pan is to get this book and read it.--_Philadelphia Ledger._
Juvenile literature seems to have come to a climax in this book. In literary quality and in material form it is a decided improvement on anything of the kind ever before produced in America.--_N. Y. Journal of Commerce._
One of the richest and most entertaining books for young people, both in text, ill.u.s.trations, and binding, which has ever come to our table.--_Providence Press._
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, N. Y.
_Sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price._
"_A nice Gift for Children._"
PITTSBURGH TELEGRAPH.
THE PRINCESS IDLEWAYS,
A FAIRY STORY.
Ill.u.s.trated, 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.
Written in a simple but charming manner, and ill.u.s.trated by beautiful pictures, so that a youngster just past the first reading-book would appreciate every word.--_Christian Intelligencer_, N. Y.
The ill.u.s.trations are worthy of special commendation. Any so airy, pretty, and full of grace, have rarely appeared in any American book for children.--_Hartford Courant._
The language in which it is told is so pure and agreeable, that parents and good bachelor uncles will find it a pleasure to read it aloud to the little ones.--_Boston Courier_.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, N. Y.
_Sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price._
WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW
In His Voyage Round the World
in the s.h.i.+p "Beagle."
ADAPTED FOR YOUTHFUL READERS.
Ill.u.s.trated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.
A capital book on natural history for young readers.--_Hartford Courant._
A superb volume filled with maps and pictures of beasts, birds, and fishes, as well as the faces of all sorts of men, and with all this a most delightful story of real travel round the world by a very famous naturalist.--_Christian Intelligencer_, N. Y.
To the intelligent boy or girl the book will be a perfect bonanza.
* * * Every statement it contains may be accepted as accurately true. * * * This book shows once more that truth is stranger than fiction.--_Philadelphia North American._
It can scarcely be opened anywhere without conveying interest and instruction.--_S. S. Times_, Phila.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
_Sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price._
[Ill.u.s.tration: The Christian Union]
HENRY WARD BEECHER, } _Editors._ LYMAN ABBOTT, }
"_The Christian Union is as careful to gratify the seasonable wants of its readers as the best of the monthly periodicals._"--Syracuse Journal.
