Volume XVI. With 1096 Pages and about 750 Illustrations. 4to,

Ornamental, $3.50.

The bound volume of HARPER'S ROUND TABLE FOR 1895 completes the sixteenth year of this juvenile periodical, and marks an important epoch in its history. Besides the usual number of short stories, which exceeds 125, there are three long serials, each a book in itself, and seven short serials. The most important feature also, in the present volume of HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, is a weekly department on Interscholastic Sport, which is absolutely unique in juvenile literature. This department, conducted from week to week by a writer experienced in athletic matters, gives critical, descriptive, and historical matter referring to the athletics and physical training of boys in American schools; and, collected in this way in a bound volume, these weekly articles furnish a fund of material on juvenile athletic matters that is unrivalled. In the same way a department of intimate converse with young girls, edited by Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, furnishes in this compact form fifty-two distinct articles, which together make a book in themselves of invaluable use to the young women of the United States. In like manner the departments on Amateur Photography and on Stamp Collecting furnish sufficient material for a book on each subject. Altogether HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, with its more than one thousand pages and little less than one thousand illustrations, makes one of the most interesting and useful books of the year in juvenile literature.

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_BY KIRK MUNROE:_

=SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES.= A Sequel to the "Fur-Seal's Tooth." By KIRK MUNROE. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

_PREVIOUS VOLUMES BY MR. MUNROE_

=The Fur-Seal's Tooth.--Raftmates.--Canoemates.--Campmates.--Dorymates.= Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25 each. The Four "Mates" Volumes in a Box, $5.00.

=Wakulla.--Flamingo Feather.--Derrick Sterling.--Chrystal, Jack & Co.,= and =Delta Bixby=. Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00 each.

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=THE STORY OF BABETTE,= A Little Creole Girl. By RUTH MCENERY STUART. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50.

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_BY MRS. SANGSTER:_

=LITTLE KNIGHTS AND LADIES.= Verses for Young People. By MARGARET E. SANGSTER, Author of "On the Road Home," etc. Illustrated, 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

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=AFLOAT WITH THE FLAG.= By W. J. HENDERSON, Author of "Sea Yarns for Boys," etc. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE=, In Questions and Answers. By MARY HASTINGS FOOTE. With Map. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=BIBLE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.= By the Right Rev. HENRY C. POTTER, D.D., and Others. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.

=OAKLEIGH.= By ELLEN DOUGLAS ICELAND. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

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By THOMAS W KNOX:

=THE "BOY TRAVELLERS" SERIES:= ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS--IN THE LEVANT. IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. IN CENTRAL EUROPE. IN NORTHERN EUROPE. IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. IN MEXICO. IN AUSTRALASIA. ON THE CONGO. IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. IN SOUTH AMERICA. IN CENTRAL AFRICA. IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE. IN CEYLON AND INDIA. IN SIAM AND JAVA. IN JAPAN AND CHINA. Copiously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental. $3.00 per vol.

_Other Books by Colonel Knox._ =THE YOUNG NIMRODS IN NORTH AMERICA.--The YOUNG NIMRODS AROUND THE WORLD.= 2 vols. Copiously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50 each.

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_BY CAPTAIN KING:_

=CADET DAYS.= Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK, AND STORIES OF ARMY LIFE.= Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

=A WAR-TIME WOOING.= Illustrated by R. F. ZOGBAUM. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.00.

=BETWEEN THE LINES.= A Story of the War. Illustrated by GILBERT GAUL. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

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_BY HOWARD PYLE:_

=TWILIGHT LAND.= 8vo, Half Leather, Ornamental, $2.50. =MEN OF IRON.= 8vo, Cloth, $2.00. =A MODERN ALADDIN.= Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. =THE WONDER CLOCK.= Large 8vo, Cloth, $3.00. =PEPPER AND SALT.= 4to, Cloth, $2.00. =THE ROSE OF PARADISE.= Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

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HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE SERIES

Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25 per volume.

THE MYSTERY OF ABEL FOREFINGER. By WILLIAM DRYSDALE. RAFTMATES.--CANOEMATES.--CAMPMATES.--DORYMATES. By KIRK MUNROE. YOUNG LUCRETIA, and Other Stories. By MARY E. WILKINS. THE MATE OF THE "MARY ANN."--FLYING HILL FARM. By SOPHIE SWETT. A BOY'S TOWN. By W. D. HOWELLS. THE MIDNIGHT WARNING, etc. By EDWARD H. HOUSE. THE MOON PRINCE, and Other Nabobs. By RICHARD KENDALL MUNKITTRICK. DIEGO PINZON. By JOHN RUSSELL CORYELL. PHIL AND THE BABY, and FALSE WITNESS. Two Stories. By LUCY C. LILLIE.

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Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, $1.00 per volume.

LUCY C. LILLIE.--The Household of Glen Holly.--The Colonel's Money.--Mildred's Bargain, etc.--Nan.--Rolf House.--Jo's Opportunity.--The Story of Music and Musicians.

JAMES OTIS.--Silent Pete.--Toby Tyler.--Tim and Tip.--Mr. Stubbs's Brother.--Left Behind.--Raising the "Pearl."

DAVID KER.--The Lost City.--Into Unknown Seas.

WILLIAM BLACK.--The Four Macnicols.

KIRK MUNROE.--Chrystal, Jack & Co., and Delta Bixby.--Derrick Sterling.--Wakulla.--The Flamingo Feather.

JOHN HABBERTON.--Who was Paul Grayson?

ERNEST INGERSOLL.--The Ice Queen.

W. O. STODDARD.--The Talking Leaves.--Two Arrows.--The Red Mustang.

MRS. W. J. HAYS.--Prince Lazybones, etc.

G. C. EGGLESTON.--Strange Stories from History.

GEORGE B. PERRY.--Uncle Peter's Trust.

SOPHIE SWETT.--Captain Polly.

W. L. ALDEN.--A New Robinson Crusoe.--The Adventures of Jimmy Brown.--The Cruise of the Canoe Club.--The Cruise of the "Ghost."--The Moral Pirates.

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HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York

The helping hand.

At this Thanksgiving season, cannot all help the boys at Good Will? They are most deserving, you know. $3000 is wanted for their Industrial School-house, and $1579.16 is in hand. Help is wanted from any quarter in any sums. To Members and Patrons the suggestion is made that they may, if they prefer, secure one new subscription, use the following coupon, and direct in their letter that the 50 cents which it represents be turned over to the Fund. The whole sum needed can be secured in this way _during December_, if our members undertake the task with a will. Won't they do it? We will send coupon if you do not wish to cut your ROUND TABLE. Let us make this a memorable Thanksgiving-time. What say you, friends? Are there not 3000 who will do this? And then the boys at Good Will will have their school-house.

THIS COUPON

Will be received by the publishers of HARPER'S ROUND TABLE as

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The Chinese and Eclipses.

During the eclipse of the moon, September 3d, I asked a Chinaman, "What the matter moon?" and he said: "Man eat um all up, sometime little bit. My country make um big noise, scare um 'way." He then made the motions of beating a drum and fingering a wind instrument to show me how they made the noise in China. I suppose the Chinese think that some devil eats up the moon, and by making a great noise they scare him away.

ROBERT P. STEPHENSON. NORDHOFF, CALIFORNIA.

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FALSE ECONOMY

is practised by people who buy inferior articles of food. The Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant food. _Infant Health_ is the title of a valuable pamphlet for mothers. Sent free by New York Condensed Milk Co., New York.--[_Adv._]

ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Timely Warning.

The great success of the chocolate preparations of the house of =Walter Baker & Co.= (established in 1780) has led to the placing on the market many misleading and unscrupulous imitations of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter Baker & Co. are the oldest and largest manufacturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are used in their manufactures.

Consumers should ask for, and be sure that they get, the genuine Walter Baker &. Co.'s goods.

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT of the award on

=GILLOTT'S PENS= at the CHICAGO EXPOSITION.

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We will send a =50c.= package of Gold and Chromo Christmas Cards, very nice and pretty, and the largest and best story paper in the world =3= months absolutely free if you send =10c.= to pay postage. This offer is made only to introduce our paper in new homes. Order quick.

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ANOTHER HALF-DOZEN BOOKS

For Boys and Girls.

Child Sketches from George Eliot.

Selected, and arranged from the works of the great novelist by JULIA MAGRUDER. Illustrated by R. B. Birch and Amy Brooks. Square 8vo, cloth, $1.25.

The Children's Nonsense Book.

Tales and rhymes of fun, nonsense, and absurdity, by favorite fun-makers. 4to, illustrated, cloth, $1.50.

The Children's Wonder Book.

Tales of marvel, mystery, and merriment, by popular story-tellers. Illustrated, 4to, cloth, $1.50.

The Impostor: _A College Story_.

By CHARLES REMINGTON TALBOT. Illustrated by H. P. Barnes. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

The Mammoth Hunters: _An Alaskan Story of Adventure_.

By WILLIS BOYD ALLEN. Illustrated by Jos. H. Hatfield. 12mo, cloth, 75 cents.

The Old Town Pump: _A Village Story_.

By MARGARET SIDNEY. Illustrated by H. P. Barnes. 12mo. cloth, $1.25.

For sale at all Bookstores. Send postal for Illustrated Holiday list, New Descriptive Catalogue, and sample copy of _The Pansy_ containing great PRIZE OFFER in Boys and Girls. Mailed free.

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Postage Stamps, &c.

STAMPS!

=800= fine mixed Victoria, Cape of G. H., India, Japan, etc., with fine Stamp Album, only =10c=. New 80-p. Price-list =free=. _Agents wanted_ at =50%= commission. STANDARD STAMP CO., 4 Nicholson Place, St. Louis, Mo. Old U. S. and Confederate Stamps bought.

100 all dif. Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., only 10c.; 200 all dif. Hayti, Hawaii, etc., only 50c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List FREE! =C. A. Stegmann=, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

TWO OLD-STAMP Collections for sale cheap.

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=FINE APPROVAL SHEETS.= Agents wanted at 50% com. P. S. Chapman, Box 151, Bridgeport, Ct.

BICYCLING.

The Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen. Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W. the Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership blanks and information so far as possible.

Start from Copley Square. Go through Dartmouth; turn to left onto Commonwealth Avenue, turn to right at Massachusetts Avenue, and cross Harvard Bridge over the Charles River to Cambridgeport. Keep on direct road, and at Windsor Street turn to the right, passing car tracks, and continuing to Webster Avenue, there turn to left, and keep straight road to Somerville. Turn to the right onto Prospect Street, go up small hill, cross railroad. Turn to right onto Washington Street, and follow it to Medford Street; there turn to left, and following Medford Street to Central Square, there turn to right on Cross Street, and to the right onto Mystic Avenue. At Middlesex Avenue turn to left, and follow direct road through Wellington to Pleasant Street, Malden. (So far road very good, macadam most of the distance, small hills, and good level stretches.) Continue through Highland Avenue to Clifton Street, where turn to right, and follow it until you come to tracks of the B. & M. R. R. Then turn to right over the tracks onto Washington Street, and take second turn on left. Then turn to left on to Main Street, and follow direct way to Melrose. (Small hills, but good macadam road.) Keep to right at Green Street, to the right at Franklin Street, bearing to right into Saugus by Main Street. Turn to right, cross tracks of B. & M., then keep to left into East Saugus. At watering-trough, beyond which keep to left out Boston Street over Tower Hill, and at horse-car station turn to right to Common Street, there turn to left, and to right onto Market Street. Turn to left at Broad Street, and to right at New Washington Street, and cross the long narrow isthmus, with Lynn Beach on the left and Lynn Harbor on the right. In passing through Lynn, considerable paving has to be ridden over. This is more than counterbalanced by the fine level road from Lynn to Nahant. It is one of the very best in the State, a refreshing ride on a hot day, water either side. Keep to left and follow main road, making a circuit of the end of the peninsula, which is high and rocky. There are excellent views both here and at Bass Point. Tri-Mountain House is a good place for a fish dinner.

A $50 Prize Puzzle.

There are twenty seven questions in the following. $50 in money will be divided among the ten, all under eighteen years, who send the best solutions. Correctness, spelling, and neatness count. Give answers by numbers. Put your own name and address at the top of every sheet, and at the top of the first sheet put the words "Round Table." Mail solutions not later than December 31, 1895. Correct answers and names of prize-winners will be given in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE for January 28, 1896. "Everything comes to those who try." Address the publishers, and put "Puzzle Answer" in lower left-hand corner of your envelope.

A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

There were three wise men of Gotham Who went to sea in a bowl. What did they find the earth around Before they reached their goal?

They found a good many things. To enumerate a few:

A nail in North American land; (1) A meat in the isles of the sea; (2) A gale of wind in a city of Maine, As you may plainly see; (3) A yellow man in Asian heights; (4) Delicious fruit in a bay; (5) A friend to man in a Russian lake; (6) A measure of oil in Cathay. (7)

At a hotel in France they were given a queer dish of food. Here is the receipt for it:

Take poetry, music, and painting, Already well combined, And to make the dish we are wanting, Add the first person you find. Then stifle my first by my second, And let all stand until cold, When you have a delightful pickle That our grandmothers made of old. (8)

Proceeding, they found

A town of Maine in a Floridian bay, (9) A bit of wood in a sea; (10) A little friend in an Alpine pass, As travellers all agree; (11) Convenient coin in a Russian mart; (12) Bright light in an African isle; (13) A part of a ship in a British town, (14) A stag in a town of the Nile. (15)

In Egypt a landlord presented them with a bill that read:

When first you know that I am near, You turn from me and flee; Yet if I harm you, what seems queer Is that you send for me; And when my bad effects are gone, You make me pay for what I've done. (16)

Their time getting short, the wise men left their bowl for a balloon, and found

A writer's tool in a Danish port, (17) French coin in a State of the West; (18) A rodent fierce in a Grecian plain, A dreaded household pest. (19) A favorite toy in a burning mount, (20) With a cutting tool they see; (21) A statesman famed in a town of Maine; (22) A snake in an inland sea. (23)

Being up in the air, they had to exist on light dinners. Here is the receipt for one of their meals:

Take a conjunction and lay it near Something that's fully equal. The smallest article you can find Follows this as a common sequel. Add a substance of nature aerial, And so make a food fit for palate imperial. (24)

Going back to their bowl again, they saw

An American stream in a city famed. (25) French coin in an Italian town; (26) A head of hair in an English isle, A place of great renown. All these they saw as they sailed afar, Where'er their course they bent; But never found 'neath the farthest star The secret of content. (27)

This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondent should address Editor Stamp Department.

Another great find has been made. A philatelist in a town in Illinois applied to the postmaster for a 90c. stamp, expecting to receive the current issue. Imagine his surprise when the postmaster handed him a 90c. 1869 issue (portrait of Lincoln) in fine condition. Of course he immediately bought all the postmaster had, twenty-eight copies. One of these is now in his collection, the other twenty-seven have been sold at $30 each.

Doubtless there are many thousands of old issues still on sale in country post-offices, and I would advise the purchase of any or all U.S. stamps issued before 1887. Of the later issues dealers have a good supply. Plate-number collecting is growing every day. As time goes on the scarce plate numbers advance in price, and the commoner numbers decrease. No. 89 2c. is still the scarcest, although some of the first numbers are now almost unobtainable. All the unwatermarked sheets are growing scarce; the $1 has already advanced fifty per cent. since the change to watermark. The $2 and $5 will doubtless soon do the same.

M. HESS.--The stamps mentioned are sold by dealers at 1c. or 2c. each.

WATROUS.--I do not recognize the coin by your description.

N. D. HENDERSON, 135 West Eighty-ninth Street, New York, wants to exchange stamps with ROUND TABLE collectors.--As the same rare stamp may be cheap or dear according to its condition, the only absolute test of its value is to sell it at auction.

E. FRANCE.--No addresses of dealers are given in this column.

LESTER HICKS.--The 1858 flying-eagle cent is quoted by dealers at 5c.

H. E. P.--The half-cent 1809 is worth 10c.

L. E. S.--The _ore_ coin is Swedish. The other coins are worth face only.

E. RING.--Half-dollars of any date from 1817 to 1836 can be bought of dealers at 75c. each.

S. B. N. AND A. C. H.--See answer to R. Baker in No. 837.

F. JAMES.--The Antoninus Pius is an old Roman coin. The cent and gold piece have no premium value.

O. FURHMAN.--All the stamps are revenues, not postage.

PHILATUS.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

INTERNATIONAL EDITION.

Le Grand's Manual for Stamp Collectors

A Companion to the Stamp Album.

Prepared for the American collector by Henri Pène du Bois, Esq.

How this Book Is Divided.