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The complete work in one volume, with 150 illustrations..... 2 50

A NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF THE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF WONDERS.

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THE WONDERS OF MAN AND NATURE.

Intelligence of Animals--Mountain Adventures--Bodily Strength and Skill--Wonderful Escapes--Thunder and Lightning--Adventures on the Great Hunting Grounds--Wonders of the Human Body--The Sublime in Nature.

THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE.

Wonders of Heat--Wonders of the Heavens--Wonders of Optics--The Sun--Wonders of Acoustics--Wonders of Water--Wonders of the Moon--Meteors, Aerolites, Storms, and Atmospheric Phenomena.

THE WONDERS OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

Egypt 3,300 Years Ago--Wonders of Sculpture--Wonders of Glass Making--Wonders of European Art--Wonders of Pompeii--Wonders of Architecture--The Wonders of Italian Art--The Wonders of Engraving.

Twenty-four volumes, containing aver a thousand valuable illustrations.

Each set, 8 volumes, in a box, $8.00.

Each volume, 12mo, complete in itself. Sold separately at $1.00 per volume.

CHILDREN'S STORIES OF AMERICAN PROGRESS.

By HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN WRIGHT.

With twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by J. STEEPLE DAVIS. One volume, 12mo. $1.50.

"The 'Stories of American Progress' contain a series of pictures of events of the first half of the present century, and the scope of the book comprehends all the prominent steps by which we have reached our present position both as regards extent of country and industrial prosperity. They include an account of the first Steamboat, the Railroad, and the Telegraph, as well as of the Purchase of Florida, the War of 1812, and the Discovery of Gold. It will be found that no event of importance has been omitted, and any child fond of story-telling will gain from this book an amount of knowledge which may far exceed that which is usually acquired from the rigid instruction of the school-room."

CHILDREN'S STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

By HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN WRIGHT.

With twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by J. STEEPLE DAVIS. One volume, 12mo. $1.50.

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THE IVORY KING.

A Popular History of the Elephant and Its Allies.

By CHARLES F. HOLDER.

Square 8vo, with twenty-four full-page illustrations. $2.00.

The wonderfully interesting array of facts which Mr. Holder brought together in his "Marvels of Animal Life" was the fruit very largely of his personal observations. It forms one of the most stimulating and delightful contributions to the class of Natural History books for the young that has ever been made, and was a fitting forerunner to "The Ivory King," which is devoted entirely to the Elephant, and has even a more vivid fascination than the first named volume. The summary of its contents includes the Natural History of the Elephant, its habits and ways and its intelligence, the Mammoth Three and Four Tusked Elephants, Hunting and Capturing Wild Elephants, the Elephant in Captivity, Rogue Elephants, the White Elephant, Trained Elephants, Show Elephants, Ivory, War Elephants, etc., etc. The numerous illustrations are especially excellent, being drawn from a great variety of sources.

It would be hard to name a book which would be a more welcome and valued addition to the library of the average boy or girl just beginning to cultivate a love of reading and an interest in the world around them.

MARVELS OF ANIMAL LIFE.

By CHARLES F. HOLDER.

Square 8vo, with thirty-two full-page illustrations. $2.00.

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SCRIBNER'S STANDARD JUVENILE BOOKS.

THE BOY'S

Library of Legend and Chivalry.

EDITED BY SIDNEY LANIER,

And richly illustrated by FREDERICKS, BENSELL, and KAPPES.

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THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. THE BOY'S FROISSART. KNIGHTLY LEGENDS OF WALES. THE BOY'S PERCY.

Four volumes, cloth, uniform binding. Price per set $7.00. Sold separately. Price per volume $2.00.

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"Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these stories, character and the ideals of character remain at the simplest and the purest. The romantic history transpires in the healthy atmosphere of the open air, on the green earth beneath the open sky.... The figures of Right, Truth, Justice, Honor, Purity, Courage, Reverence for Law, are always in the background; and the grand passion inspired by the book is for strength to do well and nobly in the world."--The Independent.

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THE BOY'S Library of Pluck and Action.

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP, By Frank R. Stockton. HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES. A story of life in Holland. By Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. THE BOY EMIGRANTS, By Noah Brooks. PHAETON ROGERS, By Rossiter Johnson.

Four volumes, 12mo, in a box, illustrated, $5.00. Sold separately, price per volume $1.50.

In the "Boy's Library of Pluck and Action," the design was to bring together the representative and most popular books of four of the best known writers for young people. The names of Mary Mapes Dodge, Frank R. Stockton, Noah Brooks, and Rossiter Johnson are familiar ones in every household, and a set of books, to which each has contributed one, forms a present that will delight the heart of every boy who likes manly, spirited, and amusing tales. The volumes are beautifully illustrated and uniformly bound in a most attractive form.

SCRIBNER'S LIST OF JUVENILE BOOKS.

* * * * * The great legend of the Nibelungen told to boys and girls. * * * * *

THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED.

By JAMES BALDWIN.

With a series of superb illustrations by Howard Pyle. One volume, square 12mo. $2.00.

Mr. Baldwin has at last given "The Story of Siegfried" in the way in which it most appeals to the boy-reader,--simply and strongly told, with all its fire and action, yet without losing any of that strange charm of the myth, and that heroic pathos, which every previous attempt at a version, even for adult readers, has failed to catch.

THE STORY OF ROLAND.

By JAMES BALDWIN.

With a series of illustrations by R.B. Birch. One volume, square 12mo. $2.00.

This volume is intended as a companion to "The Story of Siegfried." As Siegfried was an adaptation of Northern myths and romances to the wants and the understanding of young readers, so is this story a similar adaptation of the middle-age romances relating to Charlemagne and his paladins. As Siegfried was the greatest of the heroes of the North, so, too, was Roland the most famous among the knights of the Middle Ages.

"We congratulate the boys of the land upon the appearance of this book. We commend it to parents who are selecting literature for their children, assured, as we are, that it will convince them that books may be found which will engage the attention, and stimulate the imagination, of the young, without dissipating the mind, or blunting the moral sensibilities."--Philadelphia Messenger.

THE FIRST REALLY PRACTICAL BOY'S BOOK.

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THE AMERICAN BOY'S HANDY BOOK;

Or, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.

By DANIEL C. BEARD.

With three hundred illustrations by the author. One volume, 8vo. $2.00.

Mr. Beard's book is the first to tell the active, inventive, and practical American boy the things he really wants to know, the thousand things he wants to do, and the ten thousand ways in which he can do them, with the helps and ingenious contrivances which every boy can either procure or make.

The author divides the book among the sports of the four seasons; and he has made an almost exhaustive collection of the cleverest modern devices, besides himself inventing an immense number of capital and practical ideas.

FRANK R. STOCKTON'S POPULAR STORIES.

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THE STORY OF VITEAU.

With sixteen full-page illustrations by R.B. Birch.

One volume, 12mo, extra cloth. $1.50.

In "The Story of Viteau," Mr. Stockton has opened a new vein, and one that he has shown all his well-known skill and ability in working. While describing the life and surroundings of Raymond, Louis, and Agnes at Viteau at the Castle of De Barran, or in the woods among the Cotereaux, he gives a picture of France in the age of chivalry, and tells, at the same time, a romantic and absorbing story of adventure and knightly daring. Mr. Birch's spirited illustrations add much to the attraction of the book.

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.

Illustrated. One volume, 12mo, extra cloth. $1.50.

"'A Jolly Fellowship,' by Mr. Frank Stockton, is a worthy successor to his 'Rudder Grange.' Although written for lads, it is full of delicious nonsense that will be enjoyed by men and women.... The less serious parts are described with a mock gravity that is the perfection of harmless burlesque, while all the nonsense has a vein of good sense running through it, so that really useful information is conveyed to the young and untravelled reader's mind."--Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

THE FLOATING PRINCE, AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.

With illustrations by Bensell and others. One volume, quarto, boards. $1.50.

"Stockton has the knack, perhaps genius would be a better word, of writing in the easiest of colloquial English, without descending to the plane of the vulgar or commonplace. The very perfection of his work hinders the reader from perceiving at once how good of its kind it is.... With the added charm of a most delicate humor,--a real humor, mellow, tender, and informed by a singularly quaint and racy fancy,--his stories become irresistibly attractive."--Philadelphia Times.

NEW EDITIONS OF OLD FAVORITES.

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ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FICTION.

One volume, quarto, boards, with very attractive lithographed cover, three hundred and seventy pages, two hundred illustrations. A new edition. Price reduced from $3.00 to $1.50.

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.

One volume, quarto, boards, with handsome lithographed cover, three hundred and fifty pages, nearly two hundred illustrations. A new edition. Price reduced from $3.00 to $1.50.

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Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers, 743 and 745 Broadway, New York.