Part 7

=The Pettibone Name.= (MARGARET SIDNEY.) If the publishers had offered a prize for the brightest, freshest and most entertaining picture of home that fiction could give, they could not have been more successful than in securing _The Pettibone Name_, for the story is one that deserves a wide and enthusiastic popularity.--_Hartford Courant._

It is always a pleasure to read a well-written story of every-day life--one whose characters appear to be faithful types of humanity. Such is _The Pettibone Name_.--_Chicago Times._

The story is written with great simplicity, but with many touches of pathos, and it is not often that Calvinism is made as touching and attractive as it is in some of the religious passages.--_Boston Budget._

Unless our judgment be at fault, _The Pettibone Name_ will create a decided sensation in the world of fiction. It is so thoroughly free from weak and sickly sentiment, the characters are so finely and sharply drawn, and the whole impression so good, that its success is beyond all question.--_Lutheran Observer._

The story is not only entertaining, but incidents of New England life and manners are wrought in, that will give the book more than a transient interest.--_Advance._

"The Pettibone Name," by Margaret Sidney, as a realistic picture of New England rural society, has the details of a photograph. Its pages are often mirth provoking, and yet under them all runs a current of sober meaning that is impressive. Samantha Scarritt and Dr. Pilcher are equal to Mrs. Stowe's best New England delineations; and Bobby Jane is as thoroughly alive as they. Indeed, the whole characterization has crispiness and individuality, and is strong with the flavor of humanity.--_Rural Home, Rochester, N. Y._

"One of the finest pieces of American fiction."

Its two ministers are well drawn. Its village gossips are "racy of the soil," and in Judith Pettibone, the Puritan woman with intense family pride and stern reticence of life, finds a fitting representative.--_Sun._

=How They Went to Europe.= (MARGARET SIDNEY.) The story is illustrated and well told, and is suggestive.--_Herald and Presbyter._

This is a charming fresh story of young girl-life, presented in Margaret Sidney's most attractive style.--_New Bedford Standard._

Margaret Sidney is one of the best and brightest story writers we have. Her books are just such as we would place in the hands of every story-loving boy or girl; pure, bright, fresh and interesting. _How They Went to Europe_ is no exception to the standard maintained by her other works. In it a new and entirely practicable plan for interesting the young in profitable and stimulating mental culture is developed. The book is full of valuable and suggestive ideas, and, withal, is a very good story.--_Presbyterian._

If any author knows how to write for children, Margaret Sidney does. She can feel and sympathize with them; all that she writes about is natural and real, and pervaded by such a spirit as should eminently recommend it to Christian homes.--_Southern Sun._

This admirable little volume has all the sprightliness and attractiveness of Mrs. Sidney's other books, and this is saying a good deal in the way of praise. Although written primarily for the younger class of readers, it will have an equal charm for the older folks.--_Christian Advocate._

It is a delightful book, the story is told in a sprightly way, and is thoroughly wholesome.--_Chicago Advance._

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 is not afforded by the numerous volumes in which such information is chiefly to be sought. She has accomplished her aim with remarkable success, and her book will have a hearty welcome from the thousands who appreciate the need of it.

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 writer's reputation as an exceptionally able writer of verse, a reputation which she has already gained as a writer of prose.

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 stirs the enthusiasm of the average boy of whatever 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.

Japan and its Leading Men.

=By Charles Lanman.= NEW EDITION, ILLUSTRATED. 12mo, $1.50.

This volume gives full information of the Empire and also a highly interesting account of the origin of the American expedition to Japan. One of the most charming sketches of the "Leading Men" is that of Yoshida Kiyonari, who was for years our minister in Washington, and who with his agreeable wife entertained with fine hospitality President Grant and his lady while sojourning in Japan. Mr. Lanman has given in his book information and the result of scholarly research in most graphic language, which will do much to bring before us the elevated, progressive and gifted Japanese nation. The volume presents to the student of Japanese political progress, an invaluable work of reference.

The Children of Westminster Abbey.

=By Rose G. Kingsley.= READING UNION LIBRARY. 16mo. VERY FULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND OLD PRINTS. PRICE, $1.00.

What Dean Stanley's famous annals of Westminster Abbey have been to the learned traveller, this volume by the daughter of Canon Kingsley will prove to the popular tourist and to readers of history at home. Taking as starting-points the monuments to royal or historic children, the author leads the reader now through the romantic and stormy paths of secret statecraft, and now among gorgeous pageants of weddings, christenings and coronations, but always returning into the beautiful silence of the great Abbey itself.

The Gray Masque and Other Poems.

=By Mary B. Dodge.= ILLUSTRATED, EXTRA CLOTH, $1.25.

The name of this author, whose reputation is already established, will be at once recognized in connection with some of the choicest bits of poetry contributed to recent periodical literature, such as "Indian Summer," "My Baby," "Frozen Crew," etc., all of which, with many new and equally excellent poems, are offered to the public in this unusually attractive volume.

One Commonplace Day.

=By Pansy.= 12mo, CLOTH, $1.50.

Pansy has brought out in this her latest book, a vivid, lifelike story, full of strong incentives to right thinking and living.

The Temperance Teachings of Science.

=By Professor A. B. Palmer, M.D., LL.D.=

Uniform with the previous issues in this series, "Our Business Boys," "In Case of Accident," "Health and Strength for Girls." Each cloth 60 cts.

Wonder Stories of Science.

Uniform with "Plucky Boys," "How to Learn and Earn." Each 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

"But Half a Heart."

Seventh Volume of the famous V. I. F. series, 12mo, $1.25, is by MARIE OLIVER, that charming writer who by the vigor and originality of her pen is making a sensation in this particular branch of literature. Rev. Heman Lincoln, D. D., says, "It is interesting and admirably told; I commend it very cordially."

Health.

The physical life of men and women. Their structure and functions. How to supply their wants, direct their powers, avoid their afflictions and sustain their lives.--By Franklin D. Clum, M. D. _New Edition_ 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

Pine Cones.

=By Willis Boyd Allen.= 12mo, CLOTH. ILLUSTRATED. $1.00.

The adventures of several wide-awake Boston boys and girls in Maine during their Christmas vacation. In the opening chapter a wagon is overturned, and the whole party obliged to camp out in the woods over night, in the midst of a driving snowstorm. The book is profusely illustrated, and brimful of incident, adventure and fun.

Tent V, Chautauqua.

=By Mariana M. Bisbee.= 12mo, CLOTH, ILLUSTRATED, $1.25.

A bright, breezy story, well written and brimful of life. There is a good undertone of religion in it, and the life at Chautauqua is given at its fullest and best, in a way that will be altogether delightful to those familiar with it, and will inspire those who are not with the desire to read and learn its wonderful charm. It is fascinating simply as a story, and will be popular with all classes.

Wood's Natural History.

=By Rev. J. G. Wood, M. A.= VERY FULLY AND FINELY ILLUSTRATED by WOLF, HARRISON WEIR AND OTHERS. 12mo, CLOTH, $1.25.

A new edition of this ever-popular book, giving the matter of the larger work in condensed form, but equally reliable and interesting.

Success: or, Hints for Living.

=By Rev. O. A. Kingsbury.= NEW EDITION, 12mo, $1.25.

Practical, entertaining and instructive. Just the book for the family. Elegant cloth binding stamped with an emblematic die "St. George and the Dragon," in colors and gold.

Health at Home Library.

Works on Mental and Physical Hygiene. By J. Mortimer Granville, M. D. 5 Vols. 16mo, cloth, 60 cts. each, set $3.00.

I. =The Secret of a Clear Head=; chapters on temperature, habits, etc. II. =Sleep and Sleeplessness=; on the nature of sleep, going to sleep, awakening, etc. III. =The Secret of a Good Memory=; what memory is, taking in, storing, etc. IV. =Common Mind Troubles=; defects in memory, confusion of thought, etc. V. =How to Make the Best of Life=; on what constitutes health, breathing, drinking, eating, overwork, etc.

Roget's Thesaurus.

A Treasury of English Words and Phrases, classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition.

=By Peter Mark Roget, M. A., F. R. S.=

New edition enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index by =John Lewis Roget=. Over 200 pages and 30,000 additions to the original work. Crown 8vo., nearly 800 pages. Price $2.00.

When I was a Child.

=By Ernest Warburton Shurtleff.=

With Illustrations by F. CHILDE HASSAM. Unique binding, design embossed in gold. Price $1.00.

Tomtits and Other Bits.

=By Miss A. M. Starkweather.= EXTRA CLOTH BINDING, QUARTO, $1.00.

This fresh and delightful book is made up of poems and stories, profusely and beautifully illustrated. Each one has a moral, which by well chosen language is strongly impressed upon the reader. And like the bird whose name it bears, the whole book is bright, glad, and full of life. It is sure to please children, for whom it was written.

England: As Seen By An American Banker.

16mo, ELEGANT CLOTH BINDING, $1.50.

This book of fresh impressions might well be called "Sight Drafts on England." It is certainly a mine of accurate detail The author is enthusiastic in his devotion to the facts which escape the ordinary eye, and brings his materials from the most unfamiliar sources. His description of the Bank of England, for instance, is as interesting as it is valuable, and contains a large amount of information of unusual freshness.

Echoes of Many Voices.

=By E. A. Thurston.= SPARE MINUTE SERIES. 12mo, CLOTH, $1.00.

A carefully arranged collection of wise, witty, and sentimental excerpts from more than two hundred sources in all lands and ages, from Confucius to Cable.

Treasure Thoughts.

=From Canon Farrar.= SPARE MINUTE SERIES. 12mo, CLOTH, $1.00.

These are vital thoughts that have been gathered by Rose Porter from Canon Farrar's writings and sermons. The utterances of the present Archdeacon of Westminster have been greatly considered by people of all classes, creeds, and tastes, and this volume is likely to gain a permanent place in the people's literature. His sympathetic appreciation of American institutions, together with his eloquent eulogy of the life and character of General Grant, recently delivered in Westminster, have greatly quickened American interest in all his expressions of opinion, belief and counsel. This pithy volume is well-named.

Life of Ulysses Simpson Grant.

=By E. E. Brown.= 12mo, CLOTH, ILLUSTRATED, $1.50.

In this biography the author of the popular LIFE OF GARFIELD has combined insight, painstaking, a nice sense of humor and literary skill in the use of varied and fresh materials, turning to good account, as illustrating the noble and tender nature of our great President and General, the anecdotes and other reminiscences brought to light during the recent memorial occasions at home and abroad.

Concord: Historic, Literary and Picturesque.

=By G. B. Bartlett.= 12mo, CLOTH, ILLUSTRATED, $1.00; PAPER, 50 cents.

This is the third edition of the Concord Guide Book which has been enlarged and improved to comprehend the most recent changes in that historic town of world-wide renown. Besides fresh text and anecdote a number of fine illustrations have been added to enhance its value to the traveller and sight-seer, both as guide and souvenir.

King's Handbook of Boston.

=By Moses King.= 12mo, CLOTH, ILLUSTRATED, $1.00.

This, the sixth edition, has undergone a careful revision, bringing down to date the modifications necessary to a complete manual. It is indispensable to the transient visitor and valuable to the resident and business man of Boston.

Words of Our Hero, U. S. Grant.

=By Jeremiah Chaplin.= 12mo, PAPER, WITH PORTRAIT, 35 cents.

Here the hero tells in simple language his own eventful story. By citations from military dispatches, Presidential messages, private letters, and after-dinner speeches, the reader gets many a vivid picture of life from a master-hand, in terse, narrative English. The whole impression is that of strength, candor, and integrity.

Woman in Sacred Song.

=Compiled by Eva Munson Smith, (Mrs. G. C. S.).= QUARTO, ILLUSTRATED, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, CLOTH, $3.50; HALF MOROCCO, $6.00; FULL MOROCCO, $9.00.

A collection of rare songs written by the great lyric women of all lands and times. The first hymn of each of these "Miriams" is prefaced by a terse biography. Composers among women are also represented in the music of anthems, chants, and many hymn-tunes. This collection is practically valuable in that it is suited to the needs of temperance, missionary, and other organizations, and will prove serviceable at church and society concerts and at religious anniversaries. 880 large quarto pages.

PROSPECTUS--BABYLAND--FOR 1886.

The Magazine for the Babies, this coming year, in addition to its bright pictures, and gay little jingles, and sweet stories, will have some especial delights for both Mamma and Baby.

THE MAGIC PEAR

will provide Twelve Entertainments of dainty jugglery and funny sleight-of-hand for the nursery pencils. This novelty is by the artist-humorist, M. J. Sweeney ("Boz").

ALL AROUND THE CLOCK

will give Baby Twelve tiny Lessons in Counting, each with wee verses for little lips to say, and pictures for bright eyes to see, to help the little mind to remember.

LITTLE CRIB-CURTAINS

will give Mamma Twelve Sleepy-time Stories to tell when the Babies go to cribs and cradles. In short, BABYLAND the whole year will be the happiest, sweetest sort of a home kindergarten.

_Beautiful and novel New Cover. Only Fifty Cents a year._

PROSPECTUS--OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN--FOR 1886.

This magazine, for youngest readers, has earned golden gratitude from teachers and parents this past year. While its short stories and beautiful pictures have made it welcome everywhere as a general Magazine for Little Folks, its series of instructive articles have rendered it of unrivalled value to educators. For 1886 several specialties have been prepared in accordance with the suggestions of teachers who wish to start their "little primaries" in the lines on which older brothers and sisters are being taught. As a beginning in American History, there will be twelve charming chapters about

THE ADVENTURES OF COLUMBUS.

This story of the Great Discoverer, while historically correct and valuable, will be perfectly adapted to young minds and fitted to take hold upon a child's attention and memory; many pictures.

LITTLE TALKS ABOUT INSECT LIFE

will interest the children in one branch of Natural History; with anecdotes and pictures.

OUR COLORADO PETS

will describe wild creatures little known to children in general. These twelve stories all are true, and are full of life and adventure; each will be illustrated.

"ME AND MY DOLLS"

is a "cunning little serial story," written for American children by the popular English author, Miss L. T. Meade. It will have Twelve Full-page Pictures by Margaret Johnson.

From time to time fresh "Stories about Favorite Authors" will be given, so that teachers and friends may have material for little literature lessons suited to young children.

_Seventy-five Full-page Pictures. Only $1.00 a year._

PROSPECTUS--THE PANSY--FOR 1886.

For both week-day and Sunday reading. THE PANSY, edited by "Pansy" herself, holds the first place in the hearts of the children, and in the approval of earnest-minded parents. Among the more interesting features for 1886 will be Pansy's serial story,

REACHING OUT,

being a further account of "Little Fishers: and their Nets." The Golden Text Stories, under the title, "Six O'clock in the Evening," will be told by a dear old Grandma, who knows many interesting things about what happened to herself when she was a little girl. Margaret Sidney will furnish a charming story,

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON,

to run through the year. Rev. C. M. Livingston will tell stories of discoveries, inventions, books, people, places. Faye Huntington will be a regular contributor during the year. Pansy will take the readers with her wherever she goes, in papers under the title of

WHERE I WENT, AND WHAT I SAW.

There will be, in each number, a selection from our best standard poets suitable for recitation in school or circle. From time to time colloquies for Mission Bands, or for general school exercises, will appear. There will be new and interesting books for the members of the Pansy Society, and, as before, a generous space will be devoted to answers to correspondents in the P. S. Corner.

_Fully Illustrated. Only $1.00 a year._

=Address all orders to= =D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, Franklin and Hawley Sts., Boston, Mass.=

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.=