FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Reading edition
Tommy Toddles
By Albert Lee. Illustrated by Peter S. Newell. Square 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
A more entertaining collection of nonsense has rarely been penned.—Boston Traveller.
The story is intended to be juvenile, but it will appeal to thousands of grown-up juveniles better than to the juveniles themselves.—Boston Daily Advertiser.
This is one of the most charming bits of fairyland writing I have read in a long time. The boys and girls will delight in it, but the old folks, no matter how many years they carry, will find an equal pleasure.—George H. Hepworth in N. Y. Herald.
A Life of Christ for Young People,
In Questions and Answers. By Mary Hastings Foote. With Map. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
It is only occasionally in the book-market that we come across such a clear decantation of long and well-digested reading as may be found in this book.—Critic, N. Y.
The Rev. Dr. David H. Greer writes: "I believe it to be one of the most satisfactory manuals of that character which I have ever seen. It meets a need both in the family and the Sunday-school, and I am sure that its merits will be very quickly and widely appreciated. It is not often that I can give an indorsement so cordially and unreservedly as in this case."
OAKLEIGH
A Story for Girls. By Ellen Douglas Deland. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The incidents are full of life, the characters are very natural, and the conversations well sustained, so that the story is full of intense interest from beginning to end.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
By W. J. HENDERSON
Afloat with the Flag. By W. J. Henderson, Author of "Sea Yarns for Boys," etc. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The story has been read with eager interest by thousands of Round Table readers, and it will have an additional charm to them and others in its present book form.—Boston Advertiser.
HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York.
Come to the Moon-Fay Tennis-Courts, And see the Grand Athletic Sports. The Frogs will jump for the medal gold With the Famous cow of the fable old, Who took the moon in one grand leap. Two Snails will start on a Six-Day Creep, And sixteen gnats, In derby hats, Will wrestle a match With the Bandersnatch. A dozen Clams Will take six hurdles against six lambs; And the Lobster's claw Will pull 'gainst the Crab's in a tug-of-war. The voice of the musical Pee-Wee Bird In a high-note contest will be heard. So come to the Moon-Fay Tennis-Courts And see these grand athletic sports. Admission Free!! All those must pay Who have the bad taste to stay away.
"Why, Pat, what's the trouble now?"
"Faith, whin oime asked to paint a life-sized man on this sign-board, and it not big enough to paint a half a man on, what on earth can I do?"
"Why, paint the half of a man, of course."
"Sure it's aisy enough to do that; but what troubles me is what shall I leave off."
"Leave off? What do you mean?"
"Faith, I don't know whether to let his legs hang off or put his head above the sign."
SCIENCE IN THE NURSERY.
Now, Fido, you'll be pleased to hear That when my dollie groans, Because I've let her fall and break Each precious limb she owns, We soon can make her well, for we May photograph her bones.
General Lee used to tell a story about a darky that served in the war. It seems during the heat of the battle the General and his attendants were posted on a small knoll watching the course of the action. They descried a colored soldier racing toward them, leaping over obstacles in his path, his face blanched with fear. He rushed up, and fell headlong on the ground in front of Lee, crying,
"Oh, massa General, let me stay here."
Lee saw at once that the man was almost frightened to death, and useless as a soldier. It disgusted him somewhat, but his curiosity was aroused, and he asked,
"Did you come here to get out of the way of the bullets?"
"Yes, massa; where de generals am is de safest place on de field."
Teacher. "James, what makes you late?"
James. "I was pursuing knowledge."
Teacher. "Pursuing knowledge? What do you mean?"
James. "Why, my dog ran off with my spelling-book, and I ran after him."
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew is very fond of telling humorous short stories, and the following one that he relates is a good specimen:
"When I was quite a young lad, about fourteen years old, my father lived on an old farm up at Poughkeepsie. One day I went to town to see the circus, and while there I saw for the first time one of those spotted coach dogs. I bargained for it with the owner, and trotted home happy with my new possession. When my father saw it his good old Puritan face fell, and he said, sadly,
"'Why, Chauncey, we don't want any spotted dog on the farm! It would drive the cattle crazy.'
"I succeeded in obtaining permission to keep him, however. The next day it was raining, and I took the dog out in the woods to try him on a coon. The rain was too much for the spots, and when we returned home they had disappeared. I hastened to town and hunted up the man who sold him to me.
"'Look at the dog,' said I; 'his spots have all washed off.'
"'Great guns, boy!' exclaimed the dealer, 'there was an umbrella went with that dog. Didn't you get an umbrella?'"
The Emperor of Germany is a man of versatile accomplishments, and rarely rests any length of time without appearing in some new rôle. Recently he was entertained at dinner by his officers of the cuirassiers, and enjoyed himself thoroughly—so much so that he prolonged his stay over six hours. As the time went by he entered into conversation with the bandmaster on the subject of historical marches. With a quick impetuous movement, the Emperor jumped to his feet, and summoning the musicians of the band, seized the baton and conducted the Hohenfriedberg March by Frederick the Great. As his baton fell on the final note, and the music ceased, he turned, and in an enthusiastic manner cried out:
"Ah, it is fine like that! I'll have it like that throughout my army."
It is to be wondered if the Emperor proposes to wander about his country rehearsing the bands of his army to suit his musical tastes.
A FUNNY SPAT.
Oh, would it not be funny for to see this sort of spat, And have the rabbit arch its back the same as does the cat!