The Mentor Association

ESTABLISHED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POPULAR INTEREST IN ART, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, HISTORY, NATURE, AND TRAVEL

THE ADVISORY BOARD

JOHN G. HIBBEN, President of Princeton University

HAMILTON W. MABIE, Author and Editor

JOHN C. VAN DYKE, Professor of the History of Art, Rutgers College

ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Professor of Government, Harvard University

WILLIAM T. HORNADAY, Director New York Zoölogical Park

DWIGHT L. ELMENDORF, Lecturer and Traveler

The purpose of The Mentor Association is to give its members, in an interesting and attractive way, the information in various fields of knowledge which everybody wants to have. The information is imparted by interesting reading matter, prepared under the direction of leading authorities, and by beautiful pictures, produced by the most highly perfected modern processes.

THE MENTOR IS PUBLISHED TWICE A MONTH

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COMPLETE YOUR MENTOR LIBRARY

Subscriptions always begin with the current issue. The following numbers of The Mentor Course, already issued, will be sent postpaid at the rate of fifteen cents each, or one dollar for eight copies.

Serial No.

1. Beautiful Children in Art

2. Makers of American Poetry

3. Washington, the Capital

4. Beautiful Women in Art

5. Romantic Ireland

6. Masters of Music

7. Natural Wonders of America

8. Pictures We Love to Live With

9. The Conquest of the Peaks

10. Scotland, the Land of Song and Scenery

11. Cherubs in Art

12. Statues With a Story

13. Story of America in Pictures: The Discoverers

14. London

15. The Story of Panama

16. American Birds of Beauty

17. Dutch Masterpieces

18. Paris, the Incomparable

19. Flowers of Decoration

20. Makers of American Humor

21. American Sea Painters

22. Story of America in Pictures: The Explorers

23. Sporting Vacations

24. Switzerland: The Land of Scenic Splendors

25. American Novelists

26. American Landscape Painters

27. Venice, the Island City

28. The Wife in Art

29. Great American Inventors

30. Furniture and Its Makers

31. Spain and Gibraltar

32. Historic Spots of America

33. Beautiful Buildings of the World

34. Game Birds of America

35. Story of America in Pictures: The Contest for North America

36. Famous American Sculptors

37. The Conquest of the Poles

38. Napoleon

39. The Mediterranean

40. Angels in Art

41. Famous Composers

42. Egypt, the Land of Mystery

43. Story of America in Pictures: The Revolution

44. Famous English Poets

45. Makers of American Art

46. The Ruins of Rome

47. Makers of Modern Opera

48. Dürer and Holbein

49. Vienna, the Queen City

50. Ancient Athens

51. The Barbizon Painters

52. Abraham Lincoln

Volume 2

53. George Washington

54. Mexico

55. Famous American Women Painters

56. The Conquest of the Air

57. Court Painters of France

58. Holland

59. Our Feathered Friends

60. Glacier National Park

61. Michelangelo

62. American Colonial Furniture

63. American Wild Flowers

64. Gothic Architecture

65. The Story of the Rhine

66. Shakespeare

67. American Mural Painters

68. Celebrated Animal Characters

69. Japan

70. The Story of the French Revolution

71. Rugs and Rug Making

72. Alaska

73. Charles Dickens

74. Grecian Masterpieces

75. Fathers of the Constitution

76. Masters of the Piano

Volume 3

77. American Historic Homes

78. Beauty Spots of India

79. Etchers and Etching

80. Oliver Cromwell

81. China

82. Favorite Trees

83. Yellowstone National Park

84. Famous Women Writers of England

85. Painters of Western Life

86. China and Pottery of Our Forefathers

87. The Story of The American Railroad

NUMBERS TO FOLLOW

Aug. 16. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

By Dean C. Worcester, Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands, 1901-1913.

Everyone is interested in the Philippines and their future. Mr. Worcester has had a long experience there, and is the recognized leading authority on the subject. The illustrations have been carefully selected from a large collection in his possession.

Sept. 1. THE LOUVRE

By Prof. John C. Van Dyke

This is the beginning of a series of visits to the great art galleries of the world. In each case the members of The Mentor Association will be personally conducted by a writer of authority who is familiar with the gallery described. Naturally this will mean a number of The Mentor of great interest in text and of rare beauty in illustration.

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In addition to the interesting and instructive reading matter in the pages of The Mentor; to the beautiful gravure pictures and the many illustrations in each number; and to the graphic descriptive monographs printed with each of these gravure illustrations—in addition to all this valuable matter in text and in pictures,

THE MENTOR GIVES SERVICE

This service covers the needs of those who want to gain knowledge by an easy and agreeable method.

SUPPLEMENTARY READING COURSES. Each number of The Mentor prints a list of books for supplementary reading on the subject covered by The Mentor. But in addition to this The Mentor Service includes courses of reading for its members along the lines of subjects covered by The Mentor Course. These courses of reading are prepared under the direction of members of the Advisory Board of The Mentor—all of them prominent educators.

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