Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879

R. SIMPSON, 132 Nassau St., N. Y

PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, with Songs and Choruses, adapted for Private Theatricals. With the Music and necessary directions for getting them up. Sent on receipt of 30 cents, by HAPPY HOURS COMPANY, No. 5 Beekman Street, New York. Send your address for a Catalogue of Tableaux, Charades, Pantomimes, Plays, Reciters, Masks, Colored Fire, &c., &c.

BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

The Boy Travellers in the Far East.

Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China. By Thomas W. Knox. Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.

An Involuntary Voyage.

A Book for Boys. By Lucien Biart. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

Adventures of a Young Naturalist.

By Lucien Biart. Edited by Parker Gillmore. 117 Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1.75.

What Mr. Darwin Saw

In his Voyage Round the World in the Ship "Beagle." Adapted for Youthful Readers. Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, Ornamental Cloth, $3.00.

The Princess Idleways.

By Mrs. W. J. Hays. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.

Stories of the Old Dominion.

By John Esten Cooke. Profusely Illustrated. 12mo, Illuminated Cloth, $1.50.

How to Get Strong,

And How to Stay So. By William Blaikie. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.00.

The Boys of '76.

A History of the Battles of the Revolution. By Charles Carleton Coffin. Copiously Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.

The Story of Liberty.

By Charles Carleton Coffin. Copiously Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.

Our Children's Songs.

Illustrated. 8vo, Ornamental Cover, $1.00.

Books for Girls.

Written or Edited by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. 6 vols., 16mo, Cloth, in neat case, $5.40; the volumes separately, 90 cents each.

Little Sunshine's Holiday.—The Cousin from India.—Twenty Years Ago.—Is it True?—An Only Sister.—Miss Moore.

Pet; or, Pastimes and Penalties.

By Rev. H. R. Haweis, M.A. With 50 Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

Dogs and their Doings.

By Rev. F. O. Morris. Elegantly Illustrated. Square 4to, Ornamental Cloth, $1.75.

Books for Young People.

By Paul B. Du Chaillu. Illustrated. 5 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $1.50 each.

Stories of the Gorilla Country.—Wild Life under the Equator.—Lost in the Jungle.—My Apingi Kingdom.—The Country of the Dwarfs.

Smiles's Books for Young Men:

SELF-HELP.—CHARACTER.—THRIFT. 12mo, Cloth, $1.00 per volume.

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"A Holiday Book of the First Class."

    Episcopal Register, Philadelphia.

THE

Boy Travellers in the Far East,

ADVENTURES OF

TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY

TO

JAPAN AND CHINA

Illustrated, 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.

A more attractive book for boys and girls can scarcely be imagined.—N. Y. Times.

The best thing for a boy who cannot go to China and Japan is to get this book and read it.—Philadelphia Ledger.

Juvenile literature seems to have come to a climax in this book. In literary quality and in material form it is a decided improvement on anything of the kind ever before produced in America.—N. Y. Journal of Commerce.

One of the richest and most entertaining books for young people, both in text, illustrations, and binding, which has ever come to our table.—Providence Press.