In this department, of particular interest to schools, Exercises in Declamation are selected, and marked for delivery, illustrated by engraved figures. This is an original feature, not to be found in any other Magazine, giving the subscriber

26 ILLUSTRATED EXERCISES IN ELOCUTION EACH YEAR!

DIALOGUES.

This usually neglected feature of Magazines receives particular attention in "Our Boys and Girls." The best writers of Dialogues have been secured, and Oliver Optic's Magazine will give

26 Original Dialogues Each Year!

A YEAR'S VOLUME.

The volume for the year 1867 contained three Serial Stories by Oliver Optic, 35 Poems, 39 Speeches for Declamation, 26 Original Dialogues, 68 Stories by other authors, 1212 Puzzles, 158 Illustrated Rebuses, &c.