  NOW all you Pansies who have grown too old to enjoy sweet cunning things written on purpose for five and six and seven-year-old Blossoms, may skip this article. The gray-headed fathers and mothers, and the dear sweet grandmothers who never grow old, will enjoy it as much as the darlings themselves; but I am aware that there is an age somewhere between ten and sixteen when almost everything that the babies can enjoy is "too young!" All those are requested not to listen, while I tell about the "Ballad Of The Lost Hare." A big book, with a bright cover, and with a great many colored pictures large and bright, and with the cunningest little story running all through the book, about a poor little, dear little, naughty little hare. Yes, I am going to copy just a bit of the introduction for you. Listen: Far from wild, far from wood, In a field rich and good; Near to hill and winding glade, Lived the naughtiest Hare, ever was made. Father scolded, mother whipped, But every day away he slipped. Brothers three, and sisters two, Cried and cried, as off he flew. Sore-sore-sore was the sobbing, Wild-wild-wild was his race; Only the woods to echo his footsteps, Only the winds his hiding place. After the introduction, come the stories of his adventures; and the pictures of them. Oh! but you would be so sorry for him if you could see the cow, and the goat, and the pony that scared him nearly out of his small wits! And then the conclusion! Ah me, the sad ending of it all! Do you suppose he wishes his home to see, His sisters two, and his brothers three? Would he like to lie down in his own little bed? And does he recall what his father said? running hare OFF HE FLEW. There! I mustn't tell you any more, or the whole story will be out. Buy it, my darlings, and read it for yourselves; it is in nice clear print. Or, if you haven't quite managed that business of reading yet, let me whisper a word in your ear: those wise old brothers and sisters of yours, who have known how to read these five years, and are ciphering in fractions, and writing essays on "Spring," will be willing to read the story, just to please you, you know, not for their own amusement, at all; oh no! Try them. Now who do you think wrote it for you? Who but Margaret Sidney herself! the author of "Five Little Peppers," which you liked so much; and the author of "Kensington Junior," and you know how many more nice things. Of course you will want the book. The price? Oh yes, surely, I had almost forgotten. Why, it has a special price on purpose for the wee P. S. Blossoms. Only sixty cents. Think of it! double line decoration PROSPECTUS WIDE AWAKE 1886 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:
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.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, in this delicious White Mountain Romance, writes her first young folks' magazine serial.
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.
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IN PERIL. A romantic dozen of adventures, but all strictly true. Each story will be illustrated. The first six are:
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TWELVE BALLADS. These are by twelve of the foremost women poets of America. Each ballad will fill five to seven pictorial pages. The first six are: The Deacon's Little Maid. A ballad of early New England. By Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. Illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey. The Story of the Chevalier. A ballad of the wars of Maria Theresa. By Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford. Illustrations by E. H. Garrett. The Minute Man. A ballad of the "Shot heard round the World." By Margaret Sidney. Illustrations by Hy. Sandham. The Hemlock Tree. A ballad of a Maine settlement. By Lucy Larcom. Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett. The Children's Cherry Feast. A ballad of the Hussite War. By Nora Perry. Illustrations by George Foster Barnes. Little Alix. A ballad of the Children's Crusade. By Susan Coolidge. Illustrations by F. H. Lungren. Many other enjoyments are in readiness; among them a Thanksgiving poem by Helen Jackson (H. 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READINGS meet the growing demand for the helpful in literature, history, science, art and practical doing. The Course for 1885-86 includes I. Pleasant Authors for Young Folks. (American Series.) By Amanda B. Harris. II. My Garden Pets. By Mary Treat, author of Home Studies in Nature. III. Souvenirs of My Time. (Foreign Series.) By Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont. IV. Some Italian Authors and Their Work. By George E. Vincent (son of Chancellor Vincent). V. Ways to Do Things. By various authors. VI. Strange Teas, Weddings, Dinners and Fetes. By their Guests and Givers. VII. Search-Questions in English Literature. By Oscar Fay Adams. ? A good commission is paid for securing new subscribers, in cash or premiums. Send for Premium List. WIDE AWAKE is only $3.00 a year. D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, Franklin and Hawley Sts., Boston, Mass., U. S. A. prospectus——BABYLAND——for 1886. 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