TE. With Map. Post
8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. (_Ready October 11._)

Snow-shoes and Sledges

A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." By KIRK MUNROE. Illustrated.
Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR:_

=The Fur-Seal's Tooth.--Raftmates.--Canoemates.--Campmates.--Dorymates.=
Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

=Wakulla--The Flamingo Feather.--Derrick Sterling.--Chrystal, Jack &
Co., and Delta Bixby:= Two Stories. Each one volume. Illustrated. Square
16mo, Cloth, $1.00.

Oakleigh

By ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental.
(_Ready early in November._)

Little Knights and Ladies

Verses for Young People. By MARGARET E. SANGSTER, Author of "On
the Road Home," etc. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

* * * * *

HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York

A VERY UNSATISFACTORY WEIGH

[Illustration: THE BABY ELEPHANT ON RETURNING FROM HIS OUTING DESIRES TO
LEARN HOW MUCH HE HAS GAINED IN WEIGHT.]

[Illustration: THE INDEX OF THE MACHINE REVOLVES SO RAPIDLY, OWING TO
THE UNUSUAL STRAIN, THAT HE IS UNABLE TO KEEP SATISFACTORY TALLY, AND]

[Illustration: THE MECHANISM BECOMES SO HEATED AS TO CAUSE THE MACHINE
TO BURST,]

[Illustration: WHICH LEADS TO HIS BEING SUSPECTED OF AN ATTEMPT TO LOOT
IT.]

UNDER HEAVY EXPENSE.

"I get an allowance now of twenty-five cents a week," said Jimmieboy.

"Good! Do you save it?" said the visitor.

"No," said Jimmieboy. "I pay it out in fines for being naughty."

ILL LUCK.

"I'm always having bad luck," said little Reuben. "Now just because I
knew all my lessons by heart to-day, the teacher went and got sick, and
wouldn't hear them."

CERTITUDE.

When I hang up the racket,
The paddle, and bat,
When my red Tam o' Shanter
Supplants my straw hat;
When the cranberry's ripe and
The turkey is fat,
Thanksgiving is coming,
I'm certain of that!

WALTER. "Papa, how do you pronounce W-o-r-c-e-s-t-e-r?"

PAPA. "Wooster."

WALTER. "Well, if Worcester is pronounced Wooster, why isn't Rochester
pronounced Rooster?"

NOT PLEASANT.

I'm glad I'm not a Hollander;
I shouldn't like it much
To have to learn when I would speak
To say it all in Dutch.

ANECDOTES OF THE ABSENT-MINDED.

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