s by STEINLE, OVERBECK,
VEIT, SCHNORR, &c.

The Children's Picture Fable-Book.

Containing One Hundred and Sixty Fables. With Sixty Illustrations
by HARRISON WEIR.

The Children's Picture-Book of Birds.

With Sixty-one Illustrations by W. HARVEY.

The Children's Picture-Book of Quadrupeds and other Mammalia.

With Sixty-one Illustrations by W. HARVEY.

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Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

_Sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on
receipt of the price._

Old Books for Young Readers.

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Arabian Nights' Entertainments.

The Thousand and One Nights; or, The Arabian Nights'
Entertainments. Translated and Arranged for Family Reading, with
Explanatory Notes, by E. W. LANE. 600 Illustrations by Harvey. 2
vols., 12mo, Cloth, $3.50.

Robinson Crusoe.

The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York,
Mariner. By DANIEL DEFOE. With a Biographical Account of Defoe.
Illustrated by Adams. Complete Edition. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

The Swiss Family Robinson.

The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures of a Father and Mother
and Four Sons on a Desert Island. Illustrated. 2 vols., 18mo,
Cloth, $1.50.

The Swiss Family Robinson--Continued: being a Sequel to the
Foregoing. 2 vols., 18mo, Cloth, $1.50.

Sandford and Merton.

The History of Sandford and Merton. By THOMAS DAY. 18mo, Half
Bound, 75 cents.

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Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

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[Illustration: PLAYING "HOOKEY."

"Jimmy, I wonder if School's out yet?"]

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=A Good Samaritan who would not tell his Name.=--Oberlin, the well-known
philanthropist of Steinthal, while yet a candidate for the ministry, was
travelling on one occasion from Strasburg. It was in the winter-time.
The ground was deeply covered with snow, and the roads were almost
impassable. He had reached the middle of his journey, and was among the
mountains, but by that time was so exhausted that he could stand up no
longer. He was rapidly freezing to death. Sleep began to overcome him;
all power to resist it left him. He commended himself to God, and
yielded to what he felt to be t