he exact appearance of the North Pole. Go and discover it
for me."

The Absolute Fool departed on this mission, and has not yet returned.

When the Princess, with her Prince, reached her city, her uncles were
very much amazed; for they had not known she had gone away. "If you
are going to get married," they said, "we are very glad; for then you
will not need our care, and we shall be free from the great
responsibility which is bearing us down."

In a short time the wedding took place, and then the question arose
in which city should the young couple dwell. The Princess decided it.

"In the winter," she said to the Prince, "We will live in your city,
where all is life and activity; and where the houses are so well
built with all the latest improvements. In the summer, we will come
to my city, where everything is old, and shady, and serene." This
they did, and were very happy.

The Gryphoness would have been glad to go and live with the Princess,
for she had taken a great fancy to her; but she did not think it
worth her while to ask permission to do this.

"My impulses, I know, are good," she said; "but my appearance is
against me."

As for the Water Sprite, she was in a truly disconsolate mood,
because she had left so soon the Land of the Lovely Lakes, where she
had been so happy. The more she thought about it, the more she
grieved; and one morning, unable to bear her sorrow longer, she
sprang into the great jet of the fountain. High into the bright air
the fountain threw her, scattering her into a thousand drops of
glittering water; but not one drop fell back into the basin. The
great, warm sun drew them up; and, in a little white cloud, they
floated away across the bright blue sky.

SCRIBNER'S BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

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"In 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' we gain another charming child to add to
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lesson with such truth and sweetness that we part with him with real
regret when the episode is over."--Louisa M. Alcott.

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LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY.

By FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT.

Beautifully illustrated by R. B. Birch. One volume, square 8vo,
handsomely bound. $2.00.

In "Little Lord Fauntleroy" the author of "That Lass o' Lowrie's" has
given us a book which is absolutely certain to become one of the few
real classics in the literature for children. She has presented a
picture of chi