these stories,
character and the ideals of character remain at the simplest and the
purest. The romantic history transpires in the healthy atmosphere of
the open air, on the green earth beneath the open sky.... The figures
of Right, Truth, Justice, Honor, Purity, Courage, Reverence for Law,
are always in the background; and the grand passion inspired by the
book is for strength to do well and nobly in the world."--The
Independent.

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THE BOY'S
Library of Pluck and Action.

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP, By Frank R. Stockton.
HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES. A story of life in Holland. By
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge.
THE BOY EMIGRANTS, By Noah Brooks.
PHAETON ROGERS, By Rossiter Johnson.

Four volumes, 12mo, in a box, illustrated, $5.00. Sold separately,
price per volume $1.50.

In the "Boy's Library of Pluck and Action," the design was to bring
together the representative and most popular books of four of the
best known writers for young people. The names of Mary Mapes Dodge,
Frank R. Stockton, Noah Brooks, and Rossiter Johnson are familiar
ones in every household, and a set of books, to which each has
contributed one, forms a present that will delight the heart of every
boy who likes manly, spirited, and amusing tales. The volumes are
beautifully illustrated and uniformly bound in a most attractive
form.

SCRIBNER'S LIST OF JUVENILE BOOKS.

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The great legend of the Nibelungen told to boys and girls.
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THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED.

By JAMES BALDWIN.

With a series of superb illustrations by Howard Pyle. One volume,
square 12mo. $2.00.

Mr. Baldwin has at last given "The Story of Siegfried" in the way in
which it most appeals to the boy-reader,--simply and strongly told,
with all its fire and action, yet without losing any of that strange
charm of the myth, and that heroic pathos, which every previous
attempt at a version, even for adult readers, has failed to catch.

THE STORY OF ROLAND.

By JAMES BALDWIN.

With a series of illustrations by R.B. Birch. One volume, square
12mo. $2.00.

This volume is intended as a companion to "The Story of Siegfried."
As Siegfried was an adaptation of Northern myths and romances to the
wants and the understanding of young readers, so is this story a
similar adaptation of the middle-age romances relating to Charlemagne
and his paladins. As Siegfried was t