years roll on.

His mother is no longer dependent upon him. Mr. Henderson, the English
artist, now able to obtain purchasers for his pictures at remunerative
prices, asked her to become his wife and a mother to his little girl,
and, after a little hesitation, she consented, partly, I think,
because Jimmy liked the artist so much. Mr. Henderson took pains to
instruct Jimmy and develop his talent, with such encouraging success
that Paul's prediction seems likely to be fulfilled, and I shall not
be surprised if the name of James Hoffman should, before many years,
rank among the most prominent in the list of our artists.

Julius, as I have already stated, left the streets of New York for a
home in the West. His old enemies, Jack Morgan and Tom Marlowe, were
sentenced to a long imprisonment in Sing Sing. Marlowe threatens
vengeance upon Julius whenever he gets free from prison. Whether he
will have an opportunity of carrying out his threat I cannot tell.

THE END.

A. L. Burt's Catalogue of Books for Young People by Popular Writers,
52-58 Duane Street, New York

BOOKS FOR BOYS.

Joe's Luck: A Boy's Adventures in California. By HORATIO ALGER, JR.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

The story is chock full of stirring incidents, while the amusing
situations are furnished by Joshua Bickford, from Pumpkin Hollow, and
the fellow who modestly styles himself the "Rip-tail Roarer, from Pike
Co., Missouri." Mr. Alger never writes a poor book, and "Joe's Luck"
is certainly one of his best.

Tom the Bootblack; or, The Road to Success. By HORATIO ALGER, JR.
12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

A bright, enterprising lad was Tom the Bootblack. He was not at all
ashamed of his humble calling, though always on the lookout to better
himself. The lad started for Cincinnati to look up his heritage. Mr.
Grey, the uncle, did not hesitate to employ a ruffian to kill the lad.
The plan failed, and Gilbert Grey, once Tom the bootblack, came into a
comfortable fortune. This is one of Mr. Alger's best stories.

Dan the Newsboy. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.

Dan Mordaunt and his mother live in a poor tenement, and the lad is
pluckily trying to make ends meet by selling papers in the streets of
New York. A little heiress of six years is confided to the care of the
Mordaunts. The child is kidnapped and Dan tracks the child to the
house where she is hidden, and rescues her. The wealthy