Approved: { H. I. KIMBALL, _Pres't Departmental Committee_.

{ JOHN BOYD THACHER, _Chairman Exec. Com. on Awards_.

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=SEND for Catalogue of= the =Musical Instrument= you think of buying.

=Violins repaired= by the Cremona System. C. STORY, 26 Central St., Boston. Ma.s.s.

OUT-DOOR BOOKS

=PRACTICAL LAWN-TENNIS.= By JAMES DWIGHT, M.D. Ill.u.s.trated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=AMONG THE NORTHERN HILLS.= By WILLIAM C. PRIME, LL.D. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $1.00.

=ALONG NEW ENGLAND ROADS.= By WILLIAM C. PRIME, LL.D. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $1.00.

=I GO A-FISHING.= By WILLIAM C. PRIME, LL.D. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.00; Paper, 50 cents.

=HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE.= By "C. DE HURST." Ill.u.s.trated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=FIELD-FARINGS.= A Vagrant Chronicle of Earth and Sky. By MARTHA MCCULLOCH WILLIAMS. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $1.00.

=FOLLY AND FRESH AIR.= By EDEN PHILLPOTTS. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=SEEN FROM THE SADDLE.= By ISA CARRINGTON CABELL. With an Ill.u.s.tration.

32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.

=GLIMPSES OF NATURE.= By ANDREW WILSON. With 35 Ill.u.s.trations. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

=AMERICAN FOOTBALL.= By WALTER CAMP. New and Revised Edition.

Ill.u.s.trated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

=A SPORTING PILGRIMAGE.= Riding to Hounds, Golf, Rowing, Football, Club and University Athletics. Studies in English Sport, Past and Present. By CASPAR W. WHITNEY. Copiously Ill.u.s.trated. 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $3.50.

=RECREATIONS IN BOTANY.= By CAROLINE A. CREEVEY. Ill.u.s.trated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50.

=UPLAND AND MEADOW.= A Poaetquissings Chronicle. By C. C. ABBOTT. 12mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50.

=WASTE-LAND WANDERINGS.= By C. C. ABBOTT. 12mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50.

=FLY-RODS AND FLY-TACKLE.= Suggestions as to their Manufacture and Use.

By HENRY P. WELLS. Ill.u.s.trated. Small 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50.

=SALMON-FISHING.= The American Salmon-Fisherman. By HENRY P. WELLS.

Ill.u.s.trated. Small 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.

=CITY BOYS IN THE WOODS;= or, A Trapping Venture in Maine. By HENRY P.

WELLS. Ill.u.s.trated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50.

=CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS=, and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap-Making. By W. HAMILTON GIBSON. Ill.u.s.trated by the Author. Square 16mo. Cloth, $1.00.

=A FAMILY CANOE TRIP.= By FLORENCE WATTERS SNEDEKER. Ill.u.s.trated. 32 mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

_The above works are for sale by all booksellers, or will be mailed by the publishers, postage prepaid, on receipt of the price._

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE CIRCUS TRAINING SCHOOL--AN UNPROFITABLE PUPIL.]

CARAWAY SEEDS.

I'm going to plant these little seeds, And some fine day I'll wake To find a pretty spreading stalk All bending down with cake.

HARD WORK.

"Well," said Jack, "vacation has begun, and I'm just as busy as ever."

"Doing what?" asked his father.

"Finding something to do," said Jack. "And I tell you, Daddy, it's hard work."

PROOF POSITIVE.

PERCY. "Don't two negatives make an affirmative?"