If a ma.s.s-meeting of parents and children were to be held for the purpose of erecting a monument to the author who has done most to entertain and instruct the young folks, there would certainly be a unanimous vote in favor of Mr. Jacob Abbott. Two or three generations of American youth owe some of their most pleasant hours of recreation to his story-books; and his latest productions are as fresh and youthful as those which the papas and mammas of to-day once looked forward to as the most precious gifts from the Christmas bag of old Santa Claus. The series published under the general t.i.tle of "Science for the Young"

might be called "Learning made Pleasant." An interesting story runs through each, and beguiles the reader into the acquisition of a vast amount of useful knowledge under the genial pretence of furnishing amus.e.m.e.nt. No intelligent child can read these volumes without obtaining a better knowledge of physical science than many students have when they leave college.--_N. Y. Evening Post._

Jacob Abbott is almost the only writer in the English language who knows how to combine real amus.e.m.e.nt with real instruction in such a manner that the eager young readers are quite as much interested in the useful knowledge he imparts as in the story which he makes so pleasant a medium of instruction.--_Buffalo Commercial Advertiser._

Mr. Abbott has avoided the error of slurring over the difficulties of the subject through the desire of making it intelligible and attractive to unlearned readers. The numerous ill.u.s.trations which accompany every chapter are of unquestionable value in the comprehension of the text, and come next to actual experiment as an aid to the reader.--_N. Y.

Tribune._

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

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

"_A book beyond the pale of criticism._"

N. Y. DAILY GRAPHIC.

THE

Boy Travellers in the Far East.

ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO j.a.pAN AND CHINA.

Ill.u.s.trated, 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.

A more attractive book for boys and girls can scarcely be imagined.--_N. Y. Times._

The best thing for a boy who cannot go to China and j.a.pan is to get this book and read it.--_Philadelphia Ledger._

Juvenile literature seems to have come to a climax in this book. In literary quality and in material form it is a decided improvement on anything of the kind ever before produced in America.--_N. Y. Journal of Commerce._

One of the richest and most entertaining books for young people, both in text, ill.u.s.trations, and binding, which has ever come to our table.--_Providence Press._

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, N. Y.

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

Old Books for Young Readers.

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 Ill.u.s.trations 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.

Ill.u.s.trated 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. Ill.u.s.trated. 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.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

HARPER & BROTHERS _will send any of the above works by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price_.

_The Fairy Books._

=THE PRINCESS IDLEWAYS.= By Mrs. W. J. HAYS. Ill.u.s.trated. 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.

=THE CATSKILL FAIRIES.= By VIRGINIA W. JOHNSON. 8vo, Illuminated Cloth, Gilt Edges, $3.00.

=FAIRY BOOK ILl.u.s.tRATED.= l6mo, Cloth, $1.50.