Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 Part 7

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._

"_A nice Gift for Children._"

PITTSBURGH TELEGRAPH.

THE PRINCESS IDLEWAYS,

A FAIRY STORY.

Ill.u.s.trated, 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.

Written in a simple but charming manner, and ill.u.s.trated by beautiful pictures, so that a youngster just past the first reading-book would appreciate every word.--_Christian Intelligencer_, N. Y.

The ill.u.s.trations are worthy of special commendation. Any so airy, pretty, and full of grace, have rarely appeared in any American book for children.--_Hartford Courant._

The language in which it is told is so pure and agreeable, that parents and good bachelor uncles will find it a pleasure to read it aloud to the little ones.--_Boston Courier_.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, N. Y.

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

WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW

In His Voyage Round the World

in the s.h.i.+p "Beagle."

ADAPTED FOR YOUTHFUL READERS.

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

A capital book on natural history for young readers.--_Hartford Courant._

A superb volume filled with maps and pictures of beasts, birds, and fishes, as well as the faces of all sorts of men, and with all this a most delightful story of real travel round the world by a very famous naturalist.--_Christian Intelligencer_, N. Y.

To the intelligent boy or girl the book will be a perfect bonanza.

* * * Every statement it contains may be accepted as accurately true. * * * This book shows once more that truth is stranger than fiction.--_Philadelphia North American._

It can scarcely be opened anywhere without conveying interest and instruction.--_S. S. Times_, Phila.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

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

[Ill.u.s.tration: The Christian Union]

HENRY WARD BEECHER, } _Editors._ LYMAN ABBOTT, }

"_The Christian Union is as careful to gratify the seasonable wants of its readers as the best of the monthly periodicals._"--Syracuse Journal.