er napkin-ring,
pen-knives, scissors, backgammon board, note-paper and envelopes stamped
with initials, books worth $3.00. For ~ten~, at 1.60 each, select any
one of the following: morocco travelling-bag, stereoscope with six
views, silver napkin-ring, compound microscope, lady's work-box,
sheet-music or books worth $5.00. For ~twenty~, at $1.60 each, select
any one of the following: a fine croquet-set, a powerful opera-glass, a
toilet-case, Webster's Dictionary (unabridged), sheet-music or books
worth $10.00.

---> ~Any other articles equally easy to transport may be selected as
premiums, their value being in proportion to the number of subscribers
sent. Thus, we will give for three new subscribers, at $1.60 each, a
premium worth $1.50; for four, a premium worth $2.00; for five, a
premium worth $2.50; and so on.~

BOOKS for premiums may be selected from any publisher's catalogue: and
we can always supply them at catalogue prices. Under this offer,
subscriptions to any periodical or newspaper are included.

* * * * *

~SPECIAL OFFERS.~

~BOOKS.~--For ~two~ new subscribers, at $1.60 each, we will give any
_half-yearly_ volume of THE NURSERY; for ~three~, any _yearly_ volume:
for ~two~, Oxford's Junior Speaker; for ~two~, The Easy Book; for ~two~,
The Beautiful Book; for ~three~, Oxford's Senior Speaker; for ~three~,
Sargent's Original Dialogues; for ~three~, an elegant edition of
Shakspeare, complete in one volume, full cloth, extra gilt, and
gilt-edge; or any one of the standard British Poets, in the same style.
~GLOBES.~--For ~two~ new subscribers, we will give a beautiful Globe
three inches in diameter; for ~three~, a Globe four inches in diameter;
for ~five~, a Globe six inches in diameter, ~PRANG'S CHROMOS~ will be
given as premiums at publisher's prices. Send stamp for a catalogue.
~GAMES, &c.~--For ~two~ new subscribers, we will give any one of the
following: ~The Checkered Game of Life~, ~Alphabet and Building-Blocks~,
~Dissected Maps, &c. &c.~ For ~three~ new subscribers, any one of the
following: ~Japanese Backgammon or Kakeba~, ~Alphabet and Building
Blocks~ (extra). ~Croquet~, ~Chivalrie~, and any other of the popular
games of the day may be obtained on the most favorable terms, by working
for "The Nursery." Send stamp to us for descriptive circular.

~MARSHALL'S ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF LINCOLN AND GRANT.~

Either of these large and superbly executed steel engravings wil