h
Primer." This is another one of those bright little books for our small
brothers and sisters; it has colored illustrations, and is very
attractive.

"Every reader of this page knows Mrs. Julia Truitt Bishop, of New
Orleans, whose stories have given them rare pleasure for the past seven
or eight years. But they do not know that Mrs. Bishop is the 'Dallas,'
whose delightful sketches of animal life have attracted so much
attention. Newspaper articles are necessarily somewhat ephemeral, except
to those that are wise enough to cut them out and give them long life in
a scrap-book; but Mrs. Bishop's animal stories are so true to nature, so
real, so full of the kindly feeling that dwells deep down in an animal
lover's heart, that we are glad to see them in the more durable form of
a little hook.

"She has collected most of those that have been published here, and
William Beverley Harison, of New York, has brought them out in a series
of neat pamphlets, under the title of 'The Great Round World Natural
History Stories.' These sketches need no commendation from us; you know
what they are, for you have felt their gentle influence in inculcating a
love for the faithful and affectionate dumb creatures that depend upon
us for comfort and protection. A general distribution of these little
books among young people would do incalculable good, and it would give
their readers great pleasure, at the same time."--_Philadelphia (Pa.)
Times,_ May 16th, 1897.

The following list of interesting books was forwarded to us by a kind
young friend. EDITOR.

DEAR EDITOR:

I like THE GREAT ROUND WORLD very much.

I will name some books, so that others may read them. "Timothy's
Quest" and "A Summer in a Canon" are very pretty stories by Kate
Douglas Wiggin.

"The Mysterious Island," "Abandoned," and "The Secret of the
Island" are a set of books by Jules Verne. "The Fir Country,"
"Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea," and "In Search of the
Castaways" are all by him.

"A New Alice in the Old Wonderland" is by Anna M. Richards, Jr.
From an affectionate reader,

ANNA H.
NEW YORK, April 17th, 1897.

INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.

POCKET PROTECTOR.--This is an invention that should recommend itself as
much to girls as to boys.

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