[Illustration: If afflicted with SORE EYES USE Dr. ISAAC THOMPSON'S EYE
WATER]

HARPER'S NEW CATALOGUE,

Thoroughly revised, classified, and indexed, will be sent by mail to any
address on receipt of ten cents.

[Illustration: Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers]

[Illustration: BICYCLING]

This Department is conducted in the interest of Bicyclers, and the
Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our
maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the
official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen.
Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W. the
Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership
blanks and information so far as possible.

The map this week shows the macadamized and asphalted streets in
Philadelphia and its vicinity; and for all bicycle-riders who live near
the Quaker City, or who think of going there, this map will prove of
great value. It will be very easily seen that Philadelphia is eminently
adapted to bicycling. In the first place, Broad Street runs from League
Island entirely through the city, and out to the Willow Grove turnpike
on the north. To get in and out of Philadelphia either to the south or
the north, therefore, one needs but to take the shortest route to Broad
Street, which is kept in admirable condition. Furthermore, one can get
with the utmost ease to the river--_i. e._, the Delaware--by turning
from Broad Street either down Chestnut, Walnut, Locust, Spruce, or Pine.
The Market Street ferry is perhaps best reached by taking Chestnut
Street, and then turning a block north just before reaching the river.

In making this map it has been found advisable, for the better clearness
of the reproduction, to omit a good many unimportant streets in the
heart of the city. Every asphalted or macadamized street in Philadelphia
is given, but in many cases other streets are omitted, or every
alternate street is given. The wheelman who studies the map may very
likely count a certain number of blocks on the map to the place where he
wishes to go, and in that case he would be somewhat mystified in making
this map agree with his count. Names are given in the case of macadam or
asphalt streets, and you have only to watch for those names on the signs
to find any place in the city and to keep the situation before your
eyes.

Within the next few weeks we intend to p