It was just about this time that the Gryphoness, who had been searching for the Prince, caught her first sight of him. Perceiving that he was about to be attacked, she rushed to his aid. The Amazon sailors reached him before she did, and seizing upon him they began to pull him away. The Prince resisted stoutly; but seeing that his assailants were women, he would not draw his sword. The Amazon Captain and mate, who were armed with broad knives, now raised their weapons, and called upon the Prince to surrender or die. But at this moment, the Gryphoness reached the spot, and catching the Captain and mate, each by an arm, she dragged them back from the Prince. The other Amazons, however, continued the combat; and the Prince defended himself by pushing them into the shallow water, where the Water Sprite nearly stifled them by throwing over them showers of spray. And now came riding up the Absolute Fool. Seeing a youth engaged in combat with the Amazon sailors, his blood boiled with indignation.

"A man fighting women!" he exclaimed. "What a coward! My arm shall ever assist the weaker sex."

Jumping from the horse, he drew his sword, and rushed upon the Prince. The Gryphoness saw the danger of the latter, and she would have gone to his assistance, but she was afraid to loosen her hold of the Amazon Captain and mate.

Spreading her wings she flew to the top of a tree where she deposited the two warlike women upon a lofty branch, from which she knew it would take them a long time to get down to the ground. When she descended she found that the Absolute Fool had reached the Prince. The latter, being a brave fellow, although of so gentle a disposition, had been glad to find a man among his assailants, and had drawn his sword to defend himself. The two had just begun to fight when the Gryphoness seized the Absolute Fool by the waist and hurled him backward into some bushes.

"You must not fight him!" she cried to the Prince. "He is beneath your rank! And as you will not draw your sword against these Amazons you must fly from them. If you run fast they cannot overtake you."

The Prince followed her advice, and sheathing his sword he rapidly ran along the bank, followed by some of the Amazons who had succeeded in getting the water out of their eyes and mouths.

"Run from women!" contemptuously remarked the Absolute Fool. "If you had not interfered with me," he said to the Gryphoness, "I should soon have put an end to such a coward."

The Prince had nearly reached the place opposite to which the ship was moored, when the Princess, who had been awakened by the noise of the combat, appeared upon the deck of the vessel. The moment she saw the Prince, she felt convinced that he was certainly the one for whom she was looking. Fearing that the pursuing Amazons might kill him, she sprang from the vessel to his assistance; but her foot caught in a rope, and instead of reaching the shore, she fell into the water, which was here quite deep, and immediately sank out of sight. The Prince, who had noticed her just as she sprang, and who felt equally convinced that she was the one for whom he was searching, stopped his flight and rushed to the edge of the bank. Just as the Princess rose to the surface, he reached out his hand to her, and she took it.

"Philopena!" cried the Prince.

"You have won," said the Princess, gayly shaking the water from her curls, as he drew her ashore.

At the request of the Princess, the pursuing Amazons forbore to assail the Prince, and when the Captain and the Mate had descended from the tree, every thing was explained.

Within an hour, the Prince and Princess, after taking kind leave of the Gryphoness, and Water Sprite, and of the Amazon sailors, who cheered them loudly, rode away to the city of the Princess; while the three servants of the Inquisitive Dwarf returned to their master to report what had happened.

The Absolute Fool was in a very bad humor; for he was obliged to go back on foot, having left his horse in the kingdom where he had so narrowly escaped being killed; and, besides this, he had had his hair pulled; and had not been treated with proper respect by either the Princess or the Gryphoness. He felt himself deeply injured. When he reached home, he determined that he would not remain in a position where his great abilities were so little appreciated. "I will do something," he said, "which shall prove to the world that I deserve to stand among the truly great. I will reform my fellow beings, and I will begin by reforming the Inquisitive Dwarf." Thereupon he went to his master, and said:

"Sir, it is foolish and absurd for you to be meddling thus with the affairs of your neighbors. Give up your inquisitive habits, and learn some useful business. While you are doing this, I will consent to manage your affairs."

The Inquisitive Dwarf turned to him, and said: "I have a great desire to know the exact appearance of the North Pole. Go and discover it for me."

The Absolute Fool departed on this mission, and has not yet returned.

When the Princess, with her Prince, reached her city, her uncles were very much amazed; for they had not known she had gone away. "If you are going to get married," they said, "we are very glad; for then you will not need our care, and we shall be free from the great responsibility which is bearing us down."

In a short time the wedding took place, and then the question arose in which city should the young couple dwell. The Princess decided it.

"In the winter," she said to the Prince, "We will live in your city, where all is life and activity; and where the houses are so well built with all the latest improvements. In the summer, we will come to my city, where everything is old, and shady, and serene." This they did, and were very happy.

The Gryphoness would have been glad to go and live with the Princess, for she had taken a great fancy to her; but she did not think it worth her while to ask permission to do this.

"My impulses, I know, are good," she said; "but my appearance is against me."

As for the Water Sprite, she was in a truly disconsolate mood, because she had left so soon the Land of the Lovely Lakes, where she had been so happy. The more she thought about it, the more she grieved; and one morning, unable to bear her sorrow longer, she sprang into the great jet of the fountain. High into the bright air the fountain threw her, scattering her into a thousand drops of glittering water; but not one drop fell back into the basin. The great, warm sun drew them up; and, in a little white cloud, they floated away across the bright blue sky.



SCRIBNER'S BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

THIRTIETH THOUSAND.

"In 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' we gain another charming child to add to our gallery of juvenile heroes and heroines; one who teaches a great lesson with such truth and sweetness that we part with him with real regret when the episode is over."—Louisa M. Alcott.

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LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY.

By FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT.

Beautifully illustrated by R. B. Birch. One volume, square 8vo, handsomely bound. $2.00.

In "Little Lord Fauntleroy" the author of "That Lass o' Lowrie's" has given us a book which is absolutely certain to become one of the few real classics in the literature for children. She has presented a picture of child-life such as we have never had before; she has not only taken a subject quite new but she has written with such exquisite delicacy and sweetness the story of the little American boy's career that even were the situations old the story would be a notable one.

"Little Lord Fauntleroy," though a book for children, is certainly not a "juvenile" in the common use of the word, paradoxical as the statement may seem. The hero is a manly little fellow, a child, but with all the elements of a man. Mrs. Burnett has made Lord Fauntleroy a thoughtful boy, and she is right in believing that the stories children like best are those best worth thinking about when they are being read.

A NEW EDITION OF AN OLD FAVORITE.

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HANS BRINKER; or, The Silver Skates.

A STORY OF LIFE IN HOLLAND

By MARY MAPES DODGE.

One volume, 12mo, with sixty beautiful illustrations. $1.50.

The cordial appreciation with which "Hans Brinker" was first received has increased from year to year, until the original plates have become badly worn from constant use. The publishers have therefore reissued at half its original price their beautiful Holiday Edition, of which on its first appearance the Nation said: "We some time ago expressed our opinion that Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge's delightful children's story called 'Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates' deserved an entirely new dress, with illustrations made in Holland instead of America. The publishers have just issued an edition in accordance with this suggestion. The pictures are admirable, and the whole volume, in appearance and contents, need not fear comparison with any juvenile publication of the year or of many years."

AMONG THE LAW-MAKERS.

By EDMUND ALTON.

With many illustrations of the Government Buildings, Halls of Congress, etc., etc.

One volume, square 8vo. $2.50.

The author of this book was for four years connected with the legislative branch of our Government, in the capacity of a Senatorial page. His record of the memorable scenes and events which came under his observation is enlivened by anecdotes of public men, humorous and exciting episodes at the national capitol, and a great variety of stirring incidents.

THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND.

1580—1643.

By SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE.

With many illustrations and maps. One volume, 12mo. $1.50.

In his preface the author says: "To enhance the interest of this story, emphasis has been given to everything that went to make up the home-life of the pioneer settlers, or that relates to their various avocations." In all history no better examples of manliness, energy, and conscientiousness could be found, to be read about and studied by a child whose character is just forming. The story is told in such a vivid way that it is as interesting and absorbing as a romance.

THE OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY BOOK.

By MRS. BURTON HARRISON.

With many quaint illustrations by MISS ROSINA EMMET.

One volume, square 16mo. $1.00.

"The little ones, who so willingly go back with us to 'Jack the Giant-Killer,' 'Blue-beard,' and the kindred stories of our childhood, will gladly welcome Mrs. Burton Harrison's 'Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales,' where the giant, the dwarf, the fairy, the wicked princess, the ogre, the metamorphosed prince, and all the heroes of that line come into play and action. ...The graceful pencil of Miss Rosina Emmet has given a pictorial interest to the book, and the many pictures scattered through its pages accord well with the good old-fashioned character of the tales."—Frank R. Stockton.

BRIC-A-BRAC STORIES.

By MRS. BURTON HARRISON.

Illustrated and Cover designed by WALTER CRANE. One volume, 12mo. $2.00.

"Upon the whole it is to be wished that every boy and girl in America, or anywhere else, might become intimately acquainted with the contents of this book. There is more virtue in one of these stories than in the entire library of modern juvenile literature."—Julian Hawthorne.

THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, Of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire.

Written and Illustrated by HOWARD PYLE.

One volume, quarto, $3.00.

"The Prince of Story-Tellers."—London Times.

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THE WORKS OF JULES VERNE.

Uniform illustrated edition. Nine vols., 8vo, extra cloth, with over 750 full-page illustrations. Price, per set, in a box, $17.50. Sold also in separate volumes.

The most impossible stories of this imaginative writer are told in such a realistic manner and with so much scientific knowledge ingeniously wrought into them that they possess a fascination that is all their own. Their great and continued popularity, among both old and young, has led to the publication of this new edition in which all the numerous illustrations of the French edition are retained, and the volumes are issued in a uniform and attractive binding.

Michael Strogoff; or, The Courier of the Czar..................$2 00 A Floating City and the Blockade Runners....................... 2 00 Hector Servadac................................................ 2 00 Dick Sands..................................................... 2 00 A Journey to the Center of the Earth........................... 2 00 From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-seven Hours, Twenty Minutes; and a Journey Around It............................ 2 00 The Steam House. Part I.—The Demon of Cawnpore. Part II.—Tigers and Traitors. Complete in one volume....... 2 00 The Giant Raft. Part I.—Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. Part II.—The Cryptogram. Complete in one volume............ 2 00 The Mysterious Island. Part I.—Dropped from the Clouds. Part II.—Abandoned. Part III.—The Secret of the Island. The complete work in one volume, with 150 illustrations..... 2 50

A NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF THE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF WONDERS.

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THE WONDERS OF MAN AND NATURE.

Intelligence of Animals—Mountain Adventures—Bodily Strength and Skill—Wonderful Escapes—Thunder and Lightning—Adventures on the Great Hunting Grounds—Wonders of the Human Body—The Sublime in Nature.

THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE.

Wonders of Heat—Wonders of the Heavens—Wonders of Optics—The Sun—Wonders of Acoustics—Wonders of Water—Wonders of the Moon—Meteors, Aerolites, Storms, and Atmospheric Phenomena.

THE WONDERS OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

Egypt 3,300 Years Ago—Wonders of Sculpture—Wonders of Glass Making—Wonders of European Art—Wonders of Pompeii—Wonders of Architecture—The Wonders of Italian Art—The Wonders of Engraving.

Twenty-four volumes, containing aver a thousand valuable illustrations.

Each set, 8 volumes, in a box, $8.00.

Each volume, 12mo, complete in itself. Sold separately at $1.00 per volume.

CHILDREN'S STORIES OF AMERICAN PROGRESS.

By HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN WRIGHT.

With twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by J. STEEPLE DAVIS. One volume, 12mo. $1.50.

"The 'Stories of American Progress' contain a series of pictures of events of the first half of the present century, and the scope of the book comprehends all the prominent steps by which we have reached our present position both as regards extent of country and industrial prosperity. They include an account of the first Steamboat, the Railroad, and the Telegraph, as well as of the Purchase of Florida, the War of 1812, and the Discovery of Gold. It will be found that no event of importance has been omitted, and any child fond of story-telling will gain from this book an amount of knowledge which may far exceed that which is usually acquired from the rigid instruction of the school-room."

CHILDREN'S STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

By HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN WRIGHT.

With twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by J. STEEPLE DAVIS. One volume, 12mo. $1.50.

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THE IVORY KING.

A Popular History of the Elephant and Its Allies.

By CHARLES F. HOLDER.

Square 8vo, with twenty-four full-page illustrations. $2.00.

The wonderfully interesting array of facts which Mr. Holder brought together in his "Marvels of Animal Life" was the fruit very largely of his personal observations. It forms one of the most stimulating and delightful contributions to the class of Natural History books for the young that has ever been made, and was a fitting forerunner to "The Ivory King," which is devoted entirely to the Elephant, and has even a more vivid fascination than the first named volume. The summary of its contents includes the Natural History of the Elephant, its habits and ways and its intelligence, the Mammoth Three and Four Tusked Elephants, Hunting and Capturing Wild Elephants, the Elephant in Captivity, Rogue Elephants, the White Elephant, Trained Elephants, Show Elephants, Ivory, War Elephants, etc., etc. The numerous illustrations are especially excellent, being drawn from a great variety of sources.

It would be hard to name a book which would be a more welcome and valued addition to the library of the average boy or girl just beginning to cultivate a love of reading and an interest in the world around them.

MARVELS OF ANIMAL LIFE.

By CHARLES F. HOLDER.

Square 8vo, with thirty-two full-page illustrations. $2.00.

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SCRIBNER'S STANDARD JUVENILE BOOKS.

THE BOY'S

Library of Legend and Chivalry.

EDITED BY SIDNEY LANIER,

And richly illustrated by FREDERICKS, BENSELL, and KAPPES.

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THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. THE BOY'S FROISSART. KNIGHTLY LEGENDS OF WALES. THE BOY'S PERCY.

Four volumes, cloth, uniform binding. Price per set $7.00. Sold separately. Price per volume $2.00.

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"Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these stories, character and the ideals of character remain at the simplest and the purest. The romantic history transpires in the healthy atmosphere of the open air, on the green earth beneath the open sky.... The figures of Right, Truth, Justice, Honor, Purity, Courage, Reverence for Law, are always in the background; and the grand passion inspired by the book is for strength to do well and nobly in the world."—The Independent.

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THE BOY'S Library of Pluck and Action.

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP, By Frank R. Stockton. HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES. A story of life in Holland. By Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. THE BOY EMIGRANTS, By Noah Brooks. PHAETON ROGERS, By Rossiter Johnson.

Four volumes, 12mo, in a box, illustrated, $5.00. Sold separately, price per volume $1.50.

In the "Boy's Library of Pluck and Action," the design was to bring together the representative and most popular books of four of the best known writers for young people. The names of Mary Mapes Dodge, Frank R. Stockton, Noah Brooks, and Rossiter Johnson are familiar ones in every household, and a set of books, to which each has contributed one, forms a present that will delight the heart of every boy who likes manly, spirited, and amusing tales. The volumes are beautifully illustrated and uniformly bound in a most attractive form.

SCRIBNER'S LIST OF JUVENILE BOOKS.

* * * * * The great legend of the Nibelungen told to boys and girls. * * * * *

THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED.

By JAMES BALDWIN.

With a series of superb illustrations by Howard Pyle. One volume, square 12mo. $2.00.

Mr. Baldwin has at last given "The Story of Siegfried" in the way in which it most appeals to the boy-reader,—simply and strongly told, with all its fire and action, yet without losing any of that strange charm of the myth, and that heroic pathos, which every previous attempt at a version, even for adult readers, has failed to catch.

THE STORY OF ROLAND.

By JAMES BALDWIN.

With a series of illustrations by R.B. Birch. One volume, square 12mo. $2.00.

This volume is intended as a companion to "The Story of Siegfried." As Siegfried was an adaptation of Northern myths and romances to the wants and the understanding of young readers, so is this story a similar adaptation of the middle-age romances relating to Charlemagne and his paladins. As Siegfried was the greatest of the heroes of the North, so, too, was Roland the most famous among the knights of the Middle Ages.

"We congratulate the boys of the land upon the appearance of this book. We commend it to parents who are selecting literature for their children, assured, as we are, that it will convince them that books may be found which will engage the attention, and stimulate the imagination, of the young, without dissipating the mind, or blunting the moral sensibilities."—Philadelphia Messenger.

THE FIRST REALLY PRACTICAL BOY'S BOOK.

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THE AMERICAN BOY'S HANDY BOOK;

Or, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.

By DANIEL C. BEARD.

With three hundred illustrations by the author. One volume, 8vo. $2.00.

Mr. Beard's book is the first to tell the active, inventive, and practical American boy the things he really wants to know, the thousand things he wants to do, and the ten thousand ways in which he can do them, with the helps and ingenious contrivances which every boy can either procure or make.

The author divides the book among the sports of the four seasons; and he has made an almost exhaustive collection of the cleverest modern devices, besides himself inventing an immense number of capital and practical ideas.

FRANK R. STOCKTON'S POPULAR STORIES.

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THE STORY OF VITEAU.

With sixteen full-page illustrations by R.B. Birch.

One volume, 12mo, extra cloth. $1.50.

In "The Story of Viteau," Mr. Stockton has opened a new vein, and one that he has shown all his well-known skill and ability in working. While describing the life and surroundings of Raymond, Louis, and Agnes at Viteau at the Castle of De Barran, or in the woods among the Cotereaux, he gives a picture of France in the age of chivalry, and tells, at the same time, a romantic and absorbing story of adventure and knightly daring. Mr. Birch's spirited illustrations add much to the attraction of the book.

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.

Illustrated. One volume, 12mo, extra cloth. $1.50.

"'A Jolly Fellowship,' by Mr. Frank Stockton, is a worthy successor to his 'Rudder Grange.' Although written for lads, it is full of delicious nonsense that will be enjoyed by men and women.... The less serious parts are described with a mock gravity that is the perfection of harmless burlesque, while all the nonsense has a vein of good sense running through it, so that really useful information is conveyed to the young and untravelled reader's mind."—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

THE FLOATING PRINCE, AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.

With illustrations by Bensell and others. One volume, quarto, boards. $1.50.

"Stockton has the knack, perhaps genius would be a better word, of writing in the easiest of colloquial English, without descending to the plane of the vulgar or commonplace. The very perfection of his work hinders the reader from perceiving at once how good of its kind it is.... With the added charm of a most delicate humor,—a real humor, mellow, tender, and informed by a singularly quaint and racy fancy,—his stories become irresistibly attractive."—Philadelphia Times.

NEW EDITIONS OF OLD FAVORITES.

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ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FICTION.

One volume, quarto, boards, with very attractive lithographed cover, three hundred and seventy pages, two hundred illustrations. A new edition. Price reduced from $3.00 to $1.50.

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.

One volume, quarto, boards, with handsome lithographed cover, three hundred and fifty pages, nearly two hundred illustrations. A new edition. Price reduced from $3.00 to $1.50.

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Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers, 743 and 745 Broadway, New York.

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