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.