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University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge.

Three Years of Arctic Service.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE
LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-84,
AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE
FARTHEST NORTH.

The first full and authorized account of the most important and successful Arctic Exploration ever made.

MAGNIFICENTLY ILLUSTRATED
WITH
OVER 150 ENGRAVINGS, MAPS, AND CHARTS.

By Lieutenant A. W. GREELY, U.S.A.,
Commanding the Expedition.

This book contains Lieutenant Greely’s story of an expedition which reached the most northerly point ever attained; and of an experience that stands alone in Arctic annals. Apart from the narrative of extraordinary suffering and final rescue which appears here, the fact that no one else ever passed the same length of time so far within the Arctic circle gives to the account the value and interest of observations absolutely new. Lieutenant Greely’s training, attainments, and above all the long study of Arctic matters and the Polar question which first led him to seek this service, all qualified him to make and to record these observations, and his book will be found to give his experience with a simple directness that makes the story the more absorbing, and with no detention of the reader over useless comment.

“The most remarkable book ever produced upon the subject of Arctic explorations.”—JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.

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THE RESCUE OF GREELY.

BY

Commander W. S. SCHLEY, U. S. N., and Prof. J. RUSSELL SOLEY, U. S. N.

WITH MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

1 Vol., 8vo, New Edition, $2.00.

Now that the story of the relief of Greely and his party is fully told, it turns out to be one of the most stirring and absorbing chapters in Arctic annals. The two disastrous attempts made in previous years, to the disappointment of the whole people, were enough to show that the rescue was not a matter of simply sailing up to Cape Sabine and back; there was some reason besides “luck” why two expeditions ended in disaster, and why the Navy finally accomplished what had been twice tried by others.

The simplicity and modesty of Captain Schley’s and Mr. Soley’s narrative do not hide from any reader what this reason really was.

Dr. FIELD’S TRAVELS.

By Rev. HENRY M. FIELD, D.D.

From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn,$2.00
From Egypt to Japan,2.00
On the Desert,2.00
Among the Holy Hills. With a map,1.50
The Greek Islands, and Turkey after the War. With illustrations and maps,1.50

The Set, Five Volumes, Crown 8vo, in a Box, $9.00.

I.—FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN.

From THE LONDON TIMES.

“As we all know, it is not necessary for a man to discover a new country in order to write an interesting book of travel. He may traverse the most beaten track in Europe, and yet if he can describe what he has seen with freshness and originality, he will succeed in engaging our attention. We do not go far with Dr. Field before finding out that he is a traveller of this sort.”

II.—FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN.

From Prof. ROSWELL D. HITCHCOCK, D.D., LL.D.

“In this second volume, Dr. Field, I think, has surpassed himself in the first, and this is saying a good deal. In both volumes the editorial instinct and habit are conspicuous. Dr. Prime has said that an editor should have six senses, the sixth being, a “sense of the interesting.” Dr. Field has this to perfection....”

III.—ON THE DESERT.

WITH A BRIEF REVIEW OF RECENT EVENTS IN EGYPT.

An account of a journey in the track of the Israelites along the Red Sea, among the peaks of Sinai, through the Desert of the Wandering, and up to the Promised Land.

From the NEW YORK HERALD.

“There is not an uninteresting chapter in the book. It is entertaining throughout. It depicts men and countries in a picturesque and thoughtful manner, and is likely to meet with as much favor as the author’s former capital books of travel.”

IV.—AMONG THE HOLY HILLS.

A description of the sacred localities of Palestine by a veteran traveller. The interest of the Holy Land above all others, is that here was spent the most wonderful life that ever was lived on the earth; and the purpose of the journey, to which this book is indebted, is to trace that life from its beginning among its native hills and to follow closely in the footsteps of our Lord, not merely in the streets of Jerusalem, but through Samaria and Galilee, along the lake shore and on the mountain side.

V.—THE GREEK ISLANDS AND TURKEY AFTER THE WAR.

From a Letter from Dr. HOWARD CROSBY.

“It fully sustains the high reputation which the author has won from his preceding books of travel. I believe that the verdict of posterity will put Dr. Field’s name first in the list of American travel writers. His graceful style, his thorough mastery of language, his graphic picturing, his historical and political references to his sound conclusions, make most fascinating and instructive reading.”

“It is the best of all works on the Island of Greece, and on Turkey and Asia Minor.”—Springfield Republican.

“If there were any best among Dr. Field’s works of travel, we should aver that it was this.”—The Critic.

SCRIBNER’S GUIDE-BOOKS.

The Index Guide
TO TRAVEL AND ART-STUDY IN EUROPE.

New Edition. 1887. Leather Binding.

By LAFAYETTE C. LOOMIS, A.M.

With Plans and Catalogues of the Chief Art Galleries, Maps, Tables of Routes, and 160 Illustrations.

One Volume, 16mo, 600 Pages, $3.50.

In condensing into one volume what Baedeker could hardly comprise in nine, and Murray in fifteen, Professor Loomis has accomplished a herculean labor, which his countrymen should not be slow to recognize. With characteristic good sense, he has given only brief reference to routes, hotels, and cost, devoting his space to history, mythology, and art. He has met the work with a discrimination and intelligence which can hardly be too highly praised.

“Only words of praise can be spoken of this work.”

“The best and completest.”

“By all odds the best Guide I have ever seen.”

“And something better than a guide-book.”

“Almost a triumph of genius in bookmaking.”

Part I.—Scenery, Art, History, Legends, and Myths, including descriptions of places, buildings, monuments, works of art, and the historical facts, legends, and myths connected with these.

Part II.—Plans and Catalogues of the Art Galleries of Europe.

Part III.—Maps, Tables, and Directions for all leading Routes of Travel.

THE MEXICAN GUIDE.

NEW EDITION FOR 1887.

By THOMAS A. JANVIER.

One Volume, 16mo. With large folded maps. Leather, net, $2.50.

The Mexican Guide has received the official endorsement of the Mexican Government (see extract from the Diario Oficial below), the warm commendation of the newspaper press of Mexico and the United States, the substantial approval of the travelling public. It is the only practical, accurate guide-book to Mexico.

“The Mexican Guide, written in English and destined for the use of travellers who visit Mexico, is a book that merits especial commendation because of the fullness and exactness of the facts which it presents, and the judgment and care shown in its preparation. The book is accompanied by a map of the City of Mexico, and one of its environs, both exact and useful. We recommend the purchase of this guide.”

AN IDYL OF THE SUMMER ISLANDS.

BERMUDA.

By JULIA C. R. DORR.

With Map. One Volume, 12mo, $1.25.

“A delicious book in its bright descriptions of a sunny land, where winter snow and frost are never known. There is very little of hard, dry description in the volume, but there is much of accurate information deftly conveyed in a bright, off-hand manner, and the whole work is so permeated by a sympathetic feeling and comprehension for that which is most fascinating in Bermudian life, that we get a vivid impression of naturalness from the reading of its pages.”—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

A NOTEWORTHY BOOK.

Our Arctic Province.

ALASKA AND THE SEAL ISLANDS.

By HENRY W. ELLIOTT.

Illustrated by Drawings from Nature, by the Author, and Maps.

One Volume, 8vo, $4.50.

Mr. Elliott has for many years been connected with the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. A scientist and a naturalist, his book on Alaska, besides being of the utmost interest to the general reader, is of great value and importance as a contribution to scientific research. The author has spent six or seven years in studying Alaska and its people, travelling from the most southerly point of the province to the most northerly, along the coast, and among the islands extending 300 miles to the west. His treatment of the seal interests is particularly full, and of especial moment in view of the fact that the contract between the United States and the Alaska Seal Company, which supplies the world with sealskins, will soon lapse, and the subject is certain to come up prominently in Government affairs. The natives and the Alaskan life Mr. Elliott writes of as one who knows his subject intimately. The illustrations, of which there are about a hundred, are engraved from the author’s original drawings and water-color paintings.

Philadelphia Record. There has scarcely been a book published on Arctic travel so vivid and picturesque in treatment, and so clear and definite in the information which it furnishes, as this work by Mr. Elliott.... It is an effective and really wonderful record of travel and exploration.

N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Other books may still be written about Alaska, but it is not easy to understand how any of them can exceed this one in interest, or in any way shake its authority as an accurate guide to “Our Arctic Province.”

Boston Literary World. A book that is a work; not a sportsman’s pastime, but a scientist’s treatise; not a history, not a mere description, not a narrative of adventure; but a carefully studied, thoroughly assimilated, intelligently written, attractively illustrated exposition of Alaska.

Chicago Herald. Nothing so complete and satisfactory has ever before appeared in print in this country as this absorbingly interesting and minutely accurate account of the great Alaskan Seal Islands, and the book must now be regarded as the standard authority on “Our Arctic Province.”

New York Times. Few books on Alaska contain so much that has real value and positive interest as this. It is an accumulation of very vital facts about that country set forth in an exact and yet attractive manner.

Boston Traveller. A standard, comprehensive work, whose scientific accuracy is beyond question, and whose graphic descriptions and vital interpretations of the resources of Alaska hold the reader with something of the charm of a romance.... The book is certainly one of the most valuable contributions to contemporary literature.

“THE ONE BOOK ON CHINA.”

THE MIDDLE KINGDOM.

A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND A NEW MAP OF THE EMPIRE.

By S. WELLS WILLIAMS, LL.D.,

Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature at Yale College; Author of Tonic and Syllabic Dictionaries of the Chinese Language.

Two Volumes, 8vo. Price, $9.00.

The wonderful advance in the arts of civilization and intellectual development made by China during the thirty-five years since this book was first written, and especially the new basis upon which its foreign relations have been established and the events that are even now occurring in this connection, render the publication of this revised edition unusually important.

“All this vast mass of new and trustworthy information concerning the ‘Middle Kingdom,’ Dr. Williams has gathered together and condensed with praiseworthy diligence and ability, and the result is an encyclopædia of China the value of which cannot be overestimated.... An exceedingly complete and accurate account of the most interesting country in the world.”—London Saturday Review.

“The revised edition of the ‘Middle Kingdom’ is the most ambitious and the best executed work, typographically speaking, that has issued for a long time from American presses. From a literary standpoint it must be regarded as the best general work on China extant, and therefore as indispensable to the reader who wishes to obtain a comprehensive view of the wonderful country and people it treats of.”—N. Y. Tribune.

COREA: THE HERMIT NATION.

By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS,

AUTHOR OF “THE MIKADO’S EMPIRE,” AND LATE OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKIO, JAPAN.

1 Vol., 8vo, with numerous maps and illustrations, new edition, $2.50.

“The work bears witness to a vast amount of well-directed labor; and while it is clothed with a rare charm for the general reader, whose curiosity regarding a long-isolated nation will for the first time be satisfied, it is also sure of a respectful and grateful reception from the student of history, ethnology, and philology. The discussion, indeed, of the Corean language in an appendix is the first essay on the subject which has seemed to us at once explicit, intelligible, and trustworthy.”—New York Sun.

EAST OF THE JORDAN.

A Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of Moab, Gilead, and Bashan, during the years 1875-1877.

By SELAH MERRILL, Archæologist of the American Palestine Exploration Society.

With illustrations and a map. 1 Vol., 8vo, new edition, $3.00.

No other American is so much at home in the East Jordan country as Mr. Merrill, and there does not exist in any other language so much fresh and valuable information respecting it. The illustrations which embellish the book are fresh and original, and the style of the narrative is graphic and entertaining. The work is exceedingly interesting as an account of exploration in this field, rich in historic associations.

BRAZIL: THE AMAZONS AND THE COAST.

By HERBERT H. SMITH.

Illustrated from sketches by J. Wells Champney and others. 1 Vol., 8vo., extra cloth, $5.00.

“In this book Mr. Smith, an American, who has lived and travelled for the greater part of eight years in Brazil, gives so excellent an account of that country that we cannot regret this addition to the already extensive literature of the subject. The book is a very successful attempt to present a comprehensive picture, drawn both from the experience of the author and from that of previous Brazilian and foreign writers, of the present state of Brazil.”—London Academy.

TURKISTAN.

Notes of a Journey, in 1873, in the Russian Province of Turkistan, the Khanates of Khokan and Bokhara, and Provinces of Kuldaja.

With a Chapter showing Russian Progress in Central Asia during the last ten years.

By EUGENE SCHUYLER.

New Edition. With many illustrations. 2 Vols., 8vo, $5.00.

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.

“One of the most remarkable of recent publications.... The kind of book that ought to find its place in libraries for boys and girls of a thoughtful and inquiring turn of mind. It not only satisfies a healthful curiosity but it furnishes a world of substantial information.”—Christian Union.

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. Although the book is addressed to the younger generation, there are not a few of their elders who will find much information in it that they may be glad to gain, and both young and old cannot but be delighted with Mr. Alton’s reminiscences of one of the most exciting periods of our history, that immediately following the civil war.

THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND.

1580-1643.

By SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE.

With 241 Illustrations and Maps. One Volume, 12mo. Price, $1.50.

FROM THE PREFACE.

This little book is intended to meet, so far as it may, the want of brief, compact, and handy manuals of the beginnings of our country.

It aims to occupy a place between the larger and the lesser histories.—to condense or eliminate from the exhaustive narrative as to give it greater vitality, or so extend and elucidate what the school history too often leaves obscure for want of space as to supply the deficiency. So, when teachers have a particular topic before them it is intended that a chapter on the same subject be read, to fill out the bare outlines of the common school text-book.

AN AMERICAN FOUR-IN-HAND IN BRITAIN.

By ANDREW CARNEGIE.

1 Vol., small quarto, $2.00. Cheap Edition, yellow paper cover, 25 cents.

The book gives a lively account of the author’s famous drive with a party of friends on a coach through England and Scotland. The trip was originally suggested by Mr. Black’s novel, “The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton,” and extended from Brighton to Inverness, a distance of more than eight hundred miles, which was accomplished in about seven weeks. Mr. Carnegie is an entertaining and agreeable writer, and this record of his novel journey makes a delightful and readable book.

Uniform with the small quarto edition of AN AMERICAN FOUR-IN-HAND IN BRITAIN.

ROUND THE WORLD.

By ANDREW CARNEGIE.

1 Vol., small quarto, $2.50.

Mr. Carnegie’s Four-in-Hand in Britain was one of the brightest and most popular books of the season. His new volume, as it has a wider scope, has also a more comprehensive interest and value. Buoyant, keen, joyous, and practical, the author sets down without reserve or affectation, just the impressions that made themselves most vividly felt at the moment, and the rapid flow of the narrative fairly enchains the reader’s attention.

Sailing from San Francisco to Japan on his course round the world, the larger part of Mr. Carnegie’s book is taken up with the description of Eastern lands, and it forms a real addition to the literature of travel.

TRIUMPHANT DEMOCRACY;
OR, FIFTY YEARS’ MARCH OF THE REPUBLIC.

By ANDREW CARNEGIE.

1 Vol., 8vo. Price, $2.00.

This work will open the eyes of the masses to the wonderful advancement—physical, moral, political, and intellectual—of the United States during the last half century, an advancement either little understood or willfully misrepresented in Europe. Though various causes have contributed to this unexampled rate of progress, the principal one, in Mr. Carnegie’s opinion, is the fundamental fact of the equality of the citizen in the Republic.

CHRONICLE OF THE COACH.

CHARING CROSS TO ILFRACOMBE.

By JOHN DENISON CHAMPLIN, Jr.

Illustrated by Edward L. Chichester. 1 vol., 12mo. New Edition, $1.25.

“The book takes us into the old and out-of-the-way places of which we have heard less, and in which we are more interested because of their old-time and eventful histories, their quaint buildings, customs, and people, their charming scenery and their poetic legends. The company is merry, wise, and observant; harmless and witty jest and repartee abound, and all these find in Mr. Champlin a lively and intelligent chronicler.”—Chicago Interior.

JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND.

One Volume, 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

This witty and incisive book on England, by an anonymous French author, is the sensation of the moment in Paris, London, and America. The British press and public have been compelled to laugh over the admirable cleverness of the study, even while they protested; and the fairer critics have recognized the striking truth and merit of the more serious criticism which forms no insignificant part of it.

THE RUSSIANS AT THE GATES OF HERAT.

By CHARLES MARVIN,

Principal authority of the English press on the Central Asia Dispute.

Illustrated with portraits and maps. Paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.

Army Life in Russia.

By F. V. GREENE,

Lieutenant of Engineers, United States Army.

Late Military Attaché to the U. S. Legation in St. Petersburg, and author of “The Russian Army and its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877-78.”

One Volume, 12mo. New Edition, $1.25.

“The sketches are excellently well done, graphic, evidently not exaggerated, and very readable. It is a book that will be read with pleasure, and one that contains a great deal of information.”—Hartford Courant.

“This volume is in every way an admirable picture of army life in Russia. It is clear, concise, discriminating, and often very picturesque. The author, besides possessing an excellent style, is extremely modest, and there are very few books of travel in which the first person is kept so absolutely in the background.”—International Review.

THE SNAKE DANCE
OF THE
MOQUIS OF ARIZONA.

Being a Narrative of a Journey from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona, with a Description of the Manners and Customs of this Peculiar People. By John G. Bourke, Captain Third U. S. Cavalry. One volume, crown 8vo, with more than thirty plates, many of them beautifully colored. $5.00.

While Captain Bourke’s narrative presents an extraordinarily interesting narration of adventure, its importance should be emphasized as an original contribution to the literature bearing upon the manners, customs, and religions of a peculiar and historic people, who have lived in Mexico and Arizona since the Spaniards first entered this portion of the country, in the middle of the sixteenth century. Captain Bourke was the first white man to witness many of the curious and picturesque customs of the Moqui Indians, particularly the famous Snake Dance.

“The work forms a valuable contribution to the study of native American ethnology, while its vivid descriptions of weird scenes, stirring incidents of travel, and characteristic anecdotes, culminating with the accounts of the tablet and snake dances, generally written in a plain unaffected style, make it very agreeable reading.”—The London Academy.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

AN APACHE CAMPAIGN
IN THE SIERRA MADRE.

One Volume, 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

HISTORY OF THE SECOND ARMY CORPS
IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

By FRANCIS A. WALKER,

Brevet Brig.-Gen. U. S. Vols.; Asst. Adj.-Gen. of the Corps, Oct. 9, 1862-Jan. 12, 1865.

WITH THIRTY-ONE PORTRAITS AND THIRTY MAPS.

1 Vol., 8vo, 750 pages, $4.00.

General Walker served through the war with the famous Second Army Corps, and writes, therefore, from personal knowledge; but, aside from this qualification, he is to an unusual degree fitted for the task of preparing this historical and personal account of the Corps by his gift for vivid and powerful writing.

The Second Army Corps was one of the five original corps organized by President Lincoln. It remained in service during the entire war, captured forty-four Confederate flags before it had lost a color of its own; numbered among its commanders, Sumner, Couch, Warren, Hancock, and Humphries, and among its Generals of Division, Sedgwick, Howard, Miles, Webb, Gibbon, French, Barlow, and Birney; made the greatest assault at Marye’s Heights; bore the brunt of Longstreet’s charge at Gettysburg; made a noble record at Spottsylvania; fought the last infantry battle of the war against the Army of Northern Virginia, and left nearly 40,000 men on the various fields of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

The history of the Second Army Corps, by virtue of its extraordinary activity and achievements, is really the history of the war in the East, and the exceptional value of General Walker’s work is self-evident.

FIFTY YEARS’ OBSERVATION OF MEN AND EVENTS,
CIVIL AND MILITARY.

By E. D. KEYES,

Brevet Brig.-Gen. U. S. A., and Late Major-Gen. U. S. V.

One Volume, 12mo, $1.50.

“There is something fascinating in the atmosphere of a book like this, containing the informal talk of an old General, whose heart is light, whose manner is hearty and who lives and revels in the old war times. Such a book draws many a reader, and touches the heart of soldiers who fought among the battles and are familiar with the scenes described.”—Brooklyn Union.

INSTRUCTIONS IN
RIFLE AND CARBINE FIRING
FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

By CAPT. STANHOPE E. BLUNT, Of the Ordnance Dep’t, U. S. A.

Prepared by command of Brigadier-General S. V. Benét, Chief of Ordnance, U. S. Army, and published by authority.

With many illustrations. Leather, with clasp, net, $2.00.

THE SAILOR’S HANDY BOOK
AND
YACHTSMAN’S MANUAL.

By E. F. QUALTROUGH, Master U. S. Navy.

With Colored Plates, and many Illustrations. 1 vol., square 16mo, 620 pages. Blue roan, red edges. PRICE, $3.50.

“I think Mr. Qualtrough’s Book very valuable to every young officer, to yachtsmen, and to all who follow the sea. The material is carefully prepared, well arranged, and very useful to all interested in maritime matters.”—C. R. P. Rodgers, Rear-Admiral.

The American naval service and merchant marine, and that very large class of Americans who are interested in yachting or in some form of seamanship, have hitherto lacked one convenience—almost a necessity, indeed. There has been no one book which, not aiming to replace abstruse scientific and theoretical treatises on seamanship, should bring together in a convenient form the really practical knowledge necessary for a sailor; which should give him, immediately at hand, a compendium of those thousand details prompt and thorough acquaintance with which makes the difference between the good and the incompetent seaman.

This want Lieutenant Qualtrough, of the United States Navy, has now filled by a book which is the most exhaustive and practical that could be planned.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

THE BOAT SAILER’S MANUAL.

A complete treatise on the management of sailing boats of all kinds, and under all conditions of weather, containing also concise descriptions of the various rigs in general use, at home and abroad, directions for handling, sailing canoes, and “The Rudiments of Cutter and Sloop Sailing.”

1 vol., square 16mo. Blue roan, orange edges. With numerous plates and illustrations. Price, $2.00, net.

THE AMERICA’S CUP.

HOW IT WAS WON BY THE YACHT AMERICA IN 1851, AND HOW IT HAS BEEN SINCE DEFENDED.

By Capt. ROLAND F. COFFIN,

Author of “Sailors’ Yarns,” “Archibald the Cat,” “How Old Wiggins Wore Ship,” Etc., Etc.

1 vol., 12mo. With Illustrations. Paper, 50c. Cloth, $1.00.

A history of all the races since 1851 for the possession of the trophy, the emblem of the yachting supremacy of the world—commonly called the Queen’s Cup—with an account of the English yachts Genesta and Galatea, entered for the races to be sailed in September, 1885, for the possession of this most coveted prize. Also descriptions of the yachts Priscilla and Puritan. There are twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by Frederick S. Cozzens, an engraving of the cup, and a reproduction of John Leech’s cartoon published in London Punch after the remarkable victory of the America in 1851.

THE MOST ATTRACTIVE WORK ON YACHTING EVER ISSUED.

AMERICAN YACHTS.

Plates by FREDERICK S. COZZENS. Text by J. D. J. KELLEY, Lieut. U. S. N.

LIST OF SUBJECTS:

I.The Early Racers.
II.Sandy Hook to the Needles—1866.
III.An Old Rendezvous—New London.
IV.Off Brenton’s Reef.
V.Rounding the Light Ship.
VI.The Finish off Staten Island—1870.
VII.In the Narrows—A Black Squall.
VIII.Running Out—New Bedford.
IX.Off Soundings—A Smoky Sou’wester.
X.Robbins Reef—Sunset.
XI.Around the Cape—Marblehead.
XII.Over the Cape May Course—1873.
XIII.By Sou’west Spit.
XIV.Moonlight on Nantucket Shoals.
XV.Lying-To off George’s Banks.
XVI.A Stern Chase and a Long One—1876.
XVII.A Breezy Day Outside.
XVIII.Crossing the Line—New York Bay.
XIX.Minot’s Ledge Light.
XX.For the America’s Cup—1881—The Start.
XXI.A Misty Morning—Drifting.
XXII.In Down East Waters—Boston Bay.
XXIII.Before the Wind—Newport, 1883.
XXIV.Under the Palisades.
XXV.Ice Boating on the Hudson.
XXVI.Signal Chart.

⁂ Sold exclusively by subscription. Edition limited. No order taken except for the complete work.

THE FIRST REALLY PRACTICAL BOY’S BOOK.

THE AMERICAN BOY’S HANDY BOOK;
OR, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.

By DANIEL C. BEARD.

Fully illustrated by the author. One volume, 8vo. New Edition, $2.00

The popular Boy’s Own Book of a generation ago is now, for Americans at least, completely obsolete. The imitations and elaborations of it have all the complicated and unpractical features of the original, without its merits. Most of them treat the reader either as a child or as a person with all manner of mechanical and scientific resources always at hand to help him. 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—in

SPRING. { Kite-Making, Trapping, } AUTUMN.
{ Fishing, Taxidermy, }
{ Aquarium-Making, Etc. Home-Made Hunting Apparatus, Etc. }
SUMMER. { Boat-Building, Ice-Boating, } WINTER.
{ Boat-Rigging, Snow-Ball Warfare, }
{ Boat-Sailing, Winter Fishing, }
{ Camping-Out, Sled-Building, }
{ Balloons, Etc. Puppet-Shows, Etc. }

THE BOY’S
LIBRARY OF PLUCK AND ACTION.

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

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.

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 volumes are beautifully illustrated and uniformly bound in a most attractive form.

THE BOY’S
Library of Legend and Chivalry.

Edited by SIDNEY LANIER.

Richly Illustrated by Fredericks, Bensell, and Kappes

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

THE BOY’S KING ARTHUR.

Being Sir Thomas Mallory’s History of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

THE BOY’S FROISSART.

Being Sir John Froissart’s Chronicles of Adventure, Battle, and Custom in England, France, Spain, Etc.

THE BOY’S PERCY.

THE KNIGHTLY LEGENDS OF WALES; OR, THE BOY’S MABINOGION.

“Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these stories, character and the ideals of character remain at the simplest and 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.

THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD,

OF GREAT RENOWN IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD PYLE. 1 vol., 4to. $3.00.

This superb book is unquestionably the most original and elaborate ever produced by any American artist. Mr. Pyle has told with pencil and pen the complete and consecutive story of Robin Hood and his merry men in their haunts in Sherwood Forest, gathered from the old ballads and legends.

A NEW EDITION OF THE WONDER LIBRARY.

THE ILLUSTRATED
Library of Wonders.

THE WONDERS OF MAN AND NATURE,
IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE,
IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

THE WONDERS OF ART AND ARCHÆOLOGY,
IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

Sold Separately at $1 per Volume. Each Set, 8 Volumes in a Box, $8.

Twenty-four volumes, containing over a Thousand Illustrations. Each volume, 12mo, Complete in Itself.

Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons take pleasure in announcing that they have now completed the new edition of The Wonder Library, the success of which has been most extraordinary and lasting. The books in this attractive new form will be found more valuable than ever.

The series is designed to bring within popular comprehension the various operations and procedures in Science and the Arts, the phenomena and laws of nature, curious and striking facts in natural history, remarkable exploits, archæological discoveries, and a historical account of the progress of the fine arts. The subjects treated are of universal interest, and they are discussed in a popular and interesting manner.

The illustrations are very numerous, and leave nothing to be desired on the score of completeness; they add materially to the attractiveness and value of the series, which is by far the most thorough, interesting, and valuable of the kind ever produced.

THE WONDERS OF MAN AND NATURE.

The set, 8 vols. in a box, $8.00.

THE WONDERS OF ART AND ARCHÆOLOGY.

The set, 8 vols. in a box, $8.00.

THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE.

The set, 8 vols. in a box, $8.00.

Volumes not included in New Edition.

Wonderful Balloon Ascents,$1.25
The Bottom of the Sea,1.25
Wonders of Electricity,1.50
Arms and Armour,1.50
Wonders of Vegetation,1.50
Diamonds and Precious Stones,1.50

The Campaigns of the Civil War.

13 VOLUMES, CLOTH. WITH MAPS AND PLANS.

Price, per volume, $1.00; per Set, $12.50.

A series of volumes, contributed by a number of leading actors in and students of the great conflict of 1861-’65, with a view to bringing together, for the first time, a full and authoritative military history of the suppression of the Rebellion.

The volumes are duodecimos of about 250 pages each, illustrated by maps and plans prepared under the direction of the authors.

I.—The Outbreak of Rebellion. By John G. Nicolay.

A preliminary volume, describing the opening of the war, and covering the period from the election of Lincoln to the end of the first battle of Bull Run.

II.—From Fort Henry to Corinth. By the Hon. M. F. Force.

The narrative of events in the West from the Summer of 1861 to May, 1862; covering the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, etc., etc.

III.—The Peninsula. By Alexander S. Webb, LL.D.

The history of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, from his appointment to the end of the Seven Days’ Fight.

IV.—The Army under Pope. By John C. Ropes.

From the appointment of Pope to command the Army of Virginia, to the appointment of McClellan to the general command in September, 1862.

V.—The Antietam and Fredericksburg. By Gen. Francis Winthrop Palfrey.

From the appointment of McClellan to the general command, September, 1862, to the end of the battle of Fredericksburg.

VI.—Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. By Gen. Abner Doubleday.

From the appointment of Hooker, through the campaigns of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, to the retreat of Lee after the latter battle.

VII.—The Army of the Cumberland. By Gen. Henry M. Cist.

From the formation of the Army of the Cumberland to the end of the battles at Chattanooga, November, 1863.

VIII.—The Mississippi. By Lieut. Francis Vinton Greene.

An account of the operations—especially at Vicksburg and Port Hudson—by which the Mississippi River and its shores were restored to the control of the Union.

IX.—Atlanta. By the Hon. Jacob D. Cox.

From Sherman’s first advance into Georgia in May, 1864, to the beginning of the March to the Sea.

X.—The March to the Sea—Franklin and Nashville. By the Hon. Jacob D. Cox.

From the beginning of the March to the Sea to the surrender of Johnston—including also the operations of Thomas in Tennessee.

XI.—The Shenandoah Valley in 1864. The Campaign of Sheridan. By George E. Pond.

XII.—The Virginia Campaign of ’64 and ’65. The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James. By Andrew A. Humphreys.

XIII.—Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States. By Frederick Phisterer.

This Record includes the figures of the quotas and men actually furnished by all States; a list of all organizations mustered into the U. S. service; the strength of the army at various periods; its organization in armies, corps, etc.; the divisions of the country into departments, etc.; chronological list of all engagements, with the losses in each; tabulated statements of all losses in the war, with the causes of death, etc.; full lists of all general officers, and an immense amount of other valuable statistical matter relating to the War.

[From the CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL.]

“Scribner’s ‘Campaigns of the Civil War’ are probably the ablest and most striking account of the late war that has yet been written. Choosing the flower of military authors, the publishers have assigned to each the task of writing the history of the events he knew most about. Thus, both accuracy and a life-like freshness have been secured.”

THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR.

In three volumes, 12mo, uniform with “The Campaigns of the Civil War.”

With Maps and Plans.

Price, per volume, $1.00.

Two Years in the Jungle.

The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo.

By WILLIAM T. HORNADAY,

Chief Taxidermist U. S. National Museum.

One vol., 8vo, pp. xxii. 512, two folding maps and 51 illustrations. Price, $3.00.

THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.

The author relates the experiences of a hunter and naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo; and certainly no richer hunting-ground could be found anywhere else in the world. Mr. Hornaday is chief taxidermist in the United States National Museum. He was formerly connected with Professor Ward’s Natural Science Museum of Rochester, N. Y., and his expedition to the East was in the interests of that establishment. While his book is in some respects like such works as those which Du Chaillu and Sir Samuel W. Baker have written to delight and interest a multitude of readers, he has imparted a vast amount of information, a large part of which is new and of the greatest moment to the naturalist.

Mr. Hornaday started from New York in 1876. From England he went finally south to India, arriving at Bombay; he went across country to Benares; from here he made an expedition to the north to Cawnpore and Agra. From Benares he worked his way to Calcutta, journeyed down the Bay of Bengal to Madras; southward again, he made a complete circuit of Ceylon, then to the Malay Peninsula, and finally to Borneo, where his adventures with the orangutan were met, ending his two years of fruitful and entirely successful search. The illustrations are many, and most of them are taken from Mr. Hornaday’s own sketches. Though it may seem to be stating much, it certainly may be truly said that a more interesting book of travel and adventures was never published.

“Decidedly the most interesting and instructive book of travel and adventure in the East Indies it has ever been our good fortune to read.”—Baltimore News.

“An entertaining volume.... The author has proved his ability to write a good book of travel.”—Morning Post (London).

“To the naturalist, Mr. Hornaday’s book cannot but be as deeply interesting as to the sportsman and traveller.... It deserved to be distinguished from among the mass of books of sporting adventure.”—Melbourne Argus.

“One of the most entertaining and instructive books of its kind that has been published.”—San Francisco Post.

A CHARMING BOOK FOR WHEELMEN.

A CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE.

Ridden, Written, and Illustrated by Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell.

One volume, square 8vo. Paper, 50 cents.

Mr. and Mrs. Pennell’s enthusiasm for the wheel led them to undertake this journey on a tricycle through the smooth, hard roads of old England, and to follow the path trod so many years by the Canterbury pilgrims. It is an exceedingly graceful and spirited narrative, and puts a feeling of breeziness in the air of these hot months. Everything prospered the tourists, and three more enjoyable days than those consumed in the ride from London to Canterbury Cathedral cannot easily be conceived. The illustrations with which the artist-authors covered their pages are surpassingly good. Mr. and Mrs. Pennell’s little book will, of course, particularly interest those who may be devoted to the “machine.”

LAWN TENNIS
AS A GAME OF SKILL.

With the Latest Revised Rules, as played by the best Clubs.

By Lieut. S. C. F. Peile, B. S. C. Edited by Richard D. Sears. One volume, 12mo, flexible cloth. 75 cents.

CONTENTS.

There has hitherto been no book treating lawn tennis as a game of skill, showing its possibilities and giving practical advice for the cultivation of scientific play. This Mr. Peile has done, and his little volume appeals directly to that large class of tennis players who are anxious to become proficient in the sport. Mr. R. D. Sears, who holds the championship of America, has added much that will interest American readers; his notes are always practical, and cannot fail to be of service even to experts in the game.

The London Saturday Review, in a long review of the book, says:

“Mr. Peile has more than usual insight into the game of lawn tennis, and has some valuable teachings to bestow. His little book tells players what they ought to do and what they ought not to do.... The book is, in fact, a compendium of the game of lawn tennis, and should be in every player’s hands.”

The book has had a great run in England, and in this American edition, with notes by Mr. Sears, it ought to become equally popular.

For sale by all booksellers, or sent, post-paid, by the publishers,

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 743 & 745 Broadway, New York.

[Published May 18, 1887, after four years’ elaboration.]

TEN THOUSAND MILES ON A BICYCLE.

By Karl Kron, author of “Four Years at Yale, by a Graduate of ’69.” Cloth bound, gilt top, heliotype frontispiece, 41 chapters, 880 pages, 657,000 words, elaborate indexes, no advertisements.

This is a guide-book of American roads, and its “index of places” gives 8,418 references to 3,482 towns. Its list of 3,300 advance subscribers (arranged both alphabetically and geographically, and representing every State in the Union) forms a unique directory of American wheelmen.

Mailed on receipt of money-order for two dollars by the publisher, Karl Kron, at the University Building, Washington Square, New York City, D. Analytical contents-table, descriptive circulars, and specimen pages sent free.

“The Prince of Story-Tellers.”—London Times.

THE WORKS OF JULES VERNE.

THE COMPLETE AND AUTHORIZED EDITIONS.

The following works of M. JULES VERNE are published by Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons, by arrangement with Messrs. Sampson Low & Co., of London, in accordance with the right ceded to them by MM. Hetzel & Co., the publishers of M. Verne’s works in the original French edition. These volumes contain all the illustrations of the French edition, and are the only complete and authorized books of M. Jules Verne published in this country.

In a new and Uniform Edition. 9 vols., 8vo. With over 750 full-page Illustrations. Price, per set in a box, $17.50.

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.2.00
The Steam House. 2 vols. in one.2.00
The Giant Raft. 2 vols. in one.2.00
The Mysterious Island. 3 vols. in one.2.50

JULES VERNE’S GREATEST WORK.

THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD.

Three volumes, 8vo, extra cloth, with 100 full-page engravings in each. Price, per volume,$2.50

The work includes three divisions, each in one volume complete in itself.

Each volume in the series is very fully illustrated with full-page engravings by French artists of note; and the volume of “FAMOUS TRAVELS” is made still more interesting by many fac-similes from the original prints in old voyages, atlases, etc.

“Even if truth were not stranger than fiction, to the healthful mind it ought be far more fascinating. Such works as this are not only entertaining and informing, but their whole atmosphere is bracing. They are as much better than sentimental heart histories or imaginary personal experiences as a day in the open air is better than a day in a close and crowded apartment.”—N. Y. Observer.

BAYARD TAYLOR’S LIBRARY OF TRAVEL.

Six Volumes, 12mo. Each with many Illustrations.

SOLD SEPARATELY. PER VOLUME, $1.25.

A NEW EDITION, IN ATTRACTIVE BINDING, OF THIS ENTERTAINING SERIES IS NOW ISSUED.

Each volume is complete in itself, and contains, first, a brief preliminary sketch of the country to which it is devoted; next, such an outline of previous explorations as may be necessary to explain what has been achieved by later ones; and finally, a condensation of one or more of the most important narratives of recent travel, accompanied with illustrations of the scenery, architecture, and life of the races, drawn only from the most authentic sources.

Complete Sets, 6 Volumes (in a box), $6.00.