“Round-the-World Joe,” the popular contributor to the old “Schoolmate,” has been engaged, and will furnish a series of articles of adventure and observation in foreign countries.
Bayard Taylor’s tales of distant lands will be continued.
Mrs. A. M. Diaz has written several articles, of which one, William Henry’s Letters to his Grandmother, will be found especially entertaining.
“Aunt Fanny” has supplied several stories which will be printed during the year.
P. H. C. will give several more of his favorite Lessons in Magic, some of which will take up a different class of experiments from those that have been previously explained.
Music.—Each number of the next volume will contain a song, composed expressly for “Our Young Folks.” These songs will be written by Emily Huntington Miller, and each will be especially adapted to the month in which it appears.
Contributions will also be occasionally furnished by
H. W. Longfellow,
Capt. Mayne Reid,
Rose Terry,
E. Stuart Phelps,
C. D. Shanly,
J. H. A. Bone,
“Carleton,”
J. G. Whittier,
T. B. Aldrich,
Author of “Leslie Goldthwaite,”
Horatio Alger, Jr.,
Author of “Seven Little Sisters,”
Mary N. Prescot,
Louise C. Chollet,
J. Warren Newcomb, Jr.
Kate Putnam,
Jane R. Austin,
C. D. Gardette,
Julia C. R. Dorr,
and other well known and favorite writers.
The department of Illustration will remain under the supervision of Mr. A. V. S. Anthony, and the Publishers will spare neither trouble nor expense in giving the best pictures which can be obtained. Full-page Engravings from designs by Artists of the first estimation will be given regularly, and Colored Illustrations will be frequently supplied.