[SOME QUEER RACING-CRAFT.]
[THE GOOD KNIGHT.]
[CROCODILE TEARS.]
[A FRESH WATER AQUARIUM.]
[THE MORAL PIRATES.]
[THE TALL CLOCK.]
[YOUNG PEOPLE AT CHAUTAUQUA.]
[MIMIR'S WELL.]
[THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY.]
[HOW THE GEESE SAVED THE BABY.]
[OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.]
[A GUNPOWDER PLOT.]

Vol. I.—No. 43.Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.Price Four Cents.
Tuesday, August 24, 1880.Copyright, 1880, by Harper & Brothers.$1.50 per Year, in Advance.

SOME QUEER RACING-CRAFT.

The illustrations on this page are of two varieties of sail-boats that are very common in the vicinity of New York, and quite rare in other parts of the country. They are boats built expressly for speed, and are used almost entirely for racing.