No fathers and mothers should themselves miss, or let their little folks miss, the fun of this book. To give this pleasure to little folks everywhere, the Publishers make

A SPECIAL OFFER: To every subscriber who will send us new subscriptions to any of our magazines amounting to $2.00, we will send "The Cats' Arabian Nights," postpaid. Any one not a subscriber may obtain this delightful book by sending new subscriptions amounting to $3.00. This special offer will be good only to May 1st, 1886. THE THREE KITTENS THAT LOST THEIR MITTENS.

D. Lothrop & Co., Franklin and Hawley Sts., Boston.


prospectus——BABYLAND——for 1886.

The Magazine for the Babies, this coming year, in addition to its bright pictures, and gay little jingles, and sweet stories, will have some especial delights for both Mamma and Baby:

THE MAGIC PEAR

will provide Twelve Entertainments of dainty jugglery and funny sleight-of-hand for the nursery pencils. This novelty is by the artist-humorist, M. J. Sweeney ("Boz").

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