IN PERIL.
A romantic dozen of adventures, but all strictly true. Each story will be illustrated. The first six are:
- Saved by a Kite.
- Taz a Taz.
- In a Mica Mine.
- The Life Trail.
- The Varmint that Runs on the "Heigh-Ho!"
- A Strange Prison.
YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES.
A beautiful art feature. Twenty-four superb studies of race-types and national costumes, by F. Childe Hassam, with text by M. E. B.
FIRE-PLACE STORIES.
This article will be a notable feature of the Christmas number. The rich illustrations include glimpses of Holland, Assyria, Persia, Moorish Spain and New England, with two paintings in clay modelled expressly for Wide Awake, and reproduced in three tones.
SOME SPECIAL ARTICLES:
- L'ENFANT TERRIBLE TURK. By Hon. S. S. Cox, U. S. Minister to Turkey.
- THE PRINCESS POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND. By Mrs. Raymond Blathwayte. Illustrations include portrait from painting never before engraved.
- AUTOGRAPHS AND AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS. By Nora Perry. Racy and amusing.
- A GRAND PEACE-MEET. By Will P. Hooper. An imposing Indian Ceremony; with many pictures by the author.
- A SIXTEENTH CENTURY SCHOOLBOY. By Appleton Morgan. The life of a lad in Shakespeare's time.
- MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT. By Gen. John C. Fremont.
- THROUGH THE HEART OF PARIS. by Frank T. Merrill. A pen and pencil record of a trip down the Seine.
- THE DUMB-BETTY LAMP. By Henry Bacon. Hitherto untold incidents in connection with "Floyd Ireson's Ride."
TWELVE BALLADS.