=Typical Children of England=, by Julia Cartwright, will be a notable article, illustrated with most charming pictures of English children of the present day, all from life studies—the aristocratic type, the peasant type, the athletic, the spiritual, etc.
Brilliant additions to the preceding serials and specialties will include ballads, poems, and the following
=Some Chinese Dragons=, by Prof. Robert Douglas of the British Museum.
=About Sea Serpents=, by Dr. Samuel Kneeland.
=How Jew’s-harps Grow=, by Prof. Otis T. Mason of the Smithsonian Institution.
=The Ramona School for Indian Girls=, by Rev. Dr. Horatio Ladd.
=An Ant of Annisquam=, by Harlan A. Ballard, President of the Agassiz Association.
=My Friends, the Dogs=, by Maud Howe. [With portrait of Miss Howe and Sambo, from Porter’s painting now in the Corcoran Gallery.]
=The Wild Cattle of Chillingly=, by Amanda B. Harris.
=All Around an Old Meeting-House=, by Frances A. Humphrey.
=The Old Ballad of London Bridge=, by Susan Archer Weiss.
=The Boyhood of Paul H. Hayne=, by Margaret J. Preston.
=The Little Captive Chief=, by Miss Owen.
=Two Girls—Two Parties=, by Susan Coolidge.
=A Piece of News: Aunt Ray’s Cat=, a humorous dialogue, by Margaret Sidney.
=Puck and Puppypult=, a singular story, by George Parsons Lathrop.
=Cat Isabel=, by M. H. Catherwood, with many funny pictures.
=A New Birthday=, by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.
=The Squire’s Sixpence=, by Mary E. Wilkins.
=A Night in a Beaver Town=, a curious account by Edmund Collins.
=The Bull and the Leaping Pole=, by Charles G. D. Roberts.
=Saved on the Brink=, by J. Macdonald Oxley.
Further papers about =Famous Pets= are in preparation; =Tangles= will have new novelties; =The Contributors and the Children=, and other departments, will grow in interest; the artistic features will continue to delight young and old alike.
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BABYLAND _What Babies and Mammas may look for during 1888._
The twelve numbers of BABYLAND for 1888 will be like twelve Christmas stockings stuffed full of delights—the choicest nuts, candies and raisins of jingledom and storyland; and there will be three special big delicious bon-bons besides.