MESSRS. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 

 publish, under the above title, a series of books 

 designed especially for boys and girls who are laying 

 the foundation of private libraries. The books in this 

 series are not ephemeral publications, to be read hastily 

 and quickly forgotten; both the authors and the sub- 

 jects treated indicate that they are books to last. 



The great subjects of History, Biography, Mechanics, 

 Travel, Natural History, Adventure, and kindred themes 

 form the principal portion of the library. The authors 

 engaged are for the most part writers who already have 

 won attention, but the publishers give a hospitable recep- 

 tion to all who may have something worth saying to the 

 young, and the power to say it in good English and in 

 an attractive manner. The books in this Library are in- 

 tended particularly for young people, but they will not 

 be written in what has been well called the Childese 

 dialect. 



The books are illustrated whenever the subject treated 

 needs illustration ; history and travel are accompanied 

 by maps; history and biography by portraits; but the 

 aim is to make the accompaniments to the text real addi- 

 tions. 



The publishers hope to have the active cooperation of 

 parents, teachers, superintendents, and all who are inter- 

 ested in the formation of good taste in reading among 

 young people. 



HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 



^ Park Street, Boston ; n East ijth Street, New York. 



