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[Illustration: Book Cover YOUNG PEOPLE 1881]




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HARPER'S

YOUNG PEOPLE

1881

[Illustration]

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

FRANKLIN SQUARE




Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.




INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.


  Abdullah and his Friends, 296.
  Accident, Carriage, on an Indian Mountain Road, 324.
  Adjutant Bird Trick, The, 48.
  Afternoon Call, Going to make an, 600.
  "Alice" and the Wolves--"Alice" sprang from his Concealment, 36.
  Alligator upsetting a Canoe, 68.
  Alps, Among the, 340.
  Andrew Jackson Washington Jones--As black as black could be--Asleep in
      the Furnace-Room, 777.
  Animals, Wild, eating Thanksgiving Dinner in the Wood, 76.
  Antiquity, A little (Child trying on antique Bonnet), 57.
  Apples, Gathering, 761.
  Apples, Gathering the Widow's, 65.
  Arab Girl's Mission, An--Maria Immanuel, 196.
  Arrest of Emily Geiger, 529.
  Art Student, The young, 377.
  Attic, Exploring the, 44.
  AUNT RUTH'S TEMPTATION:--Winny and Ruth, 556; Ruth reading her Letter,
      572; In Mr. Ludlow's Study, 588.

  Babes:--Babies, Two, in Bed--"Good-Morning," 1; Baby and Girl on Floor
      (The little Tease), 12; Babes in the Wood, 369; A long ago Baby,
      473; Wild Babes of the Wood (Fawn, Fox, Owl, etc.), 573.
  Barn, In the, 520.
  Base-Ball, Mice playing, 784.
  Bashful (Child in Chair), 532.
  Beach, Miss Mehitabel and the Children on the, 592.
  Beach, On the, 717.
  Bears, Children (coasting) and the, 173; Bears weighing the Baby, 496.
  Beating the Parish Bounds, 424.
  Beaver-hunting with Indians, 8, 9.
  Beetles at School in the Woods, 632.
  Bell, Mister, please pull the, for me, 448.
  Betty's Answer, 112.
  Bicycle Meet in Boston, Incidents of the, 513.
  Big Boy and little Mamma, 681.
  Bird-Catcher, The, 28.
  BIRDS.--Birds in a Snow-Storm, 80; Birds in the Snow, 169; Feeding the
      Love-Birds, 265; Birds chasing Frog, 309.
  Bit of Foolishness, A--"I wish a Stage would come by," 636; Trying to
      get dry, 652.
  Blackberries, Child gathering, 704.
  Blackbirds' Nest, The--At the Cottage Door, 353.
  Boarders, The little--"Wind her up! wind her up!" 708.
  BOATS:--Working Plans of a Catamaran, 389; Shad-Fishing, 401; Boat
      towed by a Whale, 425; A Cat-Boat, 454; A Sloop, 455; Chinese
      Boats, 461; Plans for a Row-Boat, 580; Children in Boat--The last
      Rows of Summer, 736. (See "Ghost," Cruise of the.)
  Bonnet, Old-fashioned, Child trying on an, 57.
  Boot-Blacks, Egyptian, 296.
  Boot-Blacks' Shower-Bath, The, 692.
  Bo-Peep, Little, 75.
  Boy Blue, Little, and Mary Jane, 112; Little Boy Blue, 232.
  Boy, Poor, and kind hearted old Gentleman--"Lost a Dime," 528.
  Bran, Boys feeding each other with, 48.
  Bread and Milk, 16.
  Breakfast and Battle--Cook heating Cannon-Balls, 801.
  Brick, Bat! Brickety, Bat, 640.
  Broken Vase, The--Grandpa took the Fragments in his Hand, 740.
  Brown, Mr., The Fate of, 176.
  Buckwheat Cakes, 25.
  Buffalo, Indian Children playing, 260.
  Butterfly, The beautiful, 397.
  Buzzards and Sheep, 200, 201.

  Calling, 621.
  Cameo by Flaxman, 804.
  Camp-Stool, A Folding, 813.
  Candy Woman and Boy, 400.
  Canoeing with Indians, 8, 9; Canoe upset by Alligator, 68; Canoeing in
      New York Bay--Sailing Race--Paddling Race--Upset Race, 561.
  Carabas, Marquis of, 233.
  Cards, A House of, 249.
  Carnival Sketches--May Blossom--Pantaloon