The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-23
A CYCLE on CuILDREN

A CYCLE OF CHILDREN.
By ELnRIDGE s. Brooks Illustrations by
Howard Pyle. WE'VE historian s'uIIce ,olS
brating twelve popular holidays. The first
six are:
MASTER SANpY'S CHRISTMAS SNAPphA"oN'
December, 1870.
MISTRESS MARGERY's NEW YEARS PIN
MONEY. January, 1909.
MIR PEPY's VALENTINE. February, 1860.
The LAST or THE GERALDISEs. March, 1885.
DICCON AND THE WISE Fools OF GOTHAM.
April, 1915. 49,.
The LADY OCTAvIA's GARLAND. May, lS4.
STORIES or AHERICAV WARS.
Thrilling incidents in our various American
warfarcs. The first six are:
How DANIEL ABB TTOUTwITTEp the INDIANS
THE LIGHT OF KEY BIsCAYNE
THE Boy SOLDIERS OF CHERRY VALLEY.
JOEL JACKsoN's SMACK.
A REVOLUTIONARY TuRNCoAT.
In THE TURTLE CRAWL.
IN PERIL
A romantic dozen of adventures, but all
strictly true. The first six are:
SAVED ny kIrB. lM iM.
~ MIC, MINE. The LIFE Ta,iL.
Tur VARMISr THAT Runs ON THE "HEIGH-
Hoo
A STRANGE PRlsoN.
YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES.
A beautiful art feature. Iwenty-four su
perb studies Of race-types and national cos
tunes, by +. Chilue Hassain, Win WAI ny vi
f.. b. ,.>,,,,,,
Thia article was notable feature of the
thri.tmss number The rich illustrations in
cIude plimpses of Holland, Assyra, Persia.
Moorish. Spain and New England with two
nsintings in clay modelled expressly for WIDE
AWAKE, and reproduced by special processes
in three tones.
SOME SPECIAL ARTICLES;
L'EsPASr TERRIBLE TURN BY Hon. S. S
Cox, U. 5. Minister to Turkey,
THE Princess PoCAHoNrAs IN ENGLAND. b\
Mrs. Raymond Blathwayte. Illustrations
include portrait painting never before en-
grayed. - u.
ATToGRAPus AND AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS. BY
Nora Perry. Racy and amusing.
A Gp,ND PEACE- MEAT. BY VIII I. Hooper
An imposing Indian Ceremony; with many
pictures by the author.
4 SIXTEENTH CENTURY ScHooLBoY. By APP
pleton Morgan. The life of a lad in Shakes
peare's time.
MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT. BY Gen. John {.
Fremont.
TuRoUGu THE HEART or PARIS. BY Frank
r Merrill A pen and pencil record OF Il
trip down the Seine
Tue DUMB BETTY LAMP BY Henry Bacon
Hitherto untold incidents in connection
with Floyd lreson's Ride"
TWELVE BALLADS.
These are contributed by twelve of the fore;
most women poets of America. Each ballad
will ill five to seven EDITORIAL pages. Inc
first six are:
THE DrACoN's LITTLE MAID. ballad OF
early New England BY Mrs. A. ID. 1. Whit
ney' Illustrations by Miss l.. b. Humphrey.
The STORY or THE CHRvALIER. A ballad
of the wars of Maria Theresa. BY Mrs. Har-
riet Prescott Spofford. Illustrations by r. IL.
Garrett.
The MINUTE MAN. A ballad of the shot
Heard Round the World" By Margaret Sid
ney. Illustrations by II Sandman.
The HEMLoCk TREE. a ballad OF Maine
settlement. BY Lucy Larcom. Illustrations
by Edmund II Garrett.
The CHIInRHS's CHERRY FEAST. y ballad
of the HUSTLE War BY Nora Perry. I!lue
trationf by George Foster Barnes.
LITTLE AIIX. A ballad Of the Children :
Crusade. By Susan Coolidge. Illustrations
by +. II. I.ungren.
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