Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 Part 9

Lost in the Jungle.

By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. Ill.u.s.trated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

Full of adventures with savage men and wild beasts; shows how these strange people live, what they eat and drink, how they build, and what they wors.h.i.+p; and will instruct as well as amuse.--_Boston Journal._

A whole granary of information, dressed up in such a form as to make it nutritious for young minds, as well as attractive for youthful appet.i.tes.--_Philadelphia Ledger._

My Apingi Kingdom:

With Life in the Great Sahara, and Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c. By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. Ill.u.s.trated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

In this book Mr. Du Chaillu relates the story of his sojourn in Apingi Land, of which he was elected king by the kind-hearted and hospitable natives. * * * We a.s.sure the reader that it is full of stirring incidents and exciting adventures. Many chapters are exceedingly humorous, and others are quite instructive. The chapter, for instance, on the habits of the white and tree ants contains an interesting contribution to natural history.--_N. Y. Herald._

The Country of the Dwarfs.

By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. Ill.u.s.trated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

Hail to thee, Paul! thou hero of single-handed combats with gorillas and every imaginable beast that ever howled through the deserts, from the elephant to the kangaroo; thou unscathed survivor of a thousand-and-one vicissitudes by fire, field, and flood; thou glowing historian of thine own superlatively glorious deeds: thou writer of books that make the hairs of the children stand on every available end; thou proud king of the Apingi savages of the equator; hail! we say.--_Utica Herald._

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, N. Y.

_Sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price._

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WIGGLES.

Here are some of the answers to the Wiggle published in No. 10 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. So many were sent in that it was impossible to publish them all, and so our artist selected those that he considered the best. Those that he used were sent in by J. R. S., J. B. G., M. E., A. T. Jones, Paul, D. C. Gilmore, H. and B., and Bert W. S., several of whom sent a number of different figures.

Others, and some of them very good, were sent in by W. B. B., Ethel M., S. A. W., Jun., John Peddle, C. F., Nettie S. H., Willie H. S., Mabel M., E. H. S., Hetty, M. Ward, Philip M., Amenio E. A., w.i.l.l.y H., H. W. P., J. L., Mary P., Archie H. L., C. B. F., R. S. M., W. A. Burr, Percy B. M., Paul. B. T., E. S., C. F. C., Gracie C., Eva M., and Anita R. N. Figure No. 8 is what our artist made of the Wiggle; and Figure No.

9 is a new Wiggle in two parts, which must be combined in one drawing, though they must retain their relative positions.

THE LONG-EARED BAT.

A long-eared bat Went to buy a hat.

Said the hatter, "I've none that will do, Unless with the shears I shorten your ears, Which might be unpleasant to you."

The long-eared bat Was so mad at that He flew over lands and seas, Till in Paris (renowned For its fas.h.i.+ons) he found A hat that he wore with great ease.

=Another Sagacious Dog.=--In No. 11 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE a story was told of a sagacious newspaper dog. Having read this, a Western editor sends the following story of his dog, in which he says: "My dog is a beautiful Gordon setter, and has been so well trained that while the carrier is delivering papers on one side of the street, Bob, the dog, delivers on the other. He receives his papers folded, half a dozen at a time, and going to the first place, lays the whole bundle down, and then picks it up, all but one, and so on till they are all gone."

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HIS FIRST VALENTINE.

CHORUS OR ENVIOUS RIVALS. "Oho! Jimmy Dobbs is in Love!"