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PROSPECTUS OF "OUR YOUNG FOLKS" FOR 1868.

With the number for January, 1868, "OUR YOUNG FOLKS" will enter upon its fourth year, and the Publishers have peculiar pride and pleasure in directing attention to the following schedule of the principal matters which are to be contained in the new volume, believing that this exhibit alone will be sufficient to prove their constant devotion to the interests of their subscribers, as well as to show that for variety of contents, for strength and brilliancy of writers, and for liberality and fe licity of illustration, “OUR YOUNG FOLKS" is unrivalled in the juvenile literature of the world, deriving, as it does, its material from the pens and pencils of American and foreign authors and artists, while in all cases adhering to its principle of giving original matter in every department. The responsible management of the Magazine will continue in the same hands as heretofore, and while the rule of the Editorial office will still be to secure all the best things that can be had with. out regard to their source, the positive arrangements of the conductors include these features:MR. CHARLES DICKENS-Whose pen has created such beautiful pictures of child-life in the his tories of Little Nell, Paul Dombey, Poor Jo, and David Copperfield has been induced to co operate with the Editors of " OUR YOUNG FOLKS," and has written a juvenile story expressly for this Magazine, which will not even appear in England, the exclusive right of publication having been purchased at a very large outlay by the Publishers of "OUR YOUNG FOLKS." This story is entitled "A HOLIDAY ROMANCE"; it is in four parts, and each part will be accompanied by a full-page Illustration, drawn by the greatest English designer, MR. JOHN GI BERT, who has consented to waive his decision not to draw again on wood, in order to give additional interest to MR. DICKENS'S" Romance."

THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX" (MISS MULOCK) has also been engaged, and will write several articles in prose and verse. Two of these, "The Little Jew" and "Running Away,” have already been received, and will appear as soon as the Illustrations can be prepared, DR. ISAAC I. HAYES will complete his already famous Arctic story, "Cast away in the Cold," in the course of the year.

MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, after finishing her narratives of "Pussy Willow and Emily Proudie," will contribute other tales and sketches in her inimitable manner.

MISS GEORGIANNA M. CRAIK, one of the most favorite of younger English writers, is to be a contributor. Her first story, "The Old Life Boat," will be printed in an early number. THE AUTHOR OF "LESLIE GOLDTHWAITE" will print in the present volume a new story, called "When I was a Little Girl.”

"GEORGE EAGER" will relate more of Round-the-World Joe's strange but true adventures and observations in Oriental lands. China has been completed, but Turkey, Hindostan, Burmah, Madagascar, and other romantic Eastern lands and waters are yet to be described.

MR. J. H. A. BONE will supply for alternate numbers six historical articles, giving, in a form no less interesting and delightful than fiction, authentic accounts of some of the most important epochs in middle age and modern history. Several of the subjects are those of religious and civil liberty, such as The Downfall of the Saxon Gods, The Children's Crusade, The Magna Charta, &c. These articles will be illustrated with historical accuracy, and will fill a place which has always been vacant.

DR. J. W. PALMER will occasionally paraphrase an ancient myth, or relate some story of our day. THE AUTHOR OF the "SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS" has prepared a charming series, called "Dane Nature's Stories," and these sketches, similar in character to her former contributions, will also appear in "OUR YOUNG FOLKS," explaining many curious phenomena of animal and vegetable life.

MRS. LOUISE E. CHOLLET, in addition to her fanciful stories, has written three little lectures upon Heat, in a novel and entertaining form, which will be given soon. MISS E. S. PHELPS, MRS. A. M. DIAZ, MRS. JANE G. AUSTIN, MRS. HELEN C. WEEKS, "AUNT FANNY," THE AUTHOR OF "LITTLE PRUDY," MARY N. PRESCOTT, T. B. ALD RICH, CHARLES J. FOSTER, CHARLES D. SHANLY, WILLY WISP," CLARENCE COOK, and many of the best writers have all prepared articles for the volume of 1868, in which also appear some articles by the EDITORS, and which, it may reasonably be anticipated, will contain occasional contributions by MR. LONGFELLOW, MR, WHITTIER, and PROF. LOWELL. MUSIC will continue a prominent feature. To some original pieces will be added extracts from Beethoven, Mozart, Hummel, and other classic authors: the selections being made and arranged by JULIUS EICHBERG, Director of the Boston Conservatory of Music. THE ILLUSTRATIONS will continue to be the very best that can be obtained from any available source, and it is only necessary to recall the names of DARLEY, HENNESSY, TENNIEL, EYTINGE, WEIR, MCENTEE, STEPHENS, WAUD, FENN, HOPPIN, FREDERICKS, WHITE, and LUMLEY, and to compare the later with the earlier numbers of the MAGAZINE, to appreciate how much attention has been bestowed upon this department, and to see how rapid and decided has been its improvement, while a comparison between "OUR YOUNG FOLKS," and any other juvenile magazine cannot fail to show that the former maintains the highest standard in this respect.

FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS will be published every month; an early number will contain the companion of the COLORED PICTURE contained in the November number, while occasional COLORED SUPPLEMENTS, at least equal to that which will accompany the December issue, will be presented to the subscribers.

THE CHILDREN will still have their own departments in the Magazine, -"ROUND THE EVENING LAMP" and "OUR LETTER-Box," which will be as interesting as Editors and Subscribers can make them. Each number of the new volume will contain a Picture Puzzle from Shakespeare, in the most agreeable style of humorous design.

It will thus be seen that OUR YOUNG FOLKS for 1868 has something for its patrons in every juve. nile department; ROMANCE, HISTORY, FICTION, FACT, POETRY, PROSE, FANCY, SCIENCE, MUSIC, ART and AMUSEMENT, and must continue to be, as it now is, A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY AND DELIGHT.

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