"Into it he shall go, sure enough!" said Death. He was a stalwart man with a scythe in his hand, and large black wings. "In his coffin shall he be laid, but not yet. I'll only mark him now, and allow him to wander about the world yet awhile, to expiate his sins and to grow better. But I shall come at last. When he least expects it, I shall put him into the black bag, place it on my head, and fly up to the stars. There, too, blooms a lovely garden, and if he be good and pious, he will be allowed to enter it; but should his thoughts be wicked, and his heart still full of sin, then will he sink in his coffin yet lower than he saw the Garden of the World sink down; and it will be only once in every thousand years that I shall go and fetch him, when he will either be condemned to sink still deeper, or be borne aloft to the beaming stars above."
A. L. Burt's Catalogue of Books for Young People by Popular Writers, 52-58 Duane Street, New York
=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By LEWIS CARROLL.= 12mo, cloth, 42 illustrations, price 75 cents.
"From first to last, almost without exception, this story is delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with the story."--=New York Express.=
=Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.= By LEWIS CARROLL. 12mo, cloth, 50 illustrations, price 75 cents.
"A delight alike to the young people and their elders, extremely funny both in text and illustrations."--=Boston Express.=
=Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe.= By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
"This story is unique among tales intended for children, alike for pleasant instruction, quaintness of humor, gentle pathos, and the subtlety with which lessons moral and otherwise are conveyed to children, and perhaps to their seniors as well."--=The Spectator.=
=Joan's Adventures at the North Pole and Elsewhere.= BY ALICE CORKRAN. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.
"Wonderful as the adventures of Joan are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls."--=Saturday Review.=
=Count Up the Sunny Days=: A Story for Girls and Boys. By C. A. JONES. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price 75 cents.