Produced by Annie McGuire HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE 1880 [Illustration] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. ACROSS THE OCEAN:-- Signing, 233; Frank meets with an Accident--Christmas Dinner, 249; Store-Room--Frank's Fight with "Monkey," 268; Man Overboard, 284; Oiling the outer Bearings, 285; Frank and old Herrick, 300; Captain's Room, 301; Sargasso Sea, 316; Ocean Race, 317; Eclipse, 332; Towed with the Speed of a Locomotive, 332; Gibraltar Fruit Boat, 333; Rock of Gibraltar, 333; Spanish Sailors in a Storm, 345; Malta, 364, 365; Shooting the Water-Spout--In the Suez Canal, 380; Singapore Pilot-Boat, 381; Loading at Singapore, 393; Chinese Fleet, 412, 413; Loading Tea at Hong-Kong, 428; Little Whampoa Steers to Shore, 429; Street of Stairs, Hong-Kong, 429. Albatross, The, 336. Alligators, The Moral, 741. AMERICAN NAVY, THE STORY OF THE:-- Battle between the "Bon Homme Richard" and the "Serapis," 545; Decatur and his Men boarding the Gun-Boat, 576; Escape of the "Constitution," 589; The "Constitution" and the "Guerrière," 612; "Essex," "Phoebe," and "Cherub," 628; Commodore Perry's Ships in the Bay of Jeddo, 644; Fight between the "Monitor" and "Merrimac," 656; Sinking of the "Alabama" by the "Kearsarge," 673. André, Capture of--History re-enacted, 744. Anemone, Sea-, 606. Angel in the Lilly Family, The (five Illustrations), 757. Animals, Wild, looking at People in Cages, 29. Apple-Smellers, 620. April, 752. April-fool Rat, 281. Aquarium, Salt-water, Specimens from a, 604-606; Specimens from a Fresh-water Aquarium, 620. Aquatic Plants, 620. Archery--Mohawk Bowmen, 505. Arctic Regions, Hunting in the, 377. Artist, The little, 144. Asleep at his Post, 709. August, 753. Aviary, How to make an, 415-16. Babe in the Woods-- "I 'ant to do Home!" 533; Babe in the Wood, 677. Baby, 228. Baby King, The, 269. Bag, Travelling, for Pets, 46. Ball, Base-, Season, Opening of the, 732. Balloon Voyage, Charley's, 457. Balusters, Riding on the, 661. Baptizing Coptic Babies, 732. Barnacles, 606. Barn, A good Time in the, 516. Barrel, Boys in a--Playing "Hookey," 440. BATTLES. (See "American Navy, Story of the," and "Old Times in the Colonies.") BEARS:-- Feeding the Twins, 33; "A poor, dood, dead Bear," 537; Polar Bear slain in Defense of her Young, 128; Shooting a Polar Bear, 377; Grizzly Bear and Buffaloes, 448. Bear-skin, Children Playing on a, 597. Beetles, An Evening Flight of, 544. Besieged, 488. Bessie Maynard on the Bridge, 565. Bicycle, Boys on a--Breakers Ahead, 408.