The name of HARPER’S YOUNG PEOPLE is now =A HOUSEHOLD WORD= in many thousands of homes throughout the English-speaking world. The efforts of the publishers have been directed to sustaining the pure, elevating and entertaining character of the paper, which has won for it the reputation of being “=The Best Periodical for Juvenile Readers=.” The rapid—perhaps unprecedented—growth in its circulation within the past twelve months proves that its conductors have correctly appreciated the requirements of the class of readers for whom it is designed. Public and private teachers in every part of the country have hailed it as =A POWERFUL ALLY OF THE SCHOOLS= in the great work of Education, and in many instances have borne practical testimony to its merits by putting it into the hands of their pupils to be used as a regular text book—a distinction rarely enjoyed by a periodical publication. Its value as a means of =Developing the Intelligence of the Young= has recently received the highest possible recognition, the managers of the _Chautauqua Young People’s Reading Union_ having included HARPER’S YOUNG PEOPLE among the works which the members of the Union are required to read. Encouraged by their magnificent success, the conductors of HARPER’S YOUNG PEOPLE will endeavor to make the third volume superior, if possible, to either of the preceding volumes. The publishers have already secured serial stories by favorite authors—among others a new tale by JAMES OTIS, entitled “Mr. Stubbs’ Brother,” through which readers will renew their acquaintance with persons to whom they were introduced by “Toby Tyler.” They have also arranged for several series of instructive articles upon =Scientific, Historical and Artistic Subjects=, in which =Pens Trained to Write for the Young= will present such topics with the aid of effective illustrations, in the most charming and profitable manner. Exquisite =WOODCUTS OF CELEBRATED PAINTINGS=, on subjects which appeal to the imagination of the young, will be given in the paper, and will serve to create and cultivate in its readers a =Correct Taste for Pictorial Art=. Special attention will be devoted to descriptive sketches, with PORTRAITS of persons connected with current affairs interesting to young people—a feature which added greatly to the attractiveness of several numbers of the second volume. The love of amusement, which is inseparable from youth, will be further ministered to by explanations of old-established SPORTS AND GAMES, and by suggestions of new methods of enjoyment in the field and at the fireside. BRIGHT SHORT STORIES, SPARKLING POEMS AND RHYMES, FASCINATING PUZZLES, and BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS, drawn and engraved by the best artists, will, as heretofore, appear weekly in its pages.