=For Other Books....= =For Great Round World= =For Cash....= [Illustration: Divider] WHY not dispose of those books that you consider valueless? There are thousands of boys and girls all over the country who cannot pay the price of new books and can use those you no longer want. =---- SEND A LIST TO---- = =WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON= =_3 and 5 West 18th Street New York City_= * * * * * Do you Cover your Books? THE "ONE PIECE" ADJUSTABLE BOOK COVERS are made of the strongest and best book-cover paper obtainable. This paper is made in large quantities especially for these book covers and will protect books perfectly. The book covers themselves are a marvel of ingenuity, and, although they are in one piece and can be adjusted to fit perfectly any sized book without cutting the paper, they are also so simple that any boy or girl can use them; as they are already gummed they are always ready for use. A sample dozen will be mailed to any address for 20 cents (or ten two-cent stamps) if you write WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON 3 and 5 West 18th Street, New York City * * * * * [Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.] VOL. 1 AUGUST 19, 1897. NO. 41 The stories from the Klondike fields seem to grow more wonderful day by day. The first accounts have not only been verified, but surpassed by the later news. Four million dollars' worth of gold is said to be waiting shipment at St. Michael's, Alaska, and miners at the Klondike say that fifty millions more will be taken out next season. Men who went out poor a year ago are now returning with fortunes. Two miners found $10,000 worth of gold in twenty days. One man who has just come back bringing $180,000 worth with him gave a reception at his hotel in San Francisco, and invited all who cared for the sight to come and see the nuggets he had brought. It is said to have been the largest exhibit of gold since the famous times of '49. He had scores of nuggets as large as a man's thumb, but the feature of the collection was one about the shape and size of a full-grown potato. This nugget was said to be worth $250. Those who have seen the Alaska gold say it is very bright, and brassy in color, but not as fine in quality as the California gold. The stories of these enormous fortunes have set the Californian and Northwestern towns in a fever of excitement. A tremendous rush is being made for the Klondike. Men are leaving good employment and hurrying off to the gold-fields. Professional men (lawyers and doctors), business men, merchants, clerks, and laborers are all joining in the mad rush for the land of gold.