=I. A MIDSHIPMAN AT LARGE.= =II. THE CRUISE OF THE CASABIANCA.= Every boy who sailed in fancy the late exciting races of the _Puritan_ and the _Genesta_, and all lovers of sea stories, will enjoy these two stories of Newport and Ocean Yachting, by CHARLES REMINGTON TALBOT. =III. A GIRL AND A JEWEL.= MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD, in this delicious White Mountain Romance, writes her first young folks' magazine serial. =IV. DILLY AND THE CAPTAIN.= =V. PEGGY, AND HER FAMILY.= MARGARET SIDNEY writes these two amusing Adventure Serials for Little Folks. Thirty-six illustrations each. =VI. A Six Months' Story= (title to be announced), by CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK, author of _Down the Ravine_. =ROYAL GIRLS AND ROYAL COURTS.= By MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD. This series, brilliant and instructive, will begin in the Christmas number and run through the year. =A CYCLE OF CHILDREN.= By ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. Twelve historical stories celebrating twelve popular holidays. =Master Sandys' Christmas Snapdragon.= Dec., 1611. =Mistress Margery's New Year's Pin-Money.= Jan., 1500. =Mr. Pepys' Valentine.= February, 1660. =The Last of the Geraldines.= March, 1535. =Diccon and the Wise Fools of Gotham.= April, 1215. =The Lady Octavia's Garland.= May, 184. =Etc., etc.= _STORIES OF AMERICAN WARS._ Thrilling incidents in our various American warfares. Each story will have a dramatic picture. The first six are: =The Light of Key Biscayne.= =Joel Jackson's Smack.= =A Revolutionary Turncoat.= =How Daniel Abbott Outwitted the Indians.= =In the Turtle Crawl.= =The Boy-Soldiers of Cherry Valley.= _IN PERIL._ A romantic dozen of adventures, but all strictly true. Each story will be illustrated. The first six are: =Saved by a Kite.= =Taz a Taz.= =In a Mica Mine.= =The Life Trail.= =The Varmint that Runs on the "Heigh-Ho!"= =A Strange Prison.= =YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES.= A beautiful art feature. Twenty-four superb studies of race-types and national costumes, by F. Childe Hassam, with text by M. E. B. _FIRE-PLACE STORIES._ This article will be a notable feature of the Christmas number. The rich illustrations include glimpses of Holland, Assyria, Persia, Moorish Spain and New England, with two paintings in clay modelled expressly for WIDE AWAKE, and reproduced in three tones. _SOME SPECIAL ARTICLES:_