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.= =Tax 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:_ _L'ENFANT TERRIBLE TURK._ By HON. S. S. COX, U. S. Minister to Turkey. _THE PRINCESS POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND._ By MRS. RAYMOND BLATHWAYTE. Illustrations include portrait from painting never before engraved. _AUTOGRAPHS AND AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS._ By NORA PERRY. Racy and amusing. _A GRAND PEACE-MEET._ By WILL P. HOOPER. An imposing Indian Ceremony; with many pictures by the author. _A SIXTEENTH CENTURY SCHOOLBOY._ By APPLETON MORGAN. The life of a lad in Shakespeare's time. _MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT._ By GEN. JOHN C. FREMONT. _THROUGH THE HEART OF PARIS._ By FRANK T. MERRILL. A pen and pencil record of a trip down the Seine. _THE DUMB-BETTY LAMP._ By HENRY BACON. Hitherto untold incidents in connection with "Floyd Ireson's Ride." _TWELVE BALLADS._ These are by twelve of the foremost women poets of America. Each ballad will fill five to seven pictorial pages. The first six are: =The Deacon's Little Maid.= A ballad of early New England. By MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY. Illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey. =The Story of the Chevalier.= A ballad of the wars of Maria Theresa. By MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. Illustrations by E. H. Garrett. =The Minute Man.= A ballad of the "Shot heard round the World." By MARGARET SIDNEY. Illustrations by Hy. Sandham. =The Hemlock Tree.= A ballad of a Maine settlement. By LUCY LARCOM. Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett.