Certain old authors, certain old books, certain old nursery stories, have become household words and household treasures the world over. Under the title of =Dear Old Story-Tellers=, Mr. Adams will relate all of interest that is known about these dear old authors, books and stories. The series of twelve papers embrace Æsop, Arabian Nights, Mother Goose, Perrault, La Fontaine, Defoe, Madame de Genlis, Brothers Grimm, Hans Andersen, Laboulaye, La Motte-Fouqué—with authentic portraits, when such exist, and other illustrations. [Illustration: Oscar Fay Adams] =The Medal Children of the Renaissance.= (Third Art Paper.) An art article for young readers by Frances H. Throop about some high-born children of the fifteenth century, whose portraits were sculptured or cast in medallions; these lovely medals are preserved in European museums and collections, being regarded as precious art-treasures; and Miss Throop has made casts and drawings from the originals to illustrate her paper. =Around-the-World Stories= relate a dozen unique personal experiences—some diverting, some perilous—of the adopted daughter of Secretary of State, William H. Seward, on his journey around the world after he had recovered from the attack on his life at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln. Miss Seward is a born story-teller, and whether she is describing _A Dinner at Kensington Palace_, or _A Visit to the Great Wall of China_, or _Experiences as a Lion-Tamer_, or _Adventures in the Streets of Pekin_, the interest is always breathless, the story always novel. Illustrations by Wm. T. Smedley and others. [Illustration: Olive Risley Seward] =An Old House on Royal Street.= (Second Historical Article.) This delightful paper about old New Orleans and early Louisiana by Mrs. M. E. M. Davis (author of _In War-Times at La Rose Blanche_), written in the old house that was General Jackson’s headquarters, abounds in reminiscences of Indian, French, Spanish and Creole days, of Jackson, Galvez, the pirate Lafitte, Bienville, Pere Antoine, Don Almonaster, and other famous men of the Southwest. Full of portraits. =Eurania’s Boys= is the title of a story by Margaret Sidney: Mrs. Eurania Stebbins and several members of her family being called away suddenly from home, her two boys keep house—not exactly according to her methods! [Illustration: Margaret Sidney] ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS will contribute a series of practical papers for young people embodying suggestions helpful to them in their desire to get on in the world. The papers will be a departure from the customary “Letters to Young Men.” They will be, rather, in the spirit of appreciation and comradeship, and will endeavor to indicate and open toward the possibilities that exist for the boys and girls of America in these busy days that are merging into the twentieth century.