In a series of informing articles about the =U. S. Naval and Military Schools=, Mr. Peale tells the boys and their home friends explicitly what applicants must know and do in order to enter any of the U. S. Government schools, exactly what is expected of them during the years of training, what obligations to the Government they thereby take upon themselves, and what the schools and the Government do for the boys. While full of picturesque interest for the general reader, the series form a manual for boys aspiring to enter the army and the navy. Illustrations. [Illustration: Louis T. Peale] =For Business Boys= will be pithy, unforgettable, lifting words, straight from man to boy, as felt and said by a man whose business writing is even better known than his name—a companion paper to Mr. Brooks’ series. Our Asiatic Cousins will be the subject of a series of illustrated articles running through the year, by Mrs. Leonowens, who was for some years governess in the royal family of Siam, and who has travelled extensively in the East. [Illustration: A. H. Leonowens] =Among Sir Walter Ralegh’s Homes.= (Third Historical Article.) Sir Walter is everybody’s hero, and Mrs. Raymond Blathwayt has written a charming paper about his birthplace and his young days, and she has sent over many beautiful photographs of his old haunts made expressly for WIDE AWAKE; the manuscript itself has been prepared under the friendly supervision of Dr. Brushfield the English antiquarian and great Ralegh authority. =The Cruise of a Coverlet=, being the adventures of an embroidered counterpane in the U. S. Navy, will be related by Mrs. Frémont. Illustrations from photographs. [Illustration: “Jessie” Benton Frémont] =Typical Children of England=, by Julia Cartwright, will be a notable article, illustrated with most charming pictures of English children of the present day, all from life studies—the aristocratic type, the peasant type, the athletic, the spiritual, etc. Brilliant additions to the preceding serials and specialties will include ballads, poems, and the following _Interesting illustrated articles:_ =Some Chinese Dragons=, by Prof. Robert Douglas of the British Museum. =About Sea Serpents=, by Dr. Samuel Kneeland. =How Jew’s-harps Grow=, by Prof. Otis T. Mason of the Smithsonian Institution. =The Ramona School for Indian Girls=, by Rev. Dr. Horatio Ladd. =An Ant of Annisquam=, by Harlan A. Ballard, President of the Agassiz Association. =My Friends, the Dogs=, by Maud Howe. [With portrait of Miss Howe and Sambo, from Porter’s painting now in the Corcoran Gallery.] =The Wild Cattle of Chillingly=, by Amanda B. Harris. =All Around an Old Meeting-House=, by Frances A. Humphrey. =The Old Ballad of London Bridge=, by Susan Archer Weiss. =The Boyhood of Paul H. Hayne=, by Margaret J. Preston. _Interesting illustrated stories:_