Ambitious Projects for the Next Number of
Valentine's Manual.

Our readers we hope, will agree with us that the
present number of the Manual is a decided improvement
over the first. Eleven colored plates besides a large
folding supplement in addition to the usual number of
rare old prints and photographs are, we think, an earnest
of our policy to make the Manual stronger and better
every year. Judging from past experience there is not
a shadow of a doubt that in the years to come the present
numbers of the Manual will greatly advance in price
just as did their predecessors. We have a limited market
and our edition is therefore small. The price of last
year's issue has already advanced one dollar per copy.

Ships of Old New York

The third issue will have three distinct features.
The first, the "Ships of Old New York," wherein will
be portrayed all those famous flyers that brought renown
to the port of New York in the Roaring Forties. The
old Dry Dock neighborhood and the Eleventh Ward will
once again blaze forth in all their pristine glory. The
shipyards of Christian Bergh, Henry Eckford, Smith and
Dimon, Adam & Noah Brown with a dozen others will
in memory echo to the sound of the hammer and the
anvil. And the tense crowds that awaited news of an
old time clipper race will reappear in our pages. All
the pictures will be printed in colors—about 24 in all.

The series will not be wholly confined to Clippers but
will include other ships of equal interest. The develop¬
ment of Hudson River and coastwise trading ships will
be shown. Also (by courtesy of the New York Yacht
Club), a series of plates showing all the races for the
famous "America" Cup. The Club has shown great
interest in this work. The India House, through Mr.
Willard Straight, has also offered its cooperation and
the Peabody Museum of Salem has also placed many
rare prints at our disposal.

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