The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-22
Something OF Interest to The Old
Folks, and to The Boys AMI Girls.

The Boston Journal, in a recent issue. says:
Picture TO yourself what magazine for chill
dren oughtIo be-how bright and winning I'm
contents, how pure and stimulating in teach
ing how resplendent with pictures, and then
turn over the pages ofst. Nicholas, and you win
md your ideal realized"
The Chicago lnter-Ocean says: 'tst. Nicholas
Is an institution OF which Young and Old
America are as proud as England is OF Punch.
souse without St. Nicholas" continues the
writer, "does not deserve TO own any boys and
girls; no dog should wag its little tail while
pressing Its nose through the area ratings; en-
phatically, we would observe that sheuld the
sun condescend 10 shine upon that house, hia
solar majesty would make big mistake"
The nrst volume of ST. Nicholas was a sur
prise even TO the public that had heartily well
coined II, number by number. Newspaper
critics expressed enthusiastic approval; chill
dren and parents were alike delighted and
eongratulatory letters from distinguish ed men
and women poured in upon the publishers and
editor. Charles Dudley Warner wrote: 81 do
not see how 1t can be made any better, and IL
children don't like 1t, ii is time to change the
kind OF children in this country" Whittier,
our great ct, wrote: alt is little to say of this
magazine that 1t is the best child's periodical
in the world" and words OF hearty commenda-
ton came across the ocean from such earnest
workers and popular fRvorites OF the young as
Geo. Macdonald, Christina Rossetti and Canon
Kingsley.
Beautifully bound, superbly illustrated, and
filled with good things from the best writers
dncluding three long serial stories), the first
volume OF st. Nicholas, complete in itself, is a
inner Christmas gift for girls and boys to-day
than any single book in the market, excepting
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1875.
which, with its magnificent pictures, its two
complete serials, and its innumerable shorter
stories, sketches, poems, fairy tales, rhymes
and jingles, bits OF wisdom, its French, German
and Latin stories-its Jun and It's puzzles, Jack
in-the-pulpit the Letter. box, etc, ETC.. is even
more superbly attractive.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1874 AND 1875, VOLS.
For the convenience of libraries, and because
many children find the two large volumes for
"a and rs rather bulky TO handle, we have had
these "a numbers bound in four elegant vol.
| mes, and inclosed in a neat box, under the
general ttleof
THE ST NICHOLAS LIBRARY
These four volumes are sold for s., being only
two dollars a volume-a beautiful and valuable
Christmas present for an entire family of young
.o.ks.
The New YORK Tribune says: ain the ava
lanche OF immoral literature that threatens the
children, some strong, vitality wholesome, and
really attractive magazine is required for them,
and st. Nicholas has reached higher platform,
| and commands for this service wider resources
in art and letters than any of its predecessors or
| contemporaries"
The Sunday School Times says: "a cleaner,
purer, more trustworthy periodical for children
can not be named. The magazine does not claim
to be religious but it is the side of all that Is
| true and good, from beginning to end"
| The religious press all over the country heart
| lily commends st. Nicholas, ard virtually echoes
the opinion of the New York Christian Union,
that it is "a delightful magazine for all children
between five and eighty-seYen."
Ut. NICHOLAS FOR 1873
Promises even greater attractions than ehe pre-
vious volumes. a strong feature OF the new
volume is an American serial story,
1.-THE BOY EMIGRA MS, - BY NOAH BROOKS.
| Giving the adventures OF party OF boys on
their long Journey across the plains, with vivid
portraiture OF their life in California during the
| days of the gold-fever. Mr.. Brooks brings to
this work, in addition to his well-known lite
raTy gifts, q thorough familiarity with the fea-
lures OF that wild country and the people than
hocking toward it. What he has to say Of them
| a
reality that enables the reader ts follow the
characters in their adventures with pc itive
sense Of companionship. The contagion OF the
: 'igod -fever;' the great difficulties and perils
| plains and mountains, aud finally the adven-
turous half civilized, and yet, in certain rude
way, poetic lie in the mines of talifornia, are
all described with wonderful truthfulness and
skill. Add to this the elevated tone pervading
the work, and the Irresistible attraction which
such narrative possesses for boys, and the
| value of this stirring, healthy serial becomes
evident.
There Is to be another and shorter serial Oe-
ginning In January and running through three
mum bers:
"JoN OF ICELAND" BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
A delightfully."- vivid story of an Icelandic
boys career, full of incidents, which could hap-
pen In no other country, and graphically touch
Ing upon the customs, lie, and general features
of that strange land.
The best general reading for boys and girls Is
insured by q list OF present and promised con-
tributors, among whom are:
william Cullen Bryant, George Macdonald
Christina Rossetti, Louisa NJ. Alcott, ]. I. Trow-
bridge T. b. Aldrich, Euzabeth stuart Phelps
Abby Morton DiaZ, Harriet Prescott Spof0gd
Donald q. Mitchell II. H, Edmund G. Stedman
Lucy Larcom, Charles Dudley Warner, Bret
| Harte, Frank r. Stockton, Elizabeth Akers
| IT.. w.
r. A. Proctor, Mrs OH liant and the Rev. Ed
ward Eggleston.
Special papers are secured or promised, viz:
| Astronomy for Young Folks lProf. Proctor);
Chapters on Windsor Castle and English His
tory Mrs Glinhanf. Talks WITH Girls Mrs A