Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-21
4tlaeasints.
SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO THE
OLD FOLKS, AND TO THE BOYS
AND GIRLS,

eThe HOstOn Journal, in a recent ISSUE
says Picture to Jurself what magaz ne for chill
dren ought to below bright and winning In con-
tents, now pure ani stimulating in teaching, how
resplendent with pictures, and then turn over the
pages OF ST. NICHOLAS AMI you Will lnd your ideal
realized
The Chicago Inter-0ccan, eays: ST.
NICHOLAS Is an institution OF which Young and Old
America are as proud as England is of runch. A
house without ST. NICHOLAS" continues the writer
"does not serve to own any boys and girls no
dog should wag Its little tail while pressing It's nose
ihrough the area ratings emphatcally, we would
observe thlt should the sun condescend to shine
upon that house, his solar m4j sty would make
big mistake
THE FIRST vOLuAg OF ST NiCaOii. was a sur.
prise even to the public that had heartily welcomed
H. number by number Newspaper critics express
ed enthusiastic approval; children and parents
were alike delighted, and congratu atory letters
FRO distinguished men AMI women poured In
upon the publishers and editor Charles Dud-
ley Warner wrote - do not see how 1t can
be made any better, and II children don't like It, 1t
Is time 10 change the kind Of children in this coun
try" whittier, oar great poet, wrote "It Is
little TO say of this magazine that 1t is the best
childs periodical in the world - and words of
such earnest workers and popular favorites of the
young as Geo. Macdonald, Christina
R0ssetti, and Canon Kingsley.
Beautifully bound, superby illustrated, and llled
with good things from the b7st writers Qncludipg
three long serial stores.) the drst volume of ST.
NICHOLAS. complete in itself, is liner Christmas
gift for girls and boys to-day, than any single book
in the market, excepting
~. Nicholas for 1875.
Which, with its magnificent lietures its two c. M
pete serials and its inrumerable thcrter stories,
Sketches roems. fairy tales, rhymes and jingles,
bits OF wisdom, Its Fren h, German and Latin
stofes-ts fun and its puzzles Jae k.ln-the-pulplt,
Letter-box, &G., &C., is even more supeIhy at
tractive.
81. Nicholas FOR 1874 and 1875, 4 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
twenty-four numbers bound in four elegant
volumes, AMI inclosed in neat box under the
general title OF
The ST. Nicholas Library.
These four volumes are sold for fs, being only
two dollars yolume-a beautiful and valuable
Christmas present for an entire family of younl
| folks.
The NeW-Y0rk Tribune Gays: I'm the
avalanche OF immoral literature that threatens thu
children, some strong, vitality Wholesome, and real
| Y attractive magazine Is repaired for them, ant
| ST. NICHOLAS has reached higher platform, ant
commands for tha service wider resources in ar
and letters, t. an any of its predecessors or con
| temporaries."
EThe Sunday-SchOOl Times says: A
| cleaner purer, more trustworthy periodical fel
| children cannJt be named. The magazine doe
not calm TO be regio IS, but 1t is the side OF al
that is true and good. from beginning to end"
| Y he religious press all over the country hearth,
comnend' ST NICOLAS, and virtually ech1es the
opinion OF the New York Christian Union that 1t Il
"a DELIGHTFUL MAGAZINE FOR ArI CHILDREN BE
TWEEN FIVE AND EIGHTY-s EVEN
81. Nicholas for 1875
| Promises even greater at'ra tons than the pre-
| vious volumes. strong feature of the new