Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-29
SOMETHING Of INTEREST.
To the Old Folks, and for the
Rows and Girls.

To the Old Folks, and for the
Boys and Girls.
The Boston Journal, in recent issue,
saws: "P,cture to Yourself what maga-
zine for children ought to below bright
and winning in contenta, how pure and
stimulating In teaching, how resplendent
with pictures, and then turn over the pages
of st. Nicholas, and yon will find yuur
ideal realized"
The CIicaqo Inter Ocean says. "Si.
Nicholas is an institution Of which Young
and Old America are as proud as England
is Of Punch. A house without st. Nich-
olas, continues the writer, t'does not de-
serve to own any boys and girls; no dog
should wag his little tail while pressing ita
nose through the area ratings emphat
ically, we would say that should the sun
condsecend to shine upon that house. his
solar majesty would make big mistake
The first volume Of st. Nicholas WAS a
surprise even to tho public that had heart
ily welcomed It, number by number
Newspaper critics expressed enthusiastic
approval: childron and parents were alike
delighted, and congratulatory letters from
distinguished men and women poured in
upon the publishers and editor. Charles
Uudley Warner wrote: III do not see how
il can be made any better, and il children
don't like il, II is time to change the kind
Of children in this conntry;" Whittiey.
our great poet, wrote: "It lie little to say
OF this magazine that il is the best child's
periodical in the world" and words Of
hearty commentator came across the
ocean from such earnest workers and pop
Mar favorites Of the young as Geo. Mac
donald, Christina Rossetti, and Can
on Kingsley.
Beautifully bound, snperbly illustrated.
and filled with good things from the best
writer's Gnclndiag three long serial stories),
the first volume Of st. Nicholas, complete
in itself. is o finer Christmas GIFT for girls
aud boys to-day than any single book in
the market, excepting
81. Nicholas for 1875,
Which, with its magnificent pictures, its
two complete serials, and its innnmsrable
shorter stories, sketches, poems, fairy
tales, rhymes, iingles. tits al wisdom, its
French, German and Latin stories its fun
and its puzzles, Jack -in.the pulpit, the Let
taT-box. &C., &C., is even more snperbly
attractive.
st. Nicholas for 1874 and
1878, 4 Vols.
For the convenience of libraries, and be-
cause many children find the two large
volumes for "a and rs rather bulky TO
handle, we have had these twenty-iour
numbers bound 10 four elegant rolunes,
and enclosed in a neat box, under the zen.
eral title OF the
The st. Nicholas Library.
These ionr volumes are sold for IS, be-
ing only two dollars volume beauti-
fnl and valuable present for an entire fsmi.
~ Of yonng folks.
The NeW York Tribune says SIN
the avalanche Of immoral literature that
threatens the children. some strong, vitality
wholesome, and really attractive magazine
is required for them, and Sc. Nicholas has
reached higher platform, and commands
ful this service wider resources in art and
letters, than any Of its predecessors or con.
teMporaries'
The Sunday School Times esys; "a
cleaner, pnrer, more trust worthy periodic.
al Tor children cannot be named. The
magazine does not claim to be religious,
but 1t is on the eide of all that is trns and
good from beginning to end
The religious press all over the country
heartily commends st. Nicholas, and virtn-
ally echoes the opinion Of the New York
ca istsan Union, that it Ia "a delightful
magazine for all children between five and
eighty-seven."
St. Nicholas for 1876
Promises even greater attractions than the
previons volumes. A strong feature of the
new volume is all American SERIAL story,
"The Boy Emigrants," by
Noah Brooks.
Giving the adventures Of party Of boys
on their long Journey across the plains.
with vivid portrsiture OF their "Life in
California during the days Of the Gold-le.
YER" Mr.. Brooks brings to this work, in
addition 10 his well known literary gifts,
thorough familiarity WITH the features OF
that wild country and the people flocking
toward it. What he has to say Of them is
pervaded with anbtle and intense SAVIOR
OF reality that enables the reader to follow
the characters in their adventures with a
positive sense Of companionship. The
contaeion of the "gold.feyer = the great
difficulties and perils which bsleaguered
their journey ACROSS the plains and noun
tains, and finally the adventurous, half
civilized. and yet, in certain rude way
poetic life in the mines of California. ar.
all described with wonderful trnthfulness
and skill. Add Ia thia the elevated tone
pervading the work. aud the irresistible
attraction which snch a narrative possesses
for boys, and the value of this stirring.
healthy serial becomes evident.
There is to bs another and shorter seri-
al, beginning in January and running
through three numbers:
sion, of Iceland, by Bayard
Taylor.
A delightfully."- vivid story Of an Iceland
&c boys career, full OF incidents. which
could happen in no other country. and
graphically touching upon the customs,
lie, and general features of that strange
land.
The best general reading for bows and
girls Is insured by list Of present and
promised Contributor among whom are
William Cailen Etyant. Georss Mac
i0naM, Christina Itossetti, Louisa M. Al
Dqtt j. +. Trowtfidgc, 4. ID Aldrich.
Elizabeth Stuart Fhelphs. ABBY Morton
Dias, Harriet Prescott SPofIord, Donald q.
Mitchell, ~ III, Enmnnd q. aStadmap.
Lucy Larcom, Charles Dudley Warner.
Bret HaTte, Frank r. Stockton. Elizabeth
a kers Allen. 4. W. Iligginson, Lucretia +.
Hale, Prof. Il. A. Proctor, Mrs. Oliphant.
and Rev. Edward Eggleston.
Special papers are secnreds.or promised.
VIZ: "Aatronomy for Young Folks" PROT.
Proctor); Chapters on Windsor Castle
md English History, (Mrs. Oliphantl
TALKS with 'Girls' Mrs. A. d. Il. Whit,
ney, II. H., Lonisa nj. Alcott. susan Cool.
dee, and Mrs. Dodge) "I.ittls House
keepers Pages Marion Hsrlsnd, author
y Common Sense In the Household").
Also, "lncidents of American History.
Tactical Handwork for Boys and Girls.
sketches Of Adventure and Travel, Fairy
Tales, and Stories Of Home Lile.s A
Young Contributors' department IL to be
dded to the well-known, and approved
regular Features and, in short, the Mag
zine Will be made a. uaSful, lively, and
Entertaining - the pureSt and hest writer's
nd artists can make ID.
Some Of the Finest Works Of the great
'ainters have been engraved for st. Mich.
laR, and its illustrations for 1875 will sur.
'aas anything ever yet attempted in .Juv-
nile literature.
300 q year; $4.OO for bound
volumes.
We will send the the magazine one year,
eglnning November, 1876, and either of
no Two bound volumes a above, postpaid.
u woo: or subscription one year and
ne two bound volumes for $1,000. The