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M Fine Art Magazine for the Young.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1879 !

/ a liter twoyears' of prosperity, unexampled
a ~ the annals of Juvenile literature, dur.
ing winch ST. NICHOLAS has consolidated with
itseif AL It's strongest competitors. the publish
| ers mud, themselves. in a position to promise
that the bird Volume, beginning with the
number OF November, 1875, shall in its ,lnusi,.
Al atsfactiohs for Girls and Boys, surpass even
Inc preceding volumes. In addition. to con
| trhutl0ns from the first writer's of America
there will be Stories, Poems, and Sketches .i,y
| some of the Most Prominent En- glishs Authors
Arrangements have been made for . very in.
sefestins series OF papers On Windsor Castle =
" Mrs OaPhant, treating of its History and
the Child Life OF successive royal generations.
Chrlstina q. Rossetti will contribute to the
new volume. ..lsf $3.50 sssI
Louisa M. Ascott will write IN ariorie i Birth.
Lay ttifts. i.l.i other, short stories. 90
fVhe ARTICLES on Astronomy for Young peo-
PIE have been promised by the popular English
Astronomer, Richard Proctor. s9
lhere viii be continued storyof Life in
lef 81 M " So hazard =, Taylor
new Volume will begin an American So riaI sto,
~, THE BOY EMIGRANTS,s bv Nistll
BROOKS, giving the adventures of a narts sof
ool IN the California Gold Mines, in the early
days of the Gold Fever. TT -
!: T. Irowbridge. author of the Jack Haz-
ara stories, wTll contribute some highly IN
tefesung sketches Of adventure at BASS Cove.
j Vi, vi ALks WITH GIKIs,' by leading authors,
VIII ne z prominent feature, of the new volume
| Especial attention will also be given to Incl,
cents OF American History, with spirited pictvl
rial illustrations sSezsssss asai IS 4 isTsff,
he various departments. slack in the Pull
pit, he Riddle Box and Letter Boz, and
the pages tor Very Little Folks are to be
more attractive thaa ever. The French, Lat
~, and GeriHan stories, for translation Which
nave proved SO popular. will be fresnent in tie
new veiumes Some of the finest work of the
Greatest Painters Of the Century have been
engraved expressly Tor st Nicholas. and the
hfsf artists Of the day will contribute fresh and
original ORA wings tor this fine art Magazine,
ief the Young Ieiinite announcements. Of
many interesting and novel features viii be
fh:,ae in.the December number. st. Nicholas
VIII continue ufider the successful eGitofship
oi Mary Mapes Dodge, aud no efforts will he
spared by editor and pm hlishers tn maintain
aliu increase the attractions and value OF the
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These volumes begin with November. The
two now ready for 1874 and 1879 are elegantly
bound IN red and gold, and form the hand,
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November 1873, and either of the Volumes
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