Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-27
Magazines.
Alagazines.
SOMETHING Of INTEREST TO THE
OLD FOLKS, AND TO THE BOYS
ANN fsIRIN.

iThc Boston JOnrna1, in q recent issue,
says Picture to yourself what m'gaz ne for chill
dren ought to be-how bright and winning In con- |
tents, how pure AMI stimulating in teaching, how
resplendent with pictures and then turn over the
pages OF ST. NICHOLAS AMI you will find your ideal
realized.
The Chicago Intcr-Ocean, says: ST.
NICHOLAS is an institution of which Young and Old
America are as proud as England is of Punch.
house without ST. NICHOLAS" continues the writer,
"does not deserve to own any boys and girls no
dog should wag is little tail while pressing Its nose
through the area ratings emphatically, we would
observe that should the sun condescend to shine
upon that house, his solar maj ssty would make a
big mistake
THE FIRST voLuMs OF ST NfcuoLIs was sur
prise even to the public that had heartily welcomed
it, number by number. Newspaper critics express
ed enthusiastic approval; children and parents
were alike delighted, and congratu.atory letters
from distinguished men and women poured In
upon the publishers and editor. Charles Dud-
ley warner wrote q 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, or great poet wrote: at ID
little to say of this magazine that 1t is the best
| child's periodical in the world +" and words OF
/ hearty commentator came across the ocean from
such earnest workers and popular favorites of the
young as Geo. Macdonald, Christina
| Rosseiti, and Canon Kingsley.
Beautifully bound, superbly illustrated, and flied
| with good things from the b st writer's Qn:uding
three long serial st0rles,l the fret volume OF ST.
NICHOLAS complete in i,s.lf, Is finer Christmas
gift for girls and boys to-day, than any single book
In the market, excepting
NJ Nicholas for 1873,
Which, with its magnificent pictures, lis two ct m
plete serials and its innumeraele shorter stories
sketches, poems, fairy tales, rhymes and jlnges
bits of wisdom, Its Fren h, g G'rman and Latin
stories-ts fun and its puzzles, Jaek.in-the- pulpit
Letter-box, &c, &c., is even NOR. supeibly ut
{ tractiye.
st. Nicholas Tor 1874 ana 1875, Vols
/ | For the convenience OF libraries and because
, many children ind the two large volumes for u
and rs rather bulky to handle, we have had the 81
| twenty -four numbers bound IN fOnr eleRnn
| vol os, and inoiosed in neat box under tn
n general title OF
The ST. Nicholas Library.
These four volumes are s1d It IS, being oni
| two dollars q volume-a beautiful and ya'uabl
| Chrstma3 present for an entire family OF youn
% | folks.
The New-Y0rk Tribune lays: In tn
avalanche OF immoral literature that threatens TIL
/. children some strong vitality wholesome, and rea
10 ly attractive magazine is required for them, al
Z, ST. NICHOLAS has reached higher platform, an
=. commands for this service wider resources in al
. and letters t. an any OF its predecessors or col
temporaries."
D. The Sunday-SchOoi Times says
cleaner, purer, mo.e trustworthy periodical II
Il children cannJt he named. The magazine do
not claim TO be religions, but 1t is on the side OF
that is true and good. from beginning u end"
O. The religious press all over the country heart
or commends ST N'caoI.As, and virtually ech,es Il
i'll opinion of the New York Christian Union, that 1t
at "a DELIGHTFUL MAGAZINE FOR ALL CHILDREN D
in | TWEEN FIVE AND EIGHTY. EVEN
ar ST. Nicholas for 1876
~ Promises even greater attractions THAI The pl
ul vious volumes. strong feature of the nj
volume is an American serial story,
IN, 1.-THE BOY EMIGRAkTS."