Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-15
ST. NICHOLAS! /!


The king OF all publications issued for the
Toung on bOth sides OF the Atlantic"
Southampton (E5lgiandD Observer
The third volume Of this incompatible Maya
zineis now comp 'eted. With its 500 royal octa-
vo pages ano lie coo Illustrations, its splendid
serials It's shorter stories, poems. sketches, etc.
etc In itE beauti fU binding Of red and gold II is
the most speHdid gift-boOk for bore and girls ever
issued from the press Price, $4.OO; in full gilt,
$500.
ST. NICHOLAS is suH Of the choicest things
The publication Is in all respects the best of its
kind We have never yet seen 8 number that was
The GiSrrchnaa, Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS FOB 1877.
Which opens with November, 1876, begins a
short very entertaining serial from the French
The Kingdom OF the Greedy" story adapted
to the Thanksgiving season. Another serial of
absorbing interest to boys,
HIS OWN MASTERY
by J. T. Trowbridge. author of the Jack Hazard
Stories" begins in the Christmas Holiday Num-
Der.
Besides serial stories, Christmas s'ories. lively
sketehes. poems and pictures for the Holidays;
snd some astonishing Illustrations OF oriental
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMBER OF ST
NICHOLAS, superbly illustrated, contains very
interesting paper,
THE BOYS OF MY BOYHOOD,n
by William Cullen Bryant: The Horse HOTEL"
n
lastrated; The Clock in the Sky" by Richard
A. Proctor; - A Christmas Play for Homes OF
Sunday Schools" by DR.. Eagleston - The Peter
kin's Christmas Tree by T.ucretia P Hale,
Poetry and Carols of Winter 5y Lucy Larcom,
with pictures.
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Price 25 cents
During the year there viii be interesting papers
for boys, by William Cullen Bryant. John &.
Whittier, Thomas Hughes. William Hewitt, Dr.
Holland George Macdonald, Sanford b. Hunt,
Frank R. Stockton and others
There will be stories, sketches and poems OF
special interest to girls. BY Harriet Prescott Spo
ford Susan Coolidge, sarah Winter Kellogg.
P Hale. Celia Thsxier, Mary Mapes Dodge, and
many others. There will be also
TWELVE SKY PICTURES.o
by Prof PROCTOR, the Astronomer. with Maps
showing The Stars of the Month, (" which will be
likely to surpass in interest any series on pOpu-
lar science recently given to the public.
AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION with
FUN AND FROLIC, and WIT and WISDOM.
viii be mingled as hefetofore, and ST. NICHOLAS
will continue to delight the young and give pleas
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The London Daily Neacs says, I'VE wish we
could point out its equal in our own periodical
literature"
Good News for Boys and Girls!
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