Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-14
ST. NICHOLAS.

1.-The king of all publications issued
for the young on either side of the Atlantic
Southampton (England) Observer.
The third volume of this incompatible
Magazine is now completed. With its eight
hundred royal octayo pages, and its six hundred
illustrations, its splendid serials, its shorter
stories, poems, and sketches, etc., ETC., in its
beautiful binding of red and gold, it is the
most splendid gift-book for boys and girls
ever issued from the press. Price, q; in full
gilt, s..
est. Nicholas is full OF the choicest things
The publication is, in all respects, the best o
its kind. We have never yet seen a number
that was not surprisingly good" ."-The Church
man, Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877,
which opens with November, 1876, begins a
short and very entertaining serial from the
French, "The Kingdom Of the Greedy" a
story adapted to the Thanksgiving season
Another serial, of absorbing interest to boys,
''H1s OWN MAsrER,''
Hazard Stories" begins in the Christmas holi-
day number. Besides serial stories, Christ
mas stories, lively sketches, poems and pic
lures for the holidays, and some astonishing
illustrations Of oriental sports, with drawings
by Siamese artists, the Christmas holiday
number of St. Nicholas, superbly illustrated,
contains very interesting paper,
''rHE BOYS OF NY BoYHooD,"
by William Cullen Bryant; 'The Horse Ho-
tel," lively article, by Charles A. Barnard,
splendidly illustrated; "The Clock in the
Sky" by Richard A. Proctor "a Christmas
Play for Homes or Sunday Schools" by DR..
Eggleston; ssThe Peterkins' Christmas Tree
by Lucretia P. Hale; ''Poetry and Carols Of
Winter" by Lucy Larcona, with pictures.
DO NOT Fan. TO BUY ST. NICHOLAS FOR THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
During the year there viii be interesting
papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant,
John G. Whittier, Thomas Hughes, William
H~itt, Dr.. Holland, George Macdonald, San
ford B. Hunt, Frank r. Stockton, and others
There will be stories, sketches. and poems, Ct
special interest to girls, by Harriet Prescott
Spoford, Susan Coolidge, Sarah Winter Kel
logg, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louisa Alcott,
Lucretia P. Hale, Celia Thaxter, Mary Mapes
Dodge, and many others. There will be also
TWELVE SKY PICTURES"
by Professor Proctor, the Astronomer, with
maps, showing "The Stars OF Each Month"; -
which will be likely to surpass in interest any
series on popular science recently given to
the public.
Amusement and instruction, with fun and
rolic, and wit and wisdom, will be mingled
as heretofore, and ST.. NICHOLAS will continue
to delight the young and give pleasure to the
old.
THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD SAYS:
'There is no magazine for the young that
can be said to equal this choice production ot
Scribner's press. All the articles. whether in
prose OF rhyme, are throbbing with vitality.
Il II Il The literature and artistic illus
trations are both superb"
The London Daily News says: ''We wish
We could point out its equal in our own peri
odical literature.''
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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NICHOLAS Gift Book, the price ct vols. and
II has been reduced to g each. The three
volumes, in an elegant library case, are sold
for go lin tull gilt, el5), so that all may give
their children complete set. These VOL
umes contain more attractive material than
fifty dollars worth Of the ordinary children's
books.
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