Middletown transcript., 1876-12-30
ST. NICHOLAS.

"Thc King OF all Publications issued
| for the Young ON either side Of the At
fanttC.''- Southampton fnytundt 6tscrrer 777z.7
The third volume of this incompatible Mag
| azine is now completed With its eiehthun-
dred royal octave pages, and its six hundred
Illustrations its splendid serials, its shorter
stories, poems and sketches, etc., in its beau
tiful binding OF red and gold, it is the most
splendid gift-book for boys and girls ever is
sued from the press. Price, $4; in full gilt So
'Sr. NICHOLAS is full Of the choicest thisgs.
The publication u.s. in all respects the best Of its
kind. We haze neuer get seen a xamber that pas
not surprisingly good't-The Churchman,
Hartford, Conn. siss4ss .ss's
ST. NICHOLAS for 1877,
Which opens with November, 1876, begins
short and 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 Master,
By ]. 7. THowBRIDGE, Pas
author of the Jack Hazard Stories !" begins in
the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMBER
Besides serial Stories Christmas stories,
etc., the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMBER
of 81. Nicholas. superbly illustrated, contains
a very interesting paper,
"The Boys Of My Boyhood, "
By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANr;
"The Horse Hotel" lively article. BY Chas.
A. Barnard, spleudidly illustrated; "The
Clock in the Sky,'' by Richard A. Proctor;
"a Christmas Play for Homes or Sunday
Schools" by DR.. Eggles'on eThe Peterkins'
Christmas Tree" by Lucretia p Hale s.Poe-
try and Carols of Winter" by Lucy Larcom,
With pictures.
DO Not Fail to Buy st. Nicholas for
the Christmas Holidays, price 25c.
During the year there will 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,
ofspecial interest to girls, by Harriet Prescott
Spotford, Susan Coolidge, Sarah Winter Kel-
logg, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louisa Alcott,
Sucretia P. Hale, Celia Thaxter, Mary Mapes
Dodge, and many others. There will be also
Twelve Sky Pictures"
By PROFESSOR PRocroR the Astronomer,
with maps showing s'The Stars of Each
Month";" which will be likely to surpass in
interest any series on popular science recently
given to the public.
THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD SAYS:
"zhere is no magazine for the young that can
be said to equal this choice production of ScRIB-
sER's press. AU the articles, sohether in prose
or rhyme, are nrobbing With pitaiity. =
The literature and artistic illustrations are both
superb"
The London Daily News says: +" We wish zoe
could point out its equal in our o0n periodical
literdture."
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
To meet the demand for cheaper Sr
NICHOLAS Gft-Book, the price Of vols and II
has been reduced to So EACH The three vol
nmes, in an elegant library case, are sold for
BIO lin full gilt, $l5), SO that all may give
heir children complete set. These volumes
contain more attractive material than fifty dol
ars' worth Of the ordinary children's books.
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