Litchfield enquirer., 1876-12-07
St. Nicholas.

'The King of all publications issued for the young on either side of the Atlantic. Southampton [EMg tand) ObserUeT. s7> The third volume of this incompatible Magazine is now completed. With it's eight hundred royal octave pages, and it's six hundred illustrations it's splendid serlais It's shorter stores poes and sketches etc., etc., Tn its beautiful binding of red and gold 1t is the most splendid gtbook for boys and girls issued rom the press. Price $4; Tn full gilt, s. ''St. Nicholas is full of the choicest things The publication is in all respects the best of it's kind. We nave never yet seen number that not surprising " gooo."-Ihe Churchnan, Hartford, Conn.
 St. Nicholas for 1877, Which opens with November 1876 begins
 short and very entertaining serial from the French, 1.-The Kingdom of the Greedy" story adapt ed to the Thanksgiving Another serial ab sorbing interest to boys,
 '.Hts own Taster,'' By Trowbridge, author of the "Jack Hazard Stories" begins in the Christmas Holiday Number
 Besides serial stories, Christmas stories, lively sketches, poems and pictures for the holidays, and some astonishing illustrations of Oriental sports th drawings by Siamese artists, the Christmas Holiday Number of St. Nicholas superbly illustrated contains
 ''The BOys OT My BOynOOd,0
 By William Cullen Bryant;
 The Horse Hotel" lively article, by Charles 4. Bar nard, splendidly iustrated rhe Clock in the Sky" by Richard A. Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Homes or Sunday Schools, by Dr. Eggleston ''The Peter kins' Christmas Tree, by Lucretia P. Hale; "Poetry ana Carols or Wlntef, Dy Lucy 1arco,Wltn pactufes Do Not Fail to Buy St. Nicholas for
 the Christmas Holidays.
 Price 25 Gents, During year there will be interesting papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant, John G Whittier. Thomas Hughes, William Hewitt, Dr. Holland. George MacDonad Sanford B. Hunt, Frank R. Stockton. and others.
 There will be stories, sketches, and poems of spe- cial interest to grs by Harriett Prescott Spoord, Susan Coolidge. Sarah Winter Kellogg, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louisa AlcOtt Lucretia Hale, Celia Thaxter, Mary Mapes Dodge, and many others. There will be also
 "TwelVe Sky PictuFes.0
 By Prof. Proctor, the Astronomer, with maps; showing teThe Stars of Each Month 7 which will be likely to surpass in interest any on popular science recently given to the public.
 AMUsEdENT and INSTRUCTION, with FUN and FRoLIC and Wrr and WISDOM, will be mingled as heretofore and St. Nicholas will continue to odelight the young and give pleasure to therold. Y
 THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD says:
 '.There is no magazine for the young that can bt said to equal this choice production of Scribnert press. All the articles whether in prose or rhyme are throbbing with vitality. The lit erature and artistic ilustratsons both superb"
 The London Daily News says: 'We wish we could point out it's equal in our own periodical hterature.
 GOOD NEWS for BOYS and GIRLS.
 To meet the demand for cheaper St. Nicholas Gif Book the price of voluess and II has been reduced to $3 each The three volumes, in elegant library case sold for $10 n full giit $15 that all may give their children complete set These volumes contain more attractive material than fifty dollars worth of the ordinary childrens books. r& umes and subscription for this year, ony SIP sub scribe with the nearest newsdealer, send money in check money order, or in registered letter to S6 SCRIBNER < CO.,. 743 Broadway. Y.