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ST. NICHOLAS.
"The King of All Publicat ions Issued
for the Young on Either Side OF the
AIlantic.s' - southampton tEngland) %


for the Young on Either Side OF the
Atlantic.'-- southampton (Emgland) %
seroer.
The third volume of this incompatible
Magazine is now completed With its
500 royal octave pages, and its 600 Illus
tratons, its splendid serials, its shorter
stories, poems, and sketches, etc, etc, in
it, leautiful binding of red and gold, it Is
the most splendid gift-bo for boys and
girls ever issued from the press. Price, 81;
in full gilt, 50.
est. NICHOLAS Is full Of the choicest
things. The publication is, in all respects,
seen number that was not surprisingly
good. THE Chatrchmaa, Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877,
Which opens with November, 1875, be-
gins short and very entertaining serial
from the French, THE Kingdom of the
Greedy" a story adapted to the Thanks
giving season Another serial, OF absorb
ing interest To boys,
Ibis OWN MASTER" BY J. I. TROw.
BRIDGE,
author of the Jack Hazard Stories" be.
gins in the Christmas Holiday Number
Besides serial stories, Christmas stories,
lively sketches, poems and pictures for tho
holidays, and some astonishing illustra-
tions OF Oriental sports, with drawings by
Siamese artists, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
NUMBER OF ST. NICHOLAS, superbly Illus
tratcd, contains very interesting paper,
"THE BOYS OF MY BoYHOoD." by WILLIAM
CULLEN BRYANT;
"Thc Horse Hotel" a lively article, by
Charles A. Barnard, splendidly illustrated;
1.-The Clock in the Sky" by Richard A.
Proctor; IA Christmas Play for Homes or
Sunday Schools by DR.. Eggleston;
"The Peterkins' Christmas Tree" by
Lucretia p. Hale; Poetry and Carols
of Winter" by Lucy Larcom, with pict
ares.
DO NOT FAIL TO BUY ST. NICHOLAS FOR TuD
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During the year there will be interest
ing papers for boys, by William Cullen
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Hughes, William Hewitt, DR.. Holland,
George Macdonald, Sanford Is. Hunt,
Frank X. Stockton, and others
There will be stories, sketches, and
poems, Of special interest to girls by Ifar-
riet Prescott SpofIord, Susan Coolidge,
Sarah Winter Kellogg, Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, Louisa Alcott, Lucretia II. Hale,
Celia Thaxter, Mary Mapes Dodge, and
many others. There will be also
"TwELyE SKY PICTURES" BY PROFESSOR
PROCTOR, THE ASTRONOMER
with maps, showing 1.-THE Stars of Each
Month" which viii be likely 10 surpass
in interest any series on popular science
recently given to the pablo.
Amusement and instruction, with fun
and frolic, and wit and wisdom, will be
mingled as heretofore, and ST.. NICHOLAS
viii continue to delight the young and
give pleasure to the old.
THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD SAYS:
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articles, whether in prose or rhyme are
throbbiug with vitality. The
literature and artistic illustrations are both
superb"
The London Dafly Ne,os says: 1--WE
wish we could point out it, equal in our
own periodical literature"
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
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These volumes contain more attractive
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