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ST. NICHOLAS.


wThc King OF All Publications Issued
for the Young ON Either Side OF the
Atlantic. ~ southampton (EEgiGad) 90
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The tbird volume of this incompatible
Nagazine is now completed. With its
SOO royal octave pages, and its 600 illus
frations 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, Sii
in full gilt, So.
"ST. NICHOLAS is full of the choicest
things The publication IS, in all respects,
the best Of its kind. We have Eeyer yet
seen number that was not surprisingly
good. The Churchmda, Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1871,
Which opens with November, 1876, be-
gins a short and very entertaining serial
from the French, 1.-The Kingdom Of the
Gre, DIV" a story adapted to the Thanks
giving season. Another serial, OF absorb
ing interest to boys,
his OWN MASTER" BY j. T. TROw-
BRIDGE,
author of the Jack Hazard Stories, F" be-
gins in the Christmas Holiday Number.
Besides serial stories, Christmas stories,
/ lively sketches, poems and pictures fOrthe
/ holidays, and some astonishing lliustra-
tions OF Oriental sports, with drawings by
/ Siamese artists, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
| NUMBER OF ST. NICHOLAS, Superbly Illus
trated, contains a very interesting paper,
"THE BOYS OF MY BOYHOoD," By WILLIAM
CULLEN BRYANT;
d" The Horse Hotel" lively article, by
Charles \ Barnard, splendidly illustrated;
"The Clock in the Sky" By Richard \.
Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Homes or
Sunday-Schools," by DR.. EgglestOn;
THE Petcrkins' Christmas Tree by
Lucretia p. Hale; Poetry and Carols
of Winter" by Lucy Larcom, with pict-
ureS.
Do NOT FAIL To BUY ST. NICHOLAS FOR THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. PRICE p CENTS.
During the year there will be interest
| ing papers for boys, by William Cullen
| Hughes, William Hewitt. DIR. Holland,
/ George Macdonald Sanford B. Hunt,
/ Frank r. Stockton, and others.
| There will he stories, sketches, and
poems, of special interest to girls, by Har-
riet Prescott SpofIord, Susan Coolidge,
! Sarah Winter Kellogg, 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 frolic, 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 pro-
/ duction of Scribner's press. All the
articles, whether in prose or rhyme, are
/ throbbing with vitality. The
literature and artistic illustrations are both
/ superb"
The London Duly Nelcs says: eve
wish we could point out its equal in our
own periodical literature"
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
To meet the demand for a cheaper ST.
/ NICHOLAS Gift-BOok, the price of vols. 1
and III has been reduced to 50 each. The
! three volumes, in an elegant library case,
/ are sold for so Gin full gilt, SO so that
/ all may give their children a complete set
! These volumes contain more attractive
| material than fifty dollars worth of the
ordinary children's books.
Subscription price, So ayear. The three
] bound volumes and a subscription for this
wear, only $12. Subscribe with the near
/ est newsletter, or send money in check, or
/ z. o. money order, or in registered letter, to
SCRIBNER & Co., 743 Broadway, NY.