Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-12-27
st. Nicholas.

The third volume of this incompatible
Magazine is now completed. With its eight
hundred royal octave pages, and its six hun
dred illustrations, its splendid serials, its
shorter stories, poems, and sketches, ETC.,
ETC., in lis beautiful binding Of red ana gold
it is the most splendid gift book for boys
aud girls ever issued from the press. Price,
"a; in full gilt, S.,
'.Sr NICHOLAS is full Of the choicest things
The publication is, in all respects the bes Of its
kind. We have mever yet seen a number that
acas not surprisingly good. The Churchman,
Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877,
which opens with November, 1876, begins
short and very entertaining serial from the
French, "The Kingdom of the Grsedy,' q
story adapted to the Thanksgiving Season.
Another serial, OF absorbing interest to
boys,
HIS OWN MAsrEE,"
By ]. T. 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 illustra-
tons, of the Oriental sports, With drawings
by the Siamese artists, THE CHRISTMAS HoLI-
DAY NUMBER OF TIE ST. NICHOLAS, .supeTbiV
illustrated, contains very interesting
paper,
THE BOYS OF NY BoYHooD."
BY William Cullen Bryant: "Ths Horse
HOTEL a lively article, by Charles a. Bar
nard, splendidiy illustrated; /" The Clock in
the Sky," by Richard A. Proctor; a
Christmas Play for. Homes or Sunday
schools by D.. Eggleston; "Ths Peterkins'
Christmas Tree" by Lucrs,ia P. Hale;
Poetry and Carols Of Winter" by Lucy
Larcom, with pictures.
Do NOT FAIL TO BUY ST. NICHOLAS FOR THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. 4,
During ths year there will be interesting
papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant,
John G. Whittier, Thomas Hughes, Will
liam Hewitt, DIR. Holland, George Mac
Donald, Sanford B. liant, Frank R. Stock
ton and Others.
There will be stories, sketches, and poems,
Of special interest to girls, by Harriet Pres
colt Spodord, Susan Coolidge, Sarah Winter
Kellogg, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louisa
Alcott, Lucretia P. Hale, Celia Tha1ter,
Mary Mapss Dodge, and many Others.
Thera will be also
TWELVE SKY PIorUREs,
BY Professor Proctor, the Astronomer, with
maps showing a. The Stars OF Each Month, =
which will BE- likely to surpass in interest
any series on popular science recently given
10 the public.
AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, with FUN
AND FRoLc, and WIT AND WISDOM, will be
mingled as heretofore, and st. Nicholas will
continue to dsligh. tbs 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 OF
Scribners press. all the articles, whether
id prose or rhyme, are throbbing with vi
tality. = The literature and ar
.is.ic illustrations are both superb"
The London ioil Duly Nous says: I" We wish
we oonla point ont its eelal in e,,- eFe Pc
riodical literature"
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
To meet the demand for cheaper ST.
Nicholas Gift Book, the price Of vels. I and
ii has been reduced to So each. The three
volumes, in an elegant library case, are sold
for $40 tin full gilt, $50, SO that all may
give their children compl steset. These
volumes contain more attractive material
than fifty dollars worth Of the ordinary
chiidren's books. "a
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