The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-14
ST. NICHOLAS.

FOR THE YOUNG on EITHER SIDE OF THE AT
LANT1o."- Southampton (Engvdnd) Observer.
The third volume of this incompatible
Magazine is now completed. With it's eight
hundred royal octave pages, and its six hun
dred illustrations, its splendid serials, Its
shorter stories, posl ls and sketches, etc., otc,
in Its beautiful bin ling Of red and gold, It is
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"ST. NICHOLAS is full Of The choicest things.
The publication is, in all respects, the best Of
its kind. We haze nerer get seen a number
that 'cas not surprisingly good. The Church.
man, Hartford, Conn.
ST. NICHOLAS for 1877,
which opens with November, 1876, begins
A SHORT AND VERY ENTERTAINING SERIAL
FROM THE FRENCH, "THE KINGDOM OF TuR
GREEDY A sTonY ADAPTED TO THE THANKS.
interest TO boys,
%"HIs OWN MASTER"
BY L. TnowBR1paE.
auator cf the "Jao1; Hazard S,ories," begins
Besides serial stories, Christmas stories,
lively sketches, poems and pictures for the
holidays, and some astonishing illustrations of
Oriental sports, with drawings by siamese
artists, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMBER OF
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very interesting paper,
"THE BOYS OF MY BOYHooD,"
no WILLIAM CrJJrN RpyINr,
"The Horse Hotel" lively article, by Charles
A. Barnard, splendidly illustrated; "Ths Clock
in the Sky" by Richard a. Proctor; "a Christ
mas Play for Homes or sunday-schools, )" BY
DR.. Eggleston; "The Peterkins' Christmas
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Carols Of Winter" by Lucy Larcom, with pic
lures.
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ohers.
There will be stories, sketches, and poems,
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oorr SPoFToRD, SUSAN COOLIDGE, SARAH VIM.
TER KELLOGG, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
LOUISA ALoorT, LUoRETIA P. HALE, CELIA
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others. There will be also
"TwELvE SKY PICTURES"
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with maps. showing "The Stars of Each
Month";" which will be likely to snrpass in in
terest any series on popular science recently
given to the public.
AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, with FUN AND
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as heretofore, and ST. NICHOLAS will continue
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old.
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The literature and artistic illustrations
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The London Daily News ssys: /" We acish
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GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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Subscription price, SO year. Tho three
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