The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28


The Midsummer Holiday Number of Saint
Nicholas for August is probably the very fin
est Issue CT Children's Magazine ever publish
ed anywhere. Ii is called the midsummer
Holiday Number" and IN makeup and con-
tents ID specially adapted to the season and
the gceat variety and uniform excellence Of its
contributions are indeed remarkable. All
classes OF articles are represented, anecdote,
adventure, description, sentiment, fun. fancy !;
and each representative Is worthy TO rank
among the best OF its kind.
Miss Lucy Larcom's g. Midsummer and the
Poets" IL, In purpose. taste, and execution,
wholly admirable and delightful. its choice
selections from the best poems OF Midsummer,
Will reveal its young readers all the natural
beauties OF tue season; It's wise remarks and
illusions will help them to understand and APP
preciate true poetry. Miss FIdelia Bridges is
the one artist to illustrate paper on tue poet
ry Of Midsummer; and her drawIng-one OF the
best she has ever put on woods supplements
ed by several other beautiful engravings.
These make prominent feature OF the num-
Der, but, In reading it through the children will
visit almost every imaginable REIN of pleasure.
With the Queen of the Moles" they will de-
scend underground; with Little Dame Dot
they will go sailing through the air. Celia
Thaxters story CT :" The Bear at Appledore, I"
James I. Fields funny 'Song of the Turtle
and Flamngo," and Sphinx's g Seaside Sketch
es," will ill them with the spirit OF the beach
Lucretia r. Hale's amusing "Peterkin Family"
Will invite them to picnic on a cool country
green. They will laugh long and heartily at
SANS Four Bits" and "Some Funny Sum-
mer Verses :" they will be thrilled and fascin-
ated by the sight, in Mr. Brooks story of
terrible snow-slide in the Sierras. Mrs. Oil
plant will lead them through the grand halls of
" Windsor Castle" at the time OF those great
folks the Tudors; and Mrs. Daz Will conduct
them to the humber, but quite as interesting,
I" House that Jack Built" where Addie Led
yard will show them some old friends in the
largest and best drawings she has lately at
tempted. On the opening page Of the number,
they will find delightful poem by Mrs. Dodge,
illustrated by Miss Hallocks splendid frontis-
piece and further on, the girls will have the
pleasure OF fresh, hearty, inspiring talk from
that good friend of girls, Mrs. A. d. L. Whit
ney. They will enjoy the dainty poems by
Horace E. Scudder, and Mary +. Bradley will
look through Wonder Box" with q dear Int
tie FAIRY, and win JOIN the fre-fies in some
/" Midsummer Frolics." "Jack-in-the-Pulp
con Green" will award some beautiful prizes for
copies OF the @ Declaration OF Independence :"
and the Letter-Box and ddls-Box-both stuff
ed to their lids with good things-will be open
to all. Surely. here is "fun for the holidays !"
More than twenty articles by such writers "a
Lucy Larcom, Celia Thaxter, James I. Fields,
Mrs. A. ID. L. Whitney, Mrs. Dodge, Noah
Brooks, Mrs. Olphant, Lucretla Z. Hale, Abb
by Morton Diaz. LYDIA Maria Child, Horace 4.
Scudder; and more than forty pictures, by such
artists as Miss Hallock, Addie Ledyard, W. l..
Sheppard, Sol. EytinRe. Thomas Moran, Fidea
Bridges, Frank Beard-all together make q
Midsummer Magazine for Children such ~ was
never seen before