Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-05
St. Nicholas.

'The King of all publications issued for the young either side of the Atlantic "-SouthamptOn (Eng- lGnd) Obserrer.
 The third volume of this i1comparable Maaazias ia now completed With It's eight hundred royal octsyo pagess and its six hundred usgrations its spIendid aerlas it's shorter stories, poems, and sketche etc. most splendid gbook for boys and girls ever issued from the press Price S4: Tn full gilt, s. .'St Nicholas is full of the choicest things. The publication is in all respects the best of it's knd We have never yet seen number that surprsine- y good. church'nan, HGrtford, Conn.
 St. Nicholas for 1877, Which opens with November, 1876, begins Ersnch. .The Kingdom of the Greedy. story adapt cd to the Thanksgiving season. Anothsr ssria of ab sorbing interest to boys,
 sEdfS own Master,ss By J T Trowbridge,
 author of the "Jack Hazard Stories D begin in tn. Christmas Holiday Number
 Besides serial stories, Ghristmas stories. lively sketches, poems and pictures for the holidavs and some astonishing illustrations of Oriental sports with drawings by Siamese artists. the Christmas Holiday Nnmbef of St. Nicholas, superbly illustrated contains "The Boys of My Boyhood,"
 By William Cullen Bryant;
 The Horse Hoteln lively article by Charles A. Bar nard, splendidly fllustrated "The Clock in the sy by Richard A. Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Homes Hns Chrstmas Tree by Incretis HaIe Poatav Psser and Carols of Winter, by Lucy Larcom with pictures Do Not Fail to Buy St. Nicholas for
 the Christmas Holidays. s
 Price 9 Cents.
 During the year there witbe Interesting papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant, John e Whittier Thomas Hughes, William Hewitt, pr. Holland George AlacDonald, Sanford B. Hunt. Frank R. Stockton and others. S There will be stories sketches, and poems, of spe- cial interest to girls by Harriet Prescott Spoford Susan Coolidge, Sarab Winter Kellogg Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louisa Alcott Lucretia Hale Celia Tnaxter Mary Mapes Dodge, and many others. There will be also
 Es Twelve Sky Pictures.',
 By Prof. Proctor, the Astronomer, with maps, showing 'sThe 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 heretofore, and St Nicholas will continue to delight the young and give pleasure to the old. an
 THE LONDON LITERARf WORLD says: s.There is no magazine for the young that can be press. All the articles. whether in prose or rhyme are throbbing with vitality. *45s . The lit- erature and artistic illustrations both superb" The London Daily News says: "We wish we could point out its equal in our own periodical iteraure
 GOOD NEWS for BOYS and GIRLS. To meet the demand for cheaper St. Nicholas Gift Book She price0f yolumess and II has been reduced case sold for $l0 Gin full giit sl5 so that all may give their children complete set. These volumes contain attractive material than fifty dollar s, worth of the ordinary children's s books s
 abscIpticn prices $sa year. The threes bcuhd vol. ufasA subsczp0n for this year, only $12. Sub- scribe with the nearest newsletter send money In check, or money order or in registered letter to S6 SCR1BNER co. Broadway. Y :.