The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-15
ST. NICHOLAS

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Magazine is now completed. With It's
eight hundred royal octave pages, and it,
SIX hundred illustrations, its splendid seri
ais, It's shorter stories, poems, and sketches,
etc., etc, in it's beautiful binding OF red
and gold, ii is the most splendid gift-bOok
for boys and girls ever issued from the
press. Price, "a in full gilt, %,
"ST. NICHOLAS is full OF the choicest
things. The publication Is, in all respects,
the best of its kind. We have never YET
seen number that was not surprisingly
good."-The Churchman, Hartford Conr
st. Nicholas for 1877,
Which opens with November, 1876, begins
A short and very entertaining serial from
the French, "TAe Kingdom of the Greedy"
a story adapted to the Thanksgiving season,
Another serial, OF absorbing intcrestto boys.
CHS OWN MASTER"
BYJ 7. Trowbridge,
author of the "JaCk Hazard Stories" be-.
gins in the Christmas Holiday Number.
Besides serial stories, Christmas stories
lively sketches, poems and pictures for the
holidays, and some astonishing illustrations
ofOriental sports, with drawings J Siamese
artists
The Christmas Holiday Number OF
ST. NICHOLAS,
uperbly illustrated, contains very inter
sting paper,
The BOYS OF MY BOYHOOD,"
BY William Cullen Bryant;
"Ihe Horse Hotel,' a lively article. by
Charles A. Barnard spIendidiy illustrated;
NThe Clock in the sky" BY Richard A.
Proctor; "a Christmas Play for Homes or
Sunday-schoo!s," by DR., Eggleston The
peterkins Christmas Tree" by Lucreta
I. hale; Poetry and Carols of Winter
by Lucy Larcom, with pictures.
Do Not Fail to Buy st. Nicholas for the
Christmas HOLIDAYS. Price rs cts.
During the year there viii be Interesting
papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant,
John q. Whittier, Thomas Hughes, William
Howltt, DR.. Holland, George Macdonald.
Sanford b. Hunt, Frank X, stockton, and
others.
There will be stories, sketches, and
poems, OF special interest to girls, by Hsr.
Vet Prescott Spo0ord, susan Coolidge, |
sarah Winter Kellogg, Elizabeth Stuart
fhelps, Louisa Alc0tt, Lucretia L. Hale. |
Celia Thaxter, Mary Mspes 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 re-.
cenuy given to the public.
amusement and Instruction, with Fun
ana frohc, and Wit and Wisdom, will be
mingled as heretofore, and ST. NIcHoLA
WIN commute to delight the young and give
leasure TO the old. e'''
The LONDON LITERARY WORLD
SAYS.
mere IL no magazine for the Young
can be SAID to equal this choice pro iuetinn
OF SENTIMENTS press. All the articles
whether in prose or rhyme, are throbbinS
with vitality. The literature nn3
6 rtistic illustrations are both superb"
The London Daily News says I'VE wish
We could point out its equal in our own
periodical literature"
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIR
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