Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-19
L.H. HOLMES, General Agent,
 IA North Pearl St., Albany, N. Y
St. Nicholas.


 "The King of all publications issued for the young either side of the Atlantic. Southampton (Eg- tGpd) Obseruer.
 The third volume of this incomparabIe Magazine is completed. With it's eight hundred royal octave pages and it's six hundred illustrations it's splendid serlas it's shorter stories, poems and sketches etc etc., in it's beautiful binding of red and gold is the from the press. Price $4; n full gilt $5.
 .'st. Nicholas is full of the choicest things The publication is in all respects the best of it's kind. We have never yet seen number that not surprising ly good."-The Churehnam, Hartford, Conn.
 St. Nicholas for 1877, Which opens with November, 1876, begins short and very entertaining serial from the ed to the season. Another serial of ab sorbing interest to boys,
 s'His own Master,''
 By T Trowbridge, author of the "Jack Hazard Stories" begin in the Christmas Holiday Number. - Besides serial stories, Christmas stories, lively sketches poems and pictures for the holidays, and drawings by Samese artists, the Christmas Holiday Number of St. Nicholas, superbly illustrated, contains a very interesting paper
 s'The Boys of My BoyhOOd,''
 By William Cullen Bryant; ''The Horse Hotel" lively artcle by Charles 4. Bar by Richard A. Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Homes or Sunday Schools, by Dr. Eggleston; "The Peter Christmas Tree, Dy 1ucroCla F. Hale; "POetTy and Carols of Winter" by Lucy Larcom with pictures. Do Not Fail to Buy St. Nicholas for the Christmas Holidays.
 r y Price 9 Cents.
 During the year there will be interesting papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant, John G Whittier, Thomas Hughes, William Howitt Dr. Holland, George AIacDonald, Sanford B. HunI Frank R. Stockton. and others.
 There will be stories, sketches and poems of spe- cial interest to girls by Harriett Prescott spoord Stuart Phelps Louisa Alcott, Lucretia Hale Celia Tnaxter, Mary Mapes Dodge, and many others There will be also
 Twelve Sky Pictures,'
 By Prof. Proctor, the Astronomer, with maps, showing s'The Stars of Each Month, i" which will be likely to surpass in interest any popular science recently given to the public. AMUSEMENT and INSTRUCTION, with FUN and FRoLIc and WIT and WISDOM, will be mingled as heretofore and St. Nicholas will continue to delight the young and give pleasure to the old.
 THE LONDON LITERARf 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 in prose or rhyme are throbbing with vitality. 2. s=. 1. The lit erature and artistic illustratsons both superb" The London Daily News says: "we wish we could point out it's equal in own periodical Merature.
 GOOD NEWS for-BOYs and GIRLS. To meet the demand for cheapsr St. Nicholas Gift Book the price of volumes and II has been reduced to 8 each The three volumes. in elegant library case are sold for $l0 Gin full g $I5) that all may give their children complete set. These volumes contain attractive material than fifty dolaIs' worth of the ordinary children's books.
 Subscription price, s year. The three bound vol: nmes and subscription for this year, oniy $l2 Sub scribe with the nearest newsdealer or send money in check or money order, or in registered letter to S6t sCRIBNRR < co. Brosf way N