The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-11
ST. NICHOLAS

The King Of all Publications ISSUED
for the Young on Either Side Of the
Atlantic. '--southamp,On England Observer.
The third volume of thi. Incompatible
Magazine Is now completed. With its
eight hundred royal octave psges. and It's
six hundred illustrations, its splendid seri.
ais, its shorter stories, poems, and sketches,
etc., ETC., in its beautiful binding of red
and gold, it Ia the most splendid gift-book
for boys and girls ever issued from the
press. Price, VI /; in full gilt, 81.
"ST. NICHOLAS ia full OF the choicest
things. The publication In, In all respects,
the best Of Its kind. We have never YET
seen number, that was not surprisingly
good."-The Churchman. Hartford Conn
st. Nicholas for 1877,
Which opens with November, 1876, begins
A short and very entertaining serial from
the French, "TRe Kingdom ofthe Greedy
story adapted to the Thanksgiving season.
Another serial, Of absorbing interest to boys.
CHS OWN MASTER"
BY j. T. Trowbrldge,
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
OF Oriental sports, with drawings y siamese
| artists
The Christmas Holiday Number OF
ST. NICHOLAS,
uperbly illustrated, contains very inter.
sting paper,
"1HE BOYS OF MY BOYHooD,n
BY William Cullen Bryant;
'.Ihe Horse Hotel,' lively article, BY
Charles A. Barnard, splendidly illustrated
,rhe Clock In the sky" BY Richard A.
Proctor; "a Christmas Play for Homes or
Sundsy.schools," by DR.. Eggleston "The
petsrkins' Christmas Tree" by LuCretia
by Lucy Larcom, with pictures.
Do Not Fail to Buy st. Nicholas for the
Christmas HOLIDAYS. Price IS cts.
during the year there will be interesting
papers for boys, by William Cullen BRYANT
John &. Whittier, Thomas Hughes, William,
Howltt, DR.. Holland, George Macdonald.
Sanford B. Hunt, Frank Il. Stockton, and
others.
There will DO stories, sketches. and
poems, Of special interest to girls, by Har.
net Prescott Spoford, Susan Coolidge,
S SL winter kellogg, Elizabeth Stuart
rhelps, Louisa Alcott, Lucretia p. Hale,
M0'y MnPeo DOQke, AND
TWELVE SKY PICTURES.n
BY Professor Proctor, the Astronomer.
WITH maps, showing "The Stsrs Of Zach
Month" which will be likely to surpass in
interest a, any series on popular science re.
cenuy given to the public.
Amusement and Instruction. with Tn,
snd frolic, and Wit and Wisdom. will no
mingled - heretofore, and ST. NIcHnIs
WIZ continue to delight the young and rive
leasure to the old. "Au give
THE LONDON LITERARY WORTH
SAYS:
tnere u no magazine for the young thu,
can De said to equal this choice pro AUCTION
OF SCRIBNxRb press. All the articles.
Wnetner 70 prose or rhyme, are throbbiIp
y rtistic illustrations are boto guperh. - 'Au
The London Daily News says |: "We v,.A
We could point out its equal in our "wn
periodical litsrature.n N"A
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIBI
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NICHOLAS GiftBook, the price OF vols
ana II has been reduced to $3 each. Th
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msy give their children cornnlets ~.
fhe.e volumes contain more Attractive ma
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