Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-26
St, Nicholas.

"The King of all publications issued for the young on either side of the Atlantic. Souhamptosa (Eng. ldnd) ObSerUeT.
 The third volume of this incomparable Magazine is now completed With it's eight hundred royal octave pages, and it's six hundred illustrations it's splendid serlals it's shorter stories, poems and sketches etc. etc., in it's beautiful binding of red and god it is the most splendid gbook for boys and girls ever issued from the press. Price s4; Tn full gilt, S5.
 ''st. Nicholas is full of the choicest things. The publication is in all respects the best of it's kind We have yet number that was not surprisine- ly good" ."-The Churchnaan, Hartford, Conn.
 St. Nicholas for 1877, Which opens with November, 1876. begins French, The Kingdom of the Greedy" story adapt. ed to the Thanksgiving Another serial of ab- sorbng interest to boys,
 ''EIis own Master.
 By 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 ssiamese artists, the Christmas Holiday Number of St. Nicholas superbly illustrated contains very interesting paper
 ''The Boys of My BoyhoOd,''
 By William Cullen Bryant; 'The Horse Hotel" lively article by Charles A. Bar nard splendidly iustrated s"The Clock in the skv by Richard A. Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Homes or Sunday Schools" by Dr; Eggleston; '.The Peter r. and Carols of Winter" by Lucy Lareom with pictures Do Not Fail to Buy St. Nicholas for
 the Christmas Holidays.
 Price 3 Cents.
 During the year there will be interesting papers for boys, by William Cullen Bryant, John G Whittier Thomas Hughes, William Hewitt Dr. Holland George MacDonald, Sanford B. HuuS, Frank R. Stockton and others.
 There will be stories sketches, and poems of spe. cal interest to girls by Harriet Prescott spoford Stuart Phelps, Louisa Alcott Lucretia Hale Celia Tnaxter, Mary Mapes Dodge, and many others. There will be also
 'sTwelve Sky PictuFes,''
 By Prof. Proctor, the Astronomer, with maps, showing ''The Stars of Each Month 3 which will be likely to surpass interest any series on popular science recently given to the public AMUSEMENT and INSTRUCTION with FUN and FRoIIc 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 LITERARI WORLD soys: .'.There is no magazine for the young that can be said to equal this choice production of Scribner's press. All the articles whether ill prose rhyme, are throbbing with vitality. The lit- erature and artistic iustratsons both superb" The London Daily News says: "We wish we could point out it's equal in our own periodical hteraure
 GOOD NEWS for BOYS and GIRLS. To meet the demand for a cheap St. Nicholas Gift Book the price yolumess and II has been reduced to $3 each. The three volulnes in elegant library case sold for $10 n fall gift. S15 that all may give their children complete set. These volumes contain more attractive material than fifty dollaIs' worth of the ordinary chidren's books.
 Subscription price. s year. The three bound vol and subscription for this year, only SIP. Sub- scribe with the nearest newsletter money in check, or money order, in registered letter to sd SCRIBNER co. Rrosfway. N