The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-31

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ST. NICHOLAS
The King Of all Publications Issued
for the Young on Either Side Of the
Atlantic. "-sosthamp,on (Engand) Observer.
The third volume of thi. Incompatible
Magazine is now completed. With its
eight hundred royal octave pages, and its
six hundred illustrations, its splendid seri-
ais, its shorter stories, poems, and sketches,
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good."-The Churchman. Hartford Conn
st. Nicholas for 1877,
A short and very entertaining serial from
the French, The Kingdom OF the Greedy"
= story adapted to the Thanksgiving season.
Another serial, OF absorbing interest to boys.
CHS OWN MASTER"
BY J. r. Trowbridge,
author of the Jack Hazard Stories,r be-.
gins in the Christmas Holiday Number.
Besides serial stories, Christmas stories
lively sketches, poems and pictures for the
holidays, and some astonishing illustrations
oforien;al sports, with drawings by siamese
artists.
The Christmas Holiday Number of
ST. NICHOLAS.
superbly illustrated, contains very inter-
esting paper,
THE BOYS OF MY BOYHOOD,"
BY William Cullen Bryant
1.-THE Horse Hotel" lively article. by
Charles A. Barnard, splendidly illustrated
The Clock in the sky by Richard a.
Sunday-schools," by DR.. Eggleston "The
Peterkins' Christmas Tree" by Lucretia
p. Hale; "Poetry and Carols of Winter"
by Lucy Larcom, with pictures.
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During the year there will be interesting
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TWELVE SKY PICTURES"
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,r,;t 10 l.1h
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GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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