The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-12
ST. NICHOLAS

eight hundred royal octave pages, and Its
| six hundred illustrations, its splendid seri.
ais, its shorter stories, poems, and ske tches,
etc., etc, in its be autitul binding of red
for boys and girls ever issued from the
press. Price. 81 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
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 OF the Greedy"
n story adapted to the Thanksgiy ing season.
Another serial, of absorbing interest to boys.
"IIIS OWN MASTER"
BY j. L. Trowbridge, .gF-
author of the "Jack Hazard Stories," be-
gins in the Christmas Holiday Number.
Besides serial stories, Christmas stories
lively sketches, poems and picture tor the
holiday, and come astonishing ilius trations
q Oriental sports, with drawings by siamese
artists,
The Christmas Holiday Number Of
ST. NICHOLAS.
superb! i'iustrs: led, contains q very inter-
esias paper,
THE BJY> OF Ny BOYnOOD,"
By " liam Cullen Bryant
"The Hore iio'. - a lively ;icle, by
Oh aries A. B.rnlrd. iendidiy illustrated
+" he Cloca IN t. by" by RICHARD A.
Proctor; IN CAristn,.s Play for Homes or
l,xr L 4. k,v,
Peterkius' Christmas Tree" by lueTetia
7. Hale Poetry anu CaIo is OF winter"
by Lucy LarcOm, with pictures.
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Christmas HOLIDAYS. Price 20 cts.
During the year there will be interesting
papers tor boys, by William Cullen Bry ant,
John q. Whittier, Thomas Hughes, william
| Hewitt. DIR. Holland, George Macdonald,
| sanford u. Hunt, Frank II. stockton, aud
others.
There Will be stories, sketches, and
poems. OF special interest TO girls, BY Har-
| riet Prescott Spotford, Susan Coolidge,
Sarah Winter Kellogg. Elizabeth stuart
Phelps, Louiss Alcott. Lucretia +. Hale,
Celia rhaxter, Mary Mspes Dodge. and
many others. There will be also
TWELVE SKY PICTURES"
BY Professor Proctor, the Astronomer,
with N US, showing 1.-THE stars OF Eash
Moatb," which will be likely 20 surpass In
interest any series on popular science re-
ctutly given 10 the publie.s-s
Amusement and Instruction, with Fun
and Frolc, aud Wit and Wisdom, will be
mingled as heretofore, and ST. NICHOLAS
viii continue TO delight the young and give
pleasure to the old.
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artistic Illustrations are both superb"
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we could point out its equal In cur own
periodical literature"
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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