The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-01-06
ST. NICHOLAS.

The King of all Publications Issued for the Young
on either side the Atlantic. Southampton, England
Observer.
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ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1871,
which opens with November, 1876 begins Short
and very Entertaining Serial from the French. The
Thanksgiving Season. Another serial. of absorbing
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bridge author Of the Jack Hazard Stories" begins
In the Christmas Holiday Number
Besides serial Stories lively sketches poems and
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Clock in the SIX. 10y Richard A. Proctor "a Christ
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