The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-16
ST.. NICHOLAS

The King of all Publications Issued
for the Young on Either Side Of the
Atlantic. "-Southampto N.nganJJ Observer.
The third volume Of this incompatible
Magazine Is now completed. With its
eight hundred royal octave pages, and lis
six hundred illustrations, It's splendid seri-
ais, It's shorter stories, poems, and sketches,
ETC., ETC., in its beautiful binding OF red
and gold, il is the most splendid gitt.bc ok
for boys and girls ever Issued from the
press. Price, 81 in full gilt, 50.
"ST. NICHOLAS is full OF the choicest
things. The publication is, 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, "TAe Kingdom OF the Greedy"
a story adapted to the Thanksgiving season.
Another serial, OF absorbing interestto boys
CHS OWN MASTER
BY j. Il. Trowbridge,
author Of the "Jack Hazard Stories" be.
gins in the Christmas Holiday Number
Besides serial stories, Christmas storie,
lively sketches, poems and pictures for the
holidays, and some astonishing illustrations
OF Orientalsports, with drawings ) Siamese
artists
The Christmas Holiday Number of
ST. NICHOLAS,
uperDly Illustrated, contains avery inter.
sting paper,
"lHE BOYS OF MY BOYHOOD."
BY William Cullen Bryant
THE Horse Hotel" u lively article, BY
Charles A. Barnard, splendidiy illustrated:
THE Clock in the sky" by Richard A.
Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Home. OF
Sunday.schools," by DR.. EggIeston The
peterkins' Christmas Tree" by Lucretia
L. Hale; Poetry and Carols Of Winter
by Lucy Larcom, with pictures.
Do Not Fail to Buy st. Nichola. for the
Christmas HOLIDAYS. Price 25 cts.
During the year there will he interesting
papers Tor boys, by William Cullen Bryant,
John &. Whittier, Thomas Hughes, WiIlism
Hewitt DR.. Holland, George Macdonald,
Sanford b. Hunt Frank X. stockton, and
Others.
There viii be stories, sketches. ana
poems, Of special interest to girls, by Har.
tiet Prescott Spoliord, Susan Coolidge.
Sarah Winter Kellogg, Elizabeth stuart
ihelpS, Louisa Alcott, Lucretia y. Hale,
Celia Thaxter, Mary Mapos Dodge, and
many others. There will be also
TWELVE SKY PICTURES"
By Professor Proctor, the Astronomer,
with maps, showing "rhe Stars Of Each
Month" which will be likely to surpass in
interest any series on popular science re-
eenuy given to the public.
amusement and instruction, with Fun
anu rrohc, and Wit and Wisdom, will be
mingled a. heretofore, and ST. NICHuLA
VIII continue TO delight the young and give
leasure to the old.
THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD
sAls:
"Tbcre Is no magazine Tor the younr TIM,
can be said to equal this choice pro iQctiop
Of SCRIBNER's press. All the articles
whether In prose or rhyme, are throbbing
with vitality. The literature and
srtistic illustrations are both superb"
The London Daily News says; eve wish
We could point out Us equal in our own
periodical literature"
GOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND GIRi
To meet the demand for q cheaper
NICHOLAS Gitt.Book, the price OF vols.
and II has been reduced to % each. Tn
three volumes, In an elegant library case,
are sold for $40 On full gilt. Slj), so that all
may give their children u complete set.
lhese volumes contain more attractive ma
teriai than fifty dollars worth Of the ordin.
airy children's books.
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