Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

| GIRLS AND BOYS.
FEBRUARY NUMBER NOW READY.
The LoNDoN ACADEMY, of December 22d,
| 1877, sags I'm ST. NICHOLAS zee lreicODle
the Test stamp of JuRsr'te literature that toe
| hare net seen. We hare no hesi-
tation IN saying fhai 10th in the tener-Press
and IN the pictures this American magazine
| has no rirdi.'
| In ST. NICHOLAS for December, the Grand
| Christmas Number, was begun q charming
new
SERIAL sTORI .Y MISS NCOTT,
"U nder the Liiaee," illustrated by MARY
| HALLoCK EoOTE, to continue during the
year. This same Christmas number. OF
which one hundred thousand copies were
printed. continued the opening chapters
of "
a .RoBINsoN CRUsOE" STORY
for boys, Tower Mountain" by GUsrAyUs
| FRASKENsTEIN ; also poems by LoNGFELLow
a nd BRYANT. a portrait o! Miss Aleott, halt
| dozen short stories pic.ures, poems. etc,
etc. 1t is the hand>omest number OF a
| child's magazine ever issued.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE sny.;
"Sr. NICHOLAS has list Of contributors
such as no other ehild's magazine, or lew
publications of any sort, in the world. can
America to turn :heir attention to the task
of Swing delight and Impartlng culture to
| children. In the avalanche oil immoral
| literature that threatens the children, some
strong. vitality wholesome. and really attrac-
| tive magazine is required Tor them. ana st.
| NICHOLAS has reached a higher platform.
and commands for this service wider re-
sources in art and letters. than any OF its
| predecessO or contemporaries.
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1875.
Resides the SERIAL STORIES above announced.
| will nave short serial story by the author
| of
..TiIESCuoNBEHt GOTTA FAMILY ~
and THREE SPLENDID SERIALS FOR BOYS. one
! of which, "DRIFTED INTO PoRT. by EDWIN
| HopDER, an English writer. will begin IN
| March. '.ArOuud the world in N
Yacht, BOys - has been promised oy
a brilliant writer. now on the actual tour OF
| the world in his own yacht. There will be
contributions by daughter of the
famous Peter Pariey. and Letter
| to Young Americans by
| GEORGE NNCDONALD.
The HOW series OF Instructive
papers. by various authors. will tell HOW
| they mine coal: HOW to enjoy yourselves
at home HOW to be an agreeable guest
| HOW to entertain company HOW TO be a
| carprnter HOW 10 make m lce-b0at,
| HOW to tuid house HOW India rubber
| is gathered now matches are made
now TOBEA PARLon MAGICIAN.
now money is made; now mackerel are
caught HOW ta,y laid the Atlantic cable
| HOW they mine ~ California HOW they
work in the tea country etc. There VIII
he also series OF stories and sketches OF
Foreign Life,
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE,
such as old Nicolai" e. Ras>ian story),
"A Day among the " elsh Castles, Easter
| in Germany" The Indians Of the ANA
ION. How Kitty was Lost IN Turk
Bazaar Master Montozuma' "a Mexican
storyl, 'Hansi, tho Lapp Maiden and
many Others
Jack Pulpit Young tontrlbu-
tors Department" ''l.etter-Bnx, KID,
dle-Box." and For Very Little Folks
| will he continued.
a NEW orr SIG
NOVEMBER and DECEMBER, 1877, NUMBERS
| FREE to all new subscribers for the year
| 1878. Subscribe with the nearest BOoKsEL-
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