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ST. NICHOLAS.
sCRIBNER'S ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE.
GIRLS AND BOYS.
FEBRUARY NUMBER NOW READY.


GIRLS AND BOYS.
FEBRUARY NUMBER NOW READY.
The LONDON ACADEMY, IF December 23d.
1877, says "h ST. NICHOLAS are l0eicOBIe
The best stamp !of jlneraie literature hat are
hare yet seen. We hare no hesi-
tdhOn an saging that 10th IN The iefter-press
and IN the pictures this American mayaziHe
has riUQi P"
10 ST. NICHOLAS for December. the Grand
Christmas Number. was begun charming
new
SERIAL STORY BY MISS ALCOTT,
"Under the Liiacs,'' illustrated by Mary
HALLoCK FoOTE, to continue during the
year. This same Christmas number, of
which one hundred thousand copies were
printed, continued the opening chapters
of
A .ROBINsOE CRUsOE'' STORY
for boys, "Tower-MOuntain," by GUsTAvUs
FRANKENsTEIN also poems by LONGFELLDw
nd BRYANT, portrait of bliss AlcOtt, halt
a dozen short stories, pictures, poems. etc.,
etc. 1t is the handsOmest number of a
chlld's ma gazine ever issued.
THE NEW YORK. TRIBUNE says:
"Sr. NICHOLAS has list Of contributors
such as no other child's magazine, or few
puUllCdLlODs Vi duN SUIT, III tue NOTlu. con
boast. IL has caused the best writers in
America to turn their attention to the task
of giving delight and Imparting culture to
children. In the avalanche of immoral
literature that threatens the children, some
strong, vitality wholesome. and really attrsc-
tive magazine Is required Tor them, and ST.
NICHOLAS mas reached higher platform,
and commands for this ssrvIce wider re-
sources in art and letters. than any Of its
predecessors or contemporaries ="
st. NICHOLAS EoHIs;s,
Besides the SERIAL STOKES above announced,
will nave a short serial story by the author
of
.'THE sCHONBEEG-cOT FAMILY
and THREE SPLENDID SERIALS FOR BOYS. one
of which, ''DRIFTED INTO PORT" by EDWIN
HODDER, an English writer. will begin in
March. s'ArOnnd the world in N
Yacht. Rows - has been promised by
brilliant writer. now on the actual tour CT
the world in his OWE yacht. There will be
contributions by a daughter of the
famous Peter PairieY. and Letter
to Young Americans by
GEORGE MACDOsALD.
The "HOW" Series of Instructive
papers, by various authors, will tell HOW
they mine coal HOW to enjoy yourselves
HOW to entertain company HOW to be a
carpenter HOW to make an iee-bOat;
HOW to build house HOW India rubber
is gathered HOW matches are made
How TO BEA PiRLOR n MAGICIAN.
| HOW money is made HOW maekereI are
caught now they laid the Atlantic cable
HOW they mine in California HOW they
work in the tea-country etc. There will
| be also series of stories and sketches of
Foreign Life,
| TRAVEL AND ADVESCUHE,
such as "Oli Ncolai" "a Russian story),
"a Day among the Welsh Castles. ~" Easter
in Germany" THE Indians of the ANA
ION, How Kitty was Lost IL Turkish
Bazaar" Master Monttzuma' "a Mexican
story). -'Hansa, the Lapp Maidea," and
many others.
"Jack-in-the- Pulpit Young COutribu-
tors Department" 'Letter-Box," Rid
dle-Box." and For Very Little Folks"
will oe continued.
A NEW OFFER!
NOVEMBER and DECEMBER, 1877, NUMBERS
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1873. Subscribe with the neaTes. BooKssL-
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