The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-14
ST. NICHOLAS.

| ST. NICHOLAS.
SCRIBNER g TLLUsTRATED IAGsA
ZINE FOR
GIRLS AND BOYS.
FEBRUARY NUMBER NOW READY.
The LONDON ACADEMY, Of December 22d,
| 1877, says: SIN ST. NICHOLAS are acelc0me
| the best stamp of juvenile literature that aoe
| haze get seen. " We haze no hesitation
in Saying that both in the letter-press and in
| the pictures this american magazine has no
riuaL"
In ST. NICHOLAS for December, the Grand
Christmas Number, was begun a charming
COLT. "Under the Lilacs," illustrated by
MARY HALLoCK FooTE, to continue during
the year. This same Christmas number, Of
which one hundred thousand copies were
printed, contained the opening chapters of
A ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'' STORY
| for boys. "Tower Mountain" by GUsTAvUs
FRANKENsTEIN, also poems by LoNGFELLow
and BRYANT, portrait of Miss Alcott, half
dozen short stories, pictures. poems, etc.,
etc. 1t is the handsomest number of
child's magazine ever issued.
The NEW YORK TRIBUNE says:
EST. NICHOLAS has list of contributors
such as no other child's magazine, or few
publications of any sort, in the world, can
boast. 1t 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 lit
erature that threatens the children, some
strong, vitality wholesome, and really attrac-
tive magazine is required for them, and ST.
NICHOLAS has reached higher platform,
and commands for this service wider resources
in art and letters, than any of its predeces-
sors or contemporaries"
ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1875.
Besides the SERIAL STORIES above an
nounced, will have short serial story by the
author of IS THE SCHONRERG-
GOTTA FAMILY'; and THREE SPLEEN
DID SERIALS FOR BOYS, one of which,
"DRI TED INTO PORT" by EDWIN Hop
DER, an English writer, will begin in March.
Around the World i'm a Yacht,
Boys ~ has been promised by a brilliant
writer, now on the actual tour of the world
in his own yacht. There will be contribu-
tons by daughter of the famous
Peter Farley, and Letter to Young
Americans by
GEORGE MACDONALD.
The chow" Series of instructive papers,
by various authors, will tell HOW to bind
your own books; HOW they mine coal
HOW to enjoy yourselves at home; HOW to
be an agreeable guest; HOW to entertain
company; HOW to be a carpenter; HOW to
make an ice-boat; HOW to build house;
HOW India-rubber is gathered; HOW match
es are made; HOW TO BE A PAR
LOR MAGICIAN HOW money is
made; HOW mackerel are caught; HOW
they laid the Atlantic cable; HOW they mine
in California; HOW they work in the tea
country, etc. There will be also a series of
stories and sketches of Foreign Life.
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE,
such as sold Nicolai' Ia Russian story, ga
Day among the Welsh Castles" "Easter in
Germany" e'The Indians Of the Amazon,
GLOW Kitty was Lost in Turkish Bazaar,,'
"Master Montezuma'' "a Mexican story,
"Hansa, the Lapp Maiden" and many 9TH
ers.
"Jack-in.the-Pulpit," 'sYoung Contribu-
tors Department., ''Letter Box" s'Riddle
Box" and "For Very Little Folks" will be
continued.
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