Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-18
ST, NICHOLAS.
GIRLS AND BOYS.


GIRLS AND BOYS.
FEBRUARY NUMBER NOW READY.
The LONDON ACADEMY, Of December 22d,
1877, says In ST NICHOLAS IRE ~elcOme
| the best stamp .of .juReriLe literature that ior
| hare yet seen We hare no hesi-
tdhon an saying that both in The ietter-press
and IN the pictures this American magazine
has no rival"
In ST. NICHOLAS for December, the Grand
Christmas Number. was begun a charming
new
SERIAL STORY BY MISS ALCOTT.
"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, continued the opening chapters
of
"HOBINsON CRUsOE" STORY
for boys, Flower Mountain" by GusrAvus
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 ma gazine ever issued.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE says,
"ST. 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
literature 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 re-
L. E
predecessors or contemporaries.
At. NICHOLAS FOR
Besides the SERIAL STORIES above announced.
will have q short serial story by the author
of
and THREE SPLENDID SERIALS FOR BOYS. one
of which, "DRIFTED INTO PORT" by EDWIN
HOOPER, an English writer. will begin in
March. s.ArOund the world in n
Yacht, Boys! :" has been promised by
brilliant writer. now on the actual tour CT
the world in his own yacht. There will be
Contributions by a daughter Of the
famous Peter Farley. and Letter
to Young Americans by
GEORGE MACDONALD.
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
carpenter HOW to make an ice-boat
HOW to build house HOW India rubber
is gathered HOW matches are made
HOW TO BEA PARLOR 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 series Of stories and sketches of
Foreign Life,
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE,
such as "Old Nicolai" "a Russian story.
"A Day among the Welsh Castles. Easter
in Germany" THE Indians of the ANA
ION, How Kitty was Lost in Turkish
Bazaar" Master Montezuma" IA Mexican
story). .'Hsnss. the Lapp Maiden" and
many others.
Jack Pulpit "Young Contribu-
tors Department. "Letter-BOx, Rid
dle-BO1." and For Very Little Folks"
will be continued.
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