The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-20

ST, Nieholac srribnsy'l IflnEtratad NaVn.Ine For
S SlEIs and BSya Conducted b. May AlPe,
1872. ''' 900 " t''''0'''
Looking over the last volume Of "St.
Nicholas" with its poems and stories, It's
choice instruction and its delicious non
sense for childhood, one cannot but re-
member that it Is not yet hundred years
since Thomas DAVIS "sanford and Msr-
-. y A. g.. -. ,-..oNnNl-., -.
'on' 'ne nfse 5000 juvenile DOCK was pup
Hshed, lot Robinson Crusoe was not
meant for child's book. Childhood had
no nlace in li.eratura mr. art and not r,rch
:. H. - =. - - nv ~ 'A-As- -
A. H'e' hunuteu years ago. out ever
since that time, with Sunday Schools and
public schools, holidays, festivals, and
uunberless invenions tovs the worId has
~ 49, ~ -: 49, 80 -, -
0ee" :! 4ns " tlaAe up loF l'S InouSanus
OF years OF neglect. And most oil all by
setting so many fine minds To work at
irvaniIa li,ar.trra m MANY eL;I,ad nan.
-. 80 a.. .' - = 80 sA4'.or PC
CHS at me pictures Ior young people, and
by keeping so many great printing presses
going for the benefit of the worlds in.
fancy has the Goldrn An. NJ cb1dbood baen
90 - - n.s%.,.-I. , y sN-" 80
usnefeu H. DououeSs Tue nnest pfoduct
all the world over-ot this movement
for children's literature is "st. Nicholas
Maoazinen, What shsma frat we wero
-Ee -'Ae' ""' " '" 'D"' We VOC
porn 30 soon .....
That 1t Is the finest product Of this
movement for the delight and culture OF
children Is attested by the fact that It's sue.
Gees Is coming to be worldwide. Besides
It's undou6ted supremacy In America, its
EngIish, edition Is acknowledged IN Eng.
land TO be supreme, and now, "st. Richo-
las" may tie another ribbon in triumph to
the horns OF his reindeer for an edition Of
the magazine Is soon to be Issued in Paris
IN the French language, the art.loving
French people having nothing that can
compare with 1t. Moreover it is said that
that magnificent picture and story book,
Baby Days" which Is made up from the
Very'Littie-tolks pages oil ST. Ntcho-
las, - Is 70 be translated into Arabic; We
shall oil feel that at last one great debt is
liquidated. This morsel OF "St, Nicholas"
Will pay Tor The Arabian Nights" It Is
not certain that the little Arabs or
Araoians-at least the little readers OF
AraoicTwilI not get ne pest Of the bar
gain. Little MISS Mnaett and her
friends are worth dozen Princess scheh-
erezaaee ior cnnorens enjoyment, :.
And, lnaeed, 81 Hlcnoias" Is the veri'
table Aiaoolns lamp ltseii,-as near 70 It
Is anything 70 90 lound IN tnis world.
open us covers where you VIII, and, IKE
talthiui genie, 1t carries the youthful
Imagination 70 inc enos u the earth, er
unlocks the land OF wonders itself; There
seems 70 pc no source OF delight TO the
mind OF cnlla, or young person, that Is
not drawn upon IN single volume OF THIS
magazine. here are healtniul stories OF
adventure, real chllufens poems, rhymes
that outdo mother 1ooSe herseu, larry
storiesl ANNA! stories, humorous tales,
and delicious a6surdities, oil kept IN due
bounds oy good taste, ana made VIVID oy
pictures that are SIMPLY wonderful
Think what an education such magazine
gives. A child will learn more that Is
worth knowing from its constant compan;;
ion9hip taan ne WAL from all school
books. More than al, 1t Is the great edu'
Gator Of the Imagination and the taste
Inc BOYS ana glflS VINO read SUCH litera'
ture, ana see sucn pictures, must view