The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-12-24
MsganIne Notes.

Bound volume XVIII of 50. Nicholas is on
hand, brighter, more instructive, more enter
tanning than ever. 1t is the ideal magazine
for the young and must remain always in their
favor. The volume opens with the November
number, and The Fortunes Of Toby TraHord is
the first continued story. The other serials
are Noah Brooks'5 Boy Settlers; Lady Jane,
by Mrs. g. V. Jamison; Elites Visit 10 Cloud
land and the Moon, Frances v. and T.. j.
Austen; Chan Ok: A Romance of the Eastern
Seas, J. D. Davidson. The story writers are
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son Pembrake, Alice Maude Ewell, Andrew
Lang, Frances V. and +. J. Austen, Mary Il.
Wilkins. Amy Wilson, Tudor jerks. Katherine
Mcdowell Rice, Sophie SWEET, Frederick Funs-
ton, Walter Storrs Bigelow, Charles r. Talbot,
and hosts Of others whose names and writings
are dear 10 the children. Some Of the descrip-
tive and geographic articles are David and
Goliath in Naval Warfare, by John NJ. ElhcOtt,
u. s. ~; The Land of Pluck, Mary Mapes
Dodge; An Elephant Hunt in Siam, Adele VI.
Fields; A Talk About Reading Charles Dudley
Warner; A Great Industrial School, H. NJ
Neale; The BOyhood Of Michael Angelo, Alex
ander Black; How the Mails are Carried, Max
Bennett; Little Girls Diary in the East,
Lucy NJ. Ellsworth; The Gates on Grand
fathers Farm. Mary HallOck F0ote A Talk
About Wild Flowers, John Burroughs; A City
Playground, Frank M. Chapman; Douglas
Jerrod: Sketch Of His Life, Walter JerrOld !;
The Torpedo Station at Newport, John Osborne (:
Choosing Boat, +. w. Pangborn. One could
not begin to enumerate the good things written
BY clever authors in this volume or describe
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Besides containing host Of holiday attractions
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