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St. Nicholas [v 5 # 4, February 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · After the Snow-Storm · Anon. · il 241 · The Shepherd-Boy · Emily S. Oakey · pm 242 · The Ravens and the Angels (A Story of the Middle Ages) [Part 2 of 2] · Anon. · sl 248 · A Trip to the Tea Country · William A. Tileston · nf 253 · Treasure Trove · Olive A. Wadsworth · pm 255 · Under the Lilacs [Part 3 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 262 · Crumbs from Older Learning (Emerson) · Julia E. Sargent · nf 264 · The Old Man and the Nervous Cow · R. E. · vi 267 · The Raid of the Camanches · The Author of “We Boys" · vi 268 · “Little Bo-Peep, She Went to Sleep” · Anon. · il 269 · Solimin: A Ship of the Desert · Susan Coolidge · vi 272 · Belinda Blonde · Laura E. Richards · pm 272 · The London Dust Man · Alexander Wainwright · nf 274 · Huckleberry · Frank Stockton · ss 278 · How Sir William Phips Found the Treasure in the Sea · S. G. W. Benjamin · nf 282 · Some Fishing Birds of Florida · Mrs. Mary Treat · nf 284 · Nan’s Peace Offering · Kate W. Hamilton · ss 288 · The Tower-Mountain [Part 3 of 3] · Gustavus Frankenstein · sl 294 · Gifts for St. Nicholas · Emme E. Brewster · pm 295 · Some Indoor Games at Marbles · L. D. Snook · nf 296 · For Very Little Folks- Tommy’s Three Horses · Anon. · pm 297 · For Very Little Folks- The Chickens That Would Not Be Tame · Anon. · vi 298 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 300 · On the Ice · Anon. · il 300 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 302 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 # 5, March 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · A Horse at Sea · Anon. · il 305 · Hansa, The Little Lapp Maiden · Katharine Lee · ss 312 · Juno’s Wonderful Troubles · E. Muller · vi 315 · Wishes · Mary Prescott · pm 315 · How Matches Are Made · F. H. C. · nf 317 · Where Aunt Ann Hid the Sugar · Mary L. Bolles Branch · vi 319 · Under the Lilacs [Part 4 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 325 · A Talk Over the Hard Times · Anon. · il 326 · Common Sense in the Household · Margaret Vandegrift · pm 327 · Secrets of the Atlantic Cable · William H. Rideing · nf 331 · The Canary That Talked Too Much · Margaret Eytinge · vi 332 · A Night With a Bear · Jane G. Austin · vi 335 · Westminster Abbey · Charles W. Squires · nf 339 · Crip’s Garret Day · Sarah J. Prichard · vi 341 · What Happened · Howell Foster · pm 342 · Drifted Into Port [Part 1 of 3] · Edwin Hodder · sl 349 · The News- Carrier · Catherine Boyd · pm 350 · Living Silver · Mary Seymour · vi 352 · The Woods in Winter · P. Y. · vi 354 · Crumbs From Older Reading (Irving) · Julia E. Sargent · nf 356 · The Boy in the Box · Helen C. Barnard · vi 359 · The Cock and the Sun · J. P. B. · pm; illus. Church 360 · The London Chick-Weed Man · Alexander Wainwright · vi; illus. E. Buckman 361 · Johnny · Sargent Flint · vi 364 · A Monument with a Story · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 366 · Two Ways · Mary C. Bartlett · pm 367 · A Horse at Sea · Anon. · vi 368 · For Very Little Folks- Tidy and Violet; or, the Two Donkeys · Anon. · vi 370 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 372 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 374 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 # 6, April 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Kitty and the Turkish Merchant · Muller · il 377 · How Kitty Was Lost in a Turkish Bazaar · Sara Keables Hunt · vi 380 · “I’m a Little Story” · Margaret Eytinge · pm 381 · Easter in Germany · F. E. Corne · nf 386 · Dick Hardin Away at School · Lucy J. Rider · vi 388 · Under the Lilacs [Part 5 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 395 · The Swallow · Nathan Haskell Dole · pm 396 · The Wild Mustang · Charles Barnard · vi 398 · April’s Sunbeam · Joy Allison · pm 399 · Easter Lilies · Anon. · il 399 · Old Nicolai · Paul Fort · vi 402 · The Professor · Clarence Cook · vi 404 · One Day an Ant Went to Visit Her Neighbor · Anon. · pm 405 · Mousie’s Adventures · Sphinx · il 406 · Four Charades · C. P. Cranch · pm 407 · Wise Catherine and the Kaboutermanneken · Anon. · ss 412 · Open the Snowy Little Bed · Anon. · pm 413 · How Stone-Age Children Played · Charles C. Abbott · nf 415 · The Man Who Didn’t Know When to Stop · M. M. D. · pm 416 · Puck Parker · Lizzie Champney · vi 419 · Easter Eggs · Clara W. Raymond · pm 420 · A Visit to a London Dog Show · Laura Skeel Pomeroy · nf 424 · Kept in · Y. W. · il 425 · Merry Rain · Fleta Forrester · pm 425 · Drifted Into Port [Part 2 of 3] · Edwin Hodder · sl 431 · Seeing Himself as Others See Him · Anon. · il 432 · The Three Wise Women · Mrs. E. T. Corbett · pm 434 · Always Behindhand · M. D. K. · vi 436 · The Three Horse-Shoes; or, Marshal De Saxe and the Dutch Blacksmith · David Ker · vi 438 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 440 · For Very Little Folks- Tabby’s Ride · Anon. · vi 442 · For Very Little Folks- Lullaby · Anon. · pm 444 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 446 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 # 7, May 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Mandy and Bub by the Nets · Anon. · il 449 · How Mandy Went Rowing with the “Cap’n” · Mary Hallock Foote · ss 453 · The Silly Goose (An Old Story Re-told) · E. A. Smuller · pm 455 · “Lady-Bird, Fly Away Home!” · Anon. · il 456 · Parisian Children · Henry Bacon · nf 458 · The Peterkins Are Obliged to Move · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 461 · Get Up! Got Down! · H. · il 462 · The Sing-Away Bird · Lucy Larcom · pm 463 · Old Soup · Mrs. E. W. Latimer · vi 465 · Four Little Houses · Anon. · pm 466 · Under the Lilacs [Part 6 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 475 · The Little Italian Flower-Merchant · E. M. S. S. · il 476 · Father Chirp · S. C. Stone · pm 477 · Where Money is Made · M. W. · nf 482 · A Song of Spring · Caroline Mason · pm 482 · Sam’s Birthday · Irwin Russell · vi 485 · Wait · Dora Read Goodale · pm 486 · The Story of May-Day · Olive Thorne · nf 489 · Wild Geese · Celia Thaxter · pm 490 · The Charcoal Burners’ Fire; or, Easter Eve Among the Cossacks (A Russian Legend) · David Ker · vi 492 · Parlor Ballooning · L. Hopkins · nf 494 · Drifted Into Port [Part 3 of 3] · Edwin Hodder · sl 500 · Johnny’s Lost Ball · Lloyd Wyman · vi 502 · The King and the Hard Bread · J. L. · vi 504 · For Very Little Folks- Discontented Polly · Anon. · vi 506 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 508 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 510 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 # 8, June 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · A Brave Girl · Kelly · il 513 · A Triumph · Celia Thaxter · pm 514 · One Saturday · Sarah Winter Kellogg · ss 519 · Mrs. Peter Piper’s Pickles · F. Muller · vi 523 · Under the Lilacs [Part 7 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 535 · Master Montezuma · C. C. Haskins · bg 540 · A Long Journey · Josephine Pollard · pm 541 · The Little Red Canal-Boat · M. A. Edwards · ss 548 · The Butterfly Chase · Ellis Gray · pm 549 · How to Make a Telephone · M. F. · nf 552 · Only a Doll · Sarah O. Jewett · pm 553 · Dab Kinzer: The Story of a Growing Boy [Part 1 of 5] · William O. Stoddard · sl 561 · Making Ready for a Cruise · Anon. · il 562 · How Williy-Wolly Went A-Fishing · S. C. Stone · pm 565 · Crumbs from Older Reading (Carlyle) · Julia E. Sargent · nf 566 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 568 · For Very Little Folks- “Fiddle-Diddle- Dee” · Anon. · ss 572 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 574 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 # 9, July 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Onward With Her Precious Burden, Through Shot and Shell.” · H. F. Farney · il 577 · The Girl Who Saved the General · Charles H. Woodman · vi 579 · Forty- Less One · James Richardson · pm 581 · How the Weather is Foretold · James H. Flint · nf 584 · Too Many Birthdays · Fanny M. Osborne · ss 589 · Under the Lilacs [Part 8 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 600 · The Yankee Boys That Didn’t Number Ten · W. M. Bicknell · pm 602 · The Barbecue (The “Tolerbul” Bad Boy Again) · Sarah Winter Kellogg · ss 606 · Birds and Their Families · Prof W. K. Brooks · nf 613 · Rain · Edgar Fawcett · pm 613 · Sneeze Dodson’s First Independence Day · Mrs. M. H. W. Jaquith · ss 617 · Meadow Talk · Caroline Leslie · pm 617 · A Boy’s Experience With Tar Marbles · C. S. N. · vi 620 · Dab Kinzer: The Story of a Growing Boy [Part 2 of 5] · William O. Stoddard · sl 630 · The Story of Perseus (Adapted from the German) · Mary A. Robinson · vi 632 · For Very Little Folks- The Story Nell Read · Anon. · vi 634 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 636 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 638 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 #10, August 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Building the Cheese Pres · Anon. · il 641 · King Cheese (A Story of the Paris Exhibition of 1867) · J. T. Trowbridge · pm 645 · Rods for Five · Sarah Winter Kellogg · ss 649 · John and His Velocipede · B. D. · il 650 · How to Travel · Susan Anna Brown · nf 653 · The Swallows · Dora Read Goodale · pm 653 · Under the Lilacs [Part 9 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 666 · Happy Fields of Summer · Lucy Larcom · pm 667 · The Digger-Wasps at Home · E. A. E. · nf 669 · The Emergency Mistress (A Fairy Tale) · Frank Stockton · ss 676 · Churning · Sara Keables Hunt · pm 677 · The Moon, From a Frog’s Point of View · Fleta Forrester · vi 679 · Dab Kinzer: Story of a Growing Boy [Part 3 of 5] · William O. Stoddard · sl 690 · Gerty · Margaret W. Hamilton · vi 694 · The Crow That The Crow Crowed · S. Conant Foster · pm 694 · The London Milk-Woman · Anon. · vi 696 · For Very Little Folks- Alice’s Supper · Anon. · pm 698 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 700 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 702 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 #11, September 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Shipwrecked · Champ · il 705 · Fern-Seed · Celia Thaxter · pm 706 · Mackerel Fishing · Robert Arnold · nf 708 · Spring, and Summer · Dora Read Goodale · pm 709 · The Ax of Rainier · Thomas Dunn English · ss 714 · The Painter’s Scarecrow · C. P. Cranch · pm 716 · By the Sad Sea Waves · Sphinx · il 716 · Under the Lilacs [Part 10 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 726 · Little Bear · Samuel W. Duffield · pm 726 · My St. George · Alice Maud Eddy · vi 730 · Born in Prison · Julia P. Ballard · nf 731 · How Lily-Toes Was Caught in a Shower · Anon. · vi 733 · Thanks to You · Mary E. Bradley · pm 734 · How Birds Fly · Prof W. K. Brooks · nf 739 · Nancy Chime · S. Smith · pm 740 · How He Caught Him · Anon. · il 741 · Who Put Out the Tea Party? · Ellen Frances Terry · vi 743 · The Fox, The Monkey, and the Pig · Howard Pyle · vi 744 · Dab Kinzer: The Story of a Growing Boy [Part 4 of 5] · William O. Stoddard · sl 756 · The Fox and the Turkeys; or Charley and the Old Folks · Susan Coolidge · vi 759 · Out Fishing · Hop · il 760 · For Very Little Folks- Hiddu-Diddy! · Anon. · pm 761 · For Very Little Folks- The Squirrels and the Chestnut Burr · Anon. · vi 762 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 764 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 766 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 5 #12, October 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Noon Encampment · P. A. M. · il 769 · The Violin Village · Edith Hawkins · ss 776 · Troubles in High Life · Mrs. J. G. Burnett · pm 777 · A Tale of Many Tails · Katharine B. Foot · vi 780 · We Came, We Saw, We Left · E. M. R. · il 780 · Under the Lilacs [Part 11 of 11] · Louisa May Alcott · sl 789 · Happy Little Froggy · E. Muller · pm 789 · How to Keep a Journal · W. S. Jerome · nf 791 · Simple Simon · Anon. · pm 792 · Prince Cucurbita · Edith A. Edwards · vi 794 · Mrs. Primkins’ Surprise · Olive Thorne · ss 798 · The Linnet’s Fee · Mrs. Annie A. Preston · pm 798 · Dab Kinzer: The Story of a Growing Boy [Part 5 of 5] · William O. Stoddard · sl 810 · Where? · Mary N. Prescott · pm 811 · Parlor Magic · Leo H. Grindon · nf 816 · Un Alphabet Francais · Laura Caxton · pm 820 · A Fair Exchange · Mrs. M. F. Butts · pm 821 · How Teddy Cut the Pie (A Geometrical Jingle) · Rossiter Johnson · pm 821 · “Chairs to Mend” · Alexander Wainwright · vi 823 · Two Kitties · Joy Allison · pm 824 · For Very Little Folk- “Hares and Hounds” · Anon. · pm 826 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 828 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 830 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 1, November 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Fly! The Enemy Comes!” · J. P. Davidson · il 1 · A Boy’s Service · Elizabeth Underhill · vi 3 · Who Told? · Sarah Winter Kellogg · ss 7 · When the Woods Turn Brown · Lucy Larcom · pm 7 · Towed by Rail · J. S. Bunnell · nf 12 · A Tale of Two Buckets · Caroline Mason · pm 13 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 1 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 23 · Taking Dolly Out for an Airing · Addie Ledyard · il 23 · Handsome Hans · Mrs. Minnie von Funcke · vi 25 · Cicada (A Legend of the Locust) · C. P. Cranch · pm 26 · The Dark Day · Ella A. Drinkwater · vi 28 · The Young Hunter · L. Hopkins · il 28 · The Most Thoroughly Educated Young Lady in Miss Neal’s School (A Thanksgiving Story) · Hope Ledyard · ss 33 · A Mistake · M. M. D. · pm 34 · The Poor Relations (An Old-Time Story) · Paul Fort · ss 40 · Monkeys and Dogs to the Front · M. M. D. · ss 46 · Frank R. Stockton · E. N. · bg 48 · Half a Dozen Housekeepers [Part 1 of 3] · Katherine D. Smith · sl 56 · The Three Wise Men · Joel Brush · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 58 · The Look-Out Tree · Fred Beverly · vi 60 · The Magician’s Lesson (A Dialogue in 3 scenes. From a German Story) · G. B. Bartlett · pl 62 · For Very Little Folks- Bessie Barton’s Large Family · Anon. · vi 66 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 68 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 70 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 2, December 1878] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Coming Home · John Phillip, R.A. · il 73 · Coming Home · M. M. D. · pm 74 · Wild Becky · Emma Plimpton · ss 78 · “I Wish I Was a Man!” · Addie Ledyard · il 79 · “I Wish I Was a Woman!” · Addie Ledyard · il 79 · A “Muchacho” of the Mexican Camp · Mary Hallock Foote · vi 81 · The Peterkins Decide to Study the Languages · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 84 · “Will You Walk Into My Frying Pan?” · Anon. · pm 85 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 2 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 93 · Can You? · Mary E. Folsom · pm 94 · Chicken Lizzie · L. Duykwood · ss 98 · The Student · Addie Ledyard · il 98 · King Alfred’s Lantern · Amanda B. Harris · vi 100 · The Two Cheshire Cats · A. P. Williams · pm 101 · Italian Fairy Tales · T. F. Crane · nf 108 · Snakes and Birds · Robert Ingersoll · nf 110 · The Eaves, the Flowers and the Swallows · Emma Burt · vi 111 · Paul Jones of Overlook Mountain (A True Story) · Laura Winthrop Johnson · ss 115 · A Wise Man Built Him a Flying Machine · L. Hopkins · pm 116 · The Microscope and What I Saw Through It · Mrs. Mary Treat · nf 117 · Mistletoe Gathering in Normandy · Margaret Bertha Wright · vi 120 · The Smiling Dolly · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Addie Ledyard 121 · The New Clothes (A True Story) · Aunt Fanny · vi 123 · A Day With the Ponies · Josephine Norman · vi 125 · Half a Dozen Housekeepers [Part 2 of 3] · Katherine D. Smith · sl 133 · Elisabeth’s Rosen · Katharine Jackson · vi 134 · For Very Little Folk- The Little Sweet Cake · Anon. · vi 136 · For Very Little Folk- The Five-Finger Folk · Olive A. Wadsworth · pm 138 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 140 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 142 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 3, January 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Sisters · William Page · il 145 · The Voyage of the “Jettie” · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm 148 · Children’s Day at St. Paul’s · N. D’Anvers · ss 156 · Left Behind · Anon. · il 156 · What Shall He Do With Her? · Charles Dudley Warner · vi 158 · Half a Dozen Housekeepers [Part 3 of 3] · Katherine D. Smith · sl 163 · Christmas Bells · Anon. · il 164 · The Old Stone Basin · Susan Coolidge · pm 165 · Some Malayan Dances · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 167 · The King’s Church- A Swedish Legend · Anon. · vi 168 · Christmas Day · Anon. · pm 169 · Behind the White Brick · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss 175 · Song · Theodore Winthrop · pm 176 · Why Wilster Elspleet’s Ship Went Into Church · Sarah J. Prichard · ss 182 · What the Birds Said · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 184 · Wondering Tom (republished by request from Our Young Folks) · M. M. D. · ss; illus. Frederick Dielman 191 · The Funniest General In All the World · Hezekiah Butterworth · vi 192 · Gold Locks and Silver Locks · Celia Thaxter · pm 194 · One Christmas Fireside · Anon. · il 194 · Ten Dollars · Olive Thorne · pl 198 · Rumpty-Dudget’s Tower [Part 1 of 3] · Julian Hawthorne · sl 202 · Winter · F. S. Church · il 203 · Pete’s Christmas Tree · J. H. Andrews · pm; illus. Sol Eytinge, Jr. 207 · “Sixty Minutes Make an Hour” · Margaret Eytinge · vi 210 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 3 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 220 · Our Music Page- Nocturne For Little Hands · Wm. K. Bassford · sg 221 · For Very Little Folks- The Little Girl Who Wanted to Go to the Moon · Anon. · ss 226 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 228 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 228 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 230 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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