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St. Nicholas [v 6 # 4, February 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Helping Mother · Jan Verhas · il 233 · A Story of a Stone · Prof. D. S. Jordan · vi 235 · The Shining Little House · H. H. · pm 236 · Our Artist on St. Valentine’s Day · Anon. · il 236 · Eyebright [Part 1 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl 244 · “There was an old man of the Nile” · Frederick Palmer · pm; illus. H. Winthrop Peirce 245 · Birthday Rhymes · Katharine Hanson · pm 245 · Modern Improvements at the Peterkins · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 248 · Besieged by a Rhinoceros (A South African Yarn) · David Ker · vi 250 · About Violins · M. D. Ruff · nf 254 · The Sad Story of the Dandy Cat · Laura E. Richards · pm 256 · A Great Mill Rose Above the Arch · Anon. · il 257 · The Half-Timer · Charles Barnard · vi 259 · Some children roam the fields and hills · Bessie Hill · pm 260 · “Unusual History” Pictures · L. Hopkins · il 261 · Teddy’s Heroes · Amalie LaForge · vi; illus. Sol Eytinge, Jr. 264 · The Nest on Wheels (A True Story) · C. B. · vi 267 · The Origins of the Jumping Jack · I. L. Beman · vi 268 · Rumpty-Dudget’s Tower [Part 2 of 3] · Julian Hawthorne · sl 274 · Little Nicholas; and How He Became a Great Musician · James H. Flint · bg 277 · Heimdall · Augusta Larned · pm 278 · Jottings Versus Doings · Margaret H. Eckerson · ss 283 · “Why, How Do You Do?” · Key · il 283 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 4 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 292 · La Chanson de L’Hiver; Winter Song · Mariana B. Slade · pm 292 · Polly Hersey’s Pet · Wm. M. F. Round · vi 294 · New Domino Games · Arlo Bates · nf 296 · For Very Little Folks- Counters · Aunt Sue · pm 298 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 300 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 301 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 303 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 5, March 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · They Instinctively Raised Their Guns and Fired · Anon. · il 306 · An Adventure on an Iceberg · Dr. Isaac I. Hayes · vi 309 · A Wonderful Candle · Anon. · nf 312 · The Obstinate Weathercock · Horace E. Scudder · vi 314 · Red Riding-Hood and the Wolf · Gustave Doré · il 314 · The Renaissance · Mary Lloyd · nf 316 · The Wasp and the Bee · Palmer Cox · pm 317 · Eyebright [Part 2 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl 323 · Bloom · B. H. · pm 323 · Wanted · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi 324 · Oriental Bottles and Wells, and How They Are Made · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 328 · Dick’s Supper · Mrs. E. T. Corbett · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 329 · Nannie’s Little Muff · Mary Bolles Branch · vi 332 · Calling the Flowers · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Kate Greenaway 333 · Rumpty-Dudget’s Tower [Part 3 of 3] · Julian Hawthorne · sl 336 · The American Mardi Gras · Mary Hartwell Catherwood · nf; illus. J. Wells Champney 342 · Waiting for Spring · Anon. · il 342 · Pets From Persia · Kate Foote · ss 347 · Elizabeth’s Roses · Annie B. Parker · vi 348 · The Plaything Sky · J. W. DeForest · pm 349 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 5 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 357 · The Mechanical Pigeon · Charles Barnard · nf 358 · For Very Little Folks- Pinkety-Winkety Wee · E. T. Alden · pm 359 · For Very Little Folks- Joe and the Seal · C. M. Drake · vi 360 · For Very Little Folk- Eleven Little Pussy-Cats · Anon. · pm 362 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 364 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 366 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 6, April 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Tithing Man Preserves Order Among the Little Puritans · Geo. F. Barnes · il 369 · Little Puritans · H. E. Scudder · nf 372 · The Flame of a Street Lamp · Frederic Palmer · vi 374 · A Song of Easter · Celia Thaxter · pm 375 · The Dew In the Rose · Mary Lathbury · vi 375 · Spoiling a Bombshell · John Lewees · vi 377 · The Reward of Virtue · V. Q. Smith · pm 378 · The Boy Astronomer · Harriet Prescott Spofford · sl; illus. C. S. Reinhart 383 · The Little Woman and the Big Girl · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Kate Greenaway 384 · Eyebright [Part 3 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 389 · Beating the Bounds · Thomas Hughes · ss 396 · A Boarding School · E. Muller · vi 397 · Shower and Flower · Lucy Larcom · pm 398 · King Wichtel the First (translated from the German) · Julius Sturm · vi 401 · A Morning Call from a Panther · David Ker · vi 403 · An Oild Bachelor. A Happy Couple · Anon. · il 403 · Little Housemaids · Olive Thorne · ss; illus. Jessie Curtis 411 · Milton · Emma Burt · bg 415 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 6 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 424 · For Very Little Folks- Arthur and Romeo · Anon. · vi 425 · For Very Little Folk- Tick, Tock! Tick, Tock · Anon. · pm 426 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 428 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 431 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 7, May 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The May King · Anon. · il 433 · The King of May · M. M. D. · pm 434 · The Arithmetic of Gingerbread · Mary B. Willard · vi 436 · Late! · J. G. Francis · il 436 · The Land of the Powder Players · Ernest Ingersoll · nf 441 · The Boy Astronomer at the Observatory · Harriet Prescott Spofford · sl 445 · Sing-Song · Mary Prescott · pm 445 · Eyebright [Part 4 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 451 · The May-Flowers · Annie Moore · vi 452 · Jerry’s Baby Elephant · Mary Handerson · ss 456 · Terrible Adventures of Ourselves and the Marshal · Sherwood Bonner · ss 460 · The Three Wise Couples · Mrs. E. T. Corbett · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 402 · The Gourd and the Oak · Howard Pyle · vi 402 · She Couldn’t (A Story for Big Girls) · Kate Gannett Wells · ss; illus. Sol Eytinge, Jr. 469 · The Apples of Iduna · Helen L. Smith · vi 471 · The Big Bear of Wannetola (A True Story) · Dr. I. E. Nagle · vi 474 · My Color · Marcia D. Bradbury · pm 475 · Rudolph Don Pedro Livingstone · F. H. G. B. · ss 479 · A Little Girl’s Wonder · Nora Perry · pm 480 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 7 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 488 · For Very Little Folks- What Katy Found · Anon. · vi 490 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 492 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 494 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 8, June 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Summer Has Come! · Anon. · il 497 · A Second Trial · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi 499 · Mignonette · Susan Coolidge · pm 500 · Bossy Ananias · Louise Seymour Houghton · ss 504 · Chub and Hoppergrass · Charles Stuart Pratt · vi 506 · Anna Letitia Barbauld · Kate Brownlee Horton · bg 509 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 8 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 518 · How the Lambkins Went South · Mrs. E. T. Corbett · pm 520 · Longitude Naught · W. L. Sheppard · nf 524 · The Fairies’ Gift · Palmer Cox · pm 526 · A Curious Box of Books · H. D. M. · nf 528 · The Schnitzen · M. A. Edwards · vi 531 · The Shower · Anna Boynton Averill · pm 532 · A Puzzling Picture · C. B. · nf; illus. J. F. Runge 533 · Robin Goodfellow and His Friend Bluetree · Howard Pyle · vi 535 · Eyebright [Part 5 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 541 · The Boy and the Brook · L. C. R. · pm 542 · A Fish That Catches Fish · John Lewees · nf 544 · The Royal Bonbon · Nora Perry · vi 547 · Two Little Travelers · Louisa M. Alcott · nf 549 · How a Comet Struck the Earth · Edward C. Kemble · vi 552 · For Very Little Folks- The Little Mothers · Anon. · vi 554 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 556 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 559 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 # 9, July 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “The Voice Was So Near That Dru Sprang to her Feet!” · Walter Shirlaw · il 561 · Dru’s Red Sea · Mrs. Mary Parsons · vi 564 · Nid-Nodding · Lucy Larcom · pm 565 · Dory-Fishing · Frank H. Converse · vi 568 · The Sylvan Party · Alice H. Harrington · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 570 · Green Covers and Brown · Rossiter Johnson · nf 571 · Little Elsie · Anon. · pm 572 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 9 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 581 · A Talk About Royal Children · E. B. T. · nf 585 · Company to Supper · Frances Lee · vi 588 · Blossom Boy of Tokio · Wm. Elliot Griffis · ss 597 · A Poor Little Mother · Mary L. Bolles Branch · pm 597 · The Child and the Image (Suggested By an Actual Incident) · Moncure D. Conway · vi 600 · Blown Away · Charles Barnard · vi 603 · Rattle-Te-Bang · Mary Sparks Wheeler · pm 604 · Eyebright [Part 6 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 613 · Discussing the Muzzle Question · Anon. · il 614 · A Wonderful Child · Hattie S. Russell · pm 614 · Hay-Foot! Straw-Foot! · Anon. · nf 616 · “Glories” · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi; illus. Addie Ledyard 618 · Catching the Cat · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 619 · How to Make a Hammock · Charles L. Norton · nf 622 · Our Music Page- Fourth of July March · Wm. K. Bassford · sg 624 · For Very Little Folk- How Harold Came to Tell Himself a Story · Anon. · vi 626 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 628 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 630 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 631 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 #10, August 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Kaiserblumen · Frederick Dielman · il 633 · The Kaiserblumen · Celia Thaxter · pm 635 · A Mississippi Chowder · Mary Norwest · ss 639 · What Was It? · Anon. · pm 640 · The Baby’s Morning · Sarah Chester · ss; illus. Addie Ledyard 644 · The Aquarium at Brighton · Emma Southwick · nf 646 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 10 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 653 · Avoiding the Heated Term · Anon. · il 654 · The Pease Boys · Mary L. B. Branch · pm; illus. Frank Beard 655 · The Game of Lawn Tennis · W. H. Boardman · nf 658 · Becky’s Surprise Day · Helene J. Hicks · vi 661 · On the Beach · Anon. · il 662 · City Sparrows · Edgar Fawcett · pm 662 · Hercules-Jack · E. L. Bynner · ss; illus. L. Hopkins 668 · Doing Her Best · Jessie McDermot · il 668 · A Few of Our Habits · M. C. Holmes · nf 670 · Eyebright [Part 7 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 676 · More Un-Natural History · L. Hopkins · il 677 · Two Ways of Seeing · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 677 · Nan, the Newsboy · W. H. Bishop · ss 682 · Agammemnon’s Career · Lucretia Hale · sl 685 · Haste to the Party · Anon. · pm 686 · Back of the Waterfall (A Fish Fairy Tale) · Adelaide F. Samuels · vi; illus. Alfred Kappes 689 · On the Well-Sweep · Paul Fort · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 690 · The Child Life of Goethe · Mary Lockwood · bg 696 · For Very Little Folk- Happy Go Lucky · Anon. · vi 698 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 700 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 701 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 703 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 #11, September 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Oh, How Deep!” · Anon. · il 705 · Three Drews and a Crew · Sarah J. Prichard · ss; illus. F. S. Church 711 · Rosebud · Lucy Larcom · pm 711 · The Chateau D’Oiron · Katherine Cameron · nf 715 · A Soul for Music · S. A. Rankin · il 716 · “Up and Down ’twixt Earth and Sky” · Anon. · pm 716 · Bob’s Missionary Work · Louise Stockton · ss 721 · Eyebright [Part 8 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 727 · A Run After Swordfish · Alexander Young · vi 729 · Helmets and Violets · Ruth Mariner · pm 730 · Try · Constantina E. Brooks · vi 731 · Her Fan and Her Furs · Constance Marion · ss 736 · On Wheels · John Lewees · nf 740 · One Summer Day · A. E. B. · vi 743 · Off For Boy-Land · Emma Huntington Mason · pm 744 · A Queen- M.E. Bennett · Addie Ledyard · pm 745 · Gretelein and Her Queer Stories · Rosamond Dale Owen · vi 747 · So Wise · Adelaide F. Waters · pm 748 · Pirates of the Chiense Coast · J. O. D. · nf 749 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 11 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 757 · Nora’s Oil Well · Sophie Swett · ss 762 · The Frolicsome Fly · S. F. Clarke · vi 765 · “Buttered Pease” in Choctaw · Frederic Palmer · vi 766 · The Story of a Prince · Paul Fort · bg 768 · For Very Little Folks- The Broom Giant · Anon. · vi 770 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 772 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 774 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 6 #12, October 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Trying Charms on Witches’ Night · Anon. · il 777 · Jimmy’s Cruise in the “Pinafore” · Louisa M. Alcott · ss 783 · Four Little Birds · Anon. · pm 783 · Witches Night · Olive Thorne · vi 784 · Duke Leopold’s Stone · Mary E. Bradley · pm; illus. Alfred Frederick 786 · Mr. Carrothers’ Secret · The author of “Dab Kinzer" · ss 792 · Eyebright [Part 9 of ?] · Susan Coolidge · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 798 · The Streamlet · Moncure D. Conway · vi 799 · The Grave in the Forest · Janet Hay · pm 800 · The Railroad in the Air · Charles Barnard · nf 808 · On a Man’s Back · Horace Baker · vi; illus. J. E. Kelley 810 · The Lobster’s Victory; or, The Race That Was Not to the Swift · Abbe Reed · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 812 · “No Ma’am, I Didn’t Come to Shoot Birds · Anon. · il 812 · A Jolly Fellowship [Part 12 of 12] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. J. E. Kelley 818 · “A Little round head and a little red bonnet” · Anon. · pm 818 · The Educational Breakfast at the Peterkins · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 823 · Taking Care of Him Nights · Dora Read Goodale · pm 823 · Noah’s Ark Ashore · F. L. Oswald · ss; illus. Hermann Faber 831 · The Robin and the Trout (A Fable) · Nathaniel Niles · pm 824 · A Curious Monastery · J. L. · nf 833 · What Kate Found in the Well · Emma K. Parrish · ss 837 · The School in the Woods · Maurice Thompson · vi 839 · The Burdock Boy and Girl · Mary L. B. Branch · vi 840 · For Very Little Folks- What Happened to Margery Daw · Anon. · vi 842 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 844 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 846 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 1, November 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Little Louis, The Dauphin · Anon. · il 1 · How Some Dolls Broke the Law · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi 3 · Adrift on the Ocean · Frank H. Converse · ss 8 · That Dropped Stitch · R. S. T. · pm; illus. E. B. Bensell 10 · Two Allies · Edwin C. Taylor · nf 11 · Arbor Vitae or Not? · Ella A. Drinkwater · vi 13 · The Pensive Cricket · Joel Stacy · pm; illus. Miss H. A. Daley 14 · Playthings · Olive Thorne · nf 20 · Mrs. McGlinty’s Pigs · Miriam Alden · vi 23 · Jingle · Anon. · pm 24 · Irene and the Yesterdays · Raja · vi 28 · Gathering Muscadine in Mississippi · Winnie Weston · vi 30 · A Legend of Harvest · Edwin Fawcett · pm 32 · The Family With Whom Everything Went Wrong · M. M. D. · vi 34 · Hunting Jackrabbits · A Boy · vi 37 · Getting Ready For Thanksgiving · M. E. Winslow · vi 40 · The Boys at Chiron’s School · Evelyn Muller · vi; illus. E. S. Church 43 · A Boy’s Remonstrance · C. Perry · pm 44 · Among the Lakes [Part 1 of 2] · William O. Stoddard · sl; A Farmhouse Story. 51 · The Last Dauphin · Alice Wild · bg 55 · The Country School-House · M. E. Bennett · pm 56 · The Gudra’s Daughter · Frank R. Stockton · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 62 · The Little Runaway · Julia C. R. Dorr & Frederick Dielman · pm 64 · The Boy Heroes of Crecy and Poitiers · Treadwell Warden · nf 69 · Cloud-Land · Mary N. Prescott · pm 70 · A Few Pretty Things in Fancy Work · Eliza Howe · nf 74 · St. Martin’s Eve · Anna Eichberg · vi 77 · For Very Little Folks- How Kit Saw The Show · Anon. · ss 82 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 84 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 86 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 2, December 1879] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Making Mamma’s Christmas Present · Knaus · il 89 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 95 · “I Wish I Knew My Letters Well” · M. M. D. · pm 96 · The Great Race · F. E. T. · vi; illus. L. Hopkins 98 · Fables · Howard Pyle · vi 99 · The Knight and the Page (A Story of a Long Ago Christmas) · Martha C. Howe · pm 103 · Budsy, the Giant · J. W. DeForest · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 108 · “Consider, Now, a Painter Man” · Joel Stacy · pm 109 · An American King David · J. T. Trowbridge · bg 111 · Christmas is Coming! · Anon. · il 111 · Watching for An Otter · Maurice Thompson · vi 114 · Christmas at Number One, Crawlin Place · Sargent Flint · vi 117 · The Four Sunbeams · M. K. B. · pm; illus. Frederick Dielman 119 · Paul and the Goblin · J. Esten Cooke · ss; illus. L. B. Bensell 124 · The King of the Goblins · Anon. · il 125 · My “Sunflower’s” Fan · Emma Bryan · vi 127 · “There Was an Old Man of Cathay” · Frederic Palmer · pm; illus. H. W. Peirce 128 · How the Elephants Turned Back · Anon. · vi 129 · Abram Morrison · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm 131 · A Beginning · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi 134 · The Little First Man and the Little First Woman (An Indian Legend) · William M. Cary · ss 138 · Among the Lakes [Part 2 of 2] · William O. Stoddard · sl 144 · The Story of Pegasus · M. C. · vi; illus. J. L. Kelley 146 · Mother Goose and Her Family: A Christmas Recreation (For Sunday-school and Other Festivals) · Edward Eggleston · pl 150 · The Mystery of the Seed · Lucy Larcom · pm 151 · Telegraph Boys · W. A. Linn · nf 159 · How Cruel is Fate! · Margaret Vandegrift · pm 160 · The Strange Adventures of a Wood Sled · Washington Gladden · ss; illus. Sol Eytinge, Jr. 167 · Dressing Mary Ann · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Addie Ledyard 170 · How Joe Brought Down the House · Marion Conant · vi 172 · The Funny Mandarin · Palmer Cox · pm 174 · Thorvaldsen · A. P. C. · ss 180 · Chronicles of the Molbos · Anon. · vi 182 · For Very Little Folk- “Each Little Bird Within Its Nest” · Anon. · pm 186 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 188 · Some New Books for Young People · Anon. · br 188 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 190 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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