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St. Nicholas [v 7 # 3, January 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark” · H. Wolf · il 193 · The Proud Little Grain of Wheat · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss 198 · Japanese Top Spinning · J. Reed Sever · nf 199 · The Dolls’ Baby Show · B. M. B. · ss; illus. Jessie Curtis 204 · Bidding the Sun Good Night in Lapland · Joy Allison · pm 205 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 214 · The Three Copecks · Paul H. Hayne · pm; illus. Ivan Pranishnickoff 217 · The Land of Short Memories · S. S. Colt · vi 218 · The Catcher Caught · Anon. · il 219 · The Practical Fairy · Charles Barnard · ss 223 · Popping Corn · Jennie E. T. Dowe · pm; illus. Alfred Kappes 242 · The Shepherd Boy of Vespignano · Agnes Elizabeth Thomson · vi 227 · Ino and Uno · Josephine Pollard · pm 228 · How Hal Went Home · Louise Stockton · ss; illus. W. I. Sheppard 232 · The Relay in the Desert · Anon. · nf 233 · Plums (A Fable) · Paul Fort · vi 235 · The Boys Own Phonograph · John Lewees · nf 238 · “There Was a Young Lady of Brooking” · Frederic Palmer · pm; illus. H. W. Peirce 238 · The Children’s “Claim” · Mary Hallock Foote · ss 246 · Sow, Sew and So · Rosa Graham · pm 246 · A Strange Music · Louis C. Elson · ss 253 · Blodget’s Orders · George Klingle · vi 254 · Which Will Get It? · Anon. · il 255 · The Sprig of Holly · Frank Stockton · vi 258 · Among the Lakes [Part 1 of 4] · William O. Stoddard · sl St. Nicholas Magazine Nov, 1879 (+1) 263 · Snow-Ball Warfare · Daniel C. Beard · nf 267 · The Sleeping Princess · John V. Sears · pl 272 · For Very Little Folks- Trot, Dot and Bunny · Anon. · vi 274 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 276 · Ways of Cutting Oranges and Apples · Anon. · ms 276 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 278 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 4, February 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Princes in the Tower · Millais · il 281 · Child Songs · Alfred Tennyson · pm 282 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 290 · Prairie Squirrels · Mary P. Thacher · nf 292 · Winter · Anon. · il 292 · Saved from Siberia · A. A. Hayes, Jr. · ss 299 · Daisy’s Mistake · Mrs. E. McKean Ely · pm 300 · A Knotty Subject · Charles Norton · nf 303 · “Around a Little Dusty Room” · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 304 · A Faithful Friend · John V. Sears · ss; illus. Hermann Faber 309 · How to Entertain a Guest · Susan Anna Brown · nf 312 · Why Patty Spoke in Church · Joel Stacy · vi; illus. Frederick Dielman 313 · Hearing Without Ears · Aunt Fanny · nf 315 · The Hylas · Celia Thaxter · pm 316 · A Story to Be Written · Misc. Material · ms 316 · Mary Elizabeth (A True Temperance Story) · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · vi 320 · Snow-Sports for Boys and Girls · Samuel Von Brunt · nf 322 · The Raven Uncle · Victor Bluthgen · vi; Translated from the German. 325 · Picture With a Moral for Boys and Dogs · A. G. Frances · il 326 · Editha’s Burglar · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss; illus. W. Taber 333 · Master Treborius · W. M. Bicknell · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 333 · Some Wonderful Automata · Fannie Roper Feduge · nf 336 · Seeing is Believing · J. S. · pm 336 · Out at Sea (A Fable) · Paul Fort · vi 339 · The Children’s Tally-Ho! · S. W. Hallock · pm; illus. Mary Hallock Foote 340 · Among the Lakes [Part 2 of 4] · William O. Stoddard · sl St. Nicholas Magazine Nov, 1879 (+1) 348 · Quite a History (After the German) · Arlo Bates · pm 349 · Our Music Page - The City Child · Alfred Tennyson · sg 350 · For Very Little Folks- Illustrated Alphabet · Helen J. Ford · pm 354 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 356 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 359 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 5, March 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Little Peasant · E. D. Palmer · il 361 · Buttercup Gold · Laura E. Richards · vi 363 · The Swan Song · Katharine Ritter Brooks · vi 366 · Longitude One Hundred and Eighty · John Keller · nf 369 · The Lazy Pussy · Palmer Cox · pm 370 · The Tea-Kettle Light (A True Story) · Flora Sanborn · ss 376 · Crocus · Celia Thaxter · pm 376 · Babie Stuart · Agnes Elizabeth Thomson · vi 378 · “It’s Such Work to Go Up” · H. Stull · il 379 · Gathering Caoutchouc in Nicaragua · E. P. Lull · nf 385 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 395 · Riding on the Rail · H. F. King · pm 396 · Snow-Flakes · Mary N. Prescott · pm 396 · Chy Lung, the Chinese Fisherman · Fanny Osborne · ss; illus. W. F. Browne 404 · A Naughty Boy · Bessie Hill · pm; illus. Abbott H. Thayer 405 · The Disadvantages of City Boys · Washington Gladden · nf 411 · The Legend of the Ground Hog · William M. Pegram · pm 413 · Among the Lakes [Part 3 of 4] · William O. Stoddard · sl St. Nicholas Magazine Nov, 1879 (+1) 420 · The Little Peasant · R. S. Chilton · pm 421 · Kite Time · Daniel Beard · nf 428 · Our Music Page - Minnie and Winnie · Alfred Tennyson · sg 430 · Our Music Page - The City Child · Alfred Tennyson · sg; illus. Mrs. Alfred Tennyson 431 · For Very Little Folks- Goats With Very Little Hair · L. G. Morse · vi 433 · For Very Little Folks- Baby’s Journey · Laura E. Richards · pm 434 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 436 · Young Contributors’ Department · Misc. Material · cl 436 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 439 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 6, April 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · A Burial at Sea · Anon. · il 441 · An Adventure on an Egg-Var · Mrs. C. A. Stephens · ss; illus. J. L. Kelley 445 · The Happy Bud · Eudora May Stone · pm 446 · Getting Acquainted · C. A. Northam · il 446 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 456 · The Farmer Who Became Drum-Major (Peggy and Meggy Will Tell the Story in Their Own Way) · Joel Stacy · pm 458 · A Dead City · Margaret Bertha Wright · nf 463 · Childhood’s Gold · Lucy Larcom · pm 464 · What Happened to Janan · M. A. Adgate · ss; illus. J. E. Kelley 469 · An Easter Card · Addie Ledyard · il 469 · The Bell-Buoy · Mrs. B. L. Merrill · vi 471 · The “Dear Little Deer” · Olive Thorne Miller · vi 474 · Spring Time · Mary Gordon · pm 476 · The Major’s Big-Talk Stories, No. 1 · F. Blake Crofton · sl 477 · How Bo-Peep’s Sheep Were Found · Geo. J. Varney · vi 480 · Easter in Rome · Lillian Gilbert Browne · nf 482 · Daffy-Down-Dilly · Susan Hartley · pm 483 · Kitty’s Mother · A. G. Plympton · vi 486 · Napoleon and the Young Egyptian · Colonel T. A. Dodge · ss; illus. C. S. Reinhart 490 · The Game of Kite-Cutting · F. D. Clarke · nf 494 · St. George and the Dragon · Mrs. E. W. Latimer · pm 498 · A Burial at Sea · Anon. · vi 498 · How Johnny Amused the Baby · H. R. P. · il 499 · Among the Lakes [Part 4 of 4] · William O. Stoddard · sl St. Nicholas Magazine Nov, 1879 (+1) 512 · For Very Little Folks- Ned’s Stilts · Lucy G. Morse · vi 513 · For Very Little Folks- Naughty Jack · Anon. · pm 514 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 516 · Our Music Page- Bye, Baby, Bye! · Mary Mapes Dodge · sg; illus. Herbert P. Main 517 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 519 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 7, May 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Sir Christopher Wren · Anon. · il 521 · A Talk With Girls and Their Mothers · Washington Gladden · nf 526 · Fairy Photographs · H. H. Ballard · vi 529 · Two More of the Major’s Big Talk Stories · F. Blake Crofton · sl 533 · The Field Sparrow · Lucy Larcom · pm 533 · The Story of Lizbeth and the “Baby” · George Houghton · vi; illus. E. S. Church 536 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 545 · Oriental Jugglery · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 548 · The Full-Dress Adventures of Miss Moriarty · Eleanor Kirk · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 550 · A Term at the District School (A Sequel to “Kitty’s Mother.” From the Pen of Mary Jane) · A. G. Plympton · ss; illus. W. T. Smedley 554 · Curious Facts Concerning Ants · E. W. O · es 561 · Dorothy Dump · Mabel C. Dowd & Addie Ledyard · pm 561 · Barbara Bright · Mabel C. Dowd & Addie Ledyard · pm 562 · The Fairport Nine [Part 1 of 6] · Noah Brooks · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood 573 · The Japanese Fan · Mattie C. Cook · pm; illus. A. Brennan 574 · Sally’s Soldier (A Decoration Day Story) · Christine Chaplin Brush · vi; illus. Rufus F. Zogbaum 578 · “This Little Old Man Lived All Alone” · L. Hopkins · pm 578 · A.D. 1695 · Mrs. D. G. Bacon · nf 580 · Topsyturvy’s Dream · Edgar Fawcett · ss 584 · Ancient History · Margaret Vandegrift · pm; illus. E. B. Bensell 586 · How to Care for the Sick · Susan Anna Brown · nf 588 · My Lady is Eating Her Mush · Mrs. M. F. Butts · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 589 · The Boy and the Giant · Susan Coolidge · vi 592 · For Very Little Folks- Christmas Eve · Lucy G. Morse · vi 593 · For Very Little Folks- Little Speckle Has Laid an Egg · E. T. Alden · pm 594 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 596 · The True and Sad Ballad of Christopher Wren · Anon. · pm 597 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 599 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 8, June 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Home of the Herons · Anon. · il 601 · “Little Miss Stone” · Mary Wager Fisher · vi; illus. F. H. Lungren 604 · Apple Seed John · Lydia Maria Child · pm 605 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 615 · Grandmother’s Room · Harry Barnes · vi 617 · My Ship · W. T. Peters · pm; illus. Miss C. A. Northam 618 · How to Camp Out · Daniel C. Beard · nf 624 · Bessie Ainsley Doctors the Doddses · Mrs. M. L. Evans · ss; illus. W. Taber 629 · The Daisy Maidens · Mary A. Lathbury · pm 629 · Two Famous Old Stones · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 632 · The “West Wind’s” Last Cruise · Frank H. Converse · ss; illus. Granville Perkins 637 · Ah Lo · Robert S. Talcott · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 639 · The Good Shot (A Short Tale in Short Words for Boys both Tall and Short) · Anon. · vi 640 · Foreign Head Dresses · Sphinx · nf 642 · “Now Sit Perfectly Quiet! Look Pleasant!” · Anon. · il 642 · Lost and Found · Florence Scannell · ss 647 · A Summer Home for Poor Children · Olive Thorne Miller · nf; illus. Jessie Curtis 654 · Wild Flowers · Margaret Bourne · pm 654 · The Fairport Nine [Part 2 of 6] · Noah Brooks · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood 662 · More Chronicles of the Molbos · Anon. · vi 664 · Something About Musical Ducks · Mrs. R. Swain Gifford · nf 665 · Marion’s Story · Elizabeth W. Denison · vi; illus. Sol Eytinge, Jr. 668 · My Dear Old Friends · Alice Wood · vi 670 · For Very Little Folks- About a Big Dog · Anon. · vi 672 · For Very Little Folks- The Bird and His Mother · Anon. · vi 674 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 676 · Young Contributors’ Department- The Story Written · Anon. · vi 677 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 679 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 # 9, July 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Elizabeth Zane Saves the Fort · Anon. · il 681 · Dame Durden and Mr. Babe · S. W. Birnie · vi 684 · “How Happy Would I Be With Either!” · Laura C. Hill · il 684 · A Summer Song · Julia C. R. Dorr · pm 685 · Rare Woods · C. H. Farnham · nf 688 · A Lucky Stroke · John Lewees · vi 691 · Jacky’s Scarecrow · Mrs. C. A. Wyckoff · pm; illus. F. S. Church 693 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 702 · A Summer Story · Mrs. Annie A. Preston · pm 702 · A Japanese Military Noble in Court Dress · William E. Griffis · nf 704 · Pedro · W. M. M. F. Round · ss; illus. H. P. Share 708 · Elizabeth Eliza Writes a Paper · Lucretia Hale · sl 711 · The Little Models · R. E. Francillon · pm; illus. W. L. Sheppard 713 · Tom’s Anti-Firecracker League · Mary Wager Fisher · ss 717 · Buttons and Fortunes · Laura Ledyard · pm; illus. W. Taber 718 · A Country Seat · H. L. Stephens · il 718 · The Canadian Patriots in 1775 · Geo. J. Varney · nf 721 · Now, Bumble-Bee! · Nellie Wood · pm; illus. Addie Ledyard 722 · One-Tree Island · Frank Stockton · ss 726 · “Hark! Hark! What’s That Noise?” · M. F. Butts · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 727 · Cheery Robin · B. Lander · pm 728 · Paper Balloons · Daniel C. Beard · nf 734 · The Major’s Big-Talk Stories, No. IV · F. Blake Crofton · sl 736 · Roses · Mrs. M. F. Butts · pm 736 · Caught! · W. T. Smedley · il 737 · The Fairport Nine [Part 3 of 6] · Noah Brooks · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood 743 · Two Gunpowder Stories · J. L. W. · vi 745 · Luck · Margaret B. Harvey · pm 746 · How Little Patty Saved Her Mother · Kate Brownlee Horton · ss 751 · For Very Little Folks- Freddy and the Hawk · Maria R. Oakey · vi 752 · For Very Little Folks- Little Popple-De-Polly · Anon. · pm 753 · For Very Little Folks- Tabby’s Supper · Anon. · vi 754 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 756 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 759 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 #10, August 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Hop O’ My Thumb · Gustave Doré · il 761 · The Fox and the Stork · Susan Coolidge · ss; illus. W. L. Sheppard 765 · “A Plump Little Girl” · Anon. · pm 766 · The “Darning Needle” · E. C. N. · nf 768 · Pussy and Her Elephant · Hannah More Johnson · pm; illus. E. B. Bensell 770 · The Invasion · F. B. Mayer · il 770 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 784 · The Making of the Humming Bird (An Indian Legend) · Annie A. Preston · pm 785 · The Coral Castle · E. T. Disoway · ss; illus. L. Hopkins 789 · Superfine Article Terms · Anon. · il 789 · Chewink · Lucy Larcom · pm 790 · Placer and Gulch Mining for Gold · Ernest Ingersoll · nf 796 · A Trial By Jury · J. G. Francis · il 797 · Johnny’s Pockets · Anna B. Averill · vi 799 · Mother’s Hired Man · F. M. Baker · pm 800 · A Happy Thought for Street Children · Olive Thorne Miller · nf 806 · The Pet Name · M. A. C. · pm 806 · The Major’s Big Talk Stories, Nos. V and VI · F. Blake Crofton · sl 808 · Song of the Palm Leaf Fan · Miss M. E. Bennett · il 809 · Why the Black Cat Winked · Sophie Swett · ss; illus. A. Brennan 814 · Combining Pleasure With Duty · Anon. · il 815 · The Woodman’s Daughter · Joy Allison · pm 815 · A Little Wave’s History · T. C. H. · vi 817 · The Fairport Nine [Part 4 of 6] · Noah Brooks · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood 823 · Before and After Flowering (A Flower-drama of Springtime) · Philip Bourke Marston · pm 825 · Marjorie’s Peril · Mary Lockwood · ss 830 · For Very Little Folks- Ted and Kate · Joel Stacy · ss 834 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 836 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 839 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 #11, September 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Feeding the Pigeons of San Marco · Anon. · il 841 · A Day Off Barnegat · Helen Campbell · ss; illus. W. L. Sheppard 845 · The Swiss “Good-Night” · George Bancroft Griffith · pm 847 · Roll’s Runaway · H. L. S. & M. W., Jr. · vi 850 · Shell Screens from Enoshima · B. D. · nf 852 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 866 · The Major’s Big-Talk Stories, No VII · F. Blake Crofton · sl 867 · Wonder-Land · Caroline A. Mason · pm 867 · A Day Among the Welsh Castles · Nettie B. Wilcox · nf 870 · How Tom Cole Carried Out His Plan (Suggested by an Incident in the Life of the late William Morris Hunt) · M. A. Hopkins · vi 873 · Captain Butterfly · Eleanor Kirk · pm 874 · The Lesson of Walnut Creek · M. E. Edwards · ss 878 · Small Boats: How to Rig and Sail Them · Charles L. Norton · nf 884 · The New Engineer of the Valley Railroad · Emma W. Demeritt · vi; illus. H. Faber 886 · Song of the Mocking Bird · L. W. Backus · pm 887 · A Talk About the Bicycle · Charles Barnard · nf 891 · The “Queen of the Sea” · H. G. Gray · nf 894 · The Sea Urchins and the Wave · R. F. Bunner · il 895 · The Fairport Nine [Part 5 of 6] · Noah Brooks · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood 902 · The Girls’ Swimming Bath · Florence Wyman · ss; illus. C. A. Northam 906 · The Naughtiest Day of My Life and What Came of It · H. H. · ss; illus. Robert Lewis 912 · For Very Little Folks- An Old Rat’s Tail · Anon. · vi 912 · For Very Little Folks- Cook’s Story · Anon. · vi 914 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 916 · Young Contributors’ Department · Misc. Material · cl 917 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 919 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 7 #12, October 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Ahoy, Lads, Ah-o-y!” · M. J. Burne · il 921 · Hap · Annie A. Preston · vi; illus. A. Brennan 924 · The Lantern Fly · Dr. J. B. Holder · nf 925 · Robin, Good-Bye! · S. M. Chatfield · pm 926 · A Tired Mother · Lockhart · il 926 · Ludovick’s Rocks · Paul Fort · ss 931 · A Tragedy · Thomas Collier · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 932 · Jack and Jill · Louisa May Alcott · sl; illus. Frederick Dielman 942 · Naughty Kitten · Anon. · il 943 · Lily Chapel · Emma K. Parish · nf 945 · Day Dreams · Laura Richards · pm; illus. F. H. Lundgren 940 · The Naughtiest Day of My Life · H. H. · ss; illus. Robert Lewis 950 · The Major’s Big Talk Stories VIII · F. Blake Crofton · sl 951 · Zack’s Excursion Trip · Emma L. Plympton · ss; illus. W. T. Smedley 955 · In the Orchard · Horatio Nelson Powers · pm 956 · Some Man-Eaters · Ernest Ingersoll · nf 965 · The Stove and the Thermometer (A Fable) · J. H. Temple · vi; illus. J. G. Francis 966 · Charity Carter’s Picnic · Sarah J. Prichard · ss; illus. Robert Lewis 973 · Slumber-Land (Mamma and Robby at Bed-Time) · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 974 · The Cat’s Meat Man of London · Alexander Wainwright · nf 976 · The Alphabet in Council · Palmer Cox · pm 979 · How to Save Time · Susan Anna Brown · nf 981 · The House With the Lace Front · Olive Thorne Miller · vi 984 · The Little Violinist · C. A. Northam · il 985 · The Fairport Nine [Part 6 of 6] · Noah Brooks · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood 991 · Washing Dolly’s Clothes · H. B. Jacobs · il 992 · For Very Little Folks- Bobby’s Supper · B. W. · vi 994 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 996 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 999 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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