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St. Nicholas [v14 #12, October 1887] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “The Artist Came Often to the Sittings in that Quiet Room” · Albert E. Sterner · il 883 · An Ivy Spray · Louisa May Alcott · ss; illus. Albert E. Sterner 892 · Poor Marionette! · M. M. D. · pm; illus. George Wharton Edwards 893 · Jubilee Cake · Alice Wellington Rollins · vi; illus. J. M. Nugent 896 · Juan and Juanita [Part 12 of 12] · Frances C. Baylor · sl; illus. Henry Sandham 901 · The Indian Trail · Rossiter Johnson · pm 902 · Personally Conducted- The Low Countries and the Rhine · Frank Stockton · nf 915 · The Way to Fairy Land · Nora Perry · pm 916 · Bringing Brother John Home to His Dinner · A. Brennan · il 916 · Ole Mammy Prissy · Jessie C. Glasier · ss; illus. E. W. Kemble 922 · Fiddle-John’s Family [Part 4 of 4] · Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen · sl; illus. George Wharton Edwards 929 · The Strange Doings of the Kiwi · John R. Coryell · nf; illus. J. M. Nugent 931 · Cupid and the Mutineers · Mary J. Safford · vi 933 · The Boyhood of John Greenleaf Whittier · William H. Rideing · bg 938 · Northerly · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Mary Hallock Foote 938 · My Dog · Bessie Hill · pm 939 · General Grant at Vicksburg · General Adam Badeau · nf 947 · October · Frank Dempster Sherman · pm 947 · Ready for Business; or, Choosing an Occupation- A Retail Dry-Goods Merchant · George J. Manson · nf 949 · Work and Play · Margaret Vandegrift · pm 950 · The Sunflower Chorus · Edwin Stanley Thompson · vi 950 · Grace and Betsey · Clara Kirchhoffer · pm 952 · For Very Little Folks- How Buzz Took a Ride · Juniata Stafford · vi 954 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 956 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 958 · Mr. Rat · Walter Bobbett · il 959 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 1, November 1887] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Grandfather Lepage · Bastien-Lepage · il 3 · A Peasant Painter · Jules Bastien-Lepage · bg; illus. Jules Bastien-Lepage 12 · Pansies · Louisa May Alcott · ss; illus. Albert E. Sterner 20 · Prince Tiptoe · Hattie Whitney · pm; illus. Francis Day 21 · “What’s In a Name?” · Katharine Scott Kelso · vi 22 · The Last Chance of Life: An Egyptian Adventure · David Ker · vi; illus. H. A. Ogden 26 · Historic Girls- Ma-Ta-Oka of Powhatan · E. S. Brooks · bg 31 · “First Class in Botany- Please Rise!” · Mary Hallock Foote · il 32 · Buck and Old Billy · R. M. Johnston · vi; illus. E. W. Kemble 35 · A Very Good Girl · Mrs. George Archibald · pm 36 · A Spanish Tale- Told in the Spanish Way · Almont Barnes · vi; illus. Apleles Mestres 39 · A Matter of Opinion- An Aztec Hieroglyph · J. G. Francis · pm; illus. Anon. 40 · Elephants at Work · John R. Coryell · nf; illus. J. M. Nugent 45 · My Other Me · Grace Denio Litchfield · pm 46 · Little Matti of Finland · Sanna Steen · ss; illus. Helen M. Hinds 53 · Pictures for Little French Readers- No. 1 · Lizbeth Comins · il 54 · Juno · Annie Howells Frechette · ss; illus. C. E. Moss 58 · How Marie Obtained Miss Alcott’s Autograph (A True Story) · Diogenes Tubb · vi 61 · November · Frank Dempster Sherman · pm 62 · Settling the Question · Emma C. Dowd · pm; illus. Francis Day & Gaston Fay 64 · Time and Tommy · Delia W. Lyman · vi; illus. E. W. Kemble 67 · Mary McGee’s Happy Disposition · Anon. · pm; illus. Albert E. Sterner 68 · What Happened to the Bridegroom · William Theodore Peters · vi 70 · For Very Little Folks- How They Have Come to the Picnic · Margaret Eytinge · vi 74 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 76 · A Report Concerning the Aggasiz Association · Harlan H. Ballard · cl 77 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 78 · Going Home with Autumn Leaves · C. F. Siedle · il 79 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 2, December 1887] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Arla and the Sacrastan · E. H. Slashfield & J. H. E. Whitney · il 83 · The Clocks of Rondaine [Part 1 of 2] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. E. H. Blashfield 88 · A Dear Little Schemer · M. M. D. · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 90 · The Ballad of the Blacksmith’s Sons · Mary E. Wilkins · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 96 · December · Frank Demspter Sherman · pm 97 · Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s [Part 1 of 3] · Frances Hodgson Burnett · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 106 · The Bear That Had a Bank Account · Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen · ss; illus. G. W. Edwards 111 · Santa Claus in the Pulpit · Rev. Washington Gladden · ss; illus. Mary Hallock Foote & R. F. Bunner 118 · “Innocence” (Verses sent with bluets to a little girl) · Edith Thomas · pm 119 · The Belated Barber: An Aztec Fragment · J. G. Francis · pm; illus. Anon. 120 · A Winter Elf · Amelie Rives · pm; illus. G. W. Edwards 121 · How the Hart Boys Saw the Great Salt Lake · J. T. Trowbridge · ss; illus. M. J. Burns 128 · Nothing is Easier · Emilie Poulsson · pm 129 · Best of All · H. C. Bunner · pm; illus. W. L. Taylor 130 · The First Christmas Tree in New England · Sarah J. Prichard · ss; illus. A. E. Sterner 134 · Going! Going! · A. R. Wells · pm; illus. A. Brennan 135 · Three Miles High in a Balloon · Edward Duffy · nf; illus. E. W. Kemble 144 · Child and Poet · Edith Thomas · pm; illus. W. de Meza 146 · The Children’s Christmas Club of Washington City · Edmund Alton · nf; illus. R. F. Bunner & E. L. Meeker 150 · A Pincushion · Emma Kail Parrish · vi; illus. H. A. Ogden & F. Childe Hassam 152 · For Very Little Folks-The Cat’s Answer to the Doll’s Story · E. B. Mastick, Jr. · lt 153 · “Held in Bondage” · Robert Faulkner · il 154 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 156 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 158 · Pictures for Little German Readers, No. 1 · Lizbeth Comins · il 159 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 3, January 1888] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Brown Dwarf of Rugen · E. H. Blashfield · il 163 · The Brown Dwarf of Rugen · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm 168 · Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s [Part 2 of 3] · Frances Hodgson Burnett · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 174 · The Amusements of Arab Children · Henry W. Jessup · nf; illus. Harry Fenn 180 · London Christmas Pantomimes · Elizabeth Robins Pannell · nf; illus. Joseph Pennell 190 · “Is Everybody at Home?” · A. Brennan · il 190 · Child Sketches from George Eliot- Felix Holt · Julia Magruder · vi 192 · The Clocks of Rondaine [Part 2 of 2] · Frank Stockton · sl; illus. E. H. Blashfield 197 · Pictures for Little German Readers, No. 2 · Lizbeth Comins · il 197 · Tick Tock · Maria J. Hammond · pm 198 · Poor Mr. Brown · Richard Malcolm Johnston · vi 201 · “We and Our Dollies” · G. Cox · il 202 · Balboa · Nora Perry · pm; illus. Frank Day 204 · An Affluent Aztec: A Hieroglyphic Fragment · J. G. Francis · pm; illus. Anon. 205 · Where the Christmas Tree Grew · Mary Wilkins · ss; illus. Albert E. Sterner 209 · Morning Compliments · Sydney Dayre · pm 210 · How the Yankees Came to Blackwood · Louise Herrick · ss; illus. E. W. Kemble 216 · “He Barks Every Time I Try to Taste It” · Anon. · il 217 · The Peasant King · R. K. Munkittrick · vi; illus. Oliver Herford 220 · A Sympathetic Reader · A. R. Wells · pm 221 · When Grandpapa Was a Baby · R. B. Birch · il 221 · The Letter Cake (A Tiny Christmas Tale) · Sophie May · vi 223 · What Did the Butcher Boy Say? · Julian Ralph · vi 224 · A Girls Military Company · W. R. Hamilton USA, Lieut., · nf; illus. H. A. Ogden 228 · Housekeeping Songs, No. 1 · Mary Jacques & Theresa Holmes · sg; illus. Miss L. B. Humphrey 230 · For Very Little Folks-Four Foolish Persons · Joel Stacy · vi 232 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 234 · The Babes in the Woods: A Game · Frank Bellew · nf 236 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 239 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 4, February 1888] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Family Affairs · Mary Hallock Foote · il 243 · Michael and Feodosia (A Story of Russian Life) · Amelia E. Barr · ss; illus. E. H. Blashfield 250 · A Timid Little Woman · Malcolm Douglas · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 252 · Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s [Part 3 of 3] · Frances Hodgson Burnett · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 260 · Cupid’s Kettledrum · Clara G. Dolliver · pm; illus. Albertine Randall 263 · Diamondbacks in Paradise · Charles Henry Webb · nf; illus. E. J. Meeker & J. C. Beard 272 · How Polly Saw the Aprons Grow · Delia W. Lyman · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 276 · She “Displains” It · James Whitcomb Riley · pm 277 · The Story of an Old Bridge · Treadwell Walden · nf; illus. A. Brennan & D. Clinton Peters 288 · Lullaby · E. Cavazza · pm 289 · The Astrologer’s Niece · Tudor Jenks · ss; illus. R. B. Birch 293 · Pictures for Little French Readers, No. 1 · Lizbeth Comins · il 294 · A Legend of Acadia · C. F. Holder · vi; illus. G. W. Edwards 296 · How a Great Sioux Chief Was Named · Lieut. Frederick Schwatka · vi; illus. W. A. Rogers 298 · A Short Cut Homeward · A. Brennan · il 299 · Drill: A Story of School-Boy Life [Part 1 of 6] · John Preston True · sl; illus. F. T. Merrill 304 · The Brownies and the Whale · Palmer Cox · pm; illus. Anon. 307 · For Very Little Folks- The Story of the Small Rooster · Margaret Eytinge · vi 310 · The Dolls’ Complaint · Anon. · pm 312 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 313 · A February Bill of Fare · Margaret Johnson · il 314 · A Wonderful Wall · S. Mary Norton · vi 316 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 318 · Small Dog’s Fright · Frank Bellew · il 319 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 5, March 1888] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Little Babie Stuart · Van Dyck & T. Johnson · il 323 · An Ancient Haunt of Pirates · Eugene V. Smalley · ss; illus. E. W. Kemble 338 · Tracks in the Snow · Ernest E. Thompson · nf; illus. Ernest E. Thompson 342 · The Hobart Treasure · Helen Campbell · ss; illus. W. H. Drake 347 · Personally Conducted- The People We Meet · Frank R. Stockton · nf 353 · Pansies for Thoughts · F. H. Wheelan · pm; illus. A. R. Wheelan 354 · Tom’s Ride · Robert E. Tener · ss; illus. George Inness, Jr. & F. Remington 359 · The Bronzed Kid Shoes · Marion Douglas · pm 360 · Edward Athoy [Part 1 of 2] · Roy McTavish · sl; illus. W. H. Drake 368 · Ready for Spring Work · Anon. · il; illus. Harry Poore 368 · Good Advice · Emilie Poulsson · pm 369 · Child Sketches from George Eliot- Daniel Deronda · Julia Magruder · vi 371 · A Pig That Nearly Caused a War · Julian Ralph · nf; illus. C. J. Taylor 374 · Two Surprises · R. W. McAlpine · pm; illus. A. L. Brennan 376 · Onatoga’s Sacrifice · John Dimitry · vi; illus. George D. Brush 379 · Drill: A Story of School-Boy Life [Part 2 of 6] · John Preston True · sl; illus. F. T. Merrill 383 · Accidental High Art · Edgar Mayhew Bacon · nf 388 · A Regular Boy · George Cooper · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 390 · For Very Little Folk- Nursery Jingle · A. E. B. · pm 390 · For Very Little Folk- Elsie’s Pet · Janet E. Ruutz-Rees · vi 392 · Some Work for Lent · Louise Stockton · vi 394 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 396 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 398 · The Boy Who Was Sent to the Dentist · Culmer Barnes · il 399 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 6, April 1888] (25¢, quarto) frs. · An April Day · R. B. Birch · il 403 · What Makes It Rain · George P. Merrill · nf 405 · “Now She’s Off!” · W. P. Bodfish · il 406 · A Rhyme for a Rainy Day · Julia M. Colton · pm; illus. H. A. Ogden 407 · The Red Partridge Tells His Story · Maria Ellery MacKaye · vi; illus. I. R. Wiles 410 · Child Sketches From George Eliot- Silas Marner · Julia Magruder · vi 416 · Easter Morning · Lizbeth Comins · pm 418 · An April Bill of Fare · Margaret Johnson · pm 418 · The Tables Turned (A Wolf-Story Reversed) · Glaucus · vi; illus. Jas. Monks 421 · Trudel’s Siege · Louisa May Alcott · ss; illus. G. W. Edwards 431 · A Little Coffee Tot · Alice Wellington Rollins · pm; illus. Albert E. Sterner 432 · Edward Athoy [Part 2 of 2] · Roy McTavish · sl; illus. W. H. Drake 439 · Pictures for Little French Readers, No. III · Lizbeth Comins · il 439 · From My Window · Emilie Poulsson · pm 440 · The Wreck of the “Lizzie J. Clark” · Louie Lydon · vi 444 · An Amateur Agriculturist: An Aztec Fragment · J. G. Francis · pm; illus. Anon. 444 · Drill: A Story of School-Boy Life [Part 3 of 6] · John Preston True · sl; illus. F. T. Merrill 449 · First Steps · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Mary Hallock Foote 450 · Ben’s Proxy · William O. Stoddard · vi; illus. C. G. Bush 453 · “Ham” Estabrook’s Can Opener · George P. Whittlesey · ss; illus. H. A. Ogden 464 · The Ballad of the Rubber Plant and the Palm · Alice Wellington Rollins · pm; illus. Felix Broessel 465 · The Brownies in the Academy · Palmer Cox · pm; illus. Anon. 468 · Housekeeping Songs, No. II · Mary J. Jacques & T. C. H. · sg; illus. Miss L. B. Humphrey 469 · What the Butcher Boy Said · Julian Ralph · vi 470 · For Very Little Folk- Nanny’s Sketching · Alice Carter · pm 472 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 474 · Handiwork for Girls · Ella S. Welch · nf 476 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 478 · What a Little Girl Thinks Would Maker Her Very Happy · Jessie McDermott · il 479 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 7, May 1888] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Violets, Sweet Violets” · Edward Tayler & Arthur Lucas · il 483 · Two Little Confederates [Part 1 of 6] · Thomas Nelson Page · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood & E. W. Kemble 491 · The Little Moon · Bessie Chandler · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 492 · The Duke’s Jest · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 494 · Little Rosalie · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss; illus. W. L. Taylor 502 · Mother is “Goal” · Mary Bruce · pm 502 · A Small and Select May Party · A. Brennan · il 503 · A Moving Story · Sophie Swett · ss; illus. A. B. Davies 509 · Girard College · Alice Maud Fenn · nf; illus. Harry Fenn 516 · Prince Oleg’s Destiny · Henry Tyrrell · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 518 · Ginseng Hunting · John Burroughs · nf; illus. A. C. Warren & C. A. Fries 520 · To My Boy- On Decoration Day · Alice Wellington Rollins · pm 521 · Madame Arachne · Celia Thaxter · vi; illus. A. B. Davies 525 · Ran Away to Home · Noah Brooks · ss; illus. H. W. Hall 530 · Lady Daffodil · Mary E. Sharpe · pm 530 · Pictures for Little French Readers, No. IV · Lizbeth Comins · il 531 · By Proxy · A. R. Wells · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 532 · An Adventure With a Man Eater · Walter Campbell · nf; illus. F. H. Schell 535 · Little Josef Hofmann · Mary Lang · bg 536 · The Child Josef Hofmann · A Fellow-Voyager · vi 538 · Drill: A Story of School-Boy Life [Part 4 of 6] · John Preston True · sl; illus. F. T. Merrill 543 · “Prompting’s Not Fair” · H. A. Ogden · il 544 · May Day · Emma Opper · pm; illus. F. Opper 545 · The Advice of Miss Alcott · John Preston True · vi 546 · A Chinese Market · Yan Phou Lee · nf 548 · Housekeeping Songs, No. III- Drying and Ironing · Mary J. Jacques & T. C. H. · sg; illus. Miss L. B. Humphrey 549 · Riches and Poverty · G. A. Woods · vi 550 · For Very Little Folk- The Story of Morning Glory Seed · Margaret Eytinge · vi 551 · Five Little Maidens · Jessie W. Smith · pm 551 · One Little Shoe · Amy E. Blanchard · pm 552 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 553 · Going for a Swim · Anon. · il 554 · Practical Advice · R. B. Birch · il 554 · Boating · a Very Young Contributor · vi 556 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 559 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v15 # 8, June 1888] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “It Was a Splendind Sight When the Gladiators Came Marching In · E. H. Blashfield · il 563 · A Great Show, AD 105 · Prof. Alfred Church · ss; illus. E. H. Blashfield 570 · The Butterfly’s Cousins · Amelie Rives · pm; illus. G. W. Edwards 571 · Two Little Confederates [Part 2 of 6] · Thomas Nelson Page · sl; illus. A. C. Redwood & E. W. Kemble 582 · Cat’s Cradle · Celia Thaxter · ss; illus. Jessie Curtis Shepherd & Culmer Barnes 589 · Caterina and Her Fate · E. Cavazza · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 595 · The Bobolink’s Song · Emilie Poulsson · pm 595 · Dogs of Noted Americans, Part I · Gertrude Van Wickham · nf 600 · A Mexican Dog’s Soliloquy · C. W. Sumner · pm 601 · “The Men Who Died” · Ruth Hays · vi 604 · Child Sketches from George Eliot, No. V- Tom and Maggie Tulliver · Julia Magruder · vi 613 · A June Bill of Fare · Margaret Johnson · il 614 · The Rabbit Hunters- An Aztec Fragment · J. G. Francis · pm; illus. Anon. 615 · A Namesake · T. D. Wright · vi; illus. W. H. Drake 617 · Two Little Roses · Julia Ballard · pm 618 · Pictures for Little German Readers, No. III · Lizbeth Comins · il 618 · Drill: A Story of School-Boy Life [Part 5 of 6] · John Preston True · sl; illus. F. T. Merrill 624 · Louisa May Alcott · Louise Chandler Moulton · bg 627 · Housekeeping Songs IV- Kneading Bread · Mary J. Jacques & T. C. H. · sg; illus. Miss L. B. Humphrey 628 · In the Swing · Eudora S. Bumstead · pm 629 · The Interrupted Little Boy · Dr. W. C. Lockwood · vi 630 · For Middle-Aged Little Folk- A Kind Hearted Puss · Anon. · vi; illus. Anon. 631 · For Very Little Folk- About Bebe and Her New Doll · Anon. · vi; illus. Anon. 632 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 634 · The Game of Grommet Pitching · C. W. Miller · nf 636 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 639 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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