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St. Nicholas [v16 # 9, July 1889] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “Off We Set in the Great Coach-” · G. W. Edwards · il 643 · Grandpapa’s Coat · Alice Maude Ewell · ss; illus. G. W. Edwards & F. H. Lungren 653 · Louis the Resolute · Harriet Taylor Upton · ss; illus. H. A. Ogden 661 · How a Battle is Sketched · Theodore Davis · nf 668 · Eight Day Clocks · Joel Stacy · pm 669 · How I Play With My Dollies · Anon. · il 671 · Yoshi Hito, Haru No Miya, The Child of Modern Japan · Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore · bg 673 · How Polly and Peter Keep House · Dora Read Goodale · pm 673 · Doomed! · Albert E. Sterner · il 674 · Among the Florida Keys: A Summer Vacation Among the Coral Reefs of Southern Florida [Part 1 of 4] · C. F. Holder · sl; illus. Meredith Nugent 684 · Small and Early · Tudor Jenks · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 686 · On the Farm · Francis Randall · pm; illus. A. R. Wheelan 687 · Laetitia and the Redcoats · Lillian L. Price · vi; illus. C. T. Hill 690 · Love · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm 691 · Not a Fair Game · Charles Barnard · vi 692 · A Matter of Taste · Esther B. Tiffany · pm 693 · A Narrow Escape: A True Incident · Myra Goodwin Platz · vi; illus. W. H. Drake 695 · On the Road to London Town · A. Brenon · il 696 · Fishing in the Seine with Portraits of the King and Others 1599 · Adeline Valentine Pond · pm 698 · How Mattie Went to a Meeting, and What Came of It · Mary E. Hawkins · ss; illus. A. B. Davies 704 · The Bunny Stories [Part 5 of 8; Bunny Stories] · John H. Jewett · sl; illus. Culmer Barnes 709 · Five Cents’ Worth of Fun · Culmer Barnes · il 710 · For Very Little Folks- Tiger · Elizabeth Parker · vi 711 · Sketches at the Dog Show · J. Stuart Travis · il 712 · From Our Scrap Book · Misc. Material · cl 714 · Soap Bubbles · Thomas W. Chittenden · vi 715 · Soap Bubbles · Anon. · pm 716 · Mermaids and Their Pets · Mildred Howells · il 717 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 719 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v16 #10, August 1889] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The First Ride · Mary Hallock Foote · il 723 · Discovered · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm 724 · Little Menan Light · George Wharton Edwards · ss 731 · The Dance of the Daisies · Sarah M. B. Platt · pm 731 · Escaping a Shower · Malcolm Douglas · pm 732 · The Value of an Egyptian Girl’s Gold Necklace · Charles S. Robinson · nf 736 · The Rain Harp · Frank Demspter Sherman · pm 737 · Midsummer Pirates · Richard H. Davis · ss; illus. W. H. Drake 745 · A Portrait · Mary E. Wilkins · pm 746 · The Story of Laura Bridgman · Joseph Jastrow, Ph.D. · bg 752 · The Story of the Flower · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm 753 · Captian Duck · Joaquin Miller · vi; illus. W. A. Rogers 756 · An Invitation · Tudor Jenks · pm; illus. Albertine Randall Whelan 757 · The Little Persian Princess · Mary E. Wilkins · ss; illus. A. Brenon 762 · A Mutiny on a Gold Ship (A True Story) · Frances Stoughton Bailey · vi; illus. John Steeple Davis 766 · The Road Runner · C. C. Haskins · nf 768 · The Artist’s Daughter · A. Brenon · il 769 · The Shag Back Panther · Rowland E. Robinson · ss; illus. C. T. Hill 776 · Sweet Peas · Mildred Howells · pm; illus. O. Herford 777 · Among the Florida Keys: A Summer Vacation Among the Coral-Reefs of Souther Florida [Part 2 of 4] · Charles Frederick Holder · sl; illus. Meredith Nugent 786 · Summer Holiday Thoughts · C. B. Going · pm 786 · An August Day at the Sea-Shore · A. B. Davies · il 787 · The Bunny Stories- The Bunnies’ Garden [Part 6 of 6; Bunny Stories] · John H. Jewett · sl; illus. Culmer Barnes 790 · Calico for Working Days · C. McCormack Rogers · il 791 · Nell’s Fairy Tale · O. Herford · pm 792 · From Our Scrap Book · Misc. Material · cl 794 · Flower Ladies · Elizabeth Bisland · vi 795 · Water-Lilies · A. B. Davies · il 796 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 799 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v16 #11, September 1889] (25¢, quarto) frs. · “It Took No Notice of the Children’s Care.” · Mary Hallock Foote · il 803 · The Lamb That Couldn’t “Keep Up” · Mary Hallock Foote · vi 806 · My Deer Hunts in the Adirondacks · Treadwell Walden · ss; illus. H. Sandham 813 · A Little Florentine Lady · Eleanor C. Lewis · bg 816 · The Dragon’s Story (Guaranteed Strictly Untrue) · Tudor Jenks · vi; illus. Oliver Herford 819 · The South Wind · Charles B. Going · pm 820 · A Day Among the Blackberries · Fannie W. Marshall · vi 823 · The Soldier’s Return · F. H. Lungren · il 824 · W. Jenks’s Express · Thomas A. Janvier · ss; illus. C. D. Gibson 833 · “We Sail the Ocean Blue, And Our Saucy Ship’s A Beauty” · A. B. Davies · il 834 · Helen Keller · Florence Howe Hall · bg 843 · A Lawn Party · F. H. Lungren · il 844 · Among the Florida Keys: A Summer Vacation Among the Coral-Reefs of Souther Florida [Part 3 of 4] · Charles Frederick Holder · sl; illus. Meredith Nugent 850 · A Strange Night Watchman: A Story of Northern India · David Ker · vi 852 · Mother Goose Sonnets · Harriet S. Morgridge · pm; illus. F. G. Attwood 854 · An Artist’s Glimpse of Northern Arizona · F. S. Dellenbaugh · nf 856 · Fern-Seed · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm 857 · The Story of Turk · F. H. Throop · ss; illus. James C. Beard 863 · Modern Harbor Defenses · Lieutenant W. R. Hamilton · nf 868 · A Fairy’s Broken Wing · Anon. · pm 868 · The National Flower (A Child’s Quandary) · Lucy Larcom · pm 869 · The Bunny Stories [Part 7 of 8; Bunny Stories] · John H. Jewett · sl; illus. Culmer Barnes 873 · The Bubblyjock · Emma Smuller Carter · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 874 · From Our Scrap Book · Misc. Material · cl 875 · The Truthful Fisherman · Henry Tyrrell · pm 875 · “Alligator!” · Anon. · il 876 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 879 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v16 #12, October 1889] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Hounds of the Count De Barral · L. G. Jadin · il 883 · Among Dogs of High Degree · Noah Brooks · nf 887 · The Creature With No Claws · Joel Chandler Harris · vi; illus. E. W. Kemble 888 · An Alphabet Wooing · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 889 · On Appledore · Willis Boyd Allen · pm; illus. C. D. Gibson 890 · Almost a Tragedy (A True Story) · Celia Thaxter · vi; illus. A. B. Davies 894 · A Doll on Mount Etna · E. Cavazza · ss; illus. T. Moran & C. T. Hill 901 · Make Believe · Elizabeth Robins Pennell · nf 904 · They Have Costumes, But No Parts · Rose Mueller Sprague · il 905 · Teddy O’Rourke (A Gamin’s Story) · Malcolm Douglas · pm 906 · The Great Procession · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm 907 · About Ted Russell ( A College Story) · Eleanor Putnam · ss; illus. W. A. Rogers 913 · The Making of a Great Steel Gun · G. F. Muller · nf; illus. J. W. Beatty 919 · Rapscallion · Anon. · il 920 · The Journey · L. Frank Tooker · pm; illus. Laura C. Hills 922 · Dora Miller’s Wonder Ball · Lucy Lincoln Montgomery · ss; illus. W. H. Drake 926 · Little Boy · A. Brenon · il 927 · Among the Florida Keys: A Summer Vacation Among the Coral-Reefs of Souther Florida [Part 4 of 4] · Charles Frederick Holder · sl; illus. Meredith Nugent 934 · About a Skilled Chinese Youth · Charles Howard Johnson · pm 935 · The First Americans · F. S. Dellenbaugh · nf 938 · My Dog · William Dudley Foulke · vi; illus. C. T. Hill 942 · Where Salmon Are Plentiful · Julian Ralph · nf 944 · Mother Goose Sonnets · Harriet S. Morgridge · pm; illus. F. G. Attwood 946 · The Bunny Stories- Cousin Jack’s Story [Part 8 of 8; Bunny Stories] · John H. Jewett · sl; illus. Culmer Barnes 950 · A Page of Boats · H. L. Bridwell · il 952 · From Our Scrap Book · Misc. Material · cl 953 · A Story That Tells Itself · Anon. · il 954 · A Close Corporation · Ruth Putnam · vi 956 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 959 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v17 # 1, November 1889] (25¢, quarto) frs. · In Full Cry · R. B. Birch · il 3 · Coursing With Greyhounds in Southern California · C. F. Holder · nf; illus. R. B. Birch 9 · A Pueblo Rabbit-Hunt · C. F. Lummis · nf; illus. W. Taber & F. S. Dellenbaugh 14 · The Child and the Pyramid · Julian Hawthorne · vi; illus. C. T. Hill 16 · The Poet of the Hempstead Centennial · H. H. Boyesen · ss; illus. Harper Pennington 21 · Blue-Eyed Mary · M. E. Wilkins · pm 22 · Dorothy Dot’s Thanksgiving Party · Ada M. Trotter · ss; illus. C. T. Hill 27 · A Story of a Horse · Captain C. A. Curtis, U.S.A. · ss; illus. Frederic Remington 36 · Intercollegiate Football in America · Walter Camp · nf; illus. I. R. Wiles & H. A. Ogden 44 · Ann Lizy’s Patchwork · Mary E. Wilkins · ss 50 · The Prince and the Brewer’s Son · Elizabeth Balch · ss; illus. R. B. Birch 57 · The Cricket · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm 58 · A Scientific Experiment · Sophie Swett · ss 65 · Sir Rat (A Comedy) · Oliver Herford · pl 68 · A Race for Life · Emma W. Demeritt · vi; illus. W. A. Rogers 71 · Jokers of the Menagerie · John Coryell · vi; illus. Meredith Nugent 74 · Why Corn Pops · Harry Doty · nf 76 · Winter Apples · Hattie Whitney · pm 77 · Kittie’s Best Friend · M. Helen Lovett · vi 80 · A Race With a Wooden Shoe · Frederick E. Partington · ss; illus. C. T. Hill 84 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 86 · “A Constant Reader” · Mary Hallock Foote · il 86 · Over the Wall · Anna H. Branch · pm 87 · The Little Gnome (Nonsense Verse) · Laura E. Richards · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 89 · The Month Before Christmas · Mary V. Worstell · vi 92 · Editorial Note · The Editor · cl 92 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 94 · The Aggasiz Association · Harlan H. Ballard · cl 95 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v17 # 2, December 1889] (25¢, quarto) frs. · William Makepeace Thackeray · J. Devile · il 99 · The Boyhood of Thackeray · Anne Thackeray Ritchie · bg 113 · Verses · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm 114 · The White and the Red · Alice Maud Ewell · ss; illus. R. B. Birch 128 · The Story of the Iceberg · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm; illus. T. Moran 130 · Little Avilda (A Norse Tale Freely Retold) · Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen · ss; illus. Rose Mueller Sprague 136 · Buffalo Hunting · Theodore Roosevelt · nf; illus. Frederic Remington & C. T. Hill 144 · May Bartlett’s Stepmother [Part 1 of 3] · Nora Perry · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 151 · Dreams · S. Walter Norris · pm 152 · Happy Charity Children · Rose Mueller Sprague · il 153 · By and By · Eva Ogden · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 161 · “I’ll Wait for You. Come On!” · Mary Hallock Foote · il 161 · The Professor and the Patagonian Giant · Tudor Jenks · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 166 · Intercollegiate Football in America · Walter Camp · nf; illus. I. R. Wiles & H. A. Ogden 173 · How the Emperor Goes · M. Helen Lovett · pm; illus. C. T. Hill 176 · Autumn Revel · Ida Warner Van Der Voort · pm; illus. O. Beck 183 · If the Babes Were the Bards · Francis Randall · pm; illus. Albertine Randall Wheelan 185 · Daisy’s Calendar · Daisy F. Barry · vi 186 · For Christmas Day · H. Butterworth · pm; illus. G. W. Edwards 188 · Editorial Notes · The Editor · cl 188 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 191 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v17 # 3, January 1890] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Ready for a New Year · F. French · il 195 · The Yule Log’s Songs · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm; illus. G. W. Edwards 198 · May Bartlett’s Stepmother [Part 2 of 3] · Nora Perry · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 207 · The Enchanted Mesa (A Legend of New Mexico in the Fifteenth Century) · Charles F. Lummis · ss; illus. W. L. Metcalf & H. M. Eaton 213 · Tracked By a Panther · Charles G. D. Roberts · vi; illus. W. Taber 217 · Bertha’s Debut · Elia Peattie · ss; illus. Rose Mueller Sprague 221 · In the Tenement (Before Christmas) · Malcolm Douglas · pm; illus. C. T. Hill 222 · A Well-Filled Chimney · Mabel Loomis Todd · vi; illus. A. B. Davies 224 · January · Katherine Pyle · pm 225 · Today in a Garden · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 226 · The Fools’ Waltz · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 228 · Osman Pasha at Bucharest (December 28, 1877) · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 230 · A King in Egypt · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 231 · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · Anon. · bg 233 · The Routine of the Republic · Edmund Alton · nf 237 · The Drop-Kick · W. T. Bull · nf; illus. I. R. Wiles 240 · Intercollegiate Football in America · Walter Camp · nf; illus. I. R. Wiles & H. A. Ogden 246 · Christmas on the Polly · Grace Coolidge · pm; illus. C. T. Hill 248 · Crowded Out o’ Crofield [Part 1 of 10] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. C. T. Hill 255 · Design for Decoration of Window · Isabel McDougal · il 256 · Pilot Boat “Torching” By Night · J. O. Davidson · nf 258 · There Once Was a Man With a Sneeze · Anon. · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 258 · A Picnic on the Stairs · Anon. · vi; illus. Mary Hallock Foote 261 · An Ostrich Ranch in the United States · Anna Eichberg King · nf; illus. W. Taber 265 · A New Fashioned Christmas · Julie M. Lippmann · pm; illus. C. T. Hill 267 · The Little Buttonwood Man · Helen P. Strong · vi 270 · Charles · Laura Richards · pm; illus. W. A. Rogers 271 · The Brownies in the Studio · Palmer Cox · pm; illus. Anon. 274 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 275 · Excited Brownie · Palmer Cox · il 276 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 279 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v17 # 4, February 1890] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The “Adler” Plunging Toward the Reef · J. O. Davidson · il 283 · The Story of the Great Storm at Samoa (Retold for Young American Folk) · John P. Dunning · nf; AP correspondent.; illus. J. O. Davidson & G. W. Edwards 301 · May Bartlett’s Stepmother [Part 3 of 3] · Nora Perry · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 308 · A Jingle · Francis Randall · pm; illus. Albertine Randall Wheelan 309 · Song of the Snowflakes · John Vance Chesney · pm 309 · A Wonderful Pair of Slippers (With Letters Concerning Them) · Mark Twain & Elsie Leslie Lyde · lt 313 · A Valentine For Allis · Helen Thayer Hutcheson · pm 314 · Some Asiatic Dogs · Thomas Stevens · nf 319 · How Bessie Wrote A Letter · Edith G. Seran · vi 321 · Intercollegiate Football in America · Walter Camp · nf; illus. I. R. Wiles & H. A. Ogden 326 · The Little Duchess · Laura Richards · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 327 · Elf Song · Samuel Minturn Peck · pm 328 · Old Chief Crowfoot · Julian Ralph · bg; illus. A. J. Goodman 331 · Schoolmates (Virginia 1744) · Alice Maude Ewell · pm 332 · A “Bluenose” Vendetta (A Story of the United Empire Loyalists · Charles G. D. Roberts · vi; illus. I. R. Wiles 335 · The Shadow Bird and His Shadow · Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt · pm 336 · A Morning Melody · Mary Bradley · pm 337 · February · Katharine Pyle · pm 338 · The Launching of a Warship · J. O. Davidson · nf 340 · Crowded Out o’ Crofield [Part 2 of 10] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. C. T. Hill 348 · Two Ways of Having a Good Time · Frances Willard · vi 350 · Every Day Bacteria · Prof. Frederick Chester · nf 352 · Toddling Island · Edith M. Thomas · pm 353 · An Armadillo Hunt · Walter B. Barrows · vi; illus. Meredith Nugent 357 · Greedy · Sydney Dayre · pm 358 · Clever Peter and the Ogress · K. Pyle · pm 360 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 362 · The Boys and Girls of China · Yan Phou Lee · nf 363 · A Touch of Nature · Anna Burnham · pm 364 · Editorial Note · The Editor · cl 364 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 367 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v17 # 5, March 1890] (25¢, quarto) frs. · On a Mountain Trail · W. Taber · il 371 · On a Mountain Trail · Harry Perry Robinson · ss; illus. W. Taber 376 · Quite a Singer · Malcolm Douglas · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 377 · The Crows’ Military Drill · Agnes Fraser Sandham · ss; illus. H. Sandham 381 · The Imperious Yawn · Henry Moore · pm 382 · Jack’s Cure · Susan Curtis Redfield · ss; illus. W. A. Rogers 394 · George and Nellie Custis · Margaret J. Preston · bg 405 · March · Katharine Pyle · pm 406 · Seven Little Indian Stars (An Iroquois Legend of the Pleiades) · S. M. B. Platt · pm 407 · The Ducking of Goody Grill (Told in the Year of Grace, 1693) · Alice Maud Ewell · ss; illus. G. W. Edwards 418 · Off For Slumberland · Caroline Evans · pm 419 · Comedies for Children: Friends or Foes?- · Elbridge S. Brooks · pl 426 · An Old Doll · Margaret Bisland · vi 429 · Fifteen Minutes With a Cyclone (A True Story) · M. Louise Ford · vi; illus. T. Moran & W. Taber 432 · The Screech Owl · Ernest E. Thompson · nf 433 · Noray and the Ark · Harry Stillwell Edwards · ss 436 · Crowded Out o’ Crofield [Part 3 of 10] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. C. T. Hill 446 · Winter Costumes · Rose Mueller Sprague · nf; illus. Anon. 448 · Thereby Hangs a Tail · Harper Pennington · vi 450 · Mother Nature’s Babes in the Woods · E. M. Harding · vi 452 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 455 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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