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St. Nicholas [v 3 # 4, February 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Do Not Be So Sure of That! · Anon. · il 209 · The Black Douglas · Hezekiah Butterworth · bg 211 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 4 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 218 · The Country Boy · Lucy Larcom · pm 220 · All for Bijou (A Story of German Life) · Mrs. W. S. Phillips · vi 222 · Toboggans and Their Use · Frederic G. Mather · nf 224 · Pot and Kettle · Anon. · pm 225 · How I Kept the Chinese New Year · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 228 · How Much Did You Get for a Penny? · Anon. · il 228 · Bass Cove Sketches- The Fate of the Castaways · J. T. Trowbridge · sl 233 · Acting Ballads · Amy Lovell · nf 235 · The Shower of Gold · R. R. Bowker · vi 236 · Sally Watson’s Ride · Martha M. Thomas · vi 239 · A Puzzled Boy · Mary Dayton · pm 240 · Hunting the Moose · Misc. Material · nf 241 · A Valentine · L. E. R. · pm 241 · The Story of Jon of Iceland [Part 2 of 3] · Bayard Taylor · sl 247 · Discontent · Sarah O. Jewett · pm 248 · The Two Goats · Sarah Coolidge · ss 254 · How to Make and Stock an Aquarium · Adelaide Samuels · nf 257 · The Little Mermaid · Carrie W. Thompson · pm 258 · Who Began It? · Olive Thorne · nf 260 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 262 · Mother Goose Pantomime- The Rats and the Mice · G. B. Bartlett · pl 263 · For Very Little Folks- Victor’ Wonderful Animals and What They Almost Did · Anon. · vi 266 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 268 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 270 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 # 5, March 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Boy Rubens and His Master · Anon. · il 273 · Rubens · Emma Burt · nf 278 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 5 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 288 · The Rare Old King and His Daughters Three · Laura Ledyard · pm 289 · The Festival of Tapers · Charles Dudley Warner · nf 291 · How Droll! · M. E. · pm 292 · Windsor Castle · Mrs. Oliphant · nf 298 · The Choice · Mary N. Prescott · pm 299 · The Peterkins Decide to Keep a Cow [Part 6 of ?] · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 300 · The Floscule · Mary Treat · nf 302 · The Angels’ Ladder · Mrs. M. F. Butts · pm 303 · The Little Houses on the Telegraph Poles · William H. Rideing · nf 305 · The Story of Jon of Iceland [Part 3 of 3] · Bayard Taylor · sl 310 · Snow-Shoes and How to Make Them · Frederic G. Mather · nf 312 · The Shark · L. E. R. · pm 313 · Helping Along · Louisa May Alcott · ss 316 · An Unexpected Meeting · Anon. · il 317 · The Fighting Fleet · Mrs. S. B. C. Samuels · vi 320 · The Pressed Gentian · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm 321 · Herod · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss 324 · The Wood-Witch · Emma Burt · vi 327 · Latifa · Sara Keables Hun · ss 332 · The Man In the Iron Mask · Anon. · bg 334 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 336 · For Very Little Folks- Black Horse “Bob” · Anon. · vi 337 · For Very Little Folks- The Mouse Who Lost Her Great Long Tail · Anon. · vi 338 · Little Housekeepers’ Page- Beef-Tea · Marion Harland · cl 339 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 341 · The Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 # 6, April 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Strawberry Girl · Sir Joshua Reynolds · il 344 · The Strawberry Girl · R. H. D. · bg 247 · Miss Muffet Series (No. VI) · Anon. · pm 348 · Eyebrights · L. G. Warner · pm 349 · How a Grizzly Treed Obed Rollins, or, Turn About Is Fair Play · Samuel Woodworth Cozzens · ss 354 · The Frog, The Crab and the Limpsy Eel · Anon. · pm 355 · Cheery People · H. H. · nf 356 · A Lake on Fire · Paige Dwight · ss 359 · Easter, April 9th · Anon. · il 360 · Poor Boy’s “Astor House” · Charles L. Brace · nf 363 · The Adventures of Five Ducks · Anon. · vi 364 · The Education of the Lion (A Russian Fable) · Lillie E. Barr · pm 366 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 6 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 374 · The Microscopic Brick Maker · Mary Treat · nf 376 · The Queen of the Orkney Islands · Laura E. Richards · pm 377 · The Graves’s Grandma · Lily Brayton · vi 379 · Queer People · Lucy B. Wiggin · pm 382 · Gilbert Stuart · Rebecca Harding Davis · bg 385 · An Easter Carol · Emily D. Chapman · pm 386 · The Ash-Girl · Lucy G. Morse · ss 392 · America’s Birthday Party · Frank Stockton · nf 398 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 400 · For Very Little Folks- The Old Hen and Her Family · Anon. · vi 402 · Our Music Page · Sippity Sup · sg 403 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 404 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 406 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 # 7, May 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Various Head-Dresses of the Present Day · Anon. · il 409 · The Palace of Gondoforus (A Legend of St. Thomas) · H. H. · pm 411 · The Cat and the Countess [Part 1 of 3] · T. B. Aldrich · sl 421 · What They Say · Susan Hartley · pm 421 · The Postman’s Boys (A German Game for Little Folks) · Julia Stendwick Tutwiler · nf 423 · Animated Shotguns · Anon. · nf 425 · Burning Peaches · Ellen Bertha Bradley · vi 427 · The Dotterels’ Luck · John Riverside · vi 429 · A Nest Without Eggs · Howard Glyndon · pm 430 · Windsor Castle · Mrs. Oliphant · nf 435 · Clough’s Top-Knot · Anon. · ss 440 · The King of the Hobbledygoblins · Sarah Winter Kellogg · pm 441 · Ready for Europe · Susan Coolidge · nf 443 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 7 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 453 · The Sparrows’ May-Day · Alfred Nelson · pm 454 · Robin and Crocus · Emma Burt · vi 455 · A Peep at Old Lombardy · Emma D. Southwick · nf 457 · Yacob and His Donkey · Albert Rhodes · vi 458 · Snow-Flakes · M. M. D. · pm 459 · May-Day Indoors; or, the Yotopski Family Rehearsal · Mrs. Abby Morton Diaz · pl 461 · Little Housekeepers’ Page- Frosting · Marion Harland · cl 462 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 464 · For Very Little Folks- The Fate of a Gingerbread Man · Anon. · pm 466 · Little Schoolma’am’s Report on “A Short Tale” · Anon. · nf 468 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 471 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 # 8, June 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Maid of Domremy · A. J. N. · il 473 · The Little Maid of Domremy · Susan Coolidge · bg 475 · If a Pretty Fairy Should Come to Me · Anon. · pm 476 · The Cat and the Countess [Part 2 of 3] · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · sl 485 · The First Cucumber · Marian Douglas · pm 486 · The Expression of Rooms · H. H. · nf 488 · Good Night! · Anon. · pm 489 · Seven Miles Up in the Air · James Richardson · nf 492 · It Never Rains But It Pours · Anon. · il 492 · The Pepper-Owl · Sarah O. Jewett · ss 496 · See, Saw, Marjorie Daw! · Mary Clara Doty Bates · pm 498 · A Frog and His Neighbors · W. K. Brooks · nf 504 · The Four Little Imps · Joel Stacy · pm 504 · The Old Saw-Mill · Martha J. Lamb · vi 507 · Wise Mr. Swallow · Margaret Eytinge · vi 508 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 8 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 521 · A June Morning Lesson · Julia M. Dana · pm 522 · Willie’s Wonderful Flight (A True Incident) · Celia Thaxter · vi 523 · Mabel’s Maids · W. J. Linton · pm 524 · The Author of the Boy Emigrants · Anon. · bg 526 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 529 · For Very Little Folks- What Kittiken said to the Kitten in the Looking Glass · Anon. · vi 530 · Music Page- Violets · Anon. · sg 531 · Young Contributors’ Department · Misc. Material · cl 533 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 535 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 # 9, July 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Wooden Pulpit in the Church of St. Andrew Antwerp · Anon. · il 537 · The Mother’s Stratagem · Edward King · ss 540 · A Million Little Diamonds · Anon. · pm 541 · One Hundred Years of American History · Anon. · ms 542 · The Cat and the Countess [Part 3 of 3] · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · sl 552 · Boston Boys (Grandfather’s Story) · Nora Perry · pm 553 · Windsor Castle · Mrs. Oliphant · nf 558 · Jemima Brown · Laura E. Richards · pm 559 · How the Storks Came and Went · Susan Coolidge · ss 565 · Our Flag · Kate Foote · nf 567 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 9 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 576 · The Mouse’s Mistake · Anon. · il 577 · Turret Ships and Torpedoes · William H. Rideing · nf 582 · How Old Martin and Washington Came to Be Friends (A Fourth of July Story) · Mary Haines Gilbert · vi 585 · The Vikings in America · Cyrus Martin, Jr. · nf 591 · Little Housekeepers’ Page- Broiled Chicken · Marion Harland · cl 593 · For Very Little Folks- Toby · Anon. · vi 594 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 596 · Young Contributors’ Department · Misc. Material · cl 597 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 599 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 #10, August 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Jeannette and Jo · A. G. Smithwick · il 601 · Jeannette and Jo · M. M. D. · pm 602 · The Bear at Appledore · Celia Thaxter · ss 605 · The Peterkins Picnic [Part 7 of ?] · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 608 · Midsummer and the Poets · Lucy Larcom · nf 615 · The Queen of the Moles · Henry L. Williams · ss 622 · Little Snow-Drop · Mary E. Bradley · pm 624 · Sea-Side Sketches · Sphinx · il 626 · Windsor Castle · Mrs. Oliphant · nf 631 · Little Dame Dot (Not a True Story) · Margery Deane · vi 633 · Spinning and Weaving · Mrs. Adeline D. T. Whitney · nf 637 · Midsummer Frolics · Anon. · pm 638 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 10 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 646 · The Fairy’s Wonder Box · Lydia Maria Child · vi 648 · The House That Jack Built · Abby Morton Diaz · pm 653 · Aunt Kitty’s Little Spinners · Anon. · vi 655 · Love’s Jesting (An Incident in Mozart’s Childhood) · H. E. Scudder · pm 656 · Song of the Turtle and the Flamingo (written for Boyly Bumps and Willie Bo Lee) · James T. Fields · pm 657 · Sam’s Four Bits · Irwin Russell · ss 660 · Some Fish That Walk · J. Z. S. · nf 662 · Some Funny Summer Verses · Laura E. Richards · pm 666 · For Very Little Folks- Brave Tim, the Centennial Cat · A Young Contributor · vi 670 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 672 · Deacon Green’s Report on the Copies of the Declaration of Independence · Misc. Material · ms 676 · Little Housekeepers’ Page- Ice Cream · Marion Harland · cl 677 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 679 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 #11, September 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Statue of Ferrucci, In Florence · Anon. · il 681 · Ferucci and His Foes · R. H. D. · bg 683 · My Riches · E. G. Taylor · pm 684 · Little Johnny and the Mosquito · Anon. · il 685 · How the Children Cruised in the Water Witch · E. W. Olney · ss 689 · Windsor Castle · Mrs. Oliphant · nf 697 · The Land of the Grigs · Eliza Wood · ss 700 · The Legend of Antwerp · M. R. H. · pm 702 · By the Brook-Side · Anon. · il 702 · A Taste for Reading · Olive Thorne · nf 704 · John Bottlejohn · Laura Richards · pm 706 · Our Colonial Coins · G. D. Matthews · nf 709 · Two of Them · Carrie Thompson · pm 710 · The Races at Shark Bay · Rebecca Harding Davis · vi 713 · The Buck-Skin Breeches · Olive A. Wadsworth · pm 715 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 11 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 724 · My Ship On the Ocean · Bessie Hill · pm 726 · A Children’s Party · L. W. J. · nf 728 · The Bumble-Bee · Anon. · pm 729 · Rosy · Mary L. B. Branch · ss 733 · Horrified Elder Brother · F. Oppen · il 734 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 737 · For Very Little Folks- How Tommy Came Home · Anon. · vi 738 · Young Contributors’ Department · Misc. Material · cl 740 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 743 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 3 #12, October 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Princess Victoria · Sir George Hayter · il 745 · At Fiesole · Susan Coolidge · ss 751 · The Morning and Evening Star · Richard A. Proctor · nf 756 · Dick Hardin in Philadelphia · Lucy S. Rider · vi 759 · Windsor Castle · Mrs. Oliphant · nf 767 · Out of the Sky · M. M. D. · pm 768 · How the Scotch-Cap Family Saved Its Bacon (A Tale of the Revolution) · Ethel C. Gale · ss 773 · Lizzy of La Bourget · H. H. · pm 774 · Patches · Rosa Graham · vi 777 · Worth Your Weight In Gold · M. M. D. · nf 779 · The Legend on the Pane · Olive A. Wadsworth · pm 781 · A Colorado Woman’s Museum · H. H. · nf 785 · The Boy Emigrants [Part 12 of 12] · Noah Brooks · sl 793 · In the Closet · Laura Richards · pm 794 · Sea-Jellies · J. Richardson · nf 796 · How General Washington Got His Clothes · N. Perkins · vi 798 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 800 · For Very Little Folks- The Little Dog With the Green Tail · Anon. · vi 803 · Young Contributors’ Page · Misc. Material · cl 804 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 806 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 4 # 1, November 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The King Orders a Tart as Big as the Capitol · Anon. · il 1 · The Kingdom of the Greedy [Part 1 of 2] · P. J. Stahl; trans. by Laura W. Johnson · sl 8 · A Reminiscence of Abraham Lincoln · Albert Rhodes · nf 10 · Granny’s Story · Emily Huntington Miller · pm 11 · A Little Boston Girl of 1776 · Mrs. E. G. Carter · vi 13 · The Bees That Went to the Sky · Joel Stacy · pm 14 · Leap Year · Anon. · il 14 · All About Lead Pencils · James W. Preston · nf 16 · The Owl That Stared · Rose Hawthorne Lathro · vi 19 · Listening · Mary N. Prescott · pm 19 · A Queen, and Not a Queen · Susan Coolidge · bg 22 · Benita · Mary Bradley · pm 24 · Good Times · Sphinx · il 25 · Story of a “Tolerbul” Bad Boy · Sarah Winter Kellogg · ss 33 · Sea-Foam · Mary A. Lathbury · pm 34 · A Parable · H. H. · vi 37 · Far Away · Anon. · pm 38 · Carlo and the Milk Pan · I. Oppen · il 38 · Borrowing a Grandmother · Helen Angell Goodwin · ss 42 · Flowers in Winter and How to Make the Most of Them · S. C. · nf 44 · The Sunday Baby · Alice Williams · pm 45 · Partners · Emily Huntington Miller · vi 48 · Tinsie’s Conclusion · George Klingle · vi 50 · A Centennial Pen-Wiper · Misc. Material · nf 52 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 54 · Our Music Page- Dickon Has a Boat · Alba & F. Boott · sg 55 · Little Housekeepers Page (Wine, or Cider Jelly) · Marion Harland · cl 56 · For Very Little Folks- A True Story in Which Mrs. Hound Talks About Her Puppies · Anon. · vi 56 · For Very Little Folks- Little Joe Clacket · Anon. · pm 57 · For Very Little Folks- Children of the Week · Anon. · pm 59 · Young Contributors Department · Misc. Material · cl 60 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 62 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 4 # 2, December 1876] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Heart of Winter · Thomas Moran & F. S. King · il 65 · Poems and Carols of Winter · Lucy Larcom · nf 75 · No Pocket · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi 77 · Cluck a Luck’s Strange Children · E. Muller · ss 81 · His Own Master [Part 1 of 11] · J. T. Trowbridge · sl 90 · A Christmas Song · Mrs. Hattie S. Russell · pm 91 · The Horse Hotel · Charles Barnard · nf 98 · The Flock of Doves · Celia Thaxter · pm 99 · The Boys of My Boyhood · William Cullen Bryant · nf 103 · The Secret Door (A Christmas Story of Two Hundred Years Ago) · Susan Coolidge · ss 108 · The Letters at School · M. M. D. · pm 109 · Doings of the “Polly’s Christmas Society” (As Told By One of Its Members) · Olive Thorne · vi 112 · Kingdom of the Greedy [Part 2 of 2] · P. J. Stahl; trans. by Laura W. Johnson · sl 118 · The Complaint of the Stockings · Sydney Dayre · pm 120 · A Clock in the Sky At Night · Richard A. Proctor · nf 123 · Leon Maturin’s Christmas Eve · C. F. Jackson · ss 127 · Some Oriental Sports That I Saw · Fannie Roper Feudge · nf 131 · The House of Santa Claus · Edward Eggleston · pl 135 · The Good-Natured Bear · Isabella Valency Crawford · ss 138 · The True Story of a Doll · Rebecca Harding Davis · vi 139 · The Peterkins’ Christmas Tree · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 142 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 144 · For Very Little Folks- The Robin’s Visit · Anon. · vi 145 · For Very Little Folks- What My Little Brother Thinks · Anon. · pm 148 · Our Music Page- Christmas Carol · Mary Mapes Dodge & F. Boott · sg 149 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 150 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 4 # 3, January 1877] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Minuet · J. E. Millais & J. G. Southwick · il 153 · The Minuet · M. M. D. · pm 154 · A Letter to a Young Naturalist · William Howitt · lt 157 · Katinka (A Russian Story) · Kate Brownlee Horton · ss 164 · Budge’s Story of the Centennial · The Author of “Helen’s Babies" · vi 166 · The Stars for January · Richard A. Proctor · nf 171 · His Own Master [Part 2 of 11] · J. T. Trowbridge · sl 178 · King Lonesome · Lucy Larcom · pm 180 · Little Travelers · Harriet M. Miller · vi 183 · “’77” · M. M. D. · pm 184 · Poppets · Amalie LaForge · ss 188 · Gregory Griggs · Anon. · pm 189 · The Greyhound’s Warning · Hezekiah Butterworth · vi 191 · “Happy New Year!” · Anon. · il 192 · Great-Grandfather’s Books and Pictures · H. E. Scudder · nf 197 · The Two Dorothys · C. F. Jackson · ss 202 · The Modern and Mediaeval Ballad of Mary Jane · Henry Baldwin · pm 206 · Mabel and I (A Fairy Tale) · Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen · ss 214 · Another Daylight Burglary · I. Oppen · il 214 · The Old-Time Minstrels · E. B. M. · nf 218 · Marie’s New Year’s Day · G. W. B. · vi 220 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 222 · For Very Little Folks- The Frogs’ Picnic · Anon. · vi 224 · For Very Little Folks- Broken Toys · Anon. · pm 226 · Mother Goose Operetta · G. B. Bartlett · pl 227 · Young Contributors’ Department · Misc. Material · cl 228 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 230 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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