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St. Nicholas [v 8 # 1, November 1880] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Once Upon a Time · Anon. · il 1 · The Crew of the Captain’s Gig · Sophie Swett & H. P. Share · ss; illus. M. J. Burns 9 · Golden-Hair: A Russian Folk Story · Hon. Jeremiah Curtin · ss; illus. A. Brennan 13 · Thirteen and Dolly · Mollie Norton · pm 14 · The Swiss Glaciers · James B. Marshall · nf 18 · A Nonsense Rhyme · J. W. Riley · pm 18 · The Magician’s Daughter · Frank Stockton · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 27 · Thistle Down · Henrietta Eliot · pm 28 · The Agassiz Association · Harlan H. Ballard · cl 31 · The Outcast · A. M. · pm 32 · Gleaning · Percival DeLuce · vi 33 · Tom · Mary Jewett Telford · vi; illus. J. F. Kelly 36 · Kitty’s Shopping- A True Story · Mary Gay Humphreys · vi; illus. H. McVickar 38 · Bugaboo Bill, the Giant · Palmer Cox · pm 42 · Mystery in a Mansion (A Story of an S.S.) · Anon. · sl; illus. W. T. Smedley 48 · The Crow-Child · M. M. D. · ss 52 · Tinsel Without, But Metal Within · T. L. B. · pm; illus. H. McVickar 53 · Fine, or Superfine? · Sarah Winter Kellogg · vi 55 · Some Curious Nests · Anon. · nf 59 · Our Little Schoolgirl · Ellen M. H. Gates · pm 60 · The Great Secret · Ruth Hall · vi; illus. S. G. McCutcheon 62 · The Sad Story of the Chilly Family · E. T. Corbett · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 64 · Lacrosse · Charles Barnard · nf 68 · Sewing Machine Designs · James G. Brown · nf; illus. H. W. Troy 70 · Picture Jingles · Anon. · il 71 · For Very Little Folks- How Rob Counted The Stars · Anon. · vi 71 · For Very Little Folks- A Bed in the Snow · Anon. · vi 74 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 76 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 79 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 2, December 1880] (25¢, quarto) 81 · Little Nellie in the Prison · Paul Hamilton Hayne · pm 83 · Myrto’s Festival · Lizzie W. Champney · ss; illus. A. Brennan 88 · Meister Feck-Feck · Julia D. Fay · vi; illus. A. Brennan 90 · King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table · Sidney Lanier Kappes & Alfred · ss 94 · A Dear Little Goose · M. M. D. · pm 94 · The Floating Prince · Frank Stockton · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 103 · Destiny · Mrs. Z. R. Cronyn · pm 104 · Lady Bertha · Agnes Thomson · bg 106 · Mystery in a Mansion (A Story of an S.S.) · Anon. · sl; illus. W. T. Smedley 110 · Little Tommy’s Dream · R. F. Bunner · il 111 · A Yellow Pansy · Nellie G. Cone · pm 111 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 117 · Will O’ The Wisp · Laura Richards · pm; illus. Addie Ledyard 118 · A Christmas Dinner with the Man in the Moon · Washington Gladden · ss; illus. V. Nehlig 126 · The Little Kindergarten Girl · Bessie Hill · pm; illus. Addie Ledyard 126 · The Games and Toys of Corean Children · William Elliot Griffis · nf 128 · The Miller of Dee · Eva L. Ogden · pm; illus. A. Brennan 136 · Will Crocker and the Buffaloes (A True Story) · F. Marshall White · vi; illus. Geo. Inness, Jr. 139 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- David Swan · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss; illus. H. McVickar 143 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- King Canute · William Makepeace Thackeray · pm; illus. V. Nehlig 146 · Not So Stupid as He Seemed · John Lewees · vi 148 · Seven Little Pussycats · Joel Stacy · pm; illus. R. Sayre 148 · Dancing · Joel Stacy · pm; illus. H. McVickar 149 · The Governor’s Ball (Grandmother May’s Story) · Ada Cummings · ss; illus. F. H. Lungren 153 · An Aristocratic Old Gnu · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 153 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 160 · The Pedestrians · Annie A. Preston · vi; illus. W. Taber 162 · The Land of Nod · E. S. Brooks Sherwin, Anthony Rieff & W. F. · pl 171 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 172 · For Very Little Folks- Three Friends · Anon. · vi 172 · For Very Little Folks- Kitty and Dodo · W. S. H. · pm 174 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 175 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 3, January 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · We Thought We Saw Them · Anon. · il 177 · The Wrong Promise · Hope Ledyard · ss; illus. Frederick Dielmann 181 · One of His Names · Josephine Pollard · pm 181 · Going Home for the Holidays · John S. Hodgson · il 182 · The Children’s Fan Brigade · Ella S. Cummins · nf; illus. H. McVickar 186 · Out of Style · Margaret Vandergrift · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 187 · Stories of Art and Artists. First Paper · Clara Erskine Clement · nf 193 · Handel · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. F. H. Lungren 194 · How The Aristocrats Sailed Away - (A Sequel to the Floating Prince) · Frank Stockton · ss; illus. E. B. Bensell 202 · The First Tooth · Palmer Cox · il 203 · Fire-Light Phantoms · W. T. Peters · pm 203 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 210 · The Thing-A-Ma-Jig · Margaret Vandergrift · vi 212 · The King of France · Anon. · il 212 · Every Boy Has His Own Ice Boat · Charles L. Norton · nf; illus. W. Taber 217 · New Year’s Day · Bessie Hill · pm; illus. H. McVickar 217 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 225 · Nedawi (An Indian Story from Real Life) · "Bright Eyes" · ss; illus. V. Nehlig 231 · Brier Rose · Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen · pm; illus. Robert Lewis 235 · A Snow Battle · Daniel C. Beard · vi; illus. H. P. Share 237 · A Dear Little Girl of Nantucket · C. M. Smith · pm; illus. H. McVickar 237 · New Year’s Calls · William O. Stoddard · ss; illus. S. G. McCutcheon 241 · Mystery in a Mansion (A Story of an S.S.) · Anon. · sl; illus. W. T. Smedley 248 · For Very Little Folks- The Fast Goat Line · Anon. · vi 250 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 252 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 255 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 4, February 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs, · “Now You Can Unlock the Gate!” · Anon. · il 258 · In the Tower- AD 1554 · Susan Coolidge · pm; illus. Frederick Deilman 259 · Thorwald and the Star Children (A Story of Norway) · Hjalmar H. Boyesen · ss; illus. F. H. Lungren 265 · Poor Jack-in-the-Box · Anon. · pm 266 · Winter and Summer · H. O. Knowlton · pm 266 · The Giant Squid · Richard Rathburn · nf; illus. V. Nehlig 271 · Cousin Charley’s Story · Mary Hallock Foote · ss 277 · Two Visions of Fairy-Land · Mrs. S. M. B. Pratt · pm 277 · Mystery in a Mansion (A Story of an S.S.) · Anon. · sl; illus. W. T. Smedley 285 · My Little Valentine · M. F. Butts · pm 285 · The Goose and the Nightingale (A Fable) · J. H. T. · pm; illus. J. G. Francis 286 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 292 · Johnny’s Answer · Nora Perry · pm 293 · How Jube Waked the Elephant (A Story of a Dreadfully Naughty Little Black Boy) · Mrs. M. Sheffey Peters · ss; illus. W. L. Sheppard 299 · There Was a Small Maid of St. Paul · Anon. · pm; illus. H. P. Share 300 · The Peterkins Talk of Going to Egypt · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 304 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Skeleton in Armor · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm; illus. John LaFarge 308 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Stage Coach · Washington Irving · ss 310 · The True Story of the Obelisk · Charles Barnard · nf 320 · Which? · Rachel Pomeroy · pm; illus. Addie Ledyard 321 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 328 · For Very Little Folks · The Tame Crow · vi 330 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 332 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 335 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 5, March 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Lady Jane Grey · Anon. · il 337 · Lady Jane Grey · Mrs. Oliphant · bg 340 · Chickadee · Henry Ripley Dorr · pm 341 · Mary Jane · Anon. · il 341 · An Encounter With a Polar Bear · Mrs. Christine Stephens · ss; illus. V. Nehlig 345 · Mystery in a Mansion (A Story of an S.S.) · Anon. · sl; illus. W. T. Smedley 351 · Peace, or War? · Anon. · il 352 · A Dispatch to Fairy-Land · Helen K. Spofford · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 353 · Mary Jane Describes Herself · A. G. Plympton · ss; illus. W. T. Smedley 357 · Guarding the Treasures; or, the Shah’s Choice · Emily Hinkley · vi 359 · Odd Modes of Fishing · Daniel C. Beard · nf 361 · Rabbits and Bank Paper · Ernest Ingersoll · vi 364 · “Grief Can Not Drive Him Away!” · F. Bellew, Jr. · il 365 · A Bad Beginning, But a Good Ending · Margaret Eytinge · pm 366 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Herman Faber 374 · Sardines and Sardinieres · Caroline Eustis · vi 376 · The Donkey and His Company · S. C. Stone · pm; illus. J. G. Francis 379 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 388 · Young March Wind · M. F. Butts · pm 389 · Consistency · Margaret Vandergrift · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 389 · The Story of a Peg · Paul Fort · ss 393 · The Magic Dance · C. A. Zimmerman · vi 393 · Recollections of a Little Prima Donna · Augusta de Burna · ss; illus. Jessie Curtis 398 · The Fox and the Squirrel · Benjamin Lander · pm 399 · Stories of Art and Artists · Clara Erskine Clement · nf 407 · A Chinese Story for Translation · Anon. · vi 408 · For Very Little Folks- Five Fives · Anon. · pm 410 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 412 · Our Music Page- Romance Without Words. For Little Hands- Wm. K. Bassford- sg 413- Letter Box · The Readers · lt 415 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 6, April 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Lesson on the Sampler · Anon. · il 417 · Lost in the Fog · M. C. S. · vi; illus. Sol Eytinge, Jr. 420 · The Smallest Bird in the World · Alice May · nf; illus. James C. Beard 424 · Master Moono (with illustrations by a “born artist”) · S. Conant Foster · pm 426 · Mystery in a Mansion (A Story of an S.S.) · Anon. · sl; illus. W. T. Smedley 434 · My Barometer · Hannah R. Hudson · pm; illus. A. C. Warren 436 · Foxy Confucius · W. H. Davenport · vi 438 · The Cochineal · L. M. Petersella · nf; illus. W. McKay Laffan 440 · Cross Patch · M. E. Wilkins · pm; illus. A. Brennan 442 · Karl’s April First · Jenny Marsh Parker · vi 445 · Who Told Mother? · Mary C. Bartlett · pm 445 · The Little Wooly Elephants · Anon. · vi 446 · Disgraced! · S. B. Ricord · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 446 · The Cooper and the Wolves · Hjalmar H. Boyesen · vi; illus. V. Nehlig 450 · Easter Card · Annie Ledyard · il 450 · Crooked Spectacles · Susan Hartley Swett · pm 451 · Mary, Queen of Scots · Mrs. Oliphant · bg 458 · A Lesson for Mamma · Sydney Dayre · pm 458 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 465 · Why · Anon. · pm 466 · The Peterkins Excursion for Maple Sugar · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 469 · A Race in Mid- Air · Anon. · il 470 · Poems by a Little Girl · Libbie Hawes · pm; (10 years old). 471 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 480 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Archery Contest from Ivanhoe · Sir Walter Scott · vi; illus. R. Birch 483 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Planting of the Apple Tree · William Cullen Bryant Birch, R. Riordan & R. B. · pm 486 · Mumbo-Jumbo · John Lewees · nf 487 · For Very Little Folks- How the Rocking-Horse Ate the Cake · Anon. · vi 490 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 491 · The Little School Ma’am’s Report on “A Story to Be Written” · Misc. Material · ms 493 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 495 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 7, May 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Just Before the Summer · Anon. · il 497 · The Sister Months · Lucy Larcom · pm 498 · Pippo’s Ransom · Florence Scannell · vi; illus. E. M. S. Scannell 501 · Ye Joyful Owl · J. G. Francis · pm 502 · The Bottomless Black Pond · John Lewees · ss; illus. W. L. Sheppard 506 · Someday · Nora Perry · pm 507 · My Great-Grandmother · Emily Huntington Miller · vi; illus. F. H. Lungren 510 · The Royal Stag · Olive Thorne · nf 512 · Babel · Rosa Graham · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 514 · Mary Queen of Scots- Part II · Mrs. Oliphant · bg 519 · Too Hot to Be a Temptation · Anon. · il 519 · On a Grindstone · Henry Clemens Pearson · vi; illus. V. Nehlig 523 · Little Dora · Anon. · il 523 · “I Wondered What Made Robin Sad” · George Newell Lovejoy · pm 524 · A Chapter on Soap Bubbles · Daniel C. Beard · nf 526 · John · S. M. Chatfield · pm 526 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 534 · “The Shining Days of May” · Lucy M. Blinn · pm 534 · The Rat’s Happy Dream · Anon. · il 535 · The Prince of the Birds · Ernest Ingersoll · nf 538 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 545 · There Was a Small Servant Called Kate · Anon. · pm 546 · How Polly Went to the May Party · Mary Bradley · vi 549 · Waifs from the Gulf Stream · Fred A. Ober · nf 552 · The King and the Clown · Palmer Cox · pm 554 · Stories of Art and Artists · Clara Erskine Clement · nf 559 · Saltillo Boys [Part 1 of ?] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 566 · Head-Dresses of Animals · Sphinx · nf 567 · The Dandelion · Mary N. Prescott · pm 568 · For Very Little Folks- Little To-Tote · Anon. · vi 569 · For Very Little Folks- Eddy’s Balloon · Anon. · vi 570 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 572 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 575 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 8, June 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Mustering All His Strength · Anon. · il 577 · The A. Steeles · Sarah J. Prichard · sl; illus. V. Nehlig 582 · What the Birds Say · Caroline A. Mason · pm 582 · The Lost Stopper · Paul Fort · vi 585 · How Shocking! · Mary Mapes Dodge · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 586 · The Mastiff and His Master · Susan Coolidge · vi; illus. Gustave Doré 589 · Enchantment · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 592 · Ostrich- Farming · Ernest Ingersoll · nf 596 · Little Mother · Anon. · il 596 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 606 · The Fountain in the Park · Anon. · il 606 · Butterflies · Susan Hartley Swett · pm 607 · The Children’s Artist · Anon. · bg 608 · Pease Porridge Cold · Sophie Swett · ss; illus. W. T. Smedley 615 · A Quiet Time for All Concerned · Anon. · il 616 · The Frog’s Tea Party · Anon. · pm; illus. H. McVickar 621 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 629 · Was Kitty Cured? · Mary Graham · ss; illus. H. McVickar 632 · “Strawberries! Ripe Strawberries!” · Anon. · pm 633 · The Month of Roses · Anon. · il 634 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature - A June Day · James Russell Lowell · pm 635 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- President Lincoln’s Speech at Gettysburg · Abraham Lincoln · sp 635 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Blue and the Gray · F. M. Finch · pm 636 · Saltillo Boys [Part 2 of ?] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 645 · An Italian Fisherman Mending His Nets · E. M. S. Scannell · il 645 · The Giant Picture Book · G. B. Bartlett · nf 648 · For Very Little Folks- Kate and Joe · Anon. · vi 650 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 652 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 655 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 # 9, July 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The Star-Spangled Banner · Anon. · il 657 · How Bobby’s Velocipede Ran Away · H. W. Blake · vi 660 · An Introduction · Addie Ledyard · il 660 · Fourth of July at Tom Elliot’s House · Sarah J. Burke · vi 661 · Up · George H. Hebard · vi 663 · A Day Underground · David Ker · nf 665 · The Story of a Bad Bird · David D. Lloyd · nf; illus. L. Hopkins 668 · “Rock-A-Bye, Baby!” · M. E. Wilkins · pm; illus. Alfred Brennan 670 · Captain Sarah Bates · Charles Barnard Davidson & Julian O. · ss; illus. H. P. Share 675 · Old Woman of Dorking · Annie Huntington · pm 676 · Stories of Art and Artists · Clara Erskine Clement · nf 686 · My Aunt’s Squirrels · Elizabeth Stoddard · vi 687 · Decorative · Anon. · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 688 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 696 · How to Stock and Keep a Fresh Water Aquarium · Daniel C. Beard · nf 704 · Le Marchand de Coco · F. M. E. · vi; illus. Sphinx 705 · Saltillo Boys [Part 3 of ?] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 710 · Fourth of July Night · Anon. · il 711 · Molly Mogg and Lucy Lee · Mrs. E. T. Corbett · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 712 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 718 · Cut Behind! · Anon. · il 719 · Dog Lost! · S. K. Bourne · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 720 · Eugenio Mauricio Dengremont · Mrs. John P. Morgan · bg 722 · The Major’s Big Talk Stories · F. Blake Crofton · sl; illus. L. Hopkins 725 · Fun in His Letterblocks · Anon. · il 725 · Fairies · Hannah Hudson · pm 726 · To Make a Net Without A Needle · Henry W. Troy · nf 727 · The Star Spangled Banner · Anon. · nf; illus. J. E. Kelley 728 · For Very Little Folks- The Five Cats · B. E. · vi 730 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 732 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 735 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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