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St. Nicholas [v 8 #10, August 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · A Brown Study · Jessie McDermott · il 737 · A Brown Study · Margaret Johnson · pm 738 · From Sandy Hook to the Light Ship · John V. Sears · ss; illus. Granville Perkins 743 · Milkweed Playthings · Emma Davis · nf 744 · Under a Fly Wheel · Henry Clemens Pearson · vi; illus. V. Nehlig 746 · There Was an Old Woman Who Lived by the Sea · Anon. · pm 747 · Camps (a Summer Game for Parlor or Picnic) · G. B. Bartlett, adapt. · nf 748 · A Russian Harvest Scene · Anon. · il 749 · Slumber Song · Celia Thaxter · pm 749 · The True Adventures of an Angora Cat · Anna T. Randall-Diehl · vi 751 · How Miss Jenkins “Got Out of It” · Mary C. Bartlett · vi 753 · The Elf and the Spider · M. M. D. · pm; illus. Mrs. M. Richardson 754 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 764 · Mark the Dwarf (A True Story) · M. D. Birney · vi; illus. E. B. Bensell 766 · Cham · Eva L. Ogden · pm; illus. Alfred Brennan 770 · Cathie’s Story · Anna Boynton Averill · vi 773 · Flat-Boating for Boys · Daniel C. Beard · nf 779 · Builders By the Sea · W. T. Peters · pm; illus. C. A. Northam 780 · “A Boy on the Place” · Helene J. Hicks · ss; illus. H. McVickar 784 · A Strange Foundling · Frank Bellew · vi 785 · Little Maid Margery · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 786 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 792 · The Owl and the Spider · Frank H. Stauffer · pm; illus. Frank T. Merrill 793 · How We Belled the Rat, and What Came of It · Lizzie W. Champney · vi; illus. J. Wells Champney 796 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Three Fishers · Charles Kingsley · pm 796 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- The Sea · Barry Cornwall · pm 797 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- Golden-Tressed Adelaide (A Song for a Child) · Barry Cornwall · pm 797 · The St. Nicholas Treasure Box of Literature- A Farewell · Charles Kingsley · pm 798 · Saltillo Boys [Part 4 of ?] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 807 · Dame Toad · Fleta Forrester · pm; illus. H. L. Stephens 808 · For Very Little Folks- Stephen and the Wild Bird · Anon. · vi 810 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 812 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 815 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 #11, September 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Heart’s Ease · Anon. · il 817 · Little Miss Muffet and Her Spider · Sophie Swett · ss 822 · Aramantha Mehitabel Brown · Joel Stacy · pm 823 · How Tom Wallen Went Aboard · Frank Stockton · ss; illus. Rufus F. Zogbaum 827 · The Song of the Fairies · Robert Richardson · pm 828 · How to Make Dolls of Corn Husks and Flowers · Anon. · nf 831 · The Story of the Three Sons · Elizabeth Cumings · vi 833 · The Sad Little Lass · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 834 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 843 · The Bonny Blue Bowl · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 844 · The Dragonfly’s Benefit · Helen K. Spofford · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 846 · The Boomeo Boy · Wm. W. Newton · vi; illus. L. Hopkins 848 · Dorothy’s Ride · Mrs. C. E. Cheney · vi; illus. V. Nehlig 850 · There Was a Little Girl · Anon. · pm 851 · St. Francis of Assissi · Ella F. Mosby · bg 852 · Mary Jane · Margaret Vandergrift · pm; illus. Mary Wyman Wallace 853 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 857 · A Curious Trap · C. F. Holder · nf; illus. James C. Beard 858 · Ducky Daddles · Helen F. More · vi; illus. H. L. Stephens 860 · Little Dora’s Soliloquy · Anon. · pm 861 · Perpetual Motion James · John Trowbridge · vi; illus. Frank Beard 864 · The St. Nicholas Treasure-Box of Literature- Herve Riel · Robert Browning · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 867 · The St. Nicholas Treasure-Box of Literature- The Cry of the Children · Elizabeth Barrett Browning · pm 869 · Tessa, the Little Orange Girl · Mrs. Fanny Barrow · vi; illus. E. M. S. Scannell 870 · Say, Ma, Do You Think I’ll Ever Win the Derby? · Anon. · il 871 · A Song of the Corn · Grace Thomas Riordan & Roger · pm 872 · The Race and the Rescue · Charles Barnard · vi; illus. W. T. Smedley 873 · Master Hyrax · Henrietta H. Holdich · vi; illus. L. Hopkins 875 · Alice in Wonderland · M. M. D. · pm 876 · Saltillo Boys [Part 5 of ?] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 886 · Abraham Lincoln’s Speech · Abraham Lincoln · sp 888 · Carlo, Jane and Me · M. M. D. · pm 890 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 892 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 895 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 8 #12, October 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · On the Way to Jotunheim · Anon. · il 897 · Little Assunta · Celia Thaxter · pm; illus. F. H. Lungren 899 · The Castle of Bim · Frank Stockton · nv; illus. E. B. Bensell 910 · Living Lanterns · C. F. Holder · nf; illus. James C. Beard 913 · Phaeton Rogers · Rossiter Johnson Pyle & Howard · sl; illus. W. Taber 920 · The Lazy Farm Boy · Mrs. Annie Fields · pm; illus. F. H. Lungren 921 · Trapper Joe · M. M. D. · vi 924 · Up the Road and Down the Road · Anon. · pm 924 · The Story of Narcissus · Anna M. Pratt · vi; illus. F. H. Lungren 926 · In Nature’s Wonderland; or, Adventures in the American Tropics · Felix L. Oswald · sl; illus. Hermann Faber 931 · The Leaves at Play · D. C. Hasbrouck · pm 932 · The Timid Dugong · Robert S. Talcott · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 932 · The Tail of a Kite, and What Hung Therefrom · Sophie Swett · vi 936 · The Crow’s Nest · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 941 · How to Be Taken Care Of · Susan Anna Brown · nf 942 · The Adventures of Cocquelicot (A True History) · Susan Fenimore Cooper · ss; illus. L. Hopkins 946 · A Pleasant Child! · Isabel Frances Bellows · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 947 · Fire! · Robert E. Turner · ss 951 · Thor and the Giant Skrymir (A Scandinavian Myth) · Julia Clinton Jones · ss 955 · For Very Little Folks · Tintoretto Van Dyke · il 956 · The Boy Who Played Truant · Alice Williams Brotherton · pm; illus. Alfred Brennan 957 · What “St. Nicholas” Did · Mrs. E. J. Partridge · nf 959 · Not Invited · Anon. · ms 960 · Knitting Song · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 961 · Saltillo Boys [Part 6 of ?] · William O. Stoddard · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 968 · For Very Little Folks- Roy’s Visit · Anon. · vi 969 · For Very Little Folks- Ponto’s Visit · Anon. · pm 970 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 972 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 975 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 9 # 1, November 1881] (25¢, quarto) 1 · A Birthday Greeting · The Editor · lt 2 · Spideree · Z. D. Underhill · ss; illus. Alfred Fredericks 8 · Little Dancing Leaves · Lucy Larcom · pm 8 · An Old Fashioned Thansgiving · Louisa May Alcott · ss 17 · Murillo’s Mulatto · Mary E. C. Wyeth · bg; illus. Alfred Brennan 19 · The Knights of the Extension Table · Nellie G. Cone · vi; illus. L. Hopkins 22 · The Little Girl Who Tried To Mind · Joel Stacy · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 23 · All-Hallow Eve Myths · David Brown · nf; illus. Robert Blum 25 · Wallace of Uhlen · E. Vinton Blake · pm; illus. F. H. Lungren 26 · The Peterkins Give A Fancy Ball [Part ? of ?] · Lucretia P. Hale · sl 30 · Slumber Song · Edwin Oscar Cooke · pm 30 · Some Balloon Experiences · John Lewees · nf 36 · Sir Joshua and Little Penelope · E. S. L. · nf; illus. Alfred Brennan 38 · Ollie’s Dreams · Eudora M. Stone Bumstead · pm 38 · The Verney Ancestor · Paul Fort · ss 43 · The Carnivoristicous Ounce · Mrs. M. E. Blake · pm; illus. J. G. Francis 44 · How Johnny’s Birthday Was Kept · Emma K. Parrish · vi 47 · “Oh Dear Papa!” · J. G. Francis · ms 48 · The Fairy’s Gift · M. Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 51 · Tommy · Anon. · il 51 · One Day on a Desert Island · Daniel Beard · ss 58 · Elberon · M. M. D. · pm 59 · A Noble Life · Noah Brooks · bg 62 · The St. Nicholas Treasure-Box of Literature- Thanksgiving For His House · Robert Herrick · pm 63 · Recollections of a Drummer Boy [Part 1 of 11] · Harry M. Kiefer · sl 72 · For Very Little Folks - By the Fence · Anon. · pm; illus. Anon. 73 · For Very Little Folks- As I Went Down to London-town · Anon. · pm; illus. Anon. 74 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 76 · The Magic Pen · E. S. Brooks & Anthony Rieff · pl 84 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 87 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 9 # 2, December 1881] (25¢, quarto) frs. · The King’s Favorite · Cole & Zamacois · il 89 · Cap and Bells · H. Winthrop Peirce · vi 92 · A Misunderstanding · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 93 · The Little Beggar’s Button-Hole Bouquet · H. H. · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 93 · Hermann the Brave · H. Maria George · vi; illus. F. H. Lungren 96 · Donald and Dorothy [Part ? of ?] · Mary Mapes Dodge · sl 104 · Ballad of Babette · Thomas Dunn English · pm; illus. F. H. Lungren 106 · To College- And Back · William Wye Smith · pm; illus. R. B. Birch 106 · An Angel is an Ulster · Washington Gladden · ss; illus. Frank T. Merrill 114 · The Worthy School Master · Joel Stacy · pm; illus. H. McVickar 115 · Stories of Art and Artists · Clara Erskine Clement · nf 121 · What Makes the Grasses Grow? · W. W. Fink · pm 122 · Five Little Mice · William Wye Smith · pm; illus. Robert Blum 122 · The Poor Count’s Christmas (A Fairy Tale) [Part 1 of 2] · Frank R. Stockton · sl; illus. E. B. Bensell 128 · Little Polly’s Voyage · Eva Doden · pm; illus. Alfred Brennan 136 · The Seasons · J. Dabour · il 138 · Recollections of a Drummer Boy [Part 2 of 11] · Harry M. Kieffer · sl 145 · The Hoosier School-Boy [Part ? of ?] · Edward Eggleston · sl; illus. George D. Brush 151 · Scene I, Scene II · J. G. Francis · il 152 · Fun at Grandmamma’s · Bobby Stacy & Jessie McDermott · vi 152 · A Hundred Years Ago · W. H. Venable & Alfred Brennan · nf; illus. Robert Blum 158 · The Poet Who Couldn’t Write Poetry · Joel Stacy & L. Hopkins · pm 159 · Stories from the Northern Myths [Part ? of ?] · James Baldwin & Robert Blum · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 165 · The Nervous Little Man · Malcolm Douglas · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 166 · A Remarkable Fight · Anon. · vi 167 · The Runaway Princess · Emily Huntington Miller · pm; illus. F. H. Lungren 170 · The Magic Pen · E. S. Brooks & Anthony Rieff · pl 175 · A Christmas-Gift in the Olden Time · Jessie McDermott · il 176 · For Very Little Folks- Which Lives in Your House? · Anon. · il 178 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 180 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 183 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 9 # 3, January 1882] (25¢, quarto) frs. · A Little Brown Dwarf · Anon. · il 186 · Max and the Wonder Flower · Julia D. Fay · vi; illus. Robert Blum 186 · Tommy’s Resolve · A. B. Beard · il 187 · “When I Work in the House” · Bessie Hill · pm; illus. R. H. Muller 187 · Sir William Napier and Little Joan · Celia Thaxter & Jessie McDermott · pm 189 · The Poor Count’s Christmas [Part 2 of 2] · Frank R. Stockton · sl; illus. E. B. Bensell 194 · About Otters · John Lewees · nf 196 · The Porter’s Iron Collar · David Ker · vi; illus. V. Nehlig 198 · The Clown’s Baby · Margaret Vandergrift & R. B. Birch · pm 199 · The Hoosier School Boy [Part ? of ?] · Edward Eggleston & George D. Brush · sl 207 · A Future Doge · Anon. · il 208 · The Man With the Pea (A Modern Greek Folk Story) · Hon. Jeremiah Curtin & Alfred Brennan · vi 210 · Just for You · Dora Read Goodale · pm 211 · Dr. Holland’s Books · Washington Gladden · nf 214 · How to Make Puppets and Puppet Shows · Daniel C. Beard · nf 221 · Bones and Bow-Wows · Frank Bellew · vi 223 · Susie Seedelmeyer · Bertha Watson · il 223 · Love in a Noah’s Ark · Annie C. Davis · pm 242 · The Land of Nod · Mrs. Lucy M. Blinn · pm; illus. V. Nehlig 226 · The Cow That Considered · Sophie Swett & W. T. Smedley · ss 232 · There Was Once on a Time a Little Boy · Anon. · pm 233 · Recollections of a Drummer Boy [Part 3 of 11] · Harry M. Kieffer · sl 241 · Second Thoughts Are Always Best · Margaret Vandergrift · pm 241 · Donald and Dorothy [Part ? of ?] · Mary Mapes Dodge · sl 251 · Hiawatha · Alfred Brennan · il 252 · A Dream of Little Women and Some Others · Margaret Vandergrift · pm; illus. Mary Wyman Wallace 254 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 256 · For Very Little Folks- Changing Babies · Sydney Dayre · ss 260 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 263 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 9 # 4, February 1882] (25¢, quarto) 264 · Adventures of Prince Nezahualcoyotl · Sarah C. Very · vi; illus. F. H. Lungren 266 · Sending A Valentine · Kate Kellogg · pm 267 · The Man in the Moon · Sophie Swett & George D. Brush · ss 272 · Schoolboy Troubles · Joel Stacy · pm 273 · The Round Stone (A Hungarian Folk Story) · Hon. Jeremiah Curtin & Alfred Brennan · ss 277 · A Bit of Advice · Anon. · il 278 · Winter · Margaret Johnson · pm; illus. Jessie McDermott 279 · His Barque is Worse than His Bite · Frank Bellew, Jr. · il 279 · Donald and Dorothy [Part ? of ?] · Mary Mapes Dodge · sl 288 · How a Little Girl Suggested the Invention of the Telescope · J. E. Kelly · vi 290 · “Up in the Morning, Early!” · F. W. Sooy · il 290 · How to Run · Theo B. Willson · nf 291 · Little Bird with Bosom Red · Mary E. Bradley · pm 292 · Going to Sea- A Talk With Boys · Frank H. Converse · nf 296 · Cornwallis’s Buckles · A. J. C. · vi; illus. G. W. Edwards 299 · Cradle Song · Margaret Johnson · pm 300 · Partnership · Margaret Vandergrift · pm; illus. Mary Wyman Wallace 300 · A Curious Drama · Edward Eggleston · nf 303 · Lady Ann’s Valentine · Sargent Flint & Frank T. Merrill · ss 307 · The Winter of Life · C. D. Sauerwein · il 307 · Recollections of a Drummer Boy [Part 4 of 11] · Harry M. Kieffer · sl 314 · “Oh, What a Cunning Little Baby Elephant!” · F. S. Church · il 314 · Men and Animal Shows, and How They Are Moved About · William O. Stoddard, R. B. Birch & James C. Beard · nf; illus. H. P. Share 323 · Very Humane · Malcolm Douglas · pm; illus. L. Hopkins 324 · The Hoosier School-Boy [Part ? of ?] · Edward Eggleston & George D. Brush · sl 334 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 336 · For Very Little Folks- What Strange Manners · Charles Barnard · vi 338 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 343 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 9 # 5, March 1882] (25¢, quarto) frs. · Titian’s Portrait of Himself · Titian · il 345 · The Snow Filled Nest · Rose Terry Cooke · pm 346 · Hard to Hit! · Ernest Ingersoll · vi 347 · The Victory · Bessie Hill & R. H. Muller · pm 347 · The Three Gifts · Thomas Dunn English & E. B. Bensell · ss 354 · A Question of Color · Nellie Tinkham · pm 354 · A Queer Barber Shop · J. G. Francis · il 355 · The Hoosier Schoolboy [Part ? of ?] · Edward Eggleston & George D. Brush · sl 366 · Out of Bounds · Thomas S. Collier · pm 366 · Men and Animal Shows, and How They Are Moved About · William O. Stoddard, R. B. Birch & James C. Beard · nf; illus. H. P. Share 377 · The Pretty Puritan · Celia Thaxter · pm 377 · Donald and Dorothy [Part ? of ?] · Mary Mapes Dodge · sl 386 · How It Happened · Susan Hartley Swett · pm; illus. Walter Satterlee 391 · Pussy and the Chipmunk · Daniel C. Beard · il 391 · Recollections of a Drummer Boy [Part 5 of 11] · Harry M. Kieffer · sl 400 · The Children’s Country · Ellen M. H. Gates · pm 401 · Thin Ice · William O. Stoddard · ss; illus. H. Sandham 405 · Reminding the Hen · Bessie Chandler · pm 405 · Stories of Art and Artists · Clara Erskine Clement · nf 412 · The St. Nicholas Treasure-Box of Literature- Morning in London · William Wordsworth · pm 412 · The St. Nicholas Treasure-Box of Literature- Lucy Gray · William Wordsworth · pm 413 · The St. Nicholas Treasure-Box of Literature- Animadversions of Warre · Robert Ward · pm 414 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 416 · For Very Little Folks- Gustave’s First Ride · Anon. · vi 418 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 423 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz
St. Nicholas [v 9 # 6, April 1882] (25¢, quarto) 425 · An April Girl · Rosina Emmet · pm 426 · A Little Old Bachelor · J. Wells Champney · il 426 · Brigham the Cave Dog · H. C. Hovey, J. Barton & Joseph Pennell · nf 432 · The Tale of Schneider · W. A. & R. B. Birch · pm 434 · I Sent My Little Maiden · Wilhelmina Grant · pm 434 · The Hoosier Schoolboy [Part ? of ?] · Edward Eggleston & George D. Brush · sl 444 · They Didn’t Have a Penny · J. G. Francis · pm; illus. Anon. 445 · Mr. Weathercock · Mrs. Fanny Barrow & Alfred Kappes · vi 448 · Lament of the Cat Tail · A. Wolhaupter · pm; illus. Wlater Satterlee 452 · The Story of Wangse Pah and the White Elephant · Abby Morton Diaz · vi; illus. Boz 455 · There Was a Young Maid of Selmuch · F. E. Hamilton & R. H. Muller · pm 456 · Recollections of a Drummer Boy [Part 6 of 11] · Harry M. Kieffer · sl 464 · A Tragedy in the Garret · Gertrude Huntington · vi 467 · The Selfish Oyster · George Webster · pm 469 · Donald and Dorothy [Part ? of ?] · Mary Mapes Dodge · sl 478 · Too Quick for Easter · Walter Shirlaw · il 479 · Lill’s Search · Mary Prescott · vi 480 · Winning a Princess · Margaret Vandergrift · pm; illus. Anon. 483 · The Wrong Man at the Other End of the Tube · Anon. · il 483 · Stories from the Northern Myths [Part ? of ?] · James Baldwin & R. Blum · sl; illus. R. B. Birch 488 · Water Power · Joel Stacy · pm; illus. W. A. Rogers 490 · Comedies for Children · E. S. Brooks · pl 495 · Easter Card · Addie Ledyard · il 496 · For Very Little Folks- Taking a Walk in Japan · William Elliot Griffis · vi 498 · Jack-in-the-Pulpit · Misc. Material · cl 500 · Letter Box · The Readers · lt 503 · Riddle Box · Misc. Material · pz

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