ST. NICHOLAS.
Reading edition
VOL. V.
No. 9.
JULY, 1878.
[Copyright, 1878, by Scribner & Co.]
TABLE OF CONTENTS & ILLUSTRATIONS
ONWARD WITH HER PRECIOUS BURDEN, THROUGH SHOT AND SHELL Illustration
THE GIRL WHO SAVED THE GENERAL. By Charles H. Woodman.
FORTY—LESS ONE. By James Richardson. Illustrations: UNTITLED
HOW THE WEATHER IS FORETOLD. By James H. Flint. Illustration: UNTITLED
TOO MANY BIRTHDAYS. By Fanny M. Osborne. Illustrations: THE DOCTOR PRESENTS THE CASKET TO THE PRINCESS. THE DOCTOR SUMMONS OTHER DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS. DELIVERING THE PRINCE'S MESSAGE. THE CHEMIST PRESENTS THE BEVERAGE TO THE KING. UNTITLED
UNDER THE LILACS By Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrations: MISS CELIA BECOMES PEACE-MAKER. THE STRANGE DOG.
THE YANKEE BOYS THAT DIDN'T NUMBER TEN. By W. M. Bicknell. (Illustrated poem)
THE BARBECUE. (The "Tolerbul" Bad Boy again.) By Sarah Winter Kellogg. Illustration: GOING TO THE BARBECUE.
BIRDS AND THEIR FAMILIES By Prof. W.K. Brooks. Illustrations: SOUTH AMERICAN OSTRICH. THE CUCKOO. EGG OF COW-BIRD. ENGLISH PHEASANT AND YOUNG. MALLARD DUCKS. UNTITLED
RAIN. By Edgar Fawcett.
SNEEZE DODSON'S FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY. By Mrs. M.H.W. Jaquith. Illustration: DEACON DODSON'S ORATION.
MEADOW TALK. By Caroline Leslie. Illustration: UNTITLED
A BOY'S EXPERIENCE WITH TAR MARBLES. By C.S.N. Illustrations: "I LOOKED DOWN AT MY NEW TROUSERS WITH DISMAY." "I COVERED MYSELF WITH THE BED-CLOTHES." THE SHOWER-BATH.
DAB KINZER: A STORY OF A GROWING BOY By William O. Stoddard. Illustrations: DICK LEE IN TROUBLE. "THE ONLY PUBLIC CONVEYANCE AT THE STATION."
THE STORY OF PERSEUS. (Adapted from the German.) By Mary A. Robinson.
THE STORY LITTLE NELL READ. Illustration: "THE FROWNS TUMBLED OFF."
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. Illustration: "AND AWAY WENT THE PIECE OF BREAD!"
THE LETTER-BOX.
THE RIDDLE-BOX.