ST. NICHOLAS.
Reading edition
VOL. V. JUNE, 1878. No. 8.
[Copyright, 1878, by Scribner & Co.]
[Transcriber's Note: The Original had no Table of Contents; I have added one for ease of navigation. The main Title is the Link.]
CONTENTS
A TRIUMPH. BY CELIA THAXTER. PAGE 513
ONE SATURDAY BY SARAH WINTER KELLOGG. 514
MRS. PETER PIPER'S PICKLES. BY E. MÜLLER. 519
UNDER THE LILACS. (Serial) CHAPTER XIV.-SOMEBODY GETS LOST. CHAPTER XV.-BEN'S RIDE. BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. 523
MASTER MONTEZUMA. (With Illustrations copied from Mexican Hieroglyphics.) By C.C. HASKINS. 535
A LONG JOURNEY. BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD. 540
THE LITTLE RED CANAL-BOAT. BY M.A. EDWARDS. 541
THE BUTTERFLY CHASE. BY ELLIS GRAY. 548
HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE. BY M.F. 549
ONLY A DOLL! BY SARAH O. JEWETT. 552
DAB KINZER: A STORY OF A GROWING BOY. (Serial) Chapters I, II, III, IV BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD. 553
HOW WILLY WOLLY WENT A-FISHING. BY S.C. STONE. 562
CRUMBS FROM OLDER READING. BY JULIA E. SARGENT. III.--THOMAS CARLYLE. 565
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. (Letter-Box) A ROPE OF EGGS. CONVERSATION BY FISTICUFFS. A HORSE THAT LOVED TEA. TONGUES WHICH CARRY TEETH. DIZZY DISTANCES. LAND THAT INCREASES IN HEIGHT. THE ANGERED GOOSE. A CITY UNDER THE WATER. REFLECTION. 566
"FIDDLE-DIDDLE-DEE!" 568
THE LETTER-BOX. (Dear St. Nicholas) A BRAVE GIRL. LETTERS... SOME THINGS WHICH WE EXPECT IN YEARS TO COME. THE TRUE STORY OF "MARY'S LITTLE LAMB". LETTERS... ACROSTIC. CITY CHILDREN'S COUNTRY REST. ANSWERS TO MR. CRANCH'S POETICAL CHARADES received from... ERRATUM.-- ANSWERS TO PUZZLES in the April number were received... CORRECT SOLUTIONS of all the puzzles were received from... 572
THE RIDDLE-BOX. EASY BEHEADINGS. ACCIDENTAL HIDINGS. METRICAL COMPOSITIONS. PORTIONS OF TIME. MELANGE. EASY CLASSICAL ACROSTIC. ENIGMA. ANAGRAMS. PICTORIAL PUZZLE. EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE. CHARADE. NUMERICAL PUZZLE. FOUR-LETTER SQUARE-WORD. EASY CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. METAGRAM. EASY ACROSTIC. BLANK WORD-SYNCOPATIONS. CHARADE. TRANSPOSITIONS OF PROPER NAMES. SQUARE-WORD. ADDITIONS. LABYRINTH. 574
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN MAY NUMBER. 576
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A BRAVE GIRL. PAGE Frontispiece
"I BELIEVE SHE'S GONE DRY," SAID KIT. 518
TWO CROWS. 519
THEY TURNED OUT THEIR TOES SO GRACEFULLY. 519
TANGLED IN THE LONG GRASS. 520
OH, MY! HE'S GOING BACKWARDS! 520
THIS IS TWICE AS DEEP AS YOU WERE IN. 521
THERE, IN THE TWILIGHT, HE SAW A LONELY FIGURE STANDING ON ONE LEG. 521
AT THE CIRCUS. 524
BEN AND LITA AT THE BROOK. 529
MASTER MONTEZUMA'S PARENTS TAKE HIM TO THE PRIEST AND THE TEACHER. 536
MASTER MONTEZUMA MUST BE PUNISHED. 537
MASTER MONTEZUMA IS TAUGHT HOW TO FISH. 537
MASTER MONTEZUMA IS TALKED TO BY HIS FATHER. 537
CARRYING THE BRIDE. 538
THE WEDDING OF MONTEZUMA. 538
A PEACE-OFFERING IN THE YEAR ONE RABBIT. 539
PROTECTING THE GRAIN FROM RATS, IN THE YEAR ONE RABBIT. 539
THE EMPEROR MONTEZUMA, SEATED IN THE ROYAL HALLS. 540
CHARLOTTE WAS PUSHING THE BOAT ALONG, MAKING HER WAY TO THE LANDING-STAIRS. 542
AT THE FIRE-WOMAN'S. 544
THE BOYS WITH THEIR BOATS. 546
BELL'S TELEPHONE. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 550
Fig. 3. A "CIGAR-BOX" TELEPHONE. 551
"POLLY, MY DOLLY! WHY DON'T YOU GROW?" 552
DAB GIVES DICK HIS OLD CLOTHES. 556
"IS YOUR NAME DABNEY KINZER?" 559
MAKING READY FOR A CRUISE. 561
WILLY WOLLY GOING FISHING. 562
WILLY WOLLY CAUGHT HIMSELF. 563
MOTHER UNHOOKS WILLY WOLLY. 564
"JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT." 566
THE ANGERED GOOSE. 567
THE LITTLE BROWN WREN. 568
THE LITTLE BANTAM HEN. 568
THE SPECKLED GUINEA-HEN. 569
THE DUCK. 569
THE DOG. 570
THE HORSE. 570
ALL IN PROCESSION. 571
PICTORIAL PUZZLE. 575
LABYRINTH. 576