ST. NICHOLAS.

VOL. V.

No. 2.

DECEMBER, 1877.

[Copyright, 1877, by Scribner & Co.]

TABLE OF CONTENTS & ILLUSTRATIONS

THE HOLY FAMILY. (Illustration)

THE THREE KINGS. By Henry W. Longfellow.

ROWING AGAINST TIDE. By Theodore Winthrop.

A CHAPTER OF BUTTS. (Illustration)

THE LION-KILLER. (From the French of Duatyeff.) By Mary Wager Fisher. Illustration: "THE BEAST GAVE A MIGHTY SPRING."

BRUNO'S REVENGE. By the Author of "Alice in Wonderland." Illustrations: MUSIC FOR "TING, TING, TING". "IT'S THE LOVELIEST THING AS I NEVER SAW IN ALL MY LIFE BEFORE!"

THE MOCKING-BIRD AND THE DONKEY. (From the Spanish of the Mexican poet José Rosas.) By William Cullen Bryant.

THE FAMOUS HORSES OF VENICE. By Mary Lloyd. Illustration: THE HORSES OF ST. MARK'S.

CHRISTMAS CARD. (Illustration)

THE PETERKINS' CHARADES. By Lucretia P. Hale.

A DOUBLE RIDDLE. By J.G.H.

UNDER THE LILACS By Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrations: "A RAG-BABY HUNG FROM THE RUSTY KNOCKER." "BAB AND BETTY ON THEIR WAY TO THE TEA-PARTY." GETTING BEN'S SUPPER. "BEN PRESENTED IT TO HER ON THE BACK OF HIS HAND."

A CHAT ABOUT POTTERY. By Edwin C. Taylor. Illustrations: TEA-STAND (ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN). LONDON CABMAN (ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN). CHINESE DOG (ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN). DRESDEN CHINA. MARK OF DRESDEN CHINA. MARK OF WORCESTER PORCELAIN. TERRA COTTA VASE. JEWELED PORCELAIN. DOULTON WARE. ENGLISH PUG IN PORCELAIN. MAJOLICA PLATE FROM CASTELLANI COLLECTION.

POEMS BY TWO LITTLE AMERICAN GIRLS. Elaine and Dora Read Goodale

SWEET MARJORAM DAY. (A Fairy Tale.) By Frank R. Stockton. Illustrations: THE BABIES IN THE SWEET MARJORAM BEDS. THE REFORMED PIRATE. "THE REFORMED PIRATE IS THE JOLLIEST MAN AFLOAT." "IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT COULDN'T BE BETTER,' SAID THE CONDENSED PIRATE." THE CONDENSED PIRATE CLIMBS UP THE OUTSIDE OF THE STEEPLE.

"SING-A-SING!" By S.C. Stone. Illustration: SING-A-SING.

NOW, OR THEN? By Gail Hamilton.

JACK'S CHRISTMAS. By Emma K. Parrish. Illustration: "'LET ME SEE 'EM,' SAID HIS FATHER."

LEFT OUT. By A.G.W.

MISS ALCOTT, The Friend of Little Women and of Little Men. By F.B.S. Illustration: PORTRAIT

THE BOY WHO JUMPED ON TRAINS. By Mary Hartwell. Illustrations: "HE WOULD JUMP ON THE CARS TO RIDE." "HIS FATHER'S STERN COMMAND." "THE FREIGHT-CARS DECKED WITH BOYS DID SLIDE."

THE TOWER-MOUNTAIN By Gustavus Frankenstein. Illustrations: THE VIEW FROM THE LEDGE. "THERE WAS THE PARROT ON THE TABLE."

SINGING PINS. By Harlan H. Ballard. Illustrations: TUNING THE PINS. THE PIN-ORGAN.

ABOUT THE PORPOISES. By J.D. Illustration: A SCHOOL OF PORPOISES.

THE WILD WIND. By Clara W. Raymond.

THE MAGICIAN AND HIS BEE. By P.F. Illustrations: "THE MAGICIAN AT THE HEAD." "THE KING CAME, WITH HIS THREE BODY-GUARDS MARCHING IN FRONT." "THE COURT TAILOR RODE ON A GOAT." "THEN CAME THE LADIES OF THE COURT." "THE TOWN BELL-MAN WALKED ALONG IN GRAND STATE." "THERE WAS A LION WHO LIVED AT THE TOWN-HALL." "TWO OF THE LIVELIEST ANIMALS IN THE TOWN." "THERE WERE A LOT OF GRASSHOPPERS AND LITTLE GNATS." NO SKOOL TODAY.

SCRUBBY'S BEAUTIFUL TREE. By J.C. Purdy. Illustrations: "OLE KRISS IS COMING WITH HIS REINDEER." SCRUBBY'S FRIENDS ARRANGING HER CHRISTMAS-TREE.

THE MINSTREL'S CAROL. A Christmas Colloquy. Illustration: MUSIC FOR "WITH WOND'RING AWE."

JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.

BABY-BO. Illustration: BABY-BO

ARTHUR AND HIS PONY. Illustration: ARTHUR ON HIS PONY.

YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS' DEPARTMENT. Illustrations: TWO YOUNG MARTYRS. "H'M! DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW YOU'RE OUT?"

THE LETTER BOX.

NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.

THE RIDDLE-BOX.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NOVEMBER NUMBER.