ST. NICHOLAS.
Reading edition
VOL. V.
No. 4.
FEBRUARY, 1878.
[Copyright, 1878, by Scribner & Co.]
TABLE OF CONTENTS & ILLUSTRATIONS
AFTER THE SNOW-STORM. (Illustration)
THE SHEPHERD-BOY. By Emily S. Oakey.
THE RAVENS AND THE ANGELS. (A Story of the Middle Ages.) By the Author of "Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family." Illustrations: "'LOOK AT ME,' THE OLD MAN SAID." "THEN THE EYES GREW DIM, THE HEAD SANK BACK."
A TRIP TO THE TEA COUNTRY. By William M. Tileston. Illustrations: BOY. THE BARBER. THE TEA HONG. SORTING THE TEA. HOEING AND WATERING THE PLANTS. DRYING THE TEA. ONE OF THE SING-SONG GIRLS.
TREASURE-TROVE. By Olive A. Wadsworth.
UNDER THE LILACS. By Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrations: BEN TAKES THE STONE FROM LITA'S FOOT. MISS CELIA AND HER LITTLE FRIENDS.
CRUMBS FROM OLDER READING. EMERSON. By Julia E. Sargent.
THE OLD MAN AND THE NERVOUS COW. By R.E. Illustrations: "I WILL SIT ON THE STILE, AND CONTINUE TO SMILE." "THE POOR OLD MAN WAS UP IN THE AIR." THE OLD MAN TELLING STORIES TO THE EAGLETS.
THE RAID OF THE CAMANCHES. By the Author of "We Boys."
"LITTLE BO-PEEP, SHE WENT TO SLEEP." (Illustration)
SOLIMIN: A SHIP OF THE DESERT. By Susan Coolidge. Illustration: "THEY SAW THE FORM OF A GIGANTIC CAMEL."
BELINDA BLONDE By Laura E. Richards.
THE LONDON DUST-MAN By Alexander Wainwright. Illustration: "DUST-OH!"
HUCKLEBERRY. By Frank R. Stockton. Illustrations: "'DON'T YOU SEE?' ASKED THE OLD FELLOW." THE BOY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER. THE FAIR LADY OF RENOWN.
HOW SIR WILLIAM PHIPS FOUND THE TREASURE IN THE SEA. By S.G.W. Benjamin. Illustrations: CAPTAIN PHIPS THREATENS TO SAIL AWAY FROM THE MUTINEERS. CREW MEMBER.
SOME FISHING-BIRDS OF FLORIDA. By Mrs. Mary Treat. Illustrations: THE BELTED KINGFISHER. THE BALD EAGLE.
NAN'S PEACE-OFFERING. By Kate W. Hamilton. Illustration: "'SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS APIECE,' SAID THE OLD GENTLEMAN."
THE TOWER-MOUNTAIN. By Gustavus Frankenstein. Illustration: "WE SAW HIM CLIMBING THROUGH A SQUARE OPENING OF LIGHT."
GIFTS FOR ST. NICHOLAS By Emma E. Brewster.
SOME IN-DOOR GAMES AT MARBLES. By L.D. Snook. Illustrations: THE ARCHED-BOARD COUNT-GAME. THREE-ARCH DISCOUNT-GAME. THE TEN-BLOCK COUNT-GAME. SWINGING-BLOCK COUNT-GAME. CIRCLE-GAME.
TOMMY'S THREE HORSES. Illustrations: "THE FIRST IS A PONY WITHOUT ANY HEAD." "THE SECOND, YOU SEE, IS A STEADY OLD CHAIR." "AND HERE IS ANOTHER—THE THIRD ONE, OF COURSE."
THE CHICKENS THAT WOULD NOT BE TAME. Illustration: OLD WOMAN AND HER CHICKENS.
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.
ON THE ICE. (Illustration)
THE LETTER-BOX.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE RIDDLE-BOX.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN JANUARY NUMBER.