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ST. NICHOLAS

An

ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE

FOR YOUNG FOLKS.


CONDUCTED BY

MARY MAPES DODGE.

VOLUME XIII.

PART II., MAY, 1886, TO OCTOBER, 1886.

THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORK.
F. WARNE & CO., LONDON.

Copyright, 1886, by THE CENTURY CO.

THE DE VINNE PRESS.




ST. NICHOLAS:

VOLUME XIII.

PART II.

SIX MONTHS--MAY, 1886, TO OCTOBER, 1886.




CONTENTS OF PART II., VOLUME XIII.


                                                                     PAGE.

ABOUT BREATHING                             _Hellen Clark Swazey_      946

ADVENTURE AT THE FLUME, OUR.
    (Illustrated).                          _W. L_                     844

AMBITIOUS KANGAROO, THE.
    Jingle                                  _A. R. Wells_              853

AMUSING THE BABY.
    Verses. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch)    _Eva Lovett Carson_        706

ARMY, AN. Verses                            _A. C_                     757

ART AND ARTISTS, STORIES OF.
    English Painters. (Illustrated)         _Clara Erskine Clement_    803

AUNT DEBORAH'S LESSON. (Illustrated)        _G. H. Baskette_           694

AUTUMN TO SPRING.       Poem                _Edith M. Thomas_          883

BABY'S DIMPLE, THE.     Poem                _William H. Hayne_         731

BALLAD OF BASE-BALL, A. Verses              _I. D_                     774

BELATED FAIRY, A. Picture, drawn by Mary A. Lathbury                   693

BLOSSOM-TIME. Poem                          _Laura E. Richards_        518

BOAT-BUILDING. (Illustrated)                _George J. Manson_         698

BOPEEP. Poem.
    (Illustrated by Mary Hallock Foote)     _Sydney Dayre_             756

BOYS' CAMP, A. (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers)                           607

BOYS' PARADISE, THE.
    (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers)           _Elizabeth Balch_          604

BROWNIES AT BASE-BALL, THE. Verses.
    (Illustrated by the Author)             _Palmer Cox_               943

BROWNIES AT LAWN TENNIS, THE. Verses.
     (Illustrated by the Author)            _Palmer Cox_               857

BROWNIES IN THE MENAGERIE, THE.
    (Illustrated by the Author)             _Palmer Cox_               707

BROWNIES ON ROLLER SKATES, THE. Verses.
    (Illustrated by the Author)             _Palmer Cox_               543

BUBBLE BOWLING.
    (Illustrated by the Author)             _Adelia B. Beard_          540

BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE, THE. Verse           _Edith M. Thomas_          599

CAPTAIN JACK'S FOURTH OF JULY KITE.
    (Illustrated by the Author)             _Daniel C. Beard_          702

CARICATURE PLANT, THE.
    (Illustrated by J. C. Beard)            _.M. A_                    522

CHILDREN OF THE SUN, THE. Poem.
    (Illustrated)                           _Arthur Wentworth Eaton_   770

CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION, THE.
    (Illustrated by E. J. Meeker)           _Charles Barnard_          916

CHILD'S FANCY, A. Poem                      _Frank Dempster Sherman_   645

CONSIDERATE FARMER JONES. Picture, drawn by Culmer Barnes              843

CRAFTY CRAB, THE. JINGLE. (Illustrated
    and engrossed by R. B. Birch)           _Isabel Frances Bellows_   845

CREW OF THE CAPTAIN'S GIG, THE.
    (Illustrated by G. W. Edwards)          _Rev. Charles R. Talbot_   899

DAISY-SONG. Verses                          _Grace Denio Litchfield_   662

DANGEROUS DOG, THE. JINGLE. (Illustrated
     and engrossed by R. B. Birch)          _A. R. Wells_              837

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, A. Verses            _Lilian Dynevor Rice_      679

DOG STORIES, ST. NICHOLAS. (Illustrated)                          526, 624

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