St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877

by Various

THE HOLY FAMILY.

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.]