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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR APRIL, 1913.
| Frontispiece. ”Jack and Jill.” Painted for St. Nicholas by Arthur Rackham. | page | |||||
| The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose: ”Jack and Jill.” ”If all the world was apple-pie.” | 481 | |||||
| Illustrated by Arthur Rackham | ||||||
| The Great Blue Heron. Verse. | Laura Spencer Portor | 482 | ||||
| Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall. | ||||||
| The Baby and the Bear. ("Babes of the Wild”—IV) | Charles G. D. Roberts | 486 | ||||
| Illustrated by Paul Bransom. | ||||||
| Helene and Lucy. Picture, painted by H. S. Hubbell. | 491 | |||||
| The Book of Black Art. Verse. | Augusta Huiell Seaman | 492 | ||||
| Illustrated by Herbert Paus. | ||||||
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A. Z. Baker | 494 | ||||
| On the Flood Crest. Story. | Charles Tenney Jackson | 495 | ||||
| Illustrated by B. J. Rosenmeyer | ||||||
| More Than Conquerors: Louisa M. Alcott’s Great Friend and Neighbor. Biographical Sketch | Ariadne Gilbert | 499 | ||||
| Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and from photographs. | ||||||
| The Dancing Class—”That Awkward Boy!” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay | 508 | |||||
| Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story |
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509 | ||||
| Illustrated by C. M. Relyea | ||||||
| The Nightmare. Verse. | James Rowe | 517 | ||||
| Illustrated by Reginald Birch. | ||||||
| Pennybright’s Circus. Story. | Thomas H. Rogers | 518 | ||||
| Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson | ||||||
| A “Honk! Honk!” Chorus.” Picture. Drawn by J. B. Graff | 524 | |||||
| The Land of Mystery. Serial Story. | Cleveland Moffett | 525 | ||||
| Illustrated by Jay Hambidge, and from photogaphs | ||||||
| The Little Critic. Picture. Painted by Francis Day. | 533 | |||||
| With Men Who Do Things. Serial Story. | A. Russell Bond | 533 | ||||
| Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs. | ||||||
| The Alphabet’s Holiday. Verse. | Margaret Johnson | 541 | ||||
| Illustrated by George Varian. | ||||||
| The Admiral. Verse. | Herbert Putnam | 544 | ||||
| Illustrated by B. Putnam. | ||||||
| Books and Reading | Hildegarde Hawthorne | 545 | ||||
| Professor Wiseacre and the Ostrich Egg. Pictures. Drawn by C. F. Lester | 547 | |||||
| The Sleeping Beauty. Play. | Caroline Verhoeff | 548 | ||||
| Illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb. | ||||||
| “Supper”. Picture. Painted by Ernest Fosbery | 553 | |||||
| For Very Little Folk. | ||||||
| The Nicest Place in the World. | Katharine L. Edgerly | 554 | ||||
| Illustrated by G. A. Harker. | ||||||
| Nature and Science for Young Folks. | 556 | |||||
| Illustrated. | ||||||
| St. Nicholas League. | 563 | |||||
| Illustrated. | ||||||
| The Letter-Box. | 573 | |||||
| The Riddle-Box. | 574 | |||||
| St. Nicholas Stamp Page | Advertising page | 24 | ||||
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