St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 2

SṬ NICHOLAS

CHRISTMAS NUMBER

MACMILLAN AND Co - L’T’D, ST. MARTIN’S ST - LONDON

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Copyright, 1904, by the Century Co. Entered at the Post-office at New York as second-class mail matter.

Over the youth’s arm lay folded the magic cloak.

ST. NICHOLAS

(The entire contents of this Magazine are covered by the general copyright, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.)

CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR DECEMBER, 1904.

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Frontispiece. “Over the Youth’s Arm Lay Folded the Magic Cloak.”
Queen Zixi of Ix or, The Story of the Magic Cloak. Serial Story.	L. Frank Baum	97
Illustrated by Fred Richardson.
The Locking-in Of Lisbeth. Story	Temple Bailey	105
Illustrated by C. M. Relyea.
A Riddle. Verse.	M. M. D.	110
The Fox who Knew all about Traps. Story	Dane Coolidge	111
Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall.
A Pair of Gloves. Story	H. G. Duryée	116
Illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan.
Picture The Usual Half-yearly Call.		119
Drawn by H. C. Wall
Little Pete. Story	Ross B. Franklin	120
Illustrated by George Varian and from photograph.
A Message to Mother Goose. Verse.	Ellen Manly	122
Illustrated by George Varian.
How to Study Pictures. Serial	Charles H. Caffin	128
Illustrated from photographs.
The Chancellor’s Last Cigar. Story	Frank E. Channon	134
Illustrated by W. Benda
An Old-Time California Burglar. Story	Joaquin Miller	137
Illustrations by John R. Bacon.
The Winter Queen. Verse.	Lucy Fitch Perkins	140
Illustrated by the Author
The Squareness of Neil Morris. Story	Henry Gardener Hunting	141
Illustrated by C. D. Williams
Yankee Doodle and Miss Columbia. Story	Com. Robert E. Peary	148
Illustrated from photographs.
Nature-Study. Verse	Margaret Johnson	153
Illustrated by the Author.
Trouble in the Doll’s House. Verse.	Ellen Manly	153
Illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb.
The Practical Boy. Serial	Joseph H. Adams	155
Illustrated by the Author.
Jemima. Verse	Carolyn S. Bailey	164
Illustrated by George A. Harker
Picture Christmas Eve—Santa Claus’s Rival.		165
Drawn by C. M. Relyea
Pictures On the Way to Shut-eye Town.		166
Drawn by S. B. Pearse
Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated		168
In Praise of December—A White Squirrel—The Spider without a Snare—A Fire-proofing Mineral—True and False Legs of Caterpillars—Seems to “Come to Life”—Throwing Stones and Feathers—A Beautiful Weed—A Milkweed “Trap”—How to Feed a Small Alligator—Newts Under Stones—Drops of Water on the Outside of an Ice-Pitcher—Is the Cricket a Cannibal?—Varying Protective Mimicry in One “Brood” of Chrysalides. Illustrated.
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated		176
Books and Reading		188
What are Books Like?—Hawks and Story-Books—The Little Brothers and Sisters—Finishing What is Begun—Leigh Hunt—Christmas to the Lover of Books—A New Use for St. Nicholas—The Bookcase—Choice Books for Children.
Editorial Notes		190
The Riddle-Box. Illustrated.		191

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