3847330St. Nicholas, Volume 40 — Number 121913William Fayal Clarke

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“HEY! DIDDLE, DIDDLE, THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE!”

PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

ST. NICHOLAS

Vol. XL
OCTOBER, 1913
No. 12

Copyright, 1913, by The Century Co. All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR OCTOBER, 1913.

Frontispiece. “Hey! Diddle, Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle.” Painted for St. Nicholas by Arthur Rackham. page
The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose: Hey! Diddle, Diddle. See-saw, Sacaradown—Lady Bird, Lady Bird, Fly Away Home. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush—Cock a Doodle Doo! 1057
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
A Lesson in Patience. Picture. Drawn by C. M. Relyea 1060
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman Serial Story Annie Fellows Johnston 1061
Illustrated by Reginald Birch
The First Chafing-Dish Party of the Season. Picture. Drawn by M. L. MacMillan 1069
The Orc and His Globular Island. Story E. L. McKinney 1070
Illustrated by Robert C. Benchley.
A Day at a Boys’ Camp. Sketch George W. Orton 1071
Chrystie’s Event. Story Margaret Johnson 1076
Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea
“The Tyranny of Tears.” Picture. Picture. Drawn by Zaidee Morrison 1083
With Men Who Do Things. Serial A. Russell Bond 1084
Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs.
The Discovery of the Pole. Pictures. Drawn by I. W. Taber 1092
Garden-Making and Some of the Garden’s Stories. VI. The Story of a Far Land and the Going Hence. Illustrated. 1093
The Fairy Castle. Verse Margaret A. Dole 1096
Illustrated by I. W. Taber
Mother’s Best Umbrella. Verse. Lucy Lincoln Montgomery 1098
Illustrated by Reginald Birch).
Beatrice of Denewood. Story
Emilie Benson Knipe and
Alden Arthur Knipe
1100
Illustrated by C. M. Relyea
In Spite of Appearances. Verse Robert Emmet Ward 1108
Illustrated by Tony Nell).
"The World's Series". Verse C. H. Claudy 1109
Illustrated from photographs.
“Everygirl.” Play Rachel Lyman Field 1115
Illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan.
The Land of Mystery. Serial Story (Conclusion) Cleveland Moffett 1118
Illustrated by Jay Hambidge.
The Little Goose-Girl Picture. From photograph by Nancy Ford Coues 1126
Books and Reading Hildegarde Hawthorne 1127
For Very Little Folk:
The Naughty Little Rabbit. Story Katharine L. Edgerly 1130
Illustrated by G. A. Harker.
Nature and Science for Young Folks. 1132
Illustrated
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated 1140
The Clever Flamingos. Pictures. Drawn by Dewitt Clinton Falls. 1148
The Letter-Box. Illustrated. 1150
The Riddle-Box. 1151
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