St. Nicholas/Volume 40/Number 5

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Emilie Benson Knipe and	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
	Alden Arthur Knipe

411

⁠Illustrated by C. M. Relyea

The Horn-blower of Ripon. Sketch.

Helen Marshall Pratt

419

⁠Illustrated from photograph.

The Prince and the Peddler. Verse.

Stella George Stern Perry

420

⁠Illustrated by Herbert Paus.

Through the Smoke. Story.

F. Lovell Coombs

422

⁠Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha.

A World Disaster. Picture. Drawn by Charles F. Lester

426

A Secret. Verse.

James Rowe

427

Reasoning. Verse.

Nixon Waterman

427

⁠Illustrated by Reginald Birch

Nancy’s Way. Verse.

Nora Bennett

428

⁠Illustrated by Sarah K. Smith

The Land of Mystery. Serial Story.

Cleveland Moffett

428

⁠Illustrated by Jay Hambidge, and from photogaphs

Curious Friendships among Animals. Sketch.

Ellen Velvin

437

⁠Illustrated from photographs.

A Boy’s Logic. Verse.

Oscar Llewelyn

442

The Brownies Mend the Dam.

Palmer Cox

443

⁠Illustrated by the Author

"The Boy and the Man” (Supplementary Paper)

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Hon. and Rev. E. Lyttelton	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
	Elihu Vedder
	General George W. Wingate

447

More Than Conquerors: The Matterhorn of Men—II. Biographical Sketch

Ariadne Gilbert

308

⁠Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and from photographs.

In Grandmother’s Garret. Picture. Drawn by George Avison

457

Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated.

458

For Very Little Folk.

⁠“How Neddy Got a Ride.”	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
⁠“Picking Apples,”

Katharine M. Daland

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⁠Illustrated by the Author.

The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles.

468

⁠Illustrated.

Books and Reading

Hildegarde Hawthorne

476

⁠Illustrated by George Varian

The Riddle-Box.

479

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