St. Nicholas/Volume 41

ST. NICHOLAS:

AN

Illustrated Magazine

For Young Folks.

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VOLUME XLI.

Part I—NOVEMBER, 1913, TO APRIL, 1914.

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T^HE CENTURY CO., NEW YORK

FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LONDON.

Copyright, 1913, 1914, by The Century Co.

The De Vinne Press.

ST. NICHOLAS:

VOLUME XLI

PART I.

Six Months—November, 1913, to April, 1914.

CONTENTS OF PART I: VOLUME XLI.

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Acrostic, A Christmas. Verse,	Mabel Livingston Frank	169
Acrostic, An: “Thanksgiving.” Verse,	Mabel Livingston Frank	45
Afternoon Tea. Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay		341
Alcott (Louisa M.), Miss, A Letter From. (Illustrated from photographs and letter)		222
Apple-wood Fire, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	340
“April Fool!” Saved by. Verse	Clara J. Denton	489
Ballad of Belle Brocade, The. Verse. (Illustrated by C. Clyde Squires)	Carolyn Wells	244
Base-ball: The Game And Its Players. (Illustrated from photographs)	Billy Evans	510
Billy and Mister Turkey. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Katharine M. Daland	68
Birthday Greeting, A.		92
Birthday Treasure. Verse. (Illustrated by Herbert Paus)	Elsie Hill	123
Black-on-Blue. (Illustrated by W. F. Stecher)	Ralph Henry Barbour	195
Blue Sky, Under The. (Illustrated)	E. T. Keyser
⁠Bob-Sledding and Skating. (Illustrated by Norman Price and with diagrams)		325
⁠The Boy's Fishing Kit		498
Boys, What They Have Done for the World	George Frederic Stratton	58
Brains, Two Men With	Tudor Jenks	256
Brownies and the Railroad, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Palmer Cox	253
Brownies Build A Bridge, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Palmer Cox	60
Bunglers. Verse. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch)	Ellen Manly	148
Chimney, Down the Wrong. Picture. Drawn by E. B. Bird		152
Christmastide, In Paris at. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay)	Esther V. Ayres	170
Christmas Tree, At the Sign of the. Verse. (Illustrated by Beatrice Stevens)	Pauline Frances Camp	132
Christmas Tree, The Song of the. Verse	Blanche Elizabeth Wade	152
Clock, The Singing. (Illustrated by Thomas M. Bevans)	Katherine Dunlap Cather	47
Contrasts. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	233
Correction, A. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author).	George O. Butler	109
Courage, A Question of. (Illustrated by O. F. Schmidt)	C. H. Claudy	22
Cuckoo Clock. See “Clock, The Singing”		47
Deacon’s Little Maid, The. (Illustrated by George Varian)	Ruth Hatch	392
Dim Forest, The. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	D. K. Stevens	163
Djinnger Djar, The. Verse. (Illustrated)	Carolyn Wells	172
Dutch Doll and Her Eskimo, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Thelma Cudlipp)	Ethel Blair	347
Eight O'Clock. Verse	Margaret Widdemer	298
Elephant, Mauled by an. (Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull)	J. Alden Loring	429
Face, The Real Story of the.	Lewis Edwin Theiss	543
Fairies, Bad. Verse	C.H.	515
“Fairy Tales.” Picture. Painted by J. J. Shannon		298
Fairy Tea. Verse. (Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory)	D. K. Stevens	400
Fishing Kit, The Boy’s. “Under the Blue Sky.” (Illustrated by Harriet R. Boyd, and with photographs and a diagram)	E. T. Keyser	498
Foot-Ball:
⁠The Field-Goal Art. (Illustrated from photographs)	Parke H. Davis	141
⁠The Full-Field Run from Kick-off to Touch-down. (Illustrated from photographs)	Parke H. Davis	13
“Foot-Balls” Against The “turkeys,” The Great Game On Thanksgiving Day. Picture. Drawn by E. B. Bird		147
Fractions. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	410
Garden-making And Some Of The Garden’s Stories: Who is Who	Grace Tabor	539
Golf: The Game I Love. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea and from photographs)	Francis Ouimet	395, 434
Goose-Fair at Warsaw, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	Nora Archibald Smith	411
Grizzlies, My Friends the. (Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull)	Enoch J. Mills	294
Grown-Up Me, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Harriet Repplier Boyd)	Margaret Widdemer	428
Hallowee'en Meeting, A. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	George O. Butler	69
Hans and the Dancing Shoes. (Illustrated byHerbert Paus)	Mary E. Jackson	290
Housekeeping Adventures of the Junior Blairs, The. (Illustrated by Sarah K. Smith)	Caroline French Benton	257, 342, 449, 545
India, Traveling in, Where Nobody is in a Hurry. (Illustrated from photographs)	Mabel Alberta Spicer	4
Indians Came, When the. (Illustrated by Frank Murch)	H. S. Hall	494
Jealousy. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	Alice Lovett Carson	19
Jerusalem Artie’s Christmas Dinner. (Illustrated by Horace Taylor)	Julia Darrow Cowles	234
Jinglejays, Ruth and the. Verse. (Illustrated by Allie Dillon)	Charlotte Canty	330
Jinglejays Write on Spring, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Allie Dillon)	Charlotte Canty	524
Johnston, Annie Fellows. (Illustrated from photographs)	Margaret W. Vandercook	127
Larry Goes to the Ant. (Illustrated by Bernard J. Rosenmeyer)	Efie Ravenscroft	110
Leaf-Raking. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay.)	Melville Chater	20
Letter, The First. Verse. (Illustrated by Louise Perrett)	Nora Bennett	107
Lucky Stone, The. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	Abbie Farwell Brown	215, 315, 413, 502
Magic Cup, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham)	Arthur Guiterman	289
“Magnolia.” Picture. Painted by J. J. Shannon		299
Matinée, At The Children’s. (Illustrated from photographs)	Clara Meadowcroft	351
“Melilotte.” A Fairy Operetta. (Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker)	David Stevens	434
Men Who Do Things, With. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, from photographs and diagrams)	A. Russell Bond	237, 333, 420, 526
Men Who Try, The. Verse	Whitney Montgomery	264
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	Annie Fellows Johnston	52, 99
More Than Conquerors. Biographical Sketches. (Illustrations by Oscar F. Schmidt and from photographs)	Ariadne Gilbert
⁠Beloved of Men—and Dogs. (Sir Walter Scott)		27
⁠The Magic Touch. (Augustus Saint-Gaudens)		205
Mother Goose, The Nursery Rhymes of. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham)
⁠“Bye, Baby Bunting”—“Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”—“I Saw a Ship A-Sailing”—“How They Ride”		1
⁠“Hark, Hark, the Dogs do Bark”—“Hickory, Dickory, Dock”—“Little Jack Horner” —“Diddle-ty-Diddle-ty-Dumpty”—“Three Wise Men of Gotham”—“Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross”—“Little Betty Blue”		97
⁠“Hot-cross Buns!”—“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”—“Girls and Boys Come out to Play”—“Old Mother Hubbard”—“Polly, Put the Kettle on”—“Jack Spratt Could Eat no Fat”		193
Mother’s Almanac. Verse. (Illustrated by Beatrice Stevens)	C. Leo	542
Mysterious Disappearance, Another. Picture. Drawn by I. W. Taber		21
Nature, Back to. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	George Butler	131
“Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen, This is.” Picture. Drawn by I. W. Taber.		256
“Not Invited.” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay		214
“On Guard!” Picture. Drawn by C. Clyde Squires		402
Ostrich and the Tortoise, The. Verse. (Illustrated by George O. Butler)	D. K. Stevens	23
Peggy's Chicken Deal. (Illustrated by Laetitia Herr)	Elizabeth Price	490
Pipe of Peace, The. Picture. Drawn by H. E. Burdette		357
Pop! Pop! Pop! Verse	Malcolm Douglas	523
Prinnie, Taking Care of. (Illustrated by Frances E. Ingersoll)	Rebecca Deming Moore	64
Racing Waters	Louise de St. Hubert Guyol	349
Rackham, Arthur: The Wizard at Home (Illustrated from photographs and with sketches by Arthur Rackham)	Eleanor Farjeon	385
Rather Hard. Verse	Eunice Ward	203
Resolve, A. Verse. (Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory)	Ethel M. Kelley	108
Rights and Lefts. Verse	Mary Dobbins Prior	508
Robin, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Margaret Johnson	544
Rose Alba, Christmas Waits at the. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Eveline Warner Brainerd	226
Rose Alba to St. John’s, From the. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Eveline Warner Brainerd	532
Rose Alba, War and Peace at the. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Eveline Warner Brainerd	156
Runaway, The. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Allen French	37, 134, 246, 300, 403, 516
Saint-gaudens, Augustus. See “More Than Conquerors”		205
Schoolmaster, The New. Verse	Pauline Frances Camp	236
Scott, Sir Walter. See “More Than Conquerors”		27
Seasons’ Calendar, The. Verse	Harriet Prescott Spofford	394
Secrets. Verse. (Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory)	Marjorie Knapp	204
Shakspere’s Room, In. Poem. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch, Alfred Parsons, and from photographs)	Benjamin F. Leggett	481
Silhouette, The Story of the	Walter K. Putney	448
Singing Clock, The. (Illustrated by Thomas M. Bevans)	Katherine Dunlap Cather	47
Sisters, The. Picture. From painting from Edmund C. Tarbell		550
Sled, Stolen, The Story of the. Pictures. Drawn by Culmer Barnes		332
“Snowball!, Boo-Hoo! He’s got my.” Picture. Drawn by Donald McKee		314
Snowman, The: The Finishing Touch. Picture. Drawn by John Edwin Jackson		322
Squirrel, The. “His Little Paws are Just as Good as Hands!” Picture. Drawn by George T. Tobin		46
Story Corner, The. (Illustrated from photographs)	Sarah Comstock	308
“Strange, But True!” Verse	Charles Lincoln Phifer	314
Telephone, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea)	Ethel M. Kelley	307
“Thanksgiving!, And To-morrrow is.” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay.		67
Tommy’s Adventure. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	500
Tracks in the Snow, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Enos B. Comstock	418
When Alexander Dances. Verse. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Elsie Hill	10
Wireless Cage, The. Picture. Drawn by Culmer Barnes		155
Wireless Wizardry. (Illustrated from photographs)	Robert G. Skerrett	153

FRONTISPIECES

“Bye, Baby Bunting,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 1—“Hark, Hark, the Dogs do Bark!” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 97—“Mother Goose,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 193—“The Magic Cup,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 289—“Children in Kensington Gardens, London,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 385—“The Gossips,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 481.

DEPARTMENTS

page
For Very Little Folk. (Illustrated)
⁠The Baby Bears’ Adventures	Grace G. Drayton	73
173, 205, 301, 457, 553
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Nature and Science. (Illustrated)	76, 176, 268, 364, 460, 556
St. Nicholas League. (Illustrated)	84, 182, 276, 372, 468, 564
Books and Reading. (Illustrated)	Hildegarde Hawthorne	70
262, 358, 454, 550
Editorial Notes	476, 572
The Letter-Box. (Illustrated)	93, 190, 285, 381, 476, 572
The Riddle-Box. (Illustrated)	95, 101, 287, 383, 479, 575

ST. NICHOLAS:

AN

Illustrated Magazine

For Young Folks.

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VOLUME XLI.

Part II—MAY, 1914, TO NOV, 1914.

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T^HE CENTURY CO., NEW YORK

FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LONDON.

Copyright, 1914, by The Century Co.

The De Vinne Press.

ST. NICHOLAS:

VOLUME XLI

PART II.

Six Months—May to October, 1914.

CONTENTS OF PART II: VOLUME XLI.

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Aquaplane Riding. (Illustrations from photographs)	E. J. Morris, M.D.	974
Aviator, The. Verse. (Decoration by Junius S. Cravens)	Arthur Wallace Peach	963
Bambaroo. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	C. F. Lester	1114
Baring-Gould. Photograph. See Letter-Box Editorial Note		860
Base-Ball Problems		807, 907, 1018, 1148
Base-Ball: The Game and Its Players. (Illustrations from photographs)	Billy Evans	607, 708, 802, 903, 1014, 1063
Blue Sky, Under the, (Illustrated)	E. T. Keyser
⁠The Making of a Canoeist. (Illustrated by Norman Price, William Van Dresser, and from photographs and diagrams)		629, 725, 796
Boast, A. Verse, (Illustrated by Harmon Neill)	Emily Rose Burt	892
Bonheur, Rose. See “Tomboy from Bordeaux, The”		1057
Booth, Edwin, See “More Than Conquerors”.		996
Botany, The Boy Who Studies. Verse	Robert Emmet Ward	741
Boy of Cadore, The. (Illustrated by Maurice Lincoln Bower)	Katherine Dunlap Cather	674
Brave Little Girl, The. Verse	Tudor Jenks	841
Brook, Capitalizing a. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha)	Frank J. Stillman	879
Building Contract, A. Verse. (IIlustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman.	814
Butterflying. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	George O. Butler	612
Canoeist, The Making of a. (“Under the Blue Sky” Series.) (Illustrated by Norman Price, William Van Dresser, and from photographs and diagrams)	E. T. Keyser	629
Capitalizing a Brook. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha)	Frank J. Stillman	879
Cassowary, The, His Vocabulary, and the Dictionary. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch).	E. L. McKinney	978
Cheeses, Dutch. (Illustrations from photographs)	H. M, Smith	1108
Cherry-time. Verse. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Marion Mallette Thornton	673
Clever Artist and the Hungry Wave, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	George O. Butler.	968
Contract, A Big. Picture Drawn by Harrison Cady		1100
Coon Hollow Push-mobile Aeroplane, The. Pictures. Drawn by Culmer Barnes		832
Decoration Day, After the Parade on. Picture. Drawn by George T. Tobin		724
“Eternal Feminine, The.” Picture. Drawn by Grace G. Drayton		633
“Evening Glow, In the.” Picture. From a painting by Charles C. Curran		819
Fairy Men, The Foolish. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author).	Jo L. G. McMahon	1128
Fairy Steeple, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Katharine Maynadier Browne	820
Fancy Dress, A Rush Order for	Josephine Story	977
Finding our Aunt Hester. (Illustrated by W. F. Stecher)	Virginia Woods Mackall	990
Flag, Two Boys and The. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea).	Eleanor Schureman	769
First Inpressions—Or, THe First Day or School. Picture. Drawn by Mary Louise Baker		1025
Foot-ball: Tactics and Tacticians of the Gridiron. (Illustrations from photographs)	Parke H. Davis	1116
Footstep Fairies, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Harold Sichel)	Muriel E, Windram	628
Fortunate Frog, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	G. O. Butler	1004
“Frog Prince, The.” See Editorial Note.		764
Gardener, The Complete. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	B. S.	828
Garden, In the. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	910
Garden-making and Some of the Garden’s Stories	Grace Tabor
⁠The Story of the Twofold Torments.		634
⁠The Story of the Defenders Unaware.		730
⁠The Story of the Fractions.		829
⁠The Story of the Sentinels.		925
⁠The Story of the Crystal Halls.		1021
Giants, Stories of Friendly. (Illustrated by Pamela C. Smith)	Eunice Fuller,/Seymour Barnard,
⁠1. The Wigwam Giants.		604
⁠2. How the Giants Got the Best of Thor.		822
⁠3. The Giant and the Herdboy.		918
⁠4. How Jack Found the Giant Riverrath.		1101
Golf: The Game I Love. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea and from photographs)	Francis Ouimet	592, 689, 815, 911
“Hallowe’en, A-Coming Home on.” Verse, (Illustrated by the Author)	George O. Butler	1077
“Hallowe’en.” Picture. Painted by George Luks		1093
Hallowe’en Night, 'T is. Verse.	Blanche Elizabeth Wade	1120
Home, The. Verse. (Illustration from photograph)	Gladys Hyatt Sinclair	743
Housekeeping Adventures of the Junior Blairs, The. (Illustrated by Sarah K. Smith)	Caroline French Benton	641, 737, 833, 929, 1026, 1121
How the Neighbors Knew. Verse. (Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker)	Clara Platt Meadowcroft	585
“In Days of Old, When Knights Were Born.” Picture. Drawn by Grace G. Drayton		613
Independence Day. Verse. (Illustrated by Beatrice Stevens)	Ella M. Boult.	821
Interrupted Song, An. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	George O. Butler.	801
Johnson, Walter. See “‘Speed-King,’ Some Experiences of a”		1063
Joy. Verse.	C. H.	713
June-time Jingles. Verse.	Clinton Scollard	699
“Just Anne.” (Illustrated by Harriet Roosevelt Richards)	J. L. Glover	1110
Kind-hearted Countryman, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	George O. Butler	900
Laughing. Verse.	Mary MacRae Gray	1125
“Laurel Blossoms, Among the.” Picture. Painted by Charles C. Curran		596
Little Jo. Verse. (Illustrated by Edmund Frederick)	Anna Fletcher	742
Luck—Pluck. Verse.	Abbie Farwell Brown	990
Lucky Stone, The. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	Abbie Farwell Brown	614, 713, 808
Men Who Do Things, With, (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha and from photographs)	A. Russell Bond	621, 718, 837, 893, 1006, 1094
More Than Conquerors. The Star-Shower Baby (Edwin Booth). (Illustrations from photographs)	Ariadne Gilbert	996
Mothering Dolly—For Polly. Verse. (Illustrations by C. Clyde Squires).	Constance Johnson	916
Mozart Raced with Marie Antoinette, When. (Illustrated by Maurice L. Bower)	Katherine D. Cather	867
Nature-Study and Teacher. Verse.	Blanche Elizabeth Wade	766
Newton and the Pin. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch)	Helen E. Richards	1083
Officer, An Ingenious. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author).	George O. Butler	688
Path of Least Resistance, the. Verse. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch).	Helen Coale Crew.	670
Peter of the Wild Rose-tree. (Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall and from photographs)	Patten Beard.	586
Pinch of Necessity, The. (Illustrated by Charles R. Chickering)	Mary Bronson Hartt	872
“Please, Mother!—Did You Say the Candy Was in the Top Drawer?” Picture. Drawn by B. J. Rosenmeyer		1013
Polite Pirate, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author).	Frederick Moxon	620
Princess and the Pirate, The. (Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker)	Doris Webb	780
“Princess Primrose Takes the Air, When.” Picture. Drawn by Esther Peck		1005
Procession, The. Verse	Margaret Widdemer	820
Queela Hunted the Hawk’s Bill, How. (Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull)	Peri Lupia	964
Race, A Useless. Picture. Drawn by C. Barnes.		795
Race, Go-As-You-Please, on the Old Mill-Pond, A. Picture. Drawn by Harrison Cady		915
Revere, Paul—Goldsmith. (Illustrations from photographs)	Park Pressey	784
Rose Alba, The “K. K.” or the. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Eveline Warner Brainerd	1070
Runaway, The. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea)	Allen French	597, 700, 788, 886, 981, 1086
School, The First Day of. Picture, Drawn by Mary Louise Baker		1025
Sea-Horse of Grand Terre, The. (Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull)	Charles Tenney Jackson	577
Self-made Man, A. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	1020
Shaker Town, In. Verse. (Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea)	Marion Pugh Read	884
Silver Cup, The. (Illustrated by Charles R. Chickering)	George M. Johnson	1078
Singing. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	736
Sir Rigmarole’s Ramble. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author)	Charles F. Lester	638
“Speed-King,” Some Experiences of a. (Illustrations from photographs)	Walter Johnson	1063
“Star-Spangled Banner, The,” The Story of. (Illustrations from photographs, painting, and manuscript)	J. L. Harbour	969
Summer Shower, A. Picture. Drawn by George T. Tobin		902
“Sun and Shade.” Picture, Drawn by M. L. McMillan		779
Swing Time. Verse. (Illustrated by Henrietta Collins)	M. F.	584
Tactics And Tacticians of the Gridiron. (Illustrations from photographs).	Parke H. Davis	1116
Teddy and Miss Rainy-Day. Verse.	Pauline Frances Camp.	591
Thoughts. Verse.	Ethel Blair	729
Titian. See “Boy of Cadore, The”		674
Tomboy From Borveaux, The. (Illustrated by Maurice Lincoln Bower)	Katherine Dunlap Cather	1057
Tommy and Nan. Verse, (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	640
Touchy, Little Miss. Verse, (Illustrated by S. Wendell Mitchell)	Laura G. Thompson	1019
Trail, The Hidden. Verse	Mary Carolyn Davies	936
Travel, Concerning. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer)	Caroline Hofman	640
Twinkle, Twinkle! Verse. (Illustration from a photograph)	Ruth McEnery Stuart	916
Two Boys and the Flag. (Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea)	Eleanor Schureman	769
Umbrellas. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay)	Melville Chater	604
Unselfishness. Verse. (Illustrated by G. E. Wesson)	Marjorie Osborn Wesson	637
Victory, The Greater. (Illustrated by Robert McCaig).	H. Carson Davies	679
Warm-Weather Soup, The Most Popular, in the Deer Woods District. Picture. Drawn by Sears Gallagher		878
Wasted Hole, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay)	Melville Chater	1084
“Yes” and “No.” Essay.	George Lawrence Parker	605
Youngest, The, Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch)	Ethel M. Kelley	908

FRONTISPIECES

“Wee Folk,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 577—“The Frog Prince,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 673—“Marjorie and Margaret,” painted by Arthar Rackham, facing page 769—“Jack and the Beanstalk,” drawn by Arthur Rackham, facing page 867—A Little Maid of Holland, from a painting by Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, facing page 963—“Puss in Boots,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 1057.

DEPARTMENTS

page
For Very Little Folk. (Illustrated)
⁠The Lost Curl		Grace E. Craig	649
⁠Proud Daddy		Anne Porter Johnson	744
⁠The Toy Pussy-Cat. Verse.		Margaret G. Hays	747
⁠The Doll’s Circus. Verse		Will Philip Hooper	857
⁠The Adventures of Arabella		Helen Peck
I.	The Adventure of the Big Wave		937
II.	The Adventure of the Lovely Lights		1033
III.	The Adventure at the Zoo		1129
Nature and Science, (Illustrated)		652, 748, 842, 940, 1036, 1132
St. Nicholas League. (Illustrated)		660, 756, 849, 948, 1044, 1140
Books and Reading. (Illustrated)		Hildegarde Hawthorne	646
734, 934, 1030, 1126
Editorial Notes		764
The Letter-Box. (Illustrated)		668, 764, 860, 956, 1053, 1149
The Riddle-Box. (Illustrated)		671, 767, 863, 959, 1055, 1151

Numbers month

Number 11913 November
Number 21913 December
Number 31914 January
Number 41914 February
Number 51914 March
Number 61914 April
Number 71914 May
Number 81914 June
Number 91914 July
Number 101914 August
Number 111914 September
Number 121914 October

Serials month

The Runaway
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The Baby Bears’ Adventures
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1914 January
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Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman
1913 October^[1]
1913 November
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The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose
1913 November
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1914 January
Housekeeping Adventures with the Junior Blairs
1914 January
1914 February
1914 March
1914 April
1914 May
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1914 July
1914 August
1914 September
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Golf: The Game I Love
1914 March
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The Lucky Stone
1914 January
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With Men Who Do Things
1914 January
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Nature and Science
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St. Nicholas League
1913 November
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1. In a previous volume.