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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR DECEMBER, 1912.
| Frontispiece. ”Ring a ring o’ Roses.” Painted by Arthur Rackham. | page | |||||
| The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose: Ring a ring o’ Roses. Little Tommy Tucker. | 97 | |||||
| Illustrated by Arthur Rackham | ||||||
| The Wizard Shoemaker. Story. | Winthrop Packard | 98 | ||||
| Illustrated by Herbert Paus | ||||||
| Aunt ’Phroney’s Boy. Story. | L. Frank Baum | 104 | ||||
| Illustrated by George Avison | ||||||
| Just Be Good. Verse. | James Rowe | 112 | ||||
| “I’ve Something for You.” Picture, drawn by G. T. Tobin | 113 | |||||
| Our Christmas. Verse. | Alice Lovett Carson | 114 | ||||
| Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay | ||||||
| Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story |
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116 | ||||
| Illustrated by C. M. Relyea | ||||||
| The Quest of the Jimblejock. Verse. | Ellen Manly | 124 | ||||
| Illustrated by Reginald Birch | ||||||
| “Birds that Fly Zigzag.” Verse. | George O. Butler | 129 | ||||
| Illustrated by the Author. | ||||||
| A Small Order. Verse. | J. R. | 129 | ||||
| More Than Conquerors: Through Failure to Success. Biographical Sketch | Ariadne Gilbert | 130 | ||||
| Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt. Decoration by Otto Rebele. | ||||||
| Playing Santa Claus. Verse. | Pauline Frances Camp | 139 | ||||
| Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer | ||||||
| Playing Santa Claus. Verse. | Pauline Frances Camp | 139 | ||||
| Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer | ||||||
| A Christmas Catch. Verse. | Cecil Cavendish | 140 | ||||
| Illustrated by Clara M. Burd. | ||||||
| The Land of Mystery. Serial Story | Cleveland Moffett | 142 | ||||
| Illustrated by J. Paleologue, Talbot Kelly, and from photogaphs | ||||||
| Three Guests. Verse. | Jessica Nelson North | 151 | ||||
| Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts. | ||||||
| “I’ve Got A Dog.” Verse. | Ethel M. Kelley | 152 | ||||
| Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt. | ||||||
| Jacob and Gretchen Story. | Elizabeth Atkins | 153 | ||||
| Illustrated by Reginald Birch. | ||||||
| Nancy’s Southern Christmas. Story. | Harriet Prescott Spofford | 161 | ||||
| Illustrated by C. M. Relyea. | ||||||
| The Adventures of Billy Bowline. Story. | Harriet L. Wedgwood | 165 | ||||
| Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory. | ||||||
| Nature and Science for Young Folks. | 174 | |||||
| Illustrated. | ||||||
| The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. | 179 | |||||
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| Books and Reading | Hildegarde Hawthorne | 188 | ||||
| The Christmas Mousie. Verse. | Ida Kenniston | 190 | ||||
| Illustrated by Culmer Barnes). | ||||||
| The Riddle-Box. | 191 | |||||
| St. Nicholas Stamp Page | Advertising page | |||||
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