St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 2/Advertisements/Front/St. Nicholas 1905

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St. Nicholas for 1905

Parents! Do you do well to choose carefully your own

It was for St. Nicholas that THEODORE ROOSEVELT wrote his inspiring talk, "What We May Expect of the American Boy,” and his "Hero Tales of American History.” ❧ It was of St. Nicholas that JOHN HAY wrote: “I do not know any publication where a bright-minded child can get so much profit as in its fascinating pages.” ❧ It was of St. Nicholas that another well-known author wrote: “I have sufficient gift of prophecy to assert that some future President of the United States—yes, and several members of his (or her!) cabinet—are just now enthusiastic readers of St. Nicholas—to say nothing of several defeated candidates!” ❧ St. Nicholas ❧ It was for St. Nicholas that RUDYARD KIPLING wrote his famous “Jungle Stories.” ❧ It was for St. Nicholas that FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT wrote “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” ❧ It was for St. Nicholas that MARK TWAIN wrote “Tom Sawyer Abroad.” ❧ It was for St. Nicholas that FRANK R. STOCKTON wrote his best fanciful stories. ❧ It was for St. Nicholas that PALMER COX first wrote “The Brownies.”	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$
		A GREAT SERIAL STORY	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	The leading serial in St. Nicholas for next year will be Mr. L. Frank Baum’s newest and best story, “Queen Zixi of Ix.” Mr Baum has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America, and it is said that more of his books have been sold than of any other living writer of fairy stories. The readers of St. Nicholas
		PRACTICAL ARTICLES	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Not only President Roosevelt. but the whole American people is credited with admiring the man who “does things,” and the boy who means to “do things” cannot begin too early.St. Nicholas in its Christmas number shows him how to begin with his own room; how he can make the furniture for it—artistic fur--
		USEFUL INFORMA- TION	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	But St. Nicholas tells its boy readers, too, how men “do great things” in the big world of grown-up life. In such articles as “The Story of a Grain of Wheat” and “The Story of a Bar of Iron,” the magazine is giving its young folk a clear and complete view of the actual processes of great American industries.
		HEALTHFUL SPORTS AND RECREATION	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Stories and sketches relating to the healthful sports that young folk enjoy have always been one of the leading features of St. Nicholas. The boy reader will find many articles and stories relating to bis favorite games of foot-ball or base-ball, and girls will be equally interested in those that deal with tennis, golf, and basket-ball.
		STORIES OF ADVENTURE	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	The inborn love of adventure which all healthy-minded boys possess is fully satisfied in St. Nicholas. Almost every number contains story of this sort, ane the new volume will be unusually rich in adventure stories.
		HISTORICAL STORIES AND SKETCHES	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Interesting episodes and incidents of history are also a special feature of the magazine. Howard Pyle’s story of “King Arthur” was a notable historical serial, and many striking historical and biographical contributions have appeared within the last year. The December number will contain a story of Prince Bismarck and the old Kaiser Wilhelm I. showing how even on the battle-field a monarch may not forget to be polite, or a great commander be lacking in tenderness toward a common soldier.
		HUMOROUS Wholesome Fun and Nonsense	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Nothing delights young folk more than wholesome fun, and a magazine which did not furnish a rich store of witty and nonsensical contributions would not really deserve the name of a magazine for boys and girls. It is enough to say that many of the most amusing books for young readers published within recent years have been compiled from the clever and fantastic contributions of this class that appeared first in St. Nicholas.
		Goody-Goody or False Sentiment or Dime-Novel Stories	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	NONE

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St. Nicholas for 1905

reading but to leave your children's reading to chance?

are fortunate in securing this masterpiece from his pen, for the story is the ripest fruit of his fertile fancy and abounding fun, and none of his other stories have had such beautiful and delightful pictures as the amusing and charming drawings in color which Mr. Fred Richardson has made for “Queen Zixi of Ix.”

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WITH SUPERB
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It was to St. Nicholas that

Tennyson Longfellow Aldrich Bret Harte Thomas Nelson Page RichardHardingDavis Howard Pyle Mary Mapes Dodge

Bryant Whittier Stedman Mary E. Wilkins Louisa M. Alcott George W. Cable J.T. Trowbridge Alice Hegan Rice

and many other famous authors contributed their best writings for young readers. In fact,

It was of St. Nicholas that
JOSEPHINE BACON DASKAM

wrote: “Nobody considers himself much of a writer who has not appeared in St. Nicholas. It ‘s a kind of Authors‘ Recommendation. Almost all writers of note have won their spurs there”; and also “When we read the Jungle Stories, we knew we were reading Literature!”

 

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It was for St. Nicholas that
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

wrote “Half-a-dozen Housekeepers” and “Polly Oliver‘s Problem.”

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It is to St. Nicholas that intelligent Americans look for

The Best Stories

The Best Art Work

The Best Amusements

The Best Practical Articles

The Best Biographies

The Best Plays

The Best of Everything

in the line of Young Folks‘ Reading that the World affords.

niture, too—and can decorate its walls. A whole series of articles telling what a boy can do and make is to appear in the magazine during the next year, including papers on “Ice-boats”, “Snow-shoes,” “Skate-sails,” “Skees,” “Camping Outfits,” “Windmills and Power-wheels,” “Tree-houses,” etc., etc.

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FOR BOYS
WHO
“DO THINGS”
COLOR

One of the most admirable and important features of the magazine is the high quality of its illustrations. With its first number St. Nicholas set a new standard in this respect, and no periodical for young readers has ever printed a tithe of the number of beautiful drawings which have appeared in the St. Nicholas volumes. These are drawn, moreover, but the most famous artists of the day, and are engraved and printed with the same care that distinguishes the art of work of the Century Magazine.

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PICTORIAL
ART

During the coming year, moreover, St. Nicholas is to publish a notable series of articles by Charles H. Caffin entitled “How to Study Pictures.” These papers are intended only for the older readers of the magazine, but are very clearly and simply written, and cannot fail to greatly benefit all boys and girls of from twelve to fifteen who are interested in drawing or in gaining information concerning the world‘s great artists and great pictures.

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“HOW TO
STUDY
PICTURES”

The “Nature and Science” department during the coming year will treat not only of nature study, of plant and animal life, but also to a greater extent than heretofore, of other discoveries and items of interest in the whole fascinating realm of science and invention.

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NATURE AND
SCIENCE

The “St. Nicholas League” is an organization to bind St. Nicholas readers in closer personal sympathy, and to encourage and develop literary and artistic talent by means of monthly badges and cash rewards. The League has never been so strong or useful as it is to-day.

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ST. NICHOLAS
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