St. Nicholas/Volume 40/Number 6

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“JACK AND JILL.”

PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

ST. NICHOLAS

(The entire contents of this Magazine are covered by the general copyright, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.)

CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR APRIL, 1913.

Frontispiece. ”Jack and Jill.” Painted for St. Nicholas by Arthur Rackham.

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The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose: ”Jack and Jill.” ”If all the world was apple-pie.”

481

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Great Blue Heron. Verse.

Laura Spencer Portor

482

Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall.

The Baby and the Bear. ("Babes of the Wild”—IV)

Charles G. D. Roberts

486

Illustrated by Paul Bransom.

Helene and Lucy. Picture, painted by H. S. Hubbell.

491

The Book of Black Art. Verse.

Augusta Huiell Seaman

492

Illustrated by Herbert Paus.

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Quite Unnecessary Alarm.

A. Z. Baker

494

On the Flood Crest. Story.

Charles Tenney Jackson

495

Illustrated by B. J. Rosenmeyer

More Than Conquerors: Louisa M. Alcott’s Great Friend and Neighbor. Biographical Sketch

Ariadne Gilbert

499

Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and from photographs.

The Dancing Class—”That Awkward Boy!” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay

508

Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story

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	Alden Arthur Knipe

509

Illustrated by C. M. Relyea

The Nightmare. Verse.

James Rowe

517

Illustrated by Reginald Birch.

Pennybright’s Circus. Story.

Thomas H. Rogers

518

Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson

A “Honk! Honk!” Chorus.” Picture. Drawn by J. B. Graff

524

The Land of Mystery. Serial Story.

Cleveland Moffett

525

Illustrated by Jay Hambidge, and from photogaphs

The Little Critic. Picture. Painted by Francis Day.

533

With Men Who Do Things. Serial Story.

A. Russell Bond

533

Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs.

The Alphabet’s Holiday. Verse.

Margaret Johnson

541

Illustrated by George Varian.

The Admiral. Verse.

Herbert Putnam

544

Illustrated by B. Putnam.

Books and Reading

Hildegarde Hawthorne

545

Professor Wiseacre and the Ostrich Egg. Pictures. Drawn by C. F. Lester

547

The Sleeping Beauty. Play.

Caroline Verhoeff

548

Illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb.

“Supper”. Picture. Painted by Ernest Fosbery

553

For Very Little Folk.

The Nicest Place in the World.

Katharine L. Edgerly

554

Illustrated by G. A. Harker.

Nature and Science for Young Folks.

556

Illustrated.

St. Nicholas League.

563

Illustrated.

The Letter-Box.

573

The Riddle-Box.

574

St. Nicholas Stamp Page

Advertising page

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