St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 1

“BYE, BABY BUNTING.”

PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

ST. NICHOLAS

Copyright, 1913, by The Century Co. All rights reserved.

(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 NOVEMBER, 1913.

Frontispiece. “Bye, Baby Bunting.” Painted by Arthur Rackham.		page
The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose.		1
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Traveling in India, Where Nobody is in a Hurry	Mabel Alberta Spicer	4
Illustrations from photographs
When Alexander Dances. Verse.	Elsie Hill	10
Illustrations by C. M. Relyea
Foot-Ball:The Full-Field Run from Kick-off to Touch-down.	Parke H. Davis	13
Jealousy. Verse	Alice Lovett Carson	19
Illustrated by Reginald Birch
Leaf-Raking	Melville Chater	20
Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay.
Another Mysterious Disappearance. Picture. Drawn by I. W. Taber Picture.		21
A Question of Courage	C. H. Claudy	22
Illustrated by O. F. Schmidt
Beloved of Men—and Dogs. (Sir Walter Scott)	Ariadne Gilbert	27
Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt
The Runaway	Allen French	37
Illustrated by C. M. Relyea
An Acrostic: “Thanksgiving.”	Mabel Livingston Frank	45
Squirrel, The. “His Little Paws are Just as Good as Hands!” Picture. Drawn by George T. Tobin		46
The Singing Clock	Katherine Dunlap Cather	47
Illustrated by Thomas M. Bevans.
Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman.	Annie Fellows Johnston	52
Illustrated by Reginald Birch
Boys, What They Have Done for the World	George Frederic Stratton	58
The Brownies Build a Bridge, Verse	Palmer Cox	60
Illustrated by Palmer Cox.
Taking Care of Prinnie	Rebecca Deming Moore	64
Illustrated by Frances E. Ingersoll.
And To-morrrow is “Thanksgiving!”. Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay.		67
Billy and Mister Turkey. Verse.	Katharine M. Daland	68
Illustrated by the Author.
A Hallowee'en Meeting. Verse.	George O. Butler	69
Illustrated by the Author.
Books and Reading	Hildegarde Hawthorne	70
For Very Little Folk:
The Baby Bears’ First Adventure. Verse	Grace G. Drayton	73
Illustrated by the author
Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated		76
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated	84
A Birthday Greeting		92
The Letter-Box. Illustrated.		93
The Riddle-Box.		95

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