St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 6

“THE GOSSIPS.”

PAINTED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

ST. NICHOLAS

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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR APRIL, 1914.

Frontispiece. The Gossips. Painted by Arthur Rackham.		page
In Shakspere’s Room. Poem	Benjamin F. Leggett	481
Illustrated by Reginald Birch, Alfred Parsons, and from photograph
The Game I Love. Serial	Francis Ouimet	484
Illustrations from photographs, and by C. M. Relyea
Saved by “April Fool!” Verse	Clara J. Denton	489
Peggy’s Chicken Deal. Story	Elizabeth Price	490
Illustrated by Laetitia Herr.
When the Indians Came. Story	H. S. Hall	494
Illustrated by Frank Murch.
The Boy's Fishing Kit. (“Under the Blue Sky” Series.)	E. T. Keyser	498
Illustrated by Harriet R. Boyd, and from photographs and diagram
The Lucky Stone. Serial Story	Abbie Farwell Brown	502
Illustrated by R. B. Birch
Rights and Lefts. Verse	Mary Dobbins Prior	508
Tommy's Adventure. Verse	Caroline Hofman	509
Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer
Base-ball: The Game and Its Players. Serial	Billy Evans	510
Illustrations from photographs.
Bad Fairies. Verse	C.H.	515
The Runaway. Serial Story	Allen French	516
Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea
Pop! Pop! Pop! Verse	Malcolm Douglas	523
The Jinglejays Write on Spring. Verse	Charlotte Canty	524
Illustrated by Allie Dillon.
With Men Who Do Things. Serial	A. Russell Bond	526
Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs.
From the Rose Alba to St. John's. Story	Eveline W. Brainerd	532
Illustrated by C. M. Relyea
Garden-making and Some of the Garden’s Stories: The Story of Whois Who	Grace Tabor	539
Mother’s Almanac. Verse	C. Leo	542
Illustrated by Beatrice Stevens.
The Real Story of the Face.	Lewis Edwin Theiss	543
The Robin. Verse	Margaret Johnson	544
Illustrated by the Author.
The Housekeeping Adventures of the Junior Blairs. The Birthday Picnic	Caroline French Benton	545
Illustrated by Sarah K. Smith.
The Sisters. Picture. From a painting by Edmund C. Tarbell.		550
Books and Reading	Hildegarde Hawthorne	550
For Very Little Folk:
The Baby Bears' Sixth Adventure. Verse	Grace G. Drayton	553
Illustrated by the author
Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated		556
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated	564
Editorial Note		572
The Letter-Box. Illustrated.		572
The Riddle-Box.		575
St. Nicholas Stamp Page	Advertising page	26

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