St. Nicholas/Volume 40
ST. NICHOLAS:
AN
Illustrated Magazine
For Young Folks.
VOLUME XL.
Part I—November, 1912, TO April, 1913.
The CENTURY CO., NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LONDON.
Copyright 1912, 1913, by The Century Co.
The De Vinne Press.
ST. NICHOLAS:
VOLUME XL
PART I.
Six Months—November, 1912, to April, 1913.
CONTENTS OF PART I: VOLUME XL.
| page | ||
| Admiral, The. Verse. (Illustrated by B. Putnam) | Herbert Putnam | 544 |
| Adventures of Billy Bowline, The. (Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory) | Harriet L. Wedgwood. | 165 |
| Alphabet's Holiday, The. Verse. (Illustrated by George Varian) | Margaret Johnson | 541 |
| Aunt ’Phroney’s Boy. (Illustrated by George Avison) | L. Frank Baum | 104 |
| Aztec Jingles A Royal Release. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | J. G. Francis | 30 |
| Aztec Jingles The Jovial Judge. (Illustrated by the Author) | J. G. Francis | 347 |
| Babe, How, Escaped Polo. (Illustrated by I. W. Taber) | Izola Forrester | 43 |
| “Babes of the Wild.” (Illustrated by Paul Bransom) | Charles G. D. Roberts | |
| Teddy Bear’s Bee-Tree | 231 | |
| The Adventures of Young Grumpy | 291 | |
| The Little Furry Ones that Slide Downhill | 397 | |
| The Baby and the Bear | 486 | |
| Baby and the Bear, The. (“Babes of the Wild.” IV) (Illustrated by Paul Bransom) | Charles G. D. Roberts | 486 |
| Ballads of the Be-Ba-Boes: The Christmas Tree. (Illustrated by Katharine Maynadier Daland) | D. K. Stevens | 245 |
| Beatrice of Denewood. (Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea) | Emilie Benson Knipe and Alden Arthur Knipe | 21 |
| 116, 219, 332, 411, 509 | ||
| Billy Bowline, The Adventures of. (Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory) | Harriet L. Wedgwood. | 165 |
| Birds of the Year. Verse. (Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall) | Minnie Leona Upton | 306 |
| “Birds that Fly Zigzag, The.” Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 129 |
| Book of the Black Art, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Herbert Paus) | Augusta Huiell Seaman | 492 |
| “Boy and the Man, The”: Talks with Boys. (Illustrated from photographs) | ||
| "The Boy and the Man” | President John Grier Hibben | 227 |
| The Force of Sunlight | Rev. Dr. Hugh Birckhead | 227 |
| “Live for What You Would Like to be at Sixty” | Admiral F. E. Chadwick | 228 |
| Two Essentials | Gifford Pinchot | 229 |
| What is Success? | Colonel Henry G. Prout | 229 |
| The Ready Means of Happiness | Hon. Jean Jules Jusserand | 340 |
| A Few Suggestions | Hon. John Bigelow | 341 |
| Lessons Not Learned Out of Books | James McCrea | 341 |
| The Dawn of a New Era | Rev. Endicott Peabody | 342 |
| The Challenge of Life | Hamilton Wright Mabie | 342 |
| A Friendly Greeting | Hon. and Rev. Edward Lyttelton | 447 |
| Art, a Lifelong Benefit | Elihu Vedder | 447 |
| Your Interest in Athletics | General George W. Wingate | 448 |
| Boy’s Logic, A. Verse | Oscar Llewelyn | 442 |
| Brooks. Phillips: See “More Than Conquerors” | 130 | |
| Brownies in the Grist-Mill, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | Palmer Cox | 36 |
| Brownies and the Stalled Train, The. Verse ustrated“ by the“ Author)“ | Palmer“ Cox“ | 252 |
| Brownies Mend the Dam, The. Verse. Illustrated“ by the“ Author)“ | Palmer“ Cox“ | 443 |
| “Calling.” Picture, drawn by Gertrude Kay | 65 | |
| Christmas Catch, A. Verse. (Illustrated by Clara M. Burd) | Cecil Cavendish | 140 |
| Christmas Mousie, The. (Illustrated by Culmer Barnes) | Ida Kenniston | 190 |
| Christmas, Our. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay) | Alice Lovett Carson | 114 |
| Christmas Secrets. Verse. (Illustrated by Edna F. Hart) | Lillie Gilliland McDowell. | 202 |
| Clocks, Curious. (Illustrated from photographs) | Charles A. Brassier | 257 |
| Conduct of the Conductor, The. (Illustrated by George Varian) | Elizabeth C. Webb | 328 |
| Dancing Class, The— “That Awkward Boy!” Picture, drawn by Gertrude A. Kay | 508 | |
| Day After Christmas, The. Picture, drawn by Leighton Budd | 201 | |
| December Days. Verse. (Illustrated by Otto Rebele) | Edward N. Teall | 218 |
| “Dogs at Large.” Picture, drawn by A. Z. Baker | 494 | |
| Dolly’s Lullaby. Verse. (Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright) | Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer | 360 |
| “Dutch Treat, A.” (Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt) | Giulia Hossfeld. | 31 |
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo: See “More Than Conquerors”. | 499 | |
| Fables, Old, Brought Up to Date: The Shepherd Boy and The Wolf. (Illustrated by the Author) | C. J. Budd | 249 |
| Fine Feathers. Verse. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Carolyn Wells | 326 |
| Fir-Tree, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall) | Anna B. Bryant | 396 |
| Flood Crest, On the. (Illustrated by B. J. Rosenmeyer) | Charles Tenney Jackson | 495 |
| Flossy’s Way. Verse. | John E. Dolsen | 331 |
| Foot-ball, What Woodrow Wilson did for American. (Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and from photographs) | Parke H. Davis | 13 |
| Friendships, Curious, among Animals, (Illustrated from photographs) | Ellen Velvin | 437 |
| Grandmother’s Garret, In. Picture, drawn by George Avison | 457 | |
| Great Blue Heron, The, Verse. (Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall) | Laura Spencer Porter | 482 |
| Grumpy, Young, The Adventures of. (“Babes of the Wild.” II) (Illustrated by Paul Bransom) | Charles G. D. Roberts | 291 |
| Hallowe’en, A Rhyme of, Verse, (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 20 |
| Helene and Lucy. Picture, painted by H. S. Hubbell. | 491 | |
| “Honk! Honk!” Chorus, A. Picture, drawn by J. B. Graff. | 524 | |
| Horn-blower of Ripon, The. (Illustrated from photograph) | Helen Marshall Pratt | 419 |
| Horses of St. Mark’s, The Famous. (Illustrated by Robert Blum, and from photograph) | Mary Lloyd | 390 |
| India: See “Raja, His Highness the Young”. | 37 | |
| Inventions, The First. | George Ethelbert Walsh | 345 |
| “I’ve Got A Dog.” Verse. (Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt) | Ethel M. Kelley | 152 |
| Jacob and Gretchen. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Elizabeth Atkins | 153 |
| Jovial Judge, The, Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | J. G. Francis | 347 |
| Junior-Man. Verse. (Illustrated by Clara M. Burd) | Ruth McEnery Stuart | 250 |
| “Just Anna.” (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Marion Hill | 195 |
| Just Be Good. Verse. | James Rowe | 112 |
| Kane and Pard. (Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall) | Addison Howard Gibson | 264 |
| Land of Mystery, The. (Illustrated by J. Paleologue, Jay Hambidge, Talbot Kelly, Jules Guérin, and from photographs) | Cleveland Moffett | 3, 142, 237, 349, 428, 525 |
| Lincoln, Abraham: See “More Than Conquerors” | Cleveland Moffett | 308, 499 |
| Little Critic, The, Picture, from painting by Francis Day. | 533 | |
| Little Furry Ones, The, that Slide Downhill. (“Babes of the Wild.” II) (Illustrated by Paul Bransom) | Charles G. D. Roberts | 397 |
| Marathon, The. Verse. (Illustrated by C. F. Peters) | Fred Jacob | 52 |
| Men Who Do Things, With, (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs) | A. Russell Bond | 402, 533 |
| Merry Christmas, A. Verse. (Illustrated by Ruth S. Clement) | A. L. Sykes | 208 |
| More Than Conquerors. Biographical Sketches (Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, Otto Rebele, Eastman Johnson, Harry Fenn, and from photographs) | Ariadne Gilbert | |
| Through Failure to Success (Phillips Brooks) | 130 | |
| A Modern Greatheart. (William Makepeace Thackeray) | 209 | |
| The Matterhorn Of Men. (Abraham Lincoln) | 308, 449 | |
| Louisa M. Alcott’s Great Friend and Neighbor. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) | 499 | |
| Mother Goose, The Nursery Rhymes of. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham) | ||
| “Ring a Ring o’ Roses”—“Little Tommy Tucker”. | 97 | |
| “The Man in the Wilderness”—“Humpty Dumpty”—“A Carrion-Crow sat on an Oak”—“Little Miss Muffett”. | 193 | |
| “Jack and Jill”—“If All the World was Apple-Pie” | 481 | |
| My Girl. Verse. | Pauline Frances Camp | 36 |
| Nancy’s Southern Christmas. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Harriet Prescott Spofford | 161 |
| Nancy’s Way. Verse. (Illustrated by Sarah K. Smith) | Nora Bennett | 428 |
| Nightmare, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | James Rowe | 517 |
| Nöll and Antoonje. (Illustrated by Herbert Paus) | Elizabeth Atkins | 298 |
| Nursery Pet, A. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Carolyn Wells | 410 |
| Ostrich Egg, Professor Wiseacre and the. Pictures, drawn by C. F. Lester | 547 | |
| Outer Reef, The. (Illustrated by I. W. Taber) | Grace E. Craig | 320 |
| Pennybright’s Circus. (Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson) | Thomas H. Rogers | 518 |
| Playing Santa Claus. Verse. (Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer) | Pauline Frances Camp | 139 |
| Prince and the Peddler, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Herbert Paus) | Stella George Stern Perry | 420 |
| Pumpkin Time. Verse. (Illustrated by Theresa Sturm Rogers)) | Edith Mallery | 70 |
| Quest of the Jimblejock, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Ellen Manly | 124 |
| Raja, His Highness the Young. (Illustrated from photographs) | Mabel Alberta Spicer | 37 |
| Rapid Transit. Picture drawn by A. Z. Baker | 497 | |
| Reasoning. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Nixon Waterman | 427 |
| Royal Release, A. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | J. G. Francis | 30 |
| Runty, The Boy Giant. (Illustrated by Herbert Paus) | Wallace Dunbar Vincent | 203 |
| Santa Claus: “I’ve Something for You.” Picture, drawn by G. T. Tobin | 113 | |
| Scott, Frank Hall, In Memory of (Illustrated from photograph) | 358 | |
| Secret, A. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | James Rowe | 427 |
| “Sheltie” —the Children’s Friend (Illustrated from photographs) | Flora Macdonald | 66 |
| Simple Thoughts on Great Subjects: Looking at the Stars. | George Lawrence Parker | 318 |
| Sir Christopher J. Jones. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Frederick Moxon | 316 |
| Sleeping Beauty, The. Play. (Illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb) | Caroline Verhoeff | 548 |
| Small Order, A. Verse. | James Rowe | 129 |
| Stars, Looking at the. (“Simple Thoughts on Great Subjects”) | George Lawrence Parker | 318 |
| Storm, On Days of. Verse. | Margaret Johnson | 64 |
| Story of a Statue, The. (Bartolommeo Colleoni) (Illustrated by Alfred Brennan) | Esther Matson | 387 |
| Stray Letter, A. Verse. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Mrs. John T. Van Sant | 230 |
| Tea-cups. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Giulia Hossfeld | 302 |
| Teddy Bear’s Bee-Tree. (“Babes of the Wild.” I) (Illustrated by Paul Bransom) | Charles G. D. Roberts | 231 |
| Ted, Ned, and the Sled. Verse. (Illustrated by E. Wendell Mitchell) | Minnie Leona Upton | 244 |
| Thackeray, William Makepeace: See “More Than Conquerors” | 209 | |
| Thanksgiving Day, The First. Play. (Illustrated by Otto Rebele) | Agnes Miller | 61 |
| Three Guests. Verse. (Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts) | Jessica Nelson North | 151 |
| Through the Smoke. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha) | F. Lovell Coombs | 422 |
| Trials of Science. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | C. F. Lester | 29 |
| Unlucky Look, An. Verse. | James Rowe | 244 |
| What the Kettle Sings. Verse. (Illustrated by Albertine R. Wheelan) | Margaret Vandegrift | 348 |
| When Grandma was a Little Girl. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | Sarah K. Smith | 339 |
| “When I’ve Been Bad.” Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | Anna May Cooper | 71 |
| When Mother’s Visiting: ‘“Writing to Mother’—“The Monorail.” Pictures drawn by Gertrude A. Kay | 296 | |
| “Whom the King Delighteth to Honor.” (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | John K. Cree | 51 |
| Why The Deacon was Late for Church. Picture, drawn by I. W. Taber | 401 | |
| Wilson, Woodrow, What He Did for American Foot-ball. (Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt and from photographs) | Parke H. Davis | 13 |
| Wireless, Across the Atlantic by. (Illustrated by Otto Rebele, George Varian and from photographs) | Francis Arnold Collins | 46 |
| Wizard Shoemaker, The. (Illustrated by Herbert Paus) | Winthrop Packard | 98 |
| World Disaster, A. Picture drawn by Charles F. Lester | 426 | |
FRONTISPIECES
“The Sisters,” from a painting by Lydia Field Emmet, facing page 3—“Ring a Ring o’ Roses,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 97—“The Man in the Wilderness,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 193—“Sir Roger de Coverley,” from a painting by Fred Morgan, facing page 291—Portrait of a Child, from a painting by Lydia Field Emmet, facing page 387—“Jack and Jill,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 481.
DEPARTMENTS
| page | ||
| For Very Little Folk. (Illustrated) | ||
| His Birthdays. Verse. | Isobel Lyndall | 80 |
| What Santa Claus Brought. Verse. | Ida Kenniston | 284 |
| What Happened to the Squirrel Family. Verse. | Julia Johnson | 361 |
| How Neddy Got a Ride. Verse. | Katharine M. Daland | 466 |
| Picking Apples. Verse. | Katharine“ M.“ Daland“ | 467 |
| The Nicest Place in the World. Verse. | Katharine L. Edgerly | 554 |
| Nature and Science. (Illustrated) | 72, 174, 269, 364, 458, 556 | |
| St. Nicholas League. (Illustrated) | 84, 179, 276, 372, 468, 563 | |
| Books and Reading. | Hildegarde Hawthorne | 92 |
| 188, 380, 476, 545 | ||
| The Letter-Box. (Illustrated) | 382, 573 | |
| The Riddle-Box. (Illustrated) | 95, 191, 287, 383, 479, 574 | |

ST. NICHOLAS:
AN
Illustrated Magazine
For Young Folks.
VOLUME XL.
Part II—May, 1913, TO OCTOBER, 1913.
THE CENTURY CO., NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LONDON.
Copyright 1913, by The Century Co.
The De Vinne Press.
ST. NICHOLAS:
VOLUME XL
PART II.
Six Months—May, 1913, to October, 1913.
CONTENTS OF PART II: VOLUME XL.
| page | ||
| Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe. See “More Than Conquerors”, | 868 | |
| April, In Verse. | Ernestine Cobern Beyer | 591 |
| Attic Window, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Frances Evans Ingersoll) | Isabel Ecclestone Mackay | 903 |
| Base-ball: The Great American Game. (Illustrated from photographs) | C. H. Claudy | |
| The Base-ball Guessing Match | 612 | |
| Signals and Signal-Stealing | 714 | |
| Managers and Their Work | 799 | |
| "The World's Series" | 884, 1006, 1109 | |
| Battle-Ships in Action, Risks of Photographing. (Illustrated from photographs) | E. Muller, Jr. | 834 |
| Beatrice of Denewood (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Emilie Benson Knipe and Alden Arthur Knipe | 621 |
| 702, 791, 891, 981, 1100 | ||
| Bees, Honey-, Geometry Picture. Drawn by E. G. Lutz | 709 | |
| Blue-Grass Girl, A. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea and John Edwin Jackson) | William H. Woods | 687 |
| Boats, A Rhyme of. (Illustrated by G. H. Mitchell) | Ruth Shepard Phelps | 800 |
| Bobby and the First Officer. (Illustrated by I. W. Taber) | George Phillips | 964 |
| Boys’ Camp, A Day at a. (Illustrated from photographs) | George W. Orton | 1071 |
| Boys' Clubs: | ||
| California’s Outdoor Boys’ Club. (Illustrated from photographs) | Day Allen Willey | 776 |
| The Major’s Boys. (Illustrated from photographs) | Eloise Roorbach | 779 |
| A Day at a Boys’ Camp. (Illustrated from photographs) | George W. Orton | 1071 |
| Boys, The Major’s. (Illustrated from photographs) | Eloise Roorbach | 779 |
| “Breakfast, What Have You Brought Us for.” Picture. From photograph by Nancy Ford Coues | 631 | |
| Brownie Boy, To a. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 979 |
| Brownies at Haymaking, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | Palmer Cox | 922 |
| California’s Outdoor Boys’ Club. (Illustrated from photographs) | Day Allen Willey | 776 |
| Chafing-Dish Party, The First, of the Season. Picture. Drawn by M. L. MacMillan | 1069 | |
| Cherry-Pie, The Other. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | Anna May Cooper | 820 |
| Chicks and the Rubber Band, The Greedy. Picture. Drawn by C. F. Lester | 732 | |
| Chrystie’s Event. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea) | Margaret Johnson | 1076 |
| Circus in Grassville, A “Three-ring.” Picture. Drawn by Arthur T. Merrick | 620 | |
| City Child, The. Picture. Drawn by Sanford Toosey | 891 | |
| City Greenhorn, A. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha) | F. Lovell Coombs | 692 |
| Curly-Wig and Dimple-Cheek. Verse. (Illustrated from photograph) | Robert Emmet Ward | 937 |
| Daisy "Cuttings" for July. Picture. Drawn by Grace M. Buck | 807 | |
| “David and Goliath” Picture. Drawn by Arthur T. Merrick | 611 | |
| Day-Nursery Babies, A June Sun-Bath for the. Picture. Drawn by Jessie Willcox Smith | 712 | |
| Difficulties of Mary, the Cook, The. Picture. Drawn by C. M. Relyea | 819 | |
| Dinner For Three. (Illustrated by William F. Stecher). | Harold William Fiferlik | 578 |
| Discovery of the Pole, The. Pictures. Drawn by I. W. Taber | 1092 | |
| Dog Togo, Little. (Illustrated by Clara Atwood) | Edith Davidson | 605 |
| Dolls’ Wedding, A. (Illustrated from photographs) | Mary and Marjory Woods | 744 |
| Empty Troubles. Verse, (Illustrated) | S. E. Kiser | 604 |
| “Everygirl.” Play. (Illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan) | Rachel Lyman Field | 1115 |
| Fairy Castle, The. Verse, (Illustrated by I. W. Taber) | Margaret A. Dole. | 1096 |
| Fairy’s Gift, The. Verse, (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Adalena F, Dyer | 968 |
| Faith. (“Simple Thoughts on Great Subjects”). | George Lawrence Parker | 713 |
| Fire-Brigades, Glimpses of Foreign. (Illustrated from photographs). | Charles T. Hill | 972 |
| Flamingos, The Clever. Pictures. Drawn by Dewitt Clinton Falls | 698, 810, 988, 1148 | |
| Flower-Seller, The Little. Picture. Painted by Orrin Peck | 582 | |
| Fortune in a Flower, A. (Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson) | Harriet Prescott Spofford. | 592 |
| “Fourteennth of July, Hurrah for the.” (Illustrated from photographs) | Mabel Alberta Spicer | 879 |
| “Freshman Freak, The.” (Illustrated by E. C. Caswell) | Margaret Warde | 1013 |
| Garden-Making and Some of the Garden’s Stories, (Illustrated by Florence E. Storer, Albertine R. Wheelan, Theresa Sturm Rogers, and Frances E. Ingersoll) | Grace Tabor | |
| The Story of Bad Earth and Good Earth and the Prisoners of Hope. | 632 | |
| The Story of the Wicked Dwarfs. | 728 | |
| The Story of the Rebels who are Never Tamed and the Keepers of the Peace. | 830 | |
| The Story of Hunger and Food. | 909 | |
| The Story of the Enchanted Caskets and Their Invisible Key. | 1019 | |
| The Story of a Far Land and the Going Hence. | 1093 | |
| Grass Rug and—Other Things, Our. (Illustrated by Florence E. Storer) | Elizabeth Price | 875 |
| Hair-cut Man, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay) | Melville Chater | 998 |
| Hawk, The. Picture, Painted by Charles C. Curran | 917 | |
| Helen of Troy. Verse. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch), | Charles Francis Potter | 958 |
| In Spite of Appearances. Verse, (Illustrated by Tony Nell) | Robert Emmet Ward | 1108 |
| Irving Washington: See “More Than Conquerors” | 583 | |
| “Ivanhoe Had Lived To-day, If.” Picture. Drawn by Arthur T. Merrick | 648 | |
| Jack. Verse. (Illustrated) | Mabel Livingston Frank | 697 |
| Land of Mystery, The. (illustrated by Jay Hambidge, Corwin K. Linson, R. Talbot Kelly, Philippoteaux, Jules Guérin, and from photographs) | Cleveland Moffett | 597 |
| 720, 812, 901, 990, 1118 | ||
| Lesson, Her. Verse. (Illustrated by S. Wendell Mitchell) | Pauline Frances Camp | 685 |
| Lesson in Patience, A. Picture. Drawn by C. M. Relyea | 1060 | |
| Lie-Awake Songs. Verse. (Illustrated by S. Wendell Mitchell) | Amelia Josephine Burr | 883 |
| Lilac-Tree, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Katherine G. Peirson) | Laura Spencer Portor | 686 |
| Little Goose-Girl, The. Picture. From photograph by Nancy Ford Coues | 1126 | |
| Livingstone, David: See “More Than Conquerors” | 678 | |
| London “Zoo,” The. (Illustrated by the Author) | Dorothy Furniss | 1002 |
| Marine Band, The. Picture. Drawn by Sears Gallagher | 870 | |
| May-Day Festival, The “Royal.” (Illustrated from photographs) | M. L. Andrews | 674 |
| “Me Loves ’oo.” Picture. Painted by M. Goodman | 645 | |
| Men Who Do Things, With. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, from photographs, and diagrams) | A. Russell Bond | 638 |
| 735, 822, 927, 1023, 1084 | ||
| Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman. I. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Annie Fellows Johnston | 1061 |
| Mister Rat. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | James Rowe | 798 |
| “Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary.” Picture. Drawn by Frances Evans Ingersoll | 833 | |
| Monarch and the Viceroy, The. Verse | Hattie Vose Hall | 882 |
| More Than Conquerors. Biographical Sketches (Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and from photographs) | Ariadne Gilbert | |
| The Sunny Master of “Sunnyside.” (Washington Irving) | 583 | |
| The Torch-Bearer of the Dark Continent. (David Livingstone) | 678 | |
| A Swiss Boy and His Wanderings. (Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz) | 868 | |
| Mother Goose, The Nursery Rhymes of. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham) | ||
| “The Fair Maid who, the First of May”—“Little Jumping Joan” | 577 | |
| “As I was going to St. Ives”—“Two legs sat upon three legs” | 673 | |
| “There was an old woman lived under a hill” | 298 | |
| Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat—Little Bo-Peep—Three Blind Mice | 865, 867 | |
| A Ten O’Clock Scholar | 961 | |
| Poor Old Robinson Crusoe!—Dr. Foster Went to Gloucester—Jack be Nimble—Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee | 1001 | |
| Hey! Diddle, Diddle— See-saw, sacaradown—Lady Bird, Lady Bird, Fly Away Home—Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush—Cock a Doodle Doo! | 1057 | |
| Mother’s Best Umbrella. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) | Lucy Lincoln Montgomery | 1098 |
| “Nanette.” Picture. Painted by W. J. Baer | 695 | |
| New France, A Brave Little Maid of. (Illustrated by Norman Price) | Hannah Bryant | 769 |
| Nightmare, A. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | Anna May Cooper | 1000 |
| Nobel Prizes for the Promotion of Peace, The. (Illustrated from photograph) | Dorothy Dudley Leal | 808 |
| Nonsense Song, A. Verse | Oscar Llewelyn | 732 |
| Old Fables Brought up to Date. (Illustrated by the Author) | C. J. Budd | |
| The Two Goats | 733 | |
| Orc and His Globular Island, The. Verse. (Illustrated by Robert C. Benchley) | E. L. McKinney | 1070 |
| Otter, The Playful. (Illustrated by the Author) | J. M. Gleeson | 618 |
| Photographing Battle-Ships in Action, Risks of. (Illustrated from photographs) | E. Muller, Jr | 834 |
| Phyllis Sails with Father, When. (Illustrated from photographs by the Author) | Augusta Huiell Seaman | 918 |
| “Playin’ Bride.” Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | E. W. Kemble | 727 |
| Pointed Suggestion, A. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 979 |
| Polly in France. Verse. (Illustrated by Mabel Betsy Hill) | Rebecca Deming Moore | 998 |
| Rainbow Colors. Verse. (Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall) | Mabel Livingston Frank | 963 |
| Ready for the Plunge. Picture. Drawn by M. L. MacMillan | 899 | |
| “Relatives, So Many.” Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 829 |
| Roads. Verse. (With picture from painting by Charles C. Curran) | Miriam Clark Potter | 784 |
| Roller-Skating. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay) | Melville Chater | 628 |
| Rose that went to the City, The. | Margaret Eytinge | 740 |
| Rosebud, The. Verse. (Illustrated by E. C. Caswell) | Carolyn Wells | 719 |
| Sand Waves of Oregon, The. (Illustrated from photograph) | Day Allen Willey | 696 |
| “Seeing the World.” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay | 821 | |
| Settling the Question. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 677 |
| Shoot-’Em-on-a-Rock. (Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson) | Izola Forrester | 805 |
| “Simple Thoughts on Great Subjects” Faith. | George Lawrence Parker | 713 |
| Snail’s Pace, The. Verse. (Illustrated) | Amos R. Wells | 734 |
| Swimming, Up-to-Date Methods for Success in. (Illustrated from photographs) | L. DeB. Handley | 913 |
| “Tears, The Tyranny of.” Picture. Drawn by Zaidee Morrison | 1083 | |
| Toucan and the Chickadee, The. Verse. (Illustrated by the Author) | George O. Butler | 921 |
| Tree-Top Romance. Verse. (Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay) | Melville Chater | 710 |
| Trick Boat, Percy Ray’s. (Illustrated by I. W. Taber) | Nathan Haskell Dole | 785 |
| Vacation Song, A Gay. Verse. | Louise Seymour Hasbrouck | 828 |
| Vercheres, Madeleine: See “New France, A Brave Little Maid of” | 769 | |
| Visit to Grandmama, A. Verse. (Illustration from painting by D. A. C. Artz) | Frances W. Marshall | 630 |
| Yellow-Throat, The Maryland. Verse. (Illustrated) | Le Roy Titus Weeks | 734 |
| "Zoo," The London. (Illustrated by the Author) | Dorothy Furniss | 1002 |
FRONTISPIECES
“The Fair Maid who, the First of May,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 577—“As I was going to St. Ives,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 673—“There was an old woman lived under a hill,” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 769—“Little Bo-Peep,” drawn by Arthur Rackham, facing page 867—The Little Doctor, from a painting by Arthur J. Elsley, facing page 963—“Hey, Diddle, Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle!” painted by Arthur Rackham, facing page 1057.
DEPARTMENTS
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| For Very Little Folk. (Illustrated) | ||
| When Little Bear Had His Own Way | Frances Margaret Fox | 649 |
| Bye-Low Land. Verse | Margaret G. Hays | 747 |
| How Little Bear Went to a Picnic | Frances Margaret Fox | 841 |
| The Two Engines | Agnes O. Fugitt | 938 |
| A Summer in a Sea-shore Bungalow | Robert Emmet Ward | 1034 |
| The Naughty Little Rabbit | Katharine L. Edgerly | 1130 |
| Nature and Science. (Illustrated) | 652, 748, 844, 940, 1036, 1132 | |
| St. Nicholas League. (Illustrated) | 660, 756, 852, 948, 1044, 1140 | |
| Books and Reading. | Hildegarde Hawthorne | 646 |
| 741, 838, 934, 1031, 1127 | ||
| The Letter-Box. (Illustrated) | 668, 765, 861, 956, 1052, 1150 | |
| The Riddle-Box. (Illustrated) | 671, 767, 862, 959, 1055, 1151 | |

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