St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 3

New Year’s Number

SṬ NICHOLAS

FOR - YOUNG - FOLKS

CONDUCTED BY

MARY - MAPES - DODGE

MACMILLAN AND Co - L’T’D, ST. MARTIN’S ST - LONDON

THE - CENTURY - CO - UNION - SQUARE - NEW - YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY THE CENTURY CO. ENTERED AT THE POST-OFFICE AT NEW YORK AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER.

“‘Then let the Lord High Executioner step forward!’”

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 JANUARY, 1905.

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Frontispiece. “‘Then Let the Lord High Executioner Step Forward!’”
Queen Zixi of Ix or, The Story of the Magic Cloak. Serial Story.	L. Frank Baum	193
⁠Illustrations in color by Fred Richardson.
The Triumph of “Dutchy.” Story	J. Sherman Potter	201
⁠Illustrated by Howard Giles.
Lucy’s Shopping Story	Frances Bent Dillingham	204
⁠Illustrated by Martin Justice.
How to Study Pictures. Serial	Charles H. Caffin	210
⁠Illustrated from photographs.
A Thrilling Fact. Verse.	Jane Ellis Joy	219
⁠Illustrated by Georg Stoopendaal.
Picture Seeing Fairyland.		220
⁠Drawn by Albertine Randall Wheelan
The Bear Cubs. Verse.	G. A. Newcomb, Jr.	221
⁠Illustrated by the author.
The Lateness of Prudence. Story	Carroll Watson Rankin	221
⁠Illustrated by George Varian.
A Strange Pocket-book. Story	Mary Caldwell Laurens	226
⁠Illustrated by Jno. Cassel.
Child Life in China and Japan. Sketch	Bertha Runkle	228
⁠Illustrated.
Three Rhyme-and-Picture Pages. (I. The Road. II. The Critic. III. Borrowed Trouble.) Verse.	Lucy Fitch Perkins	235
⁠Illustrated by the Author
Picture The Elephant’s Christmas Stocking.		238
⁠Drawn by Dan Beard
The Money-jug. Verse.	Katharine Pyle	238
⁠Illustrated by the author.
An Officer of the School. Story	Elliott Flower	240
⁠Illustrated by Wm. L. Jacobs.
A Question. Verse.	Ellen Manly	248
⁠Illustrated by A. E. Learned.
The Practical Boy. Serial	Joseph H. Adams	249
⁠Illustrated by the Author.
Always Happy. Verse.	John Kendrick Bangs	257
⁠Illustrated by F. W. Read.
Christmas at Lonesome Ranch. Story	Anna E. S. Droke	258
⁠Illustrated by C. M. Relyea
Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated		264
Fish Suffering for Lack of Air—Some Curious Methods by which Nature Mends Injuries—A Thistle-seed Pompon—When the Branch Breaks the Baby Beetle will Fall—An Arm-chair that Grew from a Seed——Often Mistaken for a Humming-bird—Do Fish Sleep?—Queer Growth from a Hickory-nut—Experimenting with Hornets—A Toad that Walked—Some Cape Ann Shells ⁠Illustrated.
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. ⁠Illustrated		272
Books and Reading		284
Serious Reading—News from Africa—Parkman’s Deed of Justice—Two Kinds of Reading—While You are Young—A Hand to the Little Ones—Washington Irving—Lowell on Reading.
Editorial Notes and Letter-Box		286
The Riddle-Box. Illustrated.		287

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