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3945818St. Nicholas, Volume 40 — Number 81913

©A.R.

“AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES.”

PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

ST. NICHOLAS

Vol. XL
JUNE, 1913
No. 8

(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 JUNE, 1913.

Frontispiece. “As I was going to St. Ives.” Painted for St. Nicholas by Arthur Rackham. page
The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose:. “As I was going to St. Ives.”, “Two legs sat upon three legs.” Illustrated by Arthur Rackham 673
The “Royal” May-Day Festival. Illustrated from photographs. M. L. Andrews 674
Settling the Question. Verse. Illustrated by the Author George O. Butler 677
More Than Conquerors: “The Torch-Bearer of the Dark Continent.” Biographical Sketch Ariadne Gilbert 678
Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and by photographs
Her Lesson Verse. Illustrated by S. Wendell Mitchell. Pauline Frances Camp 685
The Lilac-Tree Verse. Illustrated by Katherine G. Peirson. Laura Spencer Portor 686
A Blue-Grass Girl Verse. Illustrated by C. M. Relyea and John Edwin Jackson. William H. Woods 687
A City Greenhorn Verse. Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha F. Lovell Coombs 692
“Nanette.” Picture. Painted by W. J. Baer 695
The Sand Waves of Oregon Sketch. Illustrated from photograph. Day Allen Willey 696
Jack Verse. Illustrated. Mabel Livingston Frank 697
The Clever Flamingos Pictures. Drawn by Dewitt Clinton Falls 698
Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story
Emilie Benson Knipe and
Alden Arthur Knipe
702
Illustrated by C. M. Relyea
Geometry for Honey-Bees Picture. Drawn by E. G. Lutz 709
Tree-Top Romance Verse. Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay. Melville Chater 710
A June Sun-Bath for the Day-Nursery Babies. Picture. Drawn by Jessie Willcox Smith 712
Faith. (“Simple Thoughts on Great Subjects”). George Lawrence Parker 713
Signals and Signal-Stealing. (The Great American Game—Second Paper.) 714
The Rosebud. Verse. Illustrated by E. C. Caswell. Carolyn Wells 719
The Land of Mystery. Serial Story Cleveland Moffett 720
Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly and Jay Hambidge.
“Playin’ Bride.” Verse. Illustrated by the Author. E. W. Kemble 727
Garden-Making and Some of the Garden’s Stories II. The Story of the Wicked Dwarfs. Grace Tabor 728
Illustrated. Heading by Theresa Sturm Rogers.
A Nonsense Song Verse. Illustrated by the Author. Oscar Llewelyn 732
The Greedy Chicks and the Rubber Band. Picture. Drawn by Drawn by C. F. Lester 732
Old Fables Brought up to Date. The Two Goats 732
The Maryland Yellow-Throat. Verse. (Illustrated) Le Roy Titus Weeks 734
The Snail’s Pace. Verse. Illustrated Amos R. Wells 734
With Men Who Do Things. Serial A. Russell Bond 735
Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs.
The Rose that went to the City. Verse. Illustrated Margaret Eytinge 740
Books and Reading Illustrated by George Varian. Hildegarde Hawthorne 741
A Dolls’ Wedding Sketch Illustrated from photographs. Mary and Marjory Woods 744
For Very Little Folk:
Bye-Low Land. Verse. Illustrated by Mary A. Hays. Margaret G. Hays 747
Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated. 748
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated. 756
The Letter-Box. Illustrated. 765
The Riddle-Box. 767
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