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3945899St. Nicholas, Volume 40 — Number 91913

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“THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN LIVED UNDER A HILL.”

PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

ST. NICHOLAS

Vol. XL
JULY, 1913
No. 9

(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 JULY, 1913.

Frontispiece. “There was an old woman lived under a hill, And if she ’s not gone, she lives there still.” Painted for St. Nicholas Arthur Rackham. page
A Brave Little Maid of New France. Story. Hannah Bryant 769
Illustrated by Norman Price
California's Outdoor Boys’ Club. Sketch Day Allen Willey 776
Illustrated from photographs
The Major's Boys. Sketch Eloise Roorbach 779
Illustrated from photographs
Roads. Verse. Miriam Clark Potter 784
With picture from painting by Charles C. Curran.
Percy Ray's Trick Boat. Story. Nathan Haskell Dole 785
Illustrated by I. W. Taber
Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story
Emilie Benson Knipe and
Alden Arthur Knipe
791
Illustrated by C. M. Relyea
Mister Rat. Verse. James Rowe 798
Illustrated by Reginald Birch.
Managers and Their Work. (The Great American Game—Third Paper.) C. H. Claudy 799
Illustrated from photographs.
Shoot-’Em-on-a-Rock. Story. Izola Forrester 805
Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson
Daisy “Cuttings” for July. Picture. Drawn by Grace M. Buck 807
The Nobel Prizes for the Promotion of Peace. Sketch Dorothy Dudley Leal 808
Illustrated from photographs
The Clever Flamingos. Pictures. Drawn by Dewitt Clinton Falls. 810
The Land of Mystery. Serial Story Cleveland Moffett 812
Illustrated by Jay Hambidge.
The Difficulties of Mary, the Cook. Picture. Drawn by C. M. Relyea 819
The Other Cherry-Pie. Verse. Anna May Cooper 820
Illustrated by the Author.
“Seeing the World.” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay 821
With Men Who Do Things. Serial A. Russell Bond 822
Illustrated by photographs and diagrams.
A Gay Vacation Song. Verse. Louise Seymour Hasbrouck 828
“So Many Relatives.” Verse. George O. Butler 829
Illustrated by the Author.
Garden-Making and Some of the Garden’s Stories. III. The Story of the Rebels who are Never Tamed and the Keepers of the Peace. Grace Tabor 830
“Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary.” Picture. Drawn by Frances Evans Ingersoll 833
Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action. Sketch E. Muller, Jr. 834
Illustrated from photographs
Books and Reading Hildegarde Hawthorne 838
Illustrated by R. B. Birch.
For Very Little Folk:
How Little Bear Went to a Picnic. Story Frances Margaret Fox 841
Illustrated by G. A. Harker.
Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated. 844
The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated. 852
The Letter-Box. Illustrated. 861
The Riddle-Box. 862
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