THE HOLY FAMILY.

ST. NICHOLAS.

VOL. V.

No. 2.

DECEMBER, 1877.

[Copyright, 1877, by Scribner & Co.]

TABLE OF CONTENTS & ILLUSTRATIONS

THE HOLY FAMILY. (Illustration)
THE THREE KINGS. By Henry W. Longfellow.
ROWING AGAINST TIDE. By Theodore Winthrop.
A CHAPTER OF BUTTS. (Illustration)
THE LION-KILLER. (From the French of Duatyeff.) By Mary Wager Fisher.
- Illustration:
  - "THE BEAST GAVE A MIGHTY SPRING."
BRUNO'S REVENGE. By the Author of "Alice in Wonderland."
- Illustrations:
  - MUSIC FOR "TING, TING, TING".
  - "IT'S THE LOVELIEST THING AS I NEVER SAW IN ALL MY LIFE BEFORE!"
THE MOCKING-BIRD AND THE DONKEY. (From the Spanish of the Mexican poet José Rosas.) By William Cullen Bryant.
THE FAMOUS HORSES OF VENICE. By Mary Lloyd.
- Illustration:
  - THE HORSES OF ST. MARK'S.
CHRISTMAS CARD. (Illustration)
THE PETERKINS' CHARADES. By Lucretia P. Hale.
A DOUBLE RIDDLE. By J.G.H.
UNDER THE LILACS By Louisa M. Alcott.
- Illustrations:
A CHAT ABOUT POTTERY. By Edwin C. Taylor.
- Illustrations:
POEMS BY TWO LITTLE AMERICAN GIRLS. Elaine and Dora Read Goodale
SWEET MARJORAM DAY. (A Fairy Tale.) By Frank R. Stockton.
- Illustrations:
"SING-A-SING!" By S.C. Stone.
- Illustration:
  - SING-A-SING.
NOW, OR THEN? By Gail Hamilton.
JACK'S CHRISTMAS. By Emma K. Parrish.
- Illustration:
  - "'LET ME SEE 'EM,' SAID HIS FATHER."
LEFT OUT. By A.G.W.
MISS ALCOTT, The Friend of Little Women and of Little Men. By F.B.S.
- Illustration:
  - PORTRAIT
THE BOY WHO JUMPED ON TRAINS. By Mary Hartwell.
- Illustrations:
THE TOWER-MOUNTAIN By Gustavus Frankenstein.
- Illustrations:
  - THE VIEW FROM THE LEDGE.
  - "THERE WAS THE PARROT ON THE TABLE."
SINGING PINS. By Harlan H. Ballard.
- Illustrations:
  - TUNING THE PINS.
  - THE PIN-ORGAN.
ABOUT THE PORPOISES. By J.D.
- Illustration:
  - A SCHOOL OF PORPOISES.
THE WILD WIND. By Clara W. Raymond.
THE MAGICIAN AND HIS BEE. By P.F.
- Illustrations:
SCRUBBY'S BEAUTIFUL TREE. By J.C. Purdy.
- Illustrations:
  - "OLE KRISS IS COMING WITH HIS REINDEER."
  - SCRUBBY'S FRIENDS ARRANGING HER CHRISTMAS-TREE.
THE MINSTREL'S CAROL. A Christmas Colloquy.
- Illustration:
  - MUSIC FOR "WITH WOND'RING AWE."
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.
BABY-BO.
- Illustration:
  - BABY-BO
ARTHUR AND HIS PONY.
- Illustration:
  - ARTHUR ON HIS PONY.
YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS' DEPARTMENT.
- Illustrations:
  - TWO YOUNG MARTYRS.
  - "H'M! DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW YOU'RE OUT?"
THE LETTER BOX.
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.
THE RIDDLE-BOX.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NOVEMBER NUMBER.

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