34

Nimble Jim and the Magic Melon. (Illustrated by E. B. Bensell)
J. A. Judson 34

"Oh, I'm My Mamma's Lady-Girl." Verse. (Illustrated by
Addie Ledyard) M. M. D. 41

Christmas-Gifts, A Budget of Home-Made. (Illustrated) 42

*Little Tweet. (Illustrated) 64

*Jack-in-the-Pulpit. (Illustrated) 66

Can a Little Child Like Me? (Thanksgiving Hymn) Mary Mapes Dodge 68

"Baby's Opera" and Walter Crane, The. 69

*The Letter Box. 69

*The Moons of Mars. 69

*The Riddle Box. (Illustrated) 71

[Transcriber's Notes:
For ease of navigation, this Table of Contents has been taken from the
full contents listing for the volume.
Some entries were missing from the index. For completeness they have
been added and marked with an asterisk.

The full list of contents for Volume V is to be found at the end of this
text.

p. 27: changed 'rains' to 'trains':
...--; just like the
lines by which trains are made to run easily off one
track on to another.

p. 30: Missing opening quote replaced:
"The snows that glittered on the disc of Mars..."

p. 31:' replaced with ":
"Don't you think, papa, that that's enough about
the sun? Come and play with us on the lawn."

p. 59: Missing ) replaced,
...(widening the strip,
however, in proportion as the fabric is thinner).

Music Notation (Our Music Page) has been added.]

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[Illustration: KING RICHARD II. AND HIS CHILD-QUEEN.]

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ST. NICHOLAS.

VOL. V. NOVEMBER, 1877. No. 1.

[Copyright, 1877, by Scribner & Co.]

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A CHILD QUEEN.

BY CECILIA CLEVELAND.

I wonder how many of the little girl readers of ST. NICHOLAS are fond
of history? If they answer candidly, I do not doubt that a very large
proportion will declare that they prefer the charming stories they
find in ST. NICHOLAS to the dull pages of history, with its countless
battles and murdered sovereigns. But history is not every bit dull,
by any means, as you will find if your elder sisters and friends will
select portions for