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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR MARCH, 1914.

Frontispiece. Children in Kensington Gardens, London.

Arthur Rackham.

Arthur Rackham: The Wizard at Home. Sketch..

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and from photographs made for ST. NICHOLAS.

The Deacon's Little Maid.

Story...

Illustrated by George Varian.

The Seasons' Calendar. Verse

The Game I Love. Serial..

Painted by

Page

Eleanor Farjзon

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Illustrated from photographs and with a drawing.

Fairy Tea. Verse..

.D. K. S......

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Verse

Verse

Illustrated by Edwin H. Bayha, and from photographs and diagrams.

Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory.

"On Guard!" Picture. Drawn by C. Clyde Squires..

The Runaway. Serial Story

Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea.

Fractions. Verse.

Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer.

The Goose-Fair at Warsaw.

Illustrated by Reginald Birch.

The Lucky Stone. Serial Story .

Illustrated.

The Tracks in the Snow.

Illustrated by the Author.

With Men Who Do Things. Serial Story

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UNCLE GLEN ON ST. NICHOLAS NEXT MONTH

EAR ST. NICHOLAS READER: Louise said to me

Dast Sunday, "Uncle Glen, do you really expect

me to take any poignant interest in-"

"Louise," I exclaimed, "you evidently can pronounce 'poignant'; but can you spell it?”

As you are aware, Louise is at times impatient. This was one of the times. But the only way she showed it was by the slightest little toss of her head. She went right on with her question without answering mine.

"in the 'Adventures of the Baby Bears' that have been printed in ST. NICHOLAS lately?"

Now I am very fond of Louise. In fact, for years and years she was my favorite niece, and even now -but I must n't be too outspoken about my likes and dislikes! An uncle is not supposed to have a favorite niece or nephew. He should be absolutely impartial; he should give sound advice on every subject; he should preserve his avuncular dignity at all times.

I thought of this matter of dignity the other day while I was running for a trolley, when Billy caught me behind the left ear with a soft-boiled snowball. I am going to speak severely to him about it the next time we meet.

But, to return to Louise's remark about the series of "Baby Bear" pictures for "very little folk": Of course Louise does not take much interest in them -though she does look them over every month. She is too big to enjoy them as much as a younger girl would.

But is n't it a good plan to have a few pages in every number of ST. NICHOLAS for the "very little folk"? What would Louise think of a household that had no high chair tucked away in the corner of the dining-room in case some little tad came to supper? Isn't it more hospitable to be ready for the little children as well as the bigger ones?

YES.

(I wrote that word "Yes" there to save you and Louise the trouble of writing it on a postal card and sending it to me.)

Here I am devoting all this space to Billy and Louise when my real subject is "ST. NICHOLAS NEXT month." Well, here goes:

With Louise's permission there are going to be six pictures showing the thrilling adventures of the two little bear-cubs "fat but trim," as they were described in the November number when they first appeared.

UNDER THE BLUE SKY

Perhaps April is a little early to be thinking seriously of vacations, but ST. NICHOLAS is now running one of the best series it ever had: "Under the Blue Sky," and I want to speak of it. You remember that bob-sled article last month? In April and the following months there will be more of these fine, fresh, helpful out-of-door stories. In April, boys AND GIRLS will learn about "Fishing Tackle for Boys." It is hard to say what part of a boy's vacation is most pleasantly spent-that which he enjoys along shady stream or open lake, pitting his skill against that of the wary fish, paddling his canoe over the wind-rippled surface of the bay, or hoisting a pair of tiny sails and skimming, like a white-winged gull, in that canoe, toward the evening camp, on some distant headland where he will pitch his tent, build his camp-fire, and be the most independent boy on earth.

Perhaps the best time of all is that spent within canvas walls, rising with the sun, taking a morning dip, and coming in to breakfast with a most wonderful appetite, which makes the camp cookery taste better than anything that was ever prepared at home. The readers of ST. NICHOLAS will have an opportunity to judge for themselves which IS the best part of the vacation, for the great outdoor series "Under the Blue Sky" will tell how Dick, Jack, Charley, Fred, Harry, and the redoubtable Freckles fished, camped, and canoed,-what they used, what and how they made it, and what they bought-also how,

where, and when they found their outfits could be improved.

The series is by E. T. Keyser, whose long, prac tical experience in outdoor life gives the weight of authority to his advice, and whose ability to put his knowledge into a good story, makes this series alone something that no outdoor youngster can do without.

BILLY EVANS, THE GREAT UMPIRE

"Freak Plays and Superstitions" is a base-ball article in the April number by the unrivaled League umpire Billy Evans, who is writing a series for ST. NICHOLAS. Even those few people who are not baseball fans will enjoy these articles, and as for the fans themselves-!

FRANCIS OUIMET, THE Great golfeR

The young champion golf player, Francis Ouimet, contributes his second article to the April ST. NICHOLAS. What do you think of his first article in this number? It was interesting, was n't it? I think the others will be even more so.

OTHER APRIL FEATURES

In the April number is a story that all girls will like; and I think the boys will read it, too. (You know some boys say haughtily, "Oh, that's a story about girls!" But I notice they sometimes read it all the same!) It is called "Peggy's Chicken Deal."

A very exciting story with an unexpected end is called "When the Indians Came." The Rose Alba children have all kinds of adventures trying to earn some money and the Junior Blairs invent a perfectly delightful way of having a rainy day party.

As for the serials, "The Runaway" is getting so interesting that I'm sure even the oldest members of the family will be reading and trying to solve the puzzles in it, particularly the latest development. "The Lucky Stone," too, increases in interest; and the boys in "With Men Who Do Things" learn about the great Keokuk Dam across the Mississippi River which is going to save the country 8,000,000 tons of coal a year.

Did you know that "Will" Shakspere was born in April? There is a poem "In Shakspere's Room" which is going to please everybody. There are decorations for it by Reginald Birch.

"Nature and Science" is going to have a full article on the Rocky Mountain conies. Do you know what a conie is? Dallas Lore Sharp, who wrote "A Watcher in the Woods" and "Roof and Meadow," will tell you about them.

The ST. NICHOLAS League, Riddle-Box, and Letter-Box are getting more fascinating than ever, and are attracting thousands of new competitors. Speaking of the League, do you appreciate the fact that many of the articles and writers who help to make the magazines of America are graduates of ST. NICHOLAS League?

I have told you how Billy, the eldest, is allowed to have ST. NICHOLAS first, and how poor Louise sometimes simply cannot wait and goes and buys another copy for herself. This is hard. But did you ever think how much harder it would be if Louise, instead of being second, had to be fifth?

Suppose THE CENTURY MAGAZINE and ST. NICHOLAS, which as you know are both published by The Century Co.,-were bound up together each month. Then the order would be

First, Mother.

Second, Father.
Third, Grandma.
Fourth, Billy.

Fifth, poor little Louise.

You and Louise just think this over, and be thankful that children have in ST. NICHOLAS a MAGAZINE ALL THEIR OWN.

Uncle Glen

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CONTENTS OF THE MARCH CENTURY

"Truly this Man was the Son of God".

From the painting by George Inness, Jr.

The Education of Popo. A Story..

Frontispiece

MARÍA CRISTINA MENA

By the author of "John of God, the Water-Carrier," etc. Pictures by F. Luis Mora.

Three Sisters. From charcoal drawings by..
What Have Women Done with the Vote?.
Catching It. A Story..

Opera in English..

The Golden Temple of Amritsar..

JOHN S. SARGENT .GEORGE CREEL AMY WENTWORTH STONE REGINALD DE KOVEN

By the author of "The Relentless City," etc.

Eight Designs for Costumes from the Color Sketches by Bakst.

Léon Bakst. A Brilliant Russian Colorist

"Hares"

The World Set Free.

E. F. BENSON

ADA RAINEY

PAUL BARCHAN

.H. G. WELLS

By the author of "Tono Bungay," etc. Portrait of the author, and picture by George Inness, Jr.

Decorations by Charles S. Chapman.

EDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS

ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER

What Happened Afterward. A Story. Picture by Herman Pfeifer.... CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS What About Russia?.

Aristocratic Anecdotes (STEPHEN LEACOCK. Pictures by REGINALD BIRCH)-Audi_Alteram Partem (THEODOSIA GARRISON. Designs by EUGENE SANFORD UPTON)-One of Our More Provincial Cities (ERNEST HARVIER)-British Weekliness (THE SENIOR WRANGLER)-To Dolores (LEWIS HOLMES TOOKER. Drawing by J. C. COLL)-The Sermon (LAURA E. RICHARDS. Pictures by HARRY RALEIGH) -An Indian Mutiny. (Drawing by J. R. SHAVER)-Lost and Found. (LAWTON MACKALL)-A Menu. (R. C. MC ELRAVÝ)-Forecast of Spring Fashions. (Four drawings by REGINALD BIRCH)

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