St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877   By: Various

SCRIBNER'S ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE

FOR GIRLS AND BOYS,

CONDUCTED BY

MARY MAPES DODGE.

VOLUME V.

NOVEMBER, 1877, TO NOVEMBER, 1878.

SCRIBNER & CO., NEW YORK.

Copyright by SCRIBNER & CO., 1878.

PRESS OF FRANCIS HART & CO.

NEW YORK

CONTENTS.

Child Queen, A. (Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks) Cecilia Cleveland 1

Chased by Wolves. (Illustrated) George Dudley Lawson 3

Jingle: There was an Old Person of Crewd. (Illustrated by K. W. P.) 6

Mollie's Boyhood. (Illustrated by George White) Sarah E. Chester 7

The Largest Volcano in the World. (Illustrated) Sarah Coan 13

Making it Skip. Verse. (Illustrated by Thomas Moran) M. M. D. 15

Willow Wand, The. Poem. (Illustrated) A. E. W. 16

Story that Wouldn't be Told, The. (Illustrated) Louise Stockton 18

Polly: A Before Christmas Story. (Illustrated) Hope Ledyard 19

Boggs's Photograph. Picture. 21

Lord Mayor of London's Show, The. (Illustrated) Jennie A. Owen 22

My Girl. Poem. John S. Adams 25

Mars, the Planet of War. (Illustrated by the Author) Richard A. Proctor 26

Domestic Tragedy, A. In Two Parts (Illustration) 31

Bell Ringers, The Stickleback. (Illustrated by James C. Beard) C. F. Holder 31

Cricket on the Hearth, The. Poem. (Illustrated )Clara Doty Bates 33

How I Weighed the Thanksgiving Turkey. G. M. Shaw 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.]

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

ST. NICHOLAS.

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

[Copyright, 1877, by Scribner & Co.]

A CHILD QUEEN.

BY CECILIA CLEVELAND.