©A.R.
“THE FAIR MAID WHO THE FIRST OF MAY”
PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM
ST. NICHOLAS
Vol. XL
MAY, 1913
No. 7
(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 MAY, 1913.
| Frontispiece. “The Fair Maid who, the First of May.” Painted by Arthur Rackham. | page | |||||
| The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose:. “The Fair Maid who, the First of May.”, “Little Jumping Joan.”, | 577 | |||||
| Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. | ||||||
| Dinner For Three. Serial | Harold William Fiferlik | 578 | ||||
| Illustrated by William F. Stecher | ||||||
| The Little Flower-Seller Picture painted by Orrin Peck | 582 | |||||
| More Than Conquerors: The Sunny Master of “Sunnyside.” Biographical Sketch | Ariadne Gilbert | 583 | ||||
| Illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt, and by photographs | ||||||
| In April. Verse | Ernestine Cobern Beyer | 591 | ||||
| A Fortune in a Flower. Story | Harriet Prescott Spofford. | 592 | ||||
| Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson. | ||||||
| The Land of Mystery. Serial Story | Cleveland Moffett | 597 | ||||
| Illustrated by Jay Hambidge, Corwin K. Linson,R. Talbot Kelly and from photographs. | ||||||
| Empty Troubles. Verse | S. E. Kiser | 604 | ||||
| Illustrated. | ||||||
| Little Dog Togo. Story | Edith Davidson | 605 | ||||
| Illustrated by Clara Atwood. | ||||||
| “David and Goliath” Picture. Drawn by Arthur T. Merrick | 611 | |||||
| The Base-ball Guessing Match. (The Great American Game.—First Paper.) | C. H. Claudy | 612 | ||||
| Illustrations from photographs. | ||||||
| The Playful Otter. Sketch | J. M. Gleeson | 618 | ||||
| Illustrated by the Author. | ||||||
| A “Three-ring” Circus in Grassville Picture painted by A. T. M. | 620 | |||||
| Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story |
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621 | ||||
| Illustrated by C. M. Relyea | ||||||
| Roller-Skating. Verse | Melville Chater | 628 | ||||
| Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay | ||||||
| A Visit to Grandmama. Verse. | Frances W. Marshall | 630 | ||||
| Illustrated by D. A. C. Artz | ||||||
| “What Have You Brought Us for Breakfast.” Picture. From photograph by Nancy Ford Coues | 631 | |||||
| Garden-Making and Some of the Garden’s Stories I. “The Story of the Bad Earth and the Good Earth and the Prisoners of Hope.” | Grace Tabor | 632 | ||||
| Illustrated by Florence E. Storer and Albertine R. Wheelan. | ||||||
| With Men Who Do Things. Serial | A. Russell Bond | 638 | ||||
| Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha, and from photographs. | ||||||
| “Me Loves ’oo.” Picture. Painted by M. Goodman | 645 | |||||
| Books and Reading | Hildegarde Hawthorne | 646 | ||||
| “If Ivanhoe Had Lived To-day.” Picture. | 648 | |||||
| For Very Little Folk: | ||||||
| The Baby Bears' Sixth Adventure. Verse | Frances Margaret Fox | 649 | ||||
| Illustrated by George A. Harker | ||||||
| Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated | 652 | |||||
| The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. | 660 | |||||
| Illustrated. | ||||||
| The Letter-Box. Illustrated. | 668 | |||||
| The Riddle-Box. | 671 | |||||
| St. Nicholas Stamp Page | Advertising page | 26 | ||||
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