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“THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN LIVED UNDER A HILL.”
PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.
ST. NICHOLAS
Vol. XL
JULY, 1913
No. 9
(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 JULY, 1913.
| Frontispiece. “There was an old woman lived under a hill, And if she ’s not gone, she lives there still.” Painted for St. Nicholas Arthur Rackham. | page | |||||
| A Brave Little Maid of New France. Story. | Hannah Bryant | 769 | ||||
| Illustrated by Norman Price | ||||||
| California's Outdoor Boys’ Club. Sketch | Day Allen Willey | 776 | ||||
| Illustrated from photographs | ||||||
| The Major's Boys. Sketch | Eloise Roorbach | 779 | ||||
| Illustrated from photographs | ||||||
| Roads. Verse. | Miriam Clark Potter | 784 | ||||
| With picture from painting by Charles C. Curran. | ||||||
| Percy Ray's Trick Boat. Story. | Nathan Haskell Dole | 785 | ||||
| Illustrated by I. W. Taber | ||||||
| Beatrice of Denewood. Serial Story |
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791 | ||||
| Illustrated by C. M. Relyea | ||||||
| Mister Rat. Verse. | James Rowe | 798 | ||||
| Illustrated by Reginald Birch. | ||||||
| Managers and Their Work. (The Great American Game—Third Paper.) | C. H. Claudy | 799 | ||||
| Illustrated from photographs. | ||||||
| Shoot-’Em-on-a-Rock. Story. | Izola Forrester | 805 | ||||
| Illustrated by John Edwin Jackson | ||||||
| Daisy “Cuttings” for July. Picture. Drawn by Grace M. Buck | 807 | |||||
| The Nobel Prizes for the Promotion of Peace. Sketch | Dorothy Dudley Leal | 808 | ||||
| Illustrated from photographs | ||||||
| The Clever Flamingos. Pictures. Drawn by Dewitt Clinton Falls. | 810 | |||||
| The Land of Mystery. Serial Story | Cleveland Moffett | 812 | ||||
| Illustrated by Jay Hambidge. | ||||||
| The Difficulties of Mary, the Cook. Picture. Drawn by C. M. Relyea | 819 | |||||
| The Other Cherry-Pie. Verse. | Anna May Cooper | 820 | ||||
| Illustrated by the Author. | ||||||
| “Seeing the World.” Picture. Drawn by Gertrude A. Kay | 821 | |||||
| With Men Who Do Things. Serial | A. Russell Bond | 822 | ||||
| Illustrated by photographs and diagrams. | ||||||
| A Gay Vacation Song. Verse. | Louise Seymour Hasbrouck | 828 | ||||
| “So Many Relatives.” Verse. | George O. Butler | 829 | ||||
| Illustrated by the Author. | ||||||
| Garden-Making and Some of the Garden’s Stories. III. The Story of the Rebels who are Never Tamed and the Keepers of the Peace. | Grace Tabor | 830 | ||||
| “Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary.” Picture. Drawn by Frances Evans Ingersoll | 833 | |||||
| Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action. Sketch | E. Muller, Jr. | 834 | ||||
| Illustrated from photographs | ||||||
| Books and Reading | Hildegarde Hawthorne | 838 | ||||
| Illustrated by R. B. Birch. | ||||||
| For Very Little Folk: | ||||||
| How Little Bear Went to a Picnic. Story | Frances Margaret Fox | 841 | ||||
| Illustrated by G. A. Harker. | ||||||
| Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated. | 844 | |||||
| The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated. | 852 | |||||
| The Letter-Box. Illustrated. | 861 | |||||
| The Riddle-Box. | 862 | |||||
| St. Nicholas Stamp Page | Advertising page | 20 | ||||
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