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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR DECEMBER, 1904.
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| Frontispiece. “Over the Youth’s Arm Lay Folded the Magic Cloak.” | ||
| Queen Zixi of Ix or, The Story of the Magic Cloak. Serial Story. | L. Frank Baum | 97 |
| Illustrated by Fred Richardson. | ||
| Picture. The Locking-in Of Lisbeth. | Temple Bailey | 105 |
| Illustrated by C. M. Relyea. | ||
| A Riddle. Verse. | M. M. D. | 110 |
| The Fox who Knew all about Traps. Story | Dane Coolidge | 111 |
| Illustrated by Bruce Horsfall. | ||
| A Pair of Gloves. | H. G. Duryée | 116 |
| Illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan. | ||
| Picture The Usual Half-yearly Call. | 119 | |
| Drawn by H. C. Wall | ||
| Little Pete. | Ross B. Franklin | 120 |
| Illustrated by George Varian and from photograph. | ||
| A Message to Mother Goose. Verse. | Ellen Manly | 122 |
| Illustrated by George Varian. | ||
| How to Study Pictures. Serial | Charles H. Caffin | 128 |
| Illustrated from photographs. | ||
| The Chancellor’s Last Cigar. Verse | Frank B. Channon | 134 |
| Illustrated by W. Benda | ||
| An Old-Time California Burglar. | Joaquin Miller | 137 |
| Illustrations by John R. Bacon. | ||
| The Winter Queen. Verse. | Lucy Fitch Perkins | 140 |
| Illustrated by the Author | ||
| The Squareness of Neil Morris. | Henry Gardener Hunting | 141 |
| Illustrated by C. D. Williams | ||
| Yankee Doodle and Miss Columbia. Verse. | Com. Robert E. Peary | 148 |
| Illustrated from photographs. | ||
| Nature-Study. | Margaret Johnson | 153 |
| Illustrated by the Author. | ||
| Trouble in the Doll’s House. Verse. | Ellen Manly | 153 |
| Illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb. | ||
| The Practical Boy. | Joseph H. Adams | 155 |
| Illustrated by the Author. | ||
| Jemma. | Carolyn S. Bailey | 164 |
| Illustrated by George A. Harker | ||
| Picture Christmas Eve—Santa Claus’s Rival. | 165 | |
| Drawn by C. M. Relyea | ||
| Picture On the Way to Shut-eye Town. | 166 | |
| Drawn by S. B. Pearse | ||
| Nature and Science for Young Folks. Illustrated | 168 | |
| In Praise of December—A White Squirrel—The Spider without a Snare—A Fire-proofing Mineral—True and False Legs of Caterpillars—Seems to “Come to Life”—Throwing Stones and Feathers—A Beautiful Weed—A Milkweed “Trap”—How to Feed a Small Alligator—Newts Under Stones—Drops of Water on the Outside of an Ice-Pitcher—Is the Cricket a Cannibal?—Varying Protective Mimicry in One “Brood” of Chrysalides. Illustrated. | ||
| The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated |
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| Books and Reading | 188 | |
| What are Books Like?—Hawks and Story-Books—The Little Brothers and Sisters—Finishing What is Begun—Leigh Hunt—Christmas to the Lover of Books—A New Use for St. Nicholas—The Bookcase—Choice Books for Children. | ||
| Editorial Notes | 190 | |
| The Riddle-Box. Illustrated. | 101 | |
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Dec. 1904
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