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CONTENTS OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR NOVEMBER, 1921

Frontispiece: "To himself, he did not seem to be moving.”

Drawn by Edward C. Caswell.

The Turner Twins. Serial Story.

The Pageant of the Years. Verse.

Illustrated by C. M. Relyea..

Illustrated by the author.

Thanksgiving, 1621. Verse. Illustrated by W. M. Berger...

Our "Davis Cup" Stars of 1930. Sketch. Illustrations from photographs.. William T. Tilden, 2nd.

Girls' Tennis Champion. Sketch.

Our Happiness Job.

"Lone-Steer" Foster. Story. Illustrated by Edward C. Caswell

A Spoiled Thanksgiving. Verse. Illustrated by Reginald Birch.

The Hill of Adventure.

Serial Story. Illustrated by J. Clinton Shepherd

"How did you boys come out on the dinner?"

Drawn by Clifton Meek......

Found-A Young Folks' Paradise. Sketch.

Illustrations from photographs

Picture.

. Hildegarde Hawthorne.

Bayard D. York.

A. H. Folwell.

Adair Aldon.

Ralph Henry Barbour..

Henry C. Pitz..

Florence Boyce Davis.

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W. Norman Brown

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Tudor Jenks

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"Uncle Sam's" Adventurers: Two Young Americans' Venture for

Dates. Sketch. Illustrations from photographs..

Through Flame with "The Belle Marie." Story..

The Heat Eye (A. Russell Bond)-Petroleum Deposits (Crittenden Marriott)

-Manchurian Governor's Castle on Wheels (George F. Paul) -

-Constella-

tions for November (Isabel M. Lewis)-Unbreakable Glass (James Anderson)

For Very Little Folk:

Be Kind to Animals. Verse. Illustrated by Chas. W. Licht.

Please. Verse. Illustrated by Harriet Repplier.

The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems,

Drawings, Photographs, and Puzzles. Illustrated.

The Letter-Box.

The Riddle-Box.

The St. Nicholas Stamp Page. Conducted by Samuel R. Simmons.

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ST. NICHOLAS

THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER

REAL Christmas cheer, entertainment, and fun will radiate
from the 112 pages of the December ST. NICHOLAS, and from
its glowing and appealing cover-brilliant in tone and show-
ing the good Saint himself running down his list of youngsters
to see which one is to be the happy possessor of a lively puppy,
which he holds beneath his arm- to the last line, the number
is full of stories, sketches, verses, and excellent illustrations
which convey the spirit of the season.

Short Stories of Unusual Quality

"The Stocking That Grew" is a Christmas story that Christine W. Parmenter has written for our girls, embodying a novel and admirable Christmas idea; "The Fir-Tree Cousins" (by Lucretia Clapp), through a quaint turn of fortune, find the things they've longed for in Christmas packages, but have never before received; "The Ward of Seventeen Cowboys," by Katherine D. Cather, shows how a Christmas tree may be found even in the desolate tracts of our far West; and "The Christmas Candle,” by R. R. Hillman, is a story of early Colonial days in Pennsylvania, stirring, too, for the Indians were hostile, and threatened harm, (until they heard the Christmas carols!) "The Briskin Bree," by Louise Saunders, is a unique and delightful fanciful story by the same author who gave us that charming tale, "The Dreadfully Inbetweens," which appeared in the January, 1919, ST. NICHOLAS.

Christmas Stories in Verse

"The Christmas Hike," is a rollicking and rhythmic verse by Ellen Manly -a frequent contributor-and the illustrations are by Reginald Birch. Mr. Birch will be represented also in the Very Little Folk department, for he has illustrated with great charm the little story, "A Christmas Runaway." "The Bird and the Seaplane," by Florence Boyce Davis, is a stirring ballad describing in beautiful and spirited lines the rescue, by a diminutive flyer, of some aviators in the North Sea.

"St. Nick" in Switzerland

"Christmas Customs in Switzerland" is a profusely pictured sketch of scenes of the Yuletide season in the cantons of this tiny and picturesque European republic-illustrated with remarkable photographs of Christmas gaieties and outdoor fun in the Alpine paradise of winter sports.

These Have the Thrills

If you are looking for exciting stories, read "A Fall for the King." Eric P.
Kelly has caught the spirit and shown the skill of Sienkiewicz in the telling
of this thrilling Polish tale. And the December instalment of "Phantom
Gold" is a swiftly moving, stirring part of this excellent sea story.