ST. NICHOLAS.

Showing how a city family, inhabitants of a "flat," were led to move into the freedom of a country home, and how the girls and boys all became farmers on a small scale. This promises to be one of Mr. Roe's best stories. It is only one of the many interesting current features of St. Nicholas, which include:

• "Recollections of a Boy-Page in the U.S. Senate,"
• "Historic Girls," serial papers by E.S. Brooks,
• "Children of the Cold," a series by Lieut. Fred'k Schwatka,
• "Ready for Business; Suggestions to Boys about to Choose an Occupation,"
• "Personally Conducted," by Frank R. Stockton,
• Short Stories by Louisa M. Alcott and others. Etc., Etc.

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