. St. Nicholas [serial] . a wild animal or bird takenin its natural home : First Prize, five dollars and Leaguegold badge. Second Prize, three dollars and Leaguegold badge. Third Prize, League gold badge. RULES. Any reader of St. Nicholas, whether a subscriberor not, is entitled to League membership, and a Leaguebadge and leaflet, which will be sent on application. Every contribution, of whatever kind, must bear thename, age, and address of the sender, and be indorsedas original by parent, teacher, or guardian, who mustbe convinced beyond doubt that the contribution is notcopied, but wholly th


. St. Nicholas [serial] . a wild animal or bird takenin its natural home : First Prize, five dollars and Leaguegold badge. Second Prize, three dollars and Leaguegold badge. Third Prize, League gold badge. RULES. Any reader of St. Nicholas, whether a subscriberor not, is entitled to League membership, and a Leaguebadge and leaflet, which will be sent on application. Every contribution, of whatever kind, must bear thename, age, and address of the sender, and be indorsedas original by parent, teacher, or guardian, who mustbe convinced beyond doubt that the contribution is notcopied, but wholly the work and idea of the prose, the number of words should also be things must not be on a separate sheet, buton the contribtition itself—\{ a manuscript, on the uppermargin; if a picture, on the margin or back. Write or draw on one side ofthe paper o?ily. A con-tributor may send butone contribution a month—not one of each kind,but one only. Address : The St. NicholasLeague, Union Square, New TAILPIECE. BY HUGHCHRISP, AGE 14. BOOKS AND READING. old friends in It is a charming thingnew dress. about books that they havethe power of appearing in more than one char-acter without ceasing to be the same. To finda story one has read in some unadorned Quaker-like edition, presented anew in the gala costumeof fine binding, broad margins, and appropriateillustrations, is to renew acquaintance with anold friend grown prosperous without becomingdistant. And it is one of the benefits of makingfriends with the best books that they are everappearing in some new and taking garb. Toreplace your battered copy by a better copy isnot an act of disloyalty, since the soul of thevolume remains the same. milestones on To see whether one makesthe road to progress there must be alearning. point from wYdch to mea-sure. If you row out into a lake during a thickfog, you will find it hard to tell either how fastyou are moving, or what point you have this reason it


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