NEW Vol 42 in the Famous Cypress Pocket Library! Vol. 42 of the internationally famous "Good Bungalows for Good Birds" It is a wonderful compilation of bird lore and bird information. BIG DOUBLE SUPPLEMENT WITH 20 BEAUTIFUL and CORRECT DESIGNS-all specially made by artists who know birds. (Not one is like the other good designs in bird house catalogs.) Also in this volume you'll find 20 FULL WORKING PLANS with complete specifications. And ALSO EXTRA ART SUPPLEMENT, 12 x 29 inches, in FIVE COLORS with a total of 3 PORTRAITS OF AUDUBON SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, one a reproduction in colors of a rare old steel engraving, also photograph of his home. ALSO 5 BIRDS in NATURAL COLORS and 180 correct pen portraits of other birds. "Your Cypress Volume 42 is one of the most complete and authentic books on this subject I have ever seen." Thus recently wrote a bird-lover who has read much. You will be astonished and delighted with the variety of the contents of Vol. 42. And it is FREE. Send your name. Today is best. SOUTHERN CYPRESS MFRS' ASSN. 1244 Poydras Bldg., New Orleans, La., or 1244 Graham Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. I (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 MARCH, 1922 Frontispiece: "In the kitchen Rebecca greeted them with a warning ‘Sh-sh.'' Muffins, Roast Lamb, and Mint Sauce. Story Illustrated by Dudley Gloyne Summers Arithmetic in Rhyme The Monk of St. Bernard. Verse. Illustrated by Reginald Birch. Ethelyn Sexton Alwin J. Scheuer. In the Knob Mountain Tower. Story. Illustrated by Donald Teague.. Merritt P. Allen. Countries We Know. Verse.. Ducking for Pirates. Story. Illustrated by W. P. Couse. The Second-Bester. Story. Illustrated by Edward C. Caswell. . Joseph T. Kescel. Kitty Parsons. The Story of the Typewriter. Sketch. Illustrations from photographs.. James H. Collins. 451 458 Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas 459 460 465 471 486 . Ralph Henry Barbour. 495 502 The Thring, the Borough President, and the Butcher's Boy. The Hill of Adventure. Serial Story Illustrated by J. Clinton Shepherd The Wind in the Chimney. Verse.. The Dauntless Uncle. Verse. Illustrated by Reginald Birch. The Flying Motor-Boat-Casting a Pipe Without a Core (A. Russell For Very Little Folk: Flyaway and Vagabond. Story Illustrated by Edith M. Butler The St. Nicholas League. With Awards of Prizes for Stories, Poems, The Letter-Box.. The Riddle-Box The St. Nicholas Stamp Page. Conducted by Samuel R. Simmons. Advertising Pages The Century Co. and its editors receive manuscripts and art material, submitted for publication, only on the understanding that they shall not be responsible for loss or injury thereto while in their possession or in transit. Copies of manuscripts should be retained by the authors. In the United States, the price of ST. 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Bound volumes are not exchanged for numbers. All subscriptions for, and all business matters in connection with, ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE should be addressed to (Printed in U.S. A., and Entered as Second Class Matter, September 4, 1920, at the United States Post Office, Concord, N. H., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Entered at the Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada.) ST. NICHOLAS NEXT MONTH AND TO COME Impossible Anthony R. RAY BAKER The national game had a great fascination for Anthony Brooks, but Anthony showed no ability to hang on to the ball. He was worse than "butter-fingered." His persistence, however, won him a chance to play, and he turned a strike-out into a home-run finish. The Story of the Telephone FLOYD C. DARROW When you casually lift the receiver of the telephone, ask for a number, and in a few seconds are talking with a friend miles away, do you ever stop to think of the days before the 'phone was as common as every day? Or how long it took Alexander Graham Bell to invent it? Or that it is now possible to talk across the continent, the voice speeding over the 3000 miles in one-fiftieth of a second? You'll find these and many more fascinating facts in Mr. Darrow's article. The Frost Whistle EDITH M. WALLACE Neither the berries nor this girl's hopes and plans are "nipped in the bud." Her saving of a valuable crop and her initiative in providing against future loss are both recognized and rewarded. The Master of Hounds MERRITT P. ALLEN Here is a stirring story of how a boy turns a lucky accident to account, and also a fine tribute to the devotion of his dogs. A Live Latin Club GRACE HUMPHREY Many of our readers, probably, regard the study of the language of ancient Rome as a terrible bore. This story, however, shows how one Latin class put life into an otherwise "dead proposition." Smoke Chasers GEORGE B. DUREN A description of the work and life of our Government fire-fighters, the men of the eagle eye, who watch over our national forests. The Gentle Pirate MALCOLM DOUGLAS A page of funny verse, with illustrations by Harold Sichel. And "A Zoo-Illogical Spree," by Jean Black; and drawings by A. B. Walker, Ursula Russell, and others, add a large ration of fun to the April ST. NICHOLAS. |