St. Nicholas (magazine)
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St. Nicholas was a popular monthly American children's magazine, founded by Scribner's in 1873 and named after the Christian saint. The first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association
In this 1873 "primal acrostic" the words are pictured instead of described. When the seven objects have been rightly guessed and written one below another, the initial letters will spell the surname of a famous man (Jackson).
Christmas number
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Little Lord Fauntleroy is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's on Octob
St. Nicholas (magazine)
…in the department. Dodge knew many famous writers, and was able to persuade them to submit their work to her magazine. Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy first appeared as a St. Nicholas serial, beginning in the November 1885 issue. Her novella Sara Crewe appeared in the December 1887 issue. Other novels…
First edition cover
An illustration by Birch from 1886
Lobby card from the 1921 film adaptation starring Mary Pickford
Elsie Leslie in the Broadway production of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1888).