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
A Little Princess
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A Little Princess is a work by British-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, presented as a 1888 novella, a 1902 play and the 1905 eponymous children's novel. All three versions tell the story of S
Front cover of the first US edition of A Little Princess (1905)
She Slowly Advanced into the Parlor, Clutching Her Doll: Illustration by Reginald B. Birch from Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's (1888)
‘Eat it, and you will not feel so hungry.’ Illustration by Harold H. Piffard from the first UK edition of A Little Princess (1905).
Millie James as Sara Crewe in the Broadway production of Burnett's play, The Little Princess (1903).