Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ST. NICHOLAS An ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. CONDUCTED BY MARY MAPES DODGE. VOLUME XIII. PART II., MAY, 1886, TO OCTOBER, 1886. THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORK. F. WARNE & CO., LONDON. Copyright, 1886, by THE CENTURY CO. THE DE VINNE PRESS. ST. NICHOLAS: VOLUME XIII. PART II. SIX MONTHS--MAY, 1886, TO OCTOBER, 1886. CONTENTS OF PART II., VOLUME XIII. PAGE. ABOUT BREATHING _Hellen Clark Swazey_ 946 ADVENTURE AT THE FLUME, OUR. (Illustrated). _W. L_ 844 AMBITIOUS KANGAROO, THE. Jingle _A. R. Wells_ 853 AMUSING THE BABY. Verses. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch) _Eva Lovett Carson_ 706 ARMY, AN. Verses _A. C_ 757 ART AND ARTISTS, STORIES OF. English Painters. (Illustrated) _Clara Erskine Clement_ 803 AUNT DEBORAH'S LESSON. (Illustrated) _G. H. Baskette_ 694 AUTUMN TO SPRING. Poem _Edith M. Thomas_ 883 BABY'S DIMPLE, THE. Poem _William H. Hayne_ 731 BALLAD OF BASE-BALL, A. Verses _I. D_ 774 BELATED FAIRY, A. Picture, drawn by Mary A. Lathbury 693 BLOSSOM-TIME. Poem _Laura E. Richards_ 518 BOAT-BUILDING. (Illustrated) _George J. Manson_ 698 BOPEEP. Poem. (Illustrated by Mary Hallock Foote) _Sydney Dayre_ 756 BOYS' CAMP, A. (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers) 607 BOYS' PARADISE, THE. (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers) _Elizabeth Balch_ 604 BROWNIES AT BASE-BALL, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by the Author) _Palmer Cox_ 943 BROWNIES AT LAWN TENNIS, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by the Author) _Palmer Cox_ 857 BROWNIES IN THE MENAGERIE, THE. (Illustrated by the Author) _Palmer Cox_ 707 BROWNIES ON ROLLER SKATES, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by the Author) _Palmer Cox_ 543 BUBBLE BOWLING. (Illustrated by the Author) _Adelia B. Beard_ 540 BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE, THE. Verse _Edith M. Thomas_ 599 CAPTAIN JACK'S FOURTH OF JULY KITE. (Illustrated by the Author) _Daniel C. Beard_ 702 CARICATURE PLANT, THE. (Illustrated by J. C. Beard) _.M. A_ 522 CHILDREN OF THE SUN, THE. Poem. (Illustrated) _Arthur Wentworth Eaton_ 770 CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION, THE. (Illustrated by E. J. Meeker) _Charles Barnard_ 916