St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. Volume XL. Part I. - November, 1912, to April, 1913. [with] Part II. - May to October, 1913

New York: The Century Co. / The De Vinne Press, 1903. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Rackham, Arthur; Vedder, Elihu; Kemble, E.W.; Taber, I.W.; Birch, Reginald; Smith, Jessie Willcox; et al. Bindings loose, but all pages present. Corners rubbed. 1903 Hard Cover. viii, 576; viii, [577]-1152 pp. Includes twelve monthly issues bound in two volumes, comprising November 1912 - October 1913. Red cloth, black and gilt titles and decorations, illustrated endpapers. Stories, poetry, and illustrations by various contributors. "The St. Nicholas Magazine (1873-1941) was a successful American children's magazine, published by Scribner's beginning in November 1873, and designed for children five to eighteen. The magazine was edited by Mary Mapes Dodge—remembered for Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. Its major competitor in its field was the well-established The Youth's Companion which had been published since 1827. In Dodge's fresh approach to children's entertainment there was no heavy-handed moralizing. Her editorial policy was set out: To give clean, genuine fun to children of all ages. To give them examples of the finest types of boyhood and girlhood. To inspire them with an appreciation of fine pictorial art. To cultivate the imagination in profitable directions. To foster a love of country, home, nature, truth, beauty, and sincerity. To prepare boys and girls for life as it is. To stimulate their ambitions--but along normally progressive lines. To keep pace with a fast-moving world in all its activities. To give reading matter which every parent may pass to his children unhesitatingly.