12 APRIL 1884, Page 25

St. Nicholas supplies the usual variety of entertainment to its

young clientele. Miss Alcott contributes a touching little tale of the days when the Indians were still a danger to settlements which have now long forgotten the last of them. "How Bright Benson got his Appointment to the Naval Academy" will interest boys, who will also be set longing for hard winters when they read of the delights and dangers of a "ripper." Mrs. Adeline D. T. Whitney gives us a good story in "Girl Noblesse," but why does she call it a "Repeat of History " ? Is this English, or American ? We must not forget to say a word about "Little Black Spinner, Spin me some Lace," a fine, fanciful little drawing, from the hand of a girl of fifteen, that won the first prize in the St. Nicholas competition.