13 NOVEMBER 1886, Page 23

St. Nicholas: an Illustrated Magazine for the Young. Con- ducted

by Mary Mapes Dodge. (Century Company, New York ; Warne and Co., London.)—This magazine appears, as usual, in two convenient volumes, and the most determined patriotism cannot find anything in this country that can claim to equal it. It is full of exactly the kind of reading that its clients want. It makes, too, a point of keeping up to a high standard in the literary merit of its articles. A kindly and instructive column addressed to young corre- spondents is a valuable feature. The illustrations, some of them showing the characteristic beauties of American wood-engraving, are abundant and good.