Literature

St. Nicholas was a monthly magazine of literature for children, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. St. Nicholas began publication with the November 1873 issue. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is February 1930 (v. 57 no.

This blog post, written on April 30th, 2011, announces the rebirth of the St. Nicholas League magazine in a blog format. The post acknowledges the legacy of the St. Nicholas League and the many prominent figures who contributed to the magazine.

This poem, titled "Friends," was written by 17-year old E. Vincent Millay in 1910. It won a cash prize

This poem, written by American author E.B. White at 11 years old, is titled "A Winter Walk." It won a silver badge award.

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> America acted deeply on the Elizabethan English imagination, working its magic in the minds of poets and men of science</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="body">“My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water."</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">He wrote down everything he saw in a career that stretched from the Civil War well into this century.</span></p>

<p>Elevating the frontier ethos over the decadent ways of people in the urban east</p>

<p><span class="deck">A talk with the superb journalist and sports reporter who was the co-author of <em><span class="typestyle"> MASH</span></em> and wrote Ernest Hemingway’s favorite fight novel </span></p>

<p>Women’s history today is no longer a backwater; nor is the profession of history a male craft.</p>

<p><span class="deck">Sinclair Lewis Wins the Nobel for literature.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A Pair of Distinguished Contemporary Authors Weigh In On A Nineteenth-Century Genius: Mark Twain</span></p>

<p>We've gotten one farce after another from the secretive judges at the Swedish Academy who confer the world's most prestigious prize for literature.</p>