[Illustration: KING RICHARD II. AND HIS CHILD-QUEEN.]

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ST. NICHOLAS.


VOL. V. NOVEMBER, 1877. No. 1.

[Copyright, 1877, by Scribner & Co.]

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A CHILD QUEEN.

BY CECILIA CLEVELAND.


I wonder how many of the little girl readers of ST. NICHOLAS are fond
of history? If they answer candidly, I do not doubt that a very large
proportion will declare that they prefer the charming stories they
find in ST. NICHOLAS to the dull pages of history, with its countless
battles and murdered sovereigns. But history is not every bit dull,
by any means, as you will find if your elder sisters and friends will