Saint Nicholas

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... FACING PAGE St. Nicholas And The Murdered Schoolboys 48 L. di Bicci. (Metropolitan Museum, New York.) Another Picture Of The Same Scene . . 50 P. Pesellino. (Florence.) St. Nicholas And The Three Maidens . . 52 A. Lorenzetti. (Florence.) Another Picture Of The Same Scene . . 54 Florentine School. (Louvre, Paris.) Another Picture Of The Same Scene . . 56 L. di Bicci (?). (Metropolitan Museum, New York.) Madonna And Child And Various Saints . 60 L. di Bicci. (Florence.) St. Nicholas And The Money Lender . . 64 Fresco at S. Croce, Florence. The Boy Nicholas Elected Bishop . . 68 A. Lorenzetti. (Florence.) St. Nicholas Saving The City In Time Of Famine 80 A. Lorenzetti. (Florence.) Norman Baptismal Pont At Winchester . 84 St. Nicholas Saves The Knights About To Be Beheaded 86 F. Pesellino. (Florence.) Triumphal Car Of St. Lucy At Syracuse In Sicily 112 FACING FAGS Images Of Breton Saints . . . .116 St. Nicholas Saves The City From Famine . 118 Beato Angelico. (Rome.) St. Nicholas Rescues Seamen . . .122 L. Monaco. (Florence.) St. Nicholas In The Mosaics Of St. Mark's In Venice 142 ST. NICHOLAS CHAPTER I ST. NICHOLAS, SANTA CLAUS, AND KRIS KRINGLE nPHE good St. Nicholas, the bishop-saint, is strangely little known in America. He has lent his name to a church here and there and to a popular magazine for children, his proteges. But how many people are familiar with the story of his life? How many even know the date of his own special festival? There are countries in which his memory is not thus neglected, in which the festival of St. Nicholas is one of the important events of the year. An English newspaper of the first year of the war has this to report concerning the Belgian custom: The feast of St. Nicholas, December 6th, was celebrated at...