Excerpt from St. Nicholas, Vol. 48: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls; Part II., May to October, 1921 Nature and science for young folk. (illustrated) The Automatic Pilot. The Talking Thread The Stars in Rolling Over'a Capsized battle-ship Constellations for June Propelling a Boat with Pumps The Bohemian Waxwings Electric Power Banks Fair-leather Signals The W'ireless Preacher Constellations for July A Bumblebee in a Spider's Cave Crewless Railroad Train Constellations for August A Toad's Drink.. A Bucket That Did Not Splash Henequen. Or Sisal Hemp The Stars in September. The Diary of an Elevator Cable Some Puzzling Tracks. Constellations for October. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.