Money.

Saint Nicholas (Periodical); Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905; American periodicals; Money in literature; Wyndham Girls, The (Book); United States history -- 1865-; Social classes; Home economics; Household budgets

The article discusses the history of the American children's magazine "St. Nicholas" and the prominent role money played in its contents. Founded in 1873 under editor Mary Mapes Dodge, the magazine soon became widely read. The money stories reflected uncertainty in the American economy, sunk under a depression in the same year as the founding of the magazine, and ambivalence about the increasing class divides in America. "The Wyndham Girls" followed a family who lost their fortune.