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The Nursery was a monthly magazine for "young readers" published in Boston during the late 1800's. Volume 18 was published in November, 1875. It contains 18 short stories for children with such titles as: "Flora's Looking Glass"; "Grandma's Garden"; "Grandpa's Pigs"; "The Parrot's Lament" and "The Chicken and the Dog" to name but a few. Light and enjoyable reading for all.

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of TheNursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol.XVIII., by Various

This eBook is for the use of anyoneanywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. Youmay copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the ProjectGutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.net

Title: The Nursery, No. 107, November,1875, Vol. XVIII.A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Author: Various

Release Date: August 13, 2005 [EBook#16524]

Language: English

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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERGEBOOK THE NURSERY, NO. 107 ***

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THE NURSERY

A Monthly Magazine

FOR YOUNGESTREADERS

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No.107 NOVEMBER,1875. Vol. XVIII

BOSTON:JOHN L. SHOREY, 36 BROMFIELD

STREET.American News Co., 119 Nassau St.,

New York.New-England News Co., 41 Court St.,

Boston.Central News Co., Philadelphia.

Western News Co., Chicago.

$1.60 a Year, in advance.

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A single copy, 15 cents.

Entered according to Act of Congress, inthe year 1875, by John L. Shorey, in theOffice of the Librarian of Congress at

Washington.

CONTENTS OF NUMBERONE HUNDRED AND

SEVEN.

FLORA'S LOOKING-

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GLASS. By Anna LivingstonCHINESE SCENES. By C.E.C.MINOS. By Elizabeth SillGRANDMA'S GARDEN. By M.A.C.GREAT-AUNT PATIENCE AND HERLITTLE LION. By MammaCROSSING THE BROOK. NELLIE'S LITTLEBROTHER. By Mary AtkinsonANNIE'S WISH. By George BennettA DRAWING LESSON.GRANDPA'S PIGS. By HomerCAPTAIN BOB. By Emily CarterPAPA CAN'T FIND ME. By GeorgeCooperTHE SOLDIER-DOG. By Pinky

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THE SURPIRSE. By Ida FayLITTLE PEDRO. By Cousin EmilyTHE PARROT'S LAMENT. By JaneOliverWHAT THE DOVE LOST. By AuntEmmieTHE CHICKEN AND THEDOG. By Uncle CharlesGIRLS AND BOYS. (Music by T.Crampton)

EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO.

... Now is the time for Canvassers to

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begin their operations for 1876. Now isthe time for our friends to show theirgood will. We count all our subscribersas our friends; and all of them may do usa service by renewing theirsubscriptions immediately. A blank formfor that purpose is furnished herewith,and there is plenty of room on it to addthe names of a few new subscribers. Wehope that every old subscriber will try tosend us at least one new one.

... On the last page of our cover will befound the advertisement of "The NurseryPrimer," the most charming book forchildren, considering its cheapness, thathas yet been put upon the market. Look atit, see the beautiful and apt engravings,one or more on every page, and you will

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want at least a dozen copies to distributeamong your little friends at Christmas.

... We call attention, also, to theadvertisement of "The Easy Book" and"The Beautiful Book." No more useful ordelightful books for beginners in readinghave appeared. These, with "TheNursery Primer." form a cheap butelegant library for childhood.

... Progress, improvement , will be ourmotto in the future as they have been inthe past. "The Nursery," we can assureour readers, is younger and more full oflife than ever, notwithstanding its nineyears.

... Unaccepted articles will be returned

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to the writers if stamps are sent withthem to pay return postage. Manuscriptsnot so accompanied will not bepreserved, and subsequent requests fortheir return cannot be complied with.

New Subscribers for 1876,whose names and money aresent us before December next,

will receive the last two numbers of1875 FREE.

We want a special agent in every town

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in the United States. Personsdisposed to act in that capacity,

are invited to communicate with thepublisher.

SPECIAL NOTICE TOSUBSCRIBERS.

The number of the Magazine with whichyour subscription expires is indicated bythe number annexed to the address on theprinted label. When no such numberappears, it will be understood that thesubscription ends with the current year.Please to look at the printed label. If the

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number upon it is 108, or if no numberappears there, you will know that yoursubscription ends with this year (1875).In that case you are earnestly requestedto send the renewal to us immediately,so that your address may remain on ourprinted list, and you may continue toreceive the Magazine without anyinterruption. Remember that the amountto be remitted is $1.60, and that you willreceive the Magazine postpaid. To saveyou the trouble of writing a letter, weannex a blank form that may be used inmaking the remittance.

JOHN L. SHOREY, 36 Bromfield St.,Boston, Mass.

Enclosed please find $1.60 for renewal

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of subscription to "THE NURSERY," tobegin with the number for...........,1876,to be sent to the following address:—

NAME OFSUBSCRIBER RESIDENCE

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FLORA'S LOOKING-GLASS.

FLORA'S LOOKING-GLASS.

N the edge of a thick wooddwelt a little girl whose namewas Flora. She was an orphan,and lived with an old womanwho got her living by gathering

herbs.

Every morning, Flora had to go almost aquarter of a mile to a clear spring in the

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wood, and fill the kettles with freshwater. She had a sort of yoke, on whichthe kettles were hung as she carriedthem.

The pool formed by the spring was sosmooth and clear, that Flora could seeherself in it; and some one who foundher looking in it, one bright morning,called the pool "Flora's Looking-Glass."

As Flora grew up, some of the neighborstried to make her leave the old woman,and come and live with them; but Florasaid, "No: she has been kind to me whenthere was no one to care for me, and Iwill not forsake her now."

So she kept on in her humble lot; and the

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old woman taught her the names of allthe herbs and wild flowers that grew inthe wood; and Flora became quite skilfulin the art of selecting herbs, andextracting their essences.

There was one scarce herb that grew onthe border of "Flora's Looking-Glass." Itwas used in a famous mixture preparedby the old woman; and, when the latterwas about to die, she said to Flora,"Here is a recipe for a medicine whichwill, some day, have a great sale. Takeit, and do with it as I have done."

Flora took the recipe, and the oldwoman died. But poor Flora was so kindand generous a girl, that she gave themedicine away freely to all the sick

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people; nor did she try to keep the recipea secret.

So, though she was not made rich by it,she was made happy; and, as weekspassed on, a man who was a doctor, andhad known her father, came to her, andsaid, "Come and live with me and mywife and daughters, and I will send youto school, and see that you are welltaught."

"But how can I pay you for it all?" askedFlora.

"The recipe will more than pay me,"said the good doctor. "You shall have ashare in what I earn from it; and youshall help me make the extract."

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Flora now goes to school in winter; butin midsummer she pays frequent visits to"Flora's Looking-Glass," and thinks ofthe kind old lady who taught her so muchabout herbs and flowers.

Anna Livingston.

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A SHOT AT AN EAGLE.

CHINESE SCENES.

I have two little girls here in China, whoare constant readers of "The Nursery."They think I can tell you little readers athome of some pretty sights they see here.They have asked me so often to do so,that, now they are tucked away for thenight, I will try to please them.

In landing at Hong Kong, after a longvoyage, it looks very odd to see thewater covered with small boats, orsampans, as the Chinese call them. In

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each boat lives a family. It is their houseand home; and they seldom go off of it.

They get their living by carrying peopleto the ships, and by fishing. They have aplace in the bottom of the boat, wherethey sleep at night; and, in cold weather,they shut themselves up in it to keepfrom freezing. I went out in one of theseboats a few days ago. The water wasvery rough; and I was quite astonished,after being out some time, to see a pairof bright eyes shining from below,through a small crack, nearly under myfeet.

Coming back, it was not quite so rough;and the owner of the bright eyes—a littlegirl four years old, with a baby strapped

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on her back—came "up topside," as theycall up above. When the baby was fussy,the girl would dance a little; and so thebaby was put to sleep in this peculiarfashion.

It is a very common sight to see aboatwoman rowing the boat, with herbaby strapped on her back. The childlikes the motion, and is very quiet. Itmust be very hard for the mother; but theChinese women have to endure morehardships than that, as I shall show youin future numbers of "The Nursery."

In cold weather, these people must suffervery much, they are so poorly clad. Theyput all the clothing they have on theupper part of their body; and their legs

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and feet are hardly covered at all.Fortunately for them, it is not very coldin this part of China.

In Canton, there are many more boats

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than here; for the floating populationthere is the largest in the world. I haveseen as many as ten children in one boat.The small ones have ropes tied aroundthem: so, if they fall into the water, theycan be picked up easily.

A little fire in a small earthen vessel isall that these strange people have tocook their food by. The poorer oneshave nothing but rice to eat, and considerthemselves very fortunate if they getplenty of that. Those better off have agreat variety of food; and some of itlooks quite tempting; but the greater partis horrible to look at, and much worse tosmell.

All the men and boys have their hair

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braided in long cues. The women havetheirs done up in various styles; eachprovince in China having its ownfashion. Neither women nor men candress their own hair. The poorestbeggars in the street have their hair doneup by a barber.

For the men there are street barbers,who shave heads on low seats by theroadside; but, for the higher classes andthe women, a barber goes to theirhouses. The women's hair is made verystiff and shiny by a paste prepared froma wood which resembles the slippery-elm. It takes at least an hour to do up aChinese woman's hair.

C.E.C.Hong Kong, China.

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MINOS.

I read, the other day, an account, takenfrom an English paper, of a wonderfullittle dog, called Minos. He knows morearithmetic than many children. At anexhibition given of him by his mistress,he picked out from a set of numberedcards any figure which the companychose to call for. When six was called,for instance, he would bring it; and then,if some one said, "Tell him to addtwelve to it."—"Add twelve, Minos,"said his mistress. Minos looked at her,trotted over to the cards, and brought theone with eighteen on it.

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Only once was he puzzled. A gentlemanin the audience called out, "Tell him togive the half of twenty-seven." PoorMinos looked quite bewildered for amoment; but he was not to be baffled so.He ran off, and brought back the cardwith the figure on it. Was not thatclever?

He has photographs of famous persons,all of which he knows by name, and willbring any one of them when told to. Hecan spell too; for when a French lady inthe company wrote the word "esprit,"and handed it to him, he first looked at itvery hard, and then brought the letters,one by one, and placed them in the rightorder.

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When Minos was born, he was verysickly and feeble; and his mother wouldnot take care of him, and even tried tokill him. But little Marie Slager,daughter of the lady who has him now,took him and brought him up herself.

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From that time he was her doll, herplayfellow, her baby. She treated him somuch like a child, that he really seemedto understand all that was said to him.She even taught him to play a little tuneon the piano.

Almost all performing animals aretreated so cruelly while they are beingtrained, and go through with their tricksin so much fear, that it is quite sad to seethem. But the best thing about Minos'swonderful performances is, that theywere all taught him by love andgentleness.

Remember this, boys, when you aretrying to teach Dash or Carlo to fetchand carry, or draw your wagon: there is

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no teacher so good as love.

Elizabeth Sill.

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GRANDMA'S GARDEN.

This istheway;hereisthegate,

This littlecreakingwicket;

Hererobincallshistruantmate

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From outthelilac-thicket.

Thewalksareborderedallwithbox,—

Oh! comethiswayaminute;

The

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snowball-bush,beyondthephlox,

Haschippy'snesthidinit.

Look atthismoundofbloomingpinks,

This balm,

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thesemountaindaisies;

And canyouguesswhatgrandmathinks

Thesweetestthingsheraises?

You'rewrong,it'snot

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theviolet,

Nor yet thispurewhitelily:

It is thisstragglingmignonette,—

I know youthinkitsilly,—

But hearmystory;

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then,perhaps,

You'llfreelygrantmepardon.

(See howthespiderssettheirtraps

All overgrandma'sgarden.)

Longsince

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Ihadalittlefriend,

Dear asyourdarlingsister,

And shefromoversea,didsend

This token,ereDeath

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kissedher:

'Twas inabox,atinyslip,

With wordjusthowtosetit:

And nowIkissits

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fragranttip,—

You see Ican'tforgetit.

Well,here

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Igetthyme,sage,andmint,

Sweetmarjoramandsavory;

(Cooksaystheyalwaysgiveahint

Of summer,

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richandflavory);

Here'scaraway—take,ifyouwill:

Fennel andcoriander

Hangoverbedsofdaffodil,

And

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myrtlesclosemeander.

What'snexttocome,onemaynotknow—

But then Ilikesurprises:

Just here,wheretender

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rosesblow,

A tiger-lilyrises.

Herecock's-combflaunts,andcolumbine

Standsshadedbysweetbrier,

Andmarigoldsandpoppies

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shineLike beds

ofglowingfire.

A groupofhonestsunflowerstall

Keep sentryinyoncorner;

Andclosebesidethem

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onthewall,

Thepeacock,struttingscorner,

Spreadsouthisrainbowplumesalone,

Or stoopstopickaberry,

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Wherebriersclimbthemossystone

Beneaththoseclumpsofcherry.

Nowwe'llturnback:you'veseenbut

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fewOf my old-

fashionedbeauties,

But takeawayanosegaynew

To cheeryouatyourduties;

Takepansiesandforget-

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me-nots;

Pluckpinks,bluebells,androses,

And tellmeifyouknowaspot

Whereflourishfairerposies.

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Grandmaherselfnolovelierground

This side ofparadisehasfound.

M.A.C.

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GREAT-AUNT PATIENCEAND HER LITTLE LION.

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"What relation is she to me?" said black-eyed Fred, as he heard his mother saythat her Aunt Patience was coming tovisit them.

"She is your great-aunt," said mamma;"and I want you and Bertie to be verypolite to her."

The little boys had heard their mammasay that Aunt Patience was "a lady of theold school," and that she was afraid thechildren would trouble her, as they werenot quite so still as the little boys andgirls used to be forty or fifty years ago.

So Fred and Bertie stood somewhat inawe of this Great-Aunt Patience; andwhen the dear old lady arrived, and

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papa and mamma went to the cars tomeet her, the two boys were watchingrather timidly for the carriage, at theparlor-windows.

As she came up the steps, leaning onpapa's arm, little Bertie exclaimed, "Oh,see, Freddie! she is not great at all: sheis as little as a girl."

"Yes, and she laughs too," said Fred;"and her eyes are as blue as mamma's,and her hair as white as a snowdrift."

Just then, the driver took off a strange-looking thing from the carriage, andbrought it up the steps. It was an old-fashioned trunk, covered with stiff,reddish-brown hair. The boys had never

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seen a hair trunk, and it seemed to them,at the first glance, more like some kindof an animal than a trunk.

Before they had a chance to examine it,their mamma called them to come andkiss their aunt, which they did verypolitely, as they had been directed. Buther sweet face won their hearts at once;and Bertie exclaimed, "Oh, you are not abig Patience: you are a little goodPatience, I know; and I am not a bitafraid of you!"

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"Bless your little heart, dear! what hasmamma been telling you to make youafraid of me?" said auntie with a merrylaugh.

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As soon as they could get away, the boysran up stairs to see what the driver hadcarried to their aunt's room. Freddiscovered what it was as soon as heopened the door; but Bertie, who wasnot yet four years old, was greatlypuzzled. "What can it be?" said he,keeping a safe distance away from it.

Now, Fred liked to play tricks upon hislittle brother sometimes: so he said, withpretended alarm, "Why, perhaps it is ayoung lion."

After this startling suggestion, Bertie didnot wait an instant. He ran as fast as hislegs would carry him, screaming, "Omamma! there is a young lion up stairs.O papa! do get your pistol, and shoot

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him." The poor child was really in agreat fright; and all the family ran atonce to see what could be the matter.

They met naughty Fred, laughing, butlooking rather guilty. "Why, it is onlygreat Patience's trunk," said he. "Bertiethinks it is a lion." Papa told Fred he didvery wrong to frighten the boy so; butthey all had a good laugh at poor Bertie'smistake. Bertie was soon induced to takea nearer look at his frightful little lion;and, when Aunt Patience took out from ittwo or three quarts of chestnuts, it lostall its terrors. The boys were allowed toplay in the room as much as theypleased; and the innocent hair trunk wasmade to do duty as a wolf, a bear, atiger, and various other wild beasts.

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"I wish you would stay here a hundredyears!" said little Bertie to his aunt, oneday. "I wish she would stay for ever andever, and longer too!" said Fred. "Whatdo you go back to your old school for?"said Bertie. "My school!" said AuntPatience. "I have not any school, andnever had any."—"Why," exclaimed thelittle boy, "my mamma said you were alady of the old school!"

Then mamma and auntie had a merrylaugh; and the boys were informed thatmamma only meant that Aunt Patiencewas a very polite lady of the olden time.

The boys constantly forgot to call her"auntie," but remembered the title of"great," and the precious old lady was

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just as well pleased to have them callher "Great Patience."

When she bade them good-by, they bothcried, though Fred was very privateabout his tears; and both boys declaredthat the best visitors they ever had were"Great Patience and her little red lion."

Mamma.

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CROSSING THE BROOK.

Over the stepping-stones, one foot andthen another;And here we are safe on dry land, littlebrother.

NELLIE'S LITTLEBROTHER.

When Nellie was quite young, she lost

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her dearmother; andtwo sad yearspassed by forthe little girl.She used to goand look at hermother'sportrait, andwonderwhether shecould seeNellie, thoughNellie couldnot see her.

But, at last, her father gave her a newmother, whowas so kind

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and good, that Nellie loved her verymuch; though she never could forget herfirst dear mother. One happy day, Nellielearned that a little brother had beenborn. How glad she was then!

Some weeks passed by before Nelliewas allowed to take the little fellow inher arms; but, when she was permitted todo this, it seemed to her that she hadnever felt such delight before. When hewould put up his tiny hands, and feel ofher face, she was ready to weep withjoy.

But one night the nurse was ill; and therewas nobody to take care of the baby.Nellie begged so hard to be allowed tosit up and attend to it, that she was at last

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permitted to do so. She passed twohours, watching baby as he slept, andthinking of the nice times she wouldhave with him when he grew up.

At last he awoke; and then Nellie gavehim some milk from the porringer, andtried to rock him to sleep again. But thelittle fellow wanted a frolic: so she hadto take him in her arms, and walk aboutthe room with him.

She walked and walked till it got to betwelve o'clock; and then she stood in thefaint lamplight, before the portrait of herown mother, and it seemed as if thesweet face were trying to speak to her.

But Nellie was so very sleepy, that she

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hardly knew what she was about. Shewalked, like one in a dream,—from thebed to the cradle, and from the cradle tothe bed,—and all at once baby seemedquiet, and she was walking no longer.

At last she started up, and found she hadbeen lying on the bed. The faint light ofthe early dawn was coming through theeastern window-panes. Where wasbaby? Oh! what had Nellie done withhim? She jumped from the bed, ran hereand there, but could not find him.

At last she looked in the cradle, andthere he was, lying snugly asleep.Without knowing what she had done, shehad put him in the cradle, and hadcovered him up, and then, without

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undressing herself, had gone and laindown on the bed. "Oh, you darling, youdarling!" cried Nellie; but the tears cameto her eyes, and she could say no more.

Mary Atkinson.

ANNIE'S WISH.

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"I wish Iwereafairy,—

A fairykindandgood,

I'd have asplendidpalace

Beside awavingwood.

And theremyfairy

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minstrelsTheir

goldenharpsshouldplay;

And littlefairybirdies

Shouldcarolalltheday.

"A hundredfairyminions

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On mycommandsshouldwait;

And wantandpainshouldnever

Beknownonmyestate.

I'd send myfairyheralds,

To

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solace,soothe,andaid;

And loveandjoyandpleasure

Eachdwellingshouldpervade."

"But, ah!you'renota

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fairy,Dear

littleSisterAnn;

So praynowbecontented,

And dothebestyoucan.

To parents,friends,andteachers,

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Bedocile,true,andfond,

And youwillworkmorewonders

Thanwithafairy'swand."

Geo. Bennett.

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A DRAWING LESSON.

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Outline drawing by Mr. Harrison Weir,as a drawing lesson.

GRANDPA'SPIGS.

Mamma says that I am only alittle boy; but I think I am quitebig. I shall be six years oldnext May.

Last summer, mamma took

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me to grandpa's, to stay a fewweeks. When we got to thehouse, I asked grandpa if Imight go with him every dayto feed the pigs. He said,"Yes."

So the next morning I went.There were four large pigs,and six little ones; and, whenthe food was put into thetrough, they were all so eagerto get it, that they kepttumbling over one another.

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One morning, there was not apig in the pen. We huntedeverywhere, but could not find

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them. At last, grandpa said,"They must be in the turnip-garden." Sure enough, therethey were.

The moment they saw us, theyscampered; but, after a while,we got them all back in thepen. Then grandpa said hewanted to know how they gotout: so we hid in the barn.

By and by, an old pig peepedaround, to see if anybody was

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watching. As he saw no one,he grunted, as much as to say,"All right," and started for alarge hole beneath the fence.But, before he could get out,grandpa nailed a plank overthe hole.

I wanted a pig to take homewith me; but grandpa said itwould not live in the city.

Homer.

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CAPTAIN BOB.

At the hotel near the seaside, where Istaid last summer, there was a littlefellow who was known to the guests asCaptain Bob. He was from the West,where he had never seen a large sheet ofwater. But, at his first sight of oldOcean, he gave him his heart.

Old Ocean seemed to return the tenderliking; for he was very kind to CaptainBob, who was nearly all day at theseaside, running some sort of risk. Therewas nobody to prevent his going in toswim as often as he chose.

Nobody had taught Captain Bob toswim. How he learned he could not

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explain. He was always ready to ventureinto a boat. He took to sculling androwing quite as naturally as a duck takesto swimming.

One morning, we were all made sad bythe report that Captain Bob was missing.He had not been seen since noon theprevious day. Messengers were sent inevery direction to make inquiries afterthe captain. Several persons said, that,the last they had seen of him, he wasstanding by the big post on the wharf,with a little boat in his hand that an oldsailor had made for him.

Two days were at an end, and still therewas no news of Captain Bob. Hisparents and friends were greatly

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distressed. But, on the morning of thethird day, there was a shout from someof the gentlemen on the piazza; and, onhastening to find out what was thematter, whom should I see but CaptainBob, borne on the shoulders of twoyoung men, and waving his cap over hishead.

Bob's story was this: A mackerel-schooner was anchored off shore; andBob had persuaded the sailor, who hadgiven him the toy-boat, to take him onboard. The sailor had done this, notsuspecting what was to happen. Aschool of mackerel had been seen; and,as the breeze was fair, the skipperspread all sail, and was soon five milesoff shore.

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The mackerel were so plenty that thefishermen made the most of their luck,and did not return to the shore near thehotel till the third day.

"Did you have a good time, captain?" Iasked.

"A good time!" exclaimed Captain Bob."It was the jolliest time I ever had. Youshould have seen me pull in the fish."

After this adventure, Captain Bob wasmore of a hero than ever among thepeople of the hotel.

Emily Carter.

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"PAPA CAN'T FIND ME."

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No little stepsdo I hearin thehall;

Only a sweetsilverlaugh,that isall.

No dimpledarmsround myneckhold metight;

I've but aglimpseof two

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eyes verybright.

Two little handsa weeface trytoscreen:

Baby is hiding,that'splain tobe seen.

"Where is mypreciousI'vemissedso allday?"

"Papa can't find

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me!" theprettylips say.

"Dear me! Iwonderwherebaby canbe!"

Then I go by,andpretendnot tosee.

"Not in theparlor,and noton the

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stairs?Then I must peep

undersofas andchairs."

The dear littlerogue isnowlaughingoutright,

Two little armsround myneckclasp metight.

Home willindeedbe sad,

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weary,and lone,

When papa can'tfind you,mydarling,my own.

George Cooper.

THE SOLDIER-DOG.

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I have been reading in "The Nursery" thestory about Mellie Hoyt and his dogMajor. My papa often tells me aboutanother good old dog, named Major. Hewas a soldier-dog, that papa knew whenhe went to the war.

Major was a kind dog to all his friends;but he would bark at strangers, andsometimes he would bite them. He oncetried to bite a steam-engine as it camewhistling by; but the engine knocked himoff the track, and almost killed him. Hehad never seen a steam-engine before,and he knew better than to attack oneafter that. But he was not afraid of anything else.

When the soldiers went out to battle,

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Major would go with them, and bark andgrowl all the time. Once, in a battle waydown in Louisiana, Major began to barkand growl as usual, and to stand up onhis hind-legs. Then he ran around,saying, "Ki-yi, ki-yi." By and by he sawa cowardly soldier, who was runningaway; and he seized that soldier by theleg, and would not let him go for a longtime. He wanted him to go back andfight.

Soon after this, Major began to jump upin the air, trying to bite the bullets thatwhistled over his head. When a bulletstruck the ground, he would run and tryto dig it out with his paws. At last heplaced himself right in front of anadvancing line of soldiers, as much as to

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say, "Don't come any further!" Heseemed to think that he could drive themback all alone.

By and by a bullet hit Major as he wasjumping about; and he dropped downdead. The soldiers all felt sad, and someof them cried. They missed him like oneof their comrades, and they had many tomourn for in that dreadful battle. I hopethere never will be another war.

Pinky.Portland, Me.

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THE SURPRISE.

"Whose hands are over your eyes?Guess quick."

"Old Mother Hubbard's?"

"Wrong: guess again."

"The good fairy's, Teenty Tawnty?"

"There are no fairies in this part of thecountry, and you know it. Guess again."

"Well, I guess it is the old woman thatlived in a shoe."

"She is not in these parts. I will give youone more chance. Who is it?"

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"I think it must be little Miss Muffit,—the one who was frightened by a spider."

"Nonsense! One would think you hadread nothing but 'Mother Goose'sMelodies.'"

"Can it be Tom, Tom, the piper's son?"

"No, I never stole a pig in my life. Nowgive the right name this time, or prepareto have your ears pulled."

"Oh, that would never do! I think it mustbe my cousin, Jenny Mason, who ishiding the daylight from me."

"Right! Right at last! One kiss, and youmay go."

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Ida Fay.

LITTLE PEDRO.

Pedro is a little Italian boy, who lives inChicago. When I first knew him, he wasroaming about from house to house,playing on the fiddle, and singing.

Sometimes kind persons gave himmoney, and then he always lookedhappy. But many times he got nothing for

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his music,and then hewas verysad; for helived with acruelmaster, whoalways beathim when hecame homeat nightwithout agood roundsum.

One day last spring, he had worked veryhard; but people were so busy moving,or cleaning house, that, when night came,he had very little money. He felt very

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tired: so he went home with what he had.

But his cruel master, without stopping tohear a word from the little fellow, gavehim a whipping, and sent him out again.He came to my gate, long after I hadgone to bed, and played and sang two orthree songs; but he did not sing verywell, for he was too tired and sleepy.

Just across the street, in an unfinishedbuilding, the carpenters had left a largepile of shavings. Pedro saw this by themoonlight, as he went along; and hethought he would step in and lie down torest. His head had hardly touched thepillow of shavings before he wasasleep.

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He dreamed about his pleasant home faraway in Italy. He thought he was withhis little sisters, and he saw his dearmother smile as she gave him his supper;but, just as he was going to eat, somesudden noise awoke him.

He was frightened to find it wasdaylight, and that the sun was high in thesky. In the doorway stood a kindgentleman looking at him. Pedro sprangup, and took his fiddle; but the gentlemanstopped him as he was going out, andasked if that pile of shavings was all thebed he had. He spoke so kindly, thatPedro told him his story.

The gentleman felt so sorry for him, andwas so pleased with his sweet, sad face,

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that he took him to his own home, andgave him a nice warm breakfast; and,being in want of an errand-boy, heconcluded to let Pedro have the place.

Pedro has lived happily in his new homeever since; and, though he still likes toplay on his fiddle, he has no wish toreturn to his old wandering mode of life.

Cousin Emily.

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THE PARROT'S LAMENT.

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Swinging in a gilded cage,Petted like a baby's doll,

Thus I spend my dull old age,And you call me "Poll."

But in youth I roved at willThrough the wild woods of

Brazil.

When you ask me, "What'so'clock?"

Or repeat some foolishrhyme,

And I try your speech tomock,

I recall the timeWhen I raised my voice so

shrill

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In the wild woods ofBrazil.

Sporting with my comradesthere,

How I flew from bough tobough!

Then I was as free as air:I'm a captive now.

Oh that I were roaming stillThrough the wild woods of

Brazil!

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WHAT THE DOVE LOST.

Uncle Tom was walking slowly downthe street, one sunny day, when he saw aboy put his hand into a paper bag, takeout a lemon, and throw it at a plump graypigeon that was trying to pick up somecrumbs which had been thrown out.

Poor little pigeon! He had beenfluttering, off and on, over the crumbs,—now scared away by a fast trotting-horse, now flying to a door-post to getrid of some rapid walker,—and had onlyjust alighted to pick up his breakfast,when he was struck right in the back bythe bullet-like lemon.

Uncle Tom ran as quickly as he could,

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and took the panting little thing up in hishand very gently. Just then the horse-carcame along; and uncle jumped into it,saying to himself, "I'll take this pigeonout to little Emily. How she will danceand skip when she sees it!"

The car went on and on, ever so faraway from Boston, and by and by washalf-way across a bridge. The pigeonhad lain nestled under Uncle Tom's coat;and the warmth seemed to make it feelbetter. First it put one round bright eyeout, then the other, and took a peep at thepeople sitting near it.

Then, I think, its back must have ceasedaching; for it grew lively, and stirredaround. Uncle Tom felt it moving, and

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was afraid that it would presently try toget away: so he held it as close as hecould without hurting it.

But just as he thought how safe he had it,and how tame it would be when it hadlived with its little mistress a while, itpopped its head out again.

It popped so far out this time, that therewas nothing to take hold of but its tail-feathers. Uncle Tom clutched thosefirmly; but, to his great astonishment, thepigeon gave another spring, and pulleditself away, leaving all its beautiful tail-feathers behind it.

Away it flew, down the car, over theheads of the people, out of the door, past

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the head of the conductor (who did notknow that he had such a strangepassenger), and out over the water, backto Boston.

Uncle Tom was left with only a handfulof dark-gray feathers to take home withhim; and little Emily had no pet pigeon,after all.

Aunt Emmie.

THE CHICKEN AND THE

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DOG.

Tantalus, as the old Greek fable tells us,was King of Lydia. Being invited byJupiter to his table, he heard secretswhich he afterwards divulged. Todivulge a secret is to make it vulgar, orcommon, by telling it.

Poor Tantalus was punished ratherseverely for his offence; but he hadsinned in betraying confidence. Sent tothe lower world, he was placed in themiddle of a lake, the waters of whichrolled away from him as often as hetried to drink of them.

Over his head, moreover, hung branchesof fruit, which drew away, in like

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manner, from his grasp, whenever he putforth his hand to reach them. And so,though all the time thirsty and hungry, hecould not, in the midst of plenty, satisfyhis desires.

Therefore we call it to tantalize a personto offer him a thing he longs for, and thento draw it away from him.

In the picture, a little chicken is lookingup at a spider which sits over her in themidst of its web. She watches it, hopingthat it will come so near to her little bill,that she can peck at it, and swallow it.

But the spider is on its guard. To and froit swings, letting itself down a little bit,but never so far as to be in any danger;

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and then, just asthe enemyprepares to snapat it, it climbsnimbly into itssecure network.

The secondTantalus of ourpicture, the littledog, has, also,small prospectsof reaching theobject on whichhis heart is set. Atsome distancefrom him on theground lies a bone, which he longs toget; but the chain which fastens him,

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prevents his going near enough to seizeit. Both the dog and the chicken aretantalized, you see.

Let us keep down our desires, try toreach only what is fairly ours, be contentwith little, and never betray confidence.Then shall we avoid the fate of Tantalus.

Uncle Charles.

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1. In allthe landby fieldand town,The boysand girlsgo up anddown.In all theland thegirls andboysWhereverthey gothey makea noise.

They play

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at cricket,tops andgames,With ballsthat carryvariousnames;Theywhirl theskippingrope, anddriveThe hooptill itappearsalive.

2. They

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thread theneedle inthe ring;They playat tea andvisiting;Or womanpoor fromSandyland,whosetalk ishard tounderstand.

Theirlungs andlimbs theyfreely use,

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Theynevermope orhave theblues;And it isalwayshalf theirjoysIn all theirplay tomake anoise.

3. Theyplay atHopscotch,marbles,

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dumps.And Flythe garter;oh! whatjumps!FromTipcatquickaway I flyFor fearthey'll hitme in theeye.

In winteron the icethey go,And keep

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the pot a-boilingso,And tho'they shoutand makea noise,Somehow,I likethesegirls andboys.

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