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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX + A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers + +Author: Various + +Release Date: January 17, 2006 [EBook #17536] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, NO. 169 *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Paul Ereaut and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + +<div> +<p>[Transcriber's note: As pages 23 and 24 were missing from the original scanned booklet +they were not included in this transcription.]<br /><br /><br /></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-01.png" width="400" height="530" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + + +<h4>No. 169. JANUARY, 1881. Vol. XXIX.<br /><br /></h4> + +<h3>THE NURSERY<br /><br /> + +A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS<br /><br /> + +NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY. 36 BROMFIELD STREET, BOSTON +</h3> +<h4>$1.50 a year, in advance. 15 cents a single copy.</h4> + +<h4>Entered at the Post Office at Boston as Second-Class Matter.</h4> + +<h4>Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by THE NURSERY +PUBLISHING CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at +Washington.<br /><br /><br /></h4> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<h3>CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE.</h3> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align='left'></td> +<td align='left'></td> +<td align='right'>PAGE</td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Uncle Charles</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_2'>2</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>BABY'S QUIET FAMILY</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>W.G.</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_3'>3</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>BABY AND THE BIRD</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>A.B.C.</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_4'>4</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>A NEW YEAR'S DIALOGUE</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Marian Douglas</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_5'>5</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>THE SHEEP FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Dora Burnside</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_7'>7</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>"A FRIEND IN NEED"</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Jane Oliver</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_8'>8</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>"IN A MINUTE"</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Mary Addison</i> +</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_10'>10</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>THE CHRISTMAS-TREE</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>George S. Burleigh</i> +</td><td align='right'><a href='#Page_12'>12</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>DOWN THE RIVER AFTER THE BOY</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Alfred Stetson</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_14'>14</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>"FLUTTER, FLUTTER!"</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Mary N. Prescott</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_16'>16</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>DRAWING-LESSON</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Harrison Weir</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_17'>17</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>CHRISTMAS BELLS</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>George Cooper</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_18'>18</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>JACK THE MAGPIE</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Aunt Sadie</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_19'>19</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>PORTRAITS FOR LITTLE FOLKS</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>K.G.</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_21'>21</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>AMONG THE HOLLY-BUSHES</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Emily Carter</i></td> +<td align='right'>23 (Missing)</td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>THE BASKET OF APPLES</td> +<td align='left'>By <i>Uncle Sam</i></td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_25'>25</a></td></tr> + +<tr><td align='left'>CHRISTMAS</td> +<td align='left'>(<i>Music by T. Crampton</i>)</td> +<td align='right'><a href='#Page_32'>32</a></td></tr> + +</table></div> +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<h4>A BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.</h4> + +<h4>Vitalized Phos-phites</h4> + +<p>(This differs from all other tonics because it is composed of the +nerve-giving principles of the ox brain and wheat germ.) It gives +vitality to the insufficient growth of children; feeds the brain and +nerves; prevents fretfulness; gives quiet rest and sleep. An ill-fed +brain learns no lessons, and is excusable if peevish. Restless infants +are cured in a few days. For sale by Druggists, or mail, $1.00.</p> + +<p><b>F. CROSBY 666 8TH AVE. N.Y.</b></p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO.</p> + +<p>*** <i>"The Nursery" is fortunate, not only in being in charge of its +original editors, but in retaining the good will and hearty co-operation +of its most valued contributors</i>.</p> + +<p>*** <i>Among these the name of Marian Douglas deserves special mention. We +present a capital poem from her pen, and are promised a series of a +similar character, one of which will appear in each number during the +year. The name of George Cooper is also endeared to our readers by his +charming verses. A poem by him is given in this number, and we have +others in store. George S. Burleigh, Emily Carter, Jane Oliver, Mary N. +Prescott, and other favorites contribute to our table of contents</i>.</p> + +<p>*** <i>Some choice things that came too late for this issue will appear in +future numbers. Poems by Mrs. M.D. Brine, illustrated by her sister, +Miss Northam, poems and sketches by Josephine Pollard, Clara Doty Bates, +and others, are among the treasures held in reserve.</i></p> + +<p><b>The Yearly Volume of "The Nursery" for 1880 is now ready. Sent by mail, +postpaid, for $1.75.</b></p> + +<p>Direct all communications to</p> + +<p><b>THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO.,</b></p> + +<p>36 <i>Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.</i></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="The_Nursery" id="The_Nursery"></a><i>The Nursery</i></h2> + +<p>1867-1881</p> + +<p><b>A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS.</b></p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 67px;"> +<img src="images/illus-03.png" width="67" height="150" alt="" title="" /> +<br /></div> + +<p>his unique and much-admired work, begun in 1867, and now a <i>welcome and +trusted visitor</i> in every intelligent family where there is a child, +gives in <i>every number</i> a profusion of</p> + +<p>THE CHOICEST PICTURES,</p> + +<p>Executed in the <i>best and most costly style</i>, and, in most cases, from +<i>original designs</i> made expressly for the young.</p> + +<p>ITS ARTICLES,</p> + +<p>Whether in prose or verse, are adapted with the greatest care to the +capacities of children, and are, with very rare exceptions, wholly +original.</p> + +<p>A SONG SET TO MUSIC,</p> + +<p>By a skilful composer, and specially adapted to children's voices, is +given in every number.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>TERMS: <b>Subscription Price (postage included), $1.50. Payable always in +advance. 15 cents a single number. A Sample Number will be sent for 10 +cents.</b> Address all communications to</p> + +<p>THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO.,</p> + +<p>36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="THE_NURSERY" id="THE_NURSERY"></a>THE NURSERY.</h2> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>WHAT THE PAPERS SAY OF IT.</p> + + +<p>If you would teach your child to read in the easiest, quickest, and most +practicable way, easiest both to the child and the teacher, put "The +Nursery" in its hands every month. Our word for it, you will be +surprised at the result. "The Nursery" will be found a primer, a +reading-book, drawing-book, story-book, and lesson-book, all in +one.—<i>Boston Transcript.</i></p> + +<p>"The Nursery" is as great a favorite as ever; and all attempts to +imitate it have failed. No other magazine can supply its place. No +family where there are small children can afford to be without +it.—<i>Providence Press.</i></p> + +<p>Among American periodicals for the young, there is not one that we can +more confidently commend than "The Nursery." Indeed, there is not one of +the kind in Europe that quite comes up to this.—<i>N.Y. Tribune.</i></p> + +<p>Every house that has children in it needs "The Nursery" for their profit +and delight; and every childless house needs it for the sweet +portraiture it gives of childhood.—<i>Northampton Journal</i>.</p> + +<p>"The Nursery" continues to be without a rival in its own field, and +fills its place so well that none need wish for anything better. The +idea that anything is good enough for the little ones finds no place in +the mind of its editor, and both stories and pictures are of the +choicest.—<i>Chicago Advance.</i></p> + +<p>No better outlay of money can be made for children than in subscription +to such a magazine as "The Nursery," as it affords not only pleasure, +but real benefit.—<i>Richmond (Va.) Religious Herald.</i></p> + +<p>We again repeat our hope that no family in this country, in which there +is a child or children, will be without this beautiful, simple, and +natural little magazine.—<i>Marshall (Mich.) Expounder.</i></p> + +<p>Of the many attempts to imitate it, all have failed. We are proud of +such an American journal for children.—<i>Illinois Schoolmaster.</i></p> + +<p>Teachers who have tried it say that it charms the children into learning +to read. Blessings on the sunny "Nursery"! Far and near may households +be brightened by its presence!—<i>Massachusetts Teacher.</i></p> + +<p>A bright, pleasant little pictorial, with which the smallest children +able to read at all may be amused and instructed. Parents looking for +such reading will be interested in it.—<i>N.Y. Tribune.</i></p> + +<p>"The Nursery" is the very best magazine that we know for children. It is +beautifully illustrated, and the stories are <i>always clean and pure</i>, +inculcating kindness to one another and to animals. Its lessons are all +in favor of truth, honor, and honesty. It should be in every family +where there are young children to be entertained and +instructed.—<i>Woman's Journal.</i></p> + +<p>"The Nursery" is 'a magazine for youngest readers,' and, as we know by +its use in our own family, most admirably adapted for the purpose for +which it is intended.—<i>Charleston (S.C.) Carolinian.</i></p> + +<p>Those who wish to furnish their little ones, just learning to read, with +something fresh,—something written with great care, and illustrated +with skill, to which the ordinary 'primers' cannot and do not +attain,—should provide themselves with "The Nursery."—<i>Detroit Post.</i></p> + +<p>To those of our readers who have young children of their own, or who are +called on to suggest quiet amusement for little patients, we can +conscientiously commend "The Nursery," a monthly juvenile magazine +published in Boston, as the only periodical we have been able to find +suited to the comprehension of children under ten or twelve years of +age.—<i>N.Y. Medical Gazette.</i></p> + +<p>We wish we could express in fitting words our gratitude to the editor, +publisher, and contributors of this exquisite little magazine. It is +intended for the small boys and girls who do not read very long words; +but, if we mistake not, 'children of a larger growth' will be fascinated +by its charming pictures and its dainty execution.—<i>N.Y. Liberal +Christian.</i></p> + +<p>Few better services can be done than to banish namby-pamby trash from +juvenile literature, and to substitute for it what is healthy and jolly +and interesting. This is the work that "The Nursery" performs for little +children, and we therefore take pleasure in its deserved success.—<i>N.Y. +Independent.</i><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-05.png" width="400" height="576" alt="THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS." title="THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS." /> +<span class="caption">THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS.</span> +</div> + + +<h2><a name="THAT_MERRY_CHRISTMAS" id="THAT_MERRY_CHRISTMAS"></a>THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS.</h2> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus-06.png" width="200" height="148" +alt="Decorative W" title="Decorative W" /> +</div> + +<p>hat a glad noise there was that Christmas morning! The children had got +up early to look in their stockings. John's were not quite large enough +to hold all of his gifts. It is rather hard to crowd a sword, a gun, and +a rocking-horse all into one stocking.</p> + +<p>Mary had a fine new doll. Harry had a box, and, on taking off the cover, +up sprang a wise-looking little man, with a cap on his head. Jessy had a +doll, and a very pretty one it was too. Tommy had a what-do-you-call-it. +Why did he look up the chimney? I think it was to see if there was any +sign of Santa Claus.</p> + +<p>John mounted his horse, waved his sword, and held up his gun. But very +soon he began to get tired of them all. The thought came into his head +that he was more than eight years old. "What do I want of these toys?" +said he. "Why was I so silly as to choose them, when aunt Susan would +have given me a microscope?" And John laid down his sword and gun, +feeling quite above such childish things.</p> + +<p>When aunt Susan came, she saw that John did not seem as glad over his +presents as the rest of the children did over theirs. "What is the +matter, John?" she asked. "Why are you not playing with your toys?"</p> + +<p>"Aunt Susan," said John, "I wish I had taken the microscope. Is it too +late?"</p> + +<p>"No, John. I thought you might repent your choice, so I said to Mr. +Grover, who keeps the toy-shop, 'I think I shall want to change the +microscope: can I do so?' He said, 'Yes.' His shop will be open till +eleven o'clock. So run round and get the microscope, and tell him to +send to-morrow and take back the toys."</p> + +<p>In five seconds John had on his hat, and was running down the street to +Mr. Grover's. He came back with the microscope in about half an hour, +and was full of joy at the change. A merry Christmas it was then for all +the children!</p> + +<p style="text-align: right">UNCLE CHARLES.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-07.png" width="400" height="381" alt="Baby's quiet family" title="Baby's quiet family" /> +</div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> + +<h2><a name="BABYS_QUIET_FAMILY" id="BABYS_QUIET_FAMILY"></a>BABY'S QUIET FAMILY.</h2> + +<table summary=""> + +<tr><td> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Whenever I walk<br /></span> +<span class="i2">With my children three,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I laugh and I talk<br /></span> +<span class="i2">For the whole family.<br /></span> +</div></div></td> + +<td></td> + +<td> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">But I know when they're glad,—<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Mothers always can tell,—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And I'm sad when they're sad,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">For I love them so well!<br /></span> +</div></td></tr> + +<tr><td> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">There's Ruth (her arm's broken!)<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And Jane and Annette,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">They never have spoken<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Or laughed even, yet;<br /></span> +</div></td> + +<td></td> + +<td> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Whenever we walk,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Though they're still as can be,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I can easily talk<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Quite enough for the three.<br /></span> +</div></td> +</tr> + +</table> + +<p style="text-align: right">W.G.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="BABY_AND_THE_BIRD" id="BABY_AND_THE_BIRD"></a>BABY AND THE BIRD.</h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus-08.png" width="200" height="291" alt="Baby and the bird" title="Baby and the bird" /> +<br /></div> + +<div class= 'bigfont'> +<p>Baby is looking out of the window. Jane is holding him up so that he +will not fall out. What does he see that makes him jump up and down with +joy?</p> + +<p>He sees a dear little bird. It has come for its daily meal of seed and +crumbs. It is not afraid of baby? Why should it be? How could any bird +be afraid of such a dear child?</p> + +<p>When the bird has had its dinner, I think it will sing.</p> +</div> +<p style="text-align: right">A.B.C.</p> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> +<img src="images/illus-09.png" width="500" height="183" alt="Chapter header" title="Chapter header" /> +</div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="A_NEW_YEARS_DIALOGUE" id="A_NEW_YEARS_DIALOGUE"></a>A NEW YEAR'S DIALOGUE.</h2> + + +<h4>HARRY.</h4> +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Loud from the north the wild wind blows;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">It sweeps the blue sky clear,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And parts, amid the drifting snows,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The path of the New Year;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The glad New Year that always brings<br /></span> +<span class="i0">So many bright delightful things,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Gay holidays and merry plays,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And loving wishes from our friends.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">A "Happy New Year" let us make,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And keep it "happy" till it ends.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">By trying every day to see<br /></span> +<span class="i2">What good, good children we can be.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<h4>KATE.</h4> +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Last year, when any thing went wrong,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I used to fret the whole day long,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And sometimes sob and cry aloud,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Dark-looking as a thunder-cloud;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But, even in a gloomy place,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I now must keep a sunny face;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For, all this year, I mean to see<br /></span> +<span class="i0">How bright and cheerful I can be.<br /></span> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<h4>MARY.</h4> +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Last year, the flitting butterfly<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Was not so idle as was I;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I liked my sports and frolic well,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But would not learn to read and spell:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Now I must change my ways at once,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Or I shall surely be a dunce.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">This glad New Year that has begun,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Must leave me wiser when 'tis done.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<h4>JAMES.</h4> +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Last year, my temper was so quick,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">My angry words came fast and thick,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And brother Tom I'd scold and strike<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When he did what I did not like.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I am so sorry! Loving words<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Are sweeter than the song of birds;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And, all this year, I mean to see<br /></span> +<span class="i0">If I a gentle child can be.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<h4>ALL. (<i>Four or more.</i>)</h4> +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">The past is past; the year is new:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">We will be patient, brave, and true;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When we are bidden, quick to mind;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Unselfish, courteous, and kind;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And try in every place to see<br /></span> +<span class="i0">What good, good children we can be.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<p style="text-align: right">MARIAN DOUGLAS.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-10.png" width="400" height="118" alt="Tail piece" title="Tail piece" /> +<br /></div> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-11a.png" width="400" height="427" alt="The sheep follow the shepherd." title="The sheep follow the shepherd." /> +<span class="caption">The sheep follow the shepherd.</span> +</div> + + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="THE_SHEEP_FOLLOW_THE_SHEPHERD" id="THE_SHEEP_FOLLOW_THE_SHEPHERD"></a>THE SHEEP FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD.</h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 73px;"> +<img src="images/illus-11b.png" width="73" height="150" alt="" title="" /> +<br /></div> + +<p>he tenth chapter of St. John says, "He calleth his own sheep by name, +and leadeth them out. He goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; +for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will +flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers."</p> + +<p>But may it not be the form or dress of the shepherd that the sheep +know, and follow him? To test this, a traveller, who had put the +question, once exchanged dresses with a shepherd, and went amongst the +sheep.</p> + +<p>The traveller in the shepherd's dress called the sheep, and tried to +lead them; but "they knew not his voice," and did not move. But when the +shepherd called them, though he was in the traveller's dress, they ran +at once to him, thus proving that it was the voice that led them.</p> + +<p>I have a dog that will sometimes bark at me when I put on an overcoat +which he has not seen me wear before. But, the moment he hears my voice, +he seems ashamed of not having known me, and will whine, as if he would +say, "Pardon me, good master. It was very stupid in me not to know you. +It was your coat I did not know. I will try to be wiser the next time."</p> + +<p>DORA BURNSIDE</p> + + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="A_FRIEND_IN_NEED" id="A_FRIEND_IN_NEED"></a>"A FRIEND IN NEED."</h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 62px;"> +<img src="images/illus-12.png" width="62" height="150" alt="" title="" /> +<br /></div> + +<p>enry lived in the great city of London. He was known as "the boy at the +crossing." He used to sweep one of the crossings in Oxford Street. In +wet weather these crossings are very muddy. Now and then some one would +give him a penny for his work. He did not make much in a day; but what +he got was a great help to his mother. That thought kept him daily at +his work. One day he saw a little girl trying to lead her little brother +across the street. The carts and the horses made her afraid, and she ran +back timidly.</p> + +<p>"What's the matter, little girl?" asked Henry.</p> + +<p>"I am afraid we shall be run over," said the girl.</p> + +<p>"I'll help you across," said Henry. Then, lifting the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> little boy in his +arms, he took the girl by the hand, and led her safely to the other side +of the street.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-13.png" width="400" height="545" alt=""I'll help you across" said Henry." title=""I'll help you across" said Henry." /> +</div> + +<p>"Thank you!" said the little girl; and "Thank you!" said her little +brother, as plainly as he could speak it.</p> + +<p>I went up and asked the boy with the broom if he knew the children. "I +never saw them before in my life," said he; "but such little ones can't +get across without help."</p> + +<p>"You are a good boy," said I. "I think you must have a good father."</p> + +<p>"I had one once," said he; "but now I have only a good mother."</p> + +<p>"Well, Henry," said I, "give her this shilling, and tell her I send it +to her for teaching her boy to do good when he can get a chance."</p> + +<p>Tears came to the boy's eyes. A shilling seemed a good deal of money to +him, and it pleased him all the more because it was given him for his +mother.</p> + +<p>"Thank you, sir; thank you!" said he, and he ran back to his work one of +the happiest boys in London, I think, at that moment.</p> + +<p>JANE OLIVER.</p> + + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="IN_A_MINUTE" id="IN_A_MINUTE"></a>"IN A MINUTE."</h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 59px;"> +<img src="images/illus-14.png" width="59" height="150" alt="" title="" /> +<br /></div> + +<p>f you asked Dora to do any thing, she would reply, "In a minute." It +was a bad habit she had. "Dora, please bring me a drink of water."—"In +a minute."—"Dora, go up stairs, and bring me down my comb."—"Yes, +mother, in a minute."—"Dora, come to your dinner."—"In a minute."</p> + +<p>One day the bird was hopping about on the floor. Somebody went out, +leaving the door open, just as "somebody" is always doing. Dora's mother +said, "Dora, shut the door, or the cat will be after your bird."</p> + +<p>"Yes, mother, in a minute," said Dora. "I just want to finish this line +in my drawing." But the cat did not<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> wait till this was done. In he +popped, and with one dart he had the bird in his mouth.</p> + +<p>Down went the slate on the floor, and away went cat, bird, and Dora. +There was a wild chase on the lawn. "In a minute" Dora came back +weeping, with the poor bird in her hand, but, oh! the life had all been +shaken out of him.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-15.png" width="400" height="417" alt="The dead bird" title="The dead bird" /> +</div> + +<p>How Dora cried! Mamma was sorry for her, but said, "A great many things +may happen 'in a minute,' Dora. I hope the next time you are told to do +a thing, you will do it at once."</p> + +<p>MARY ADDISON.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p> + +<table style="background: url(images/illus-16.png); height: 800px" width="630" +title="The Christmas Tree" summary=""> + +<tr><td style="width: 280px;"></td><td valign="middle"> + +<div class="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Spring and Summer and russet Fall<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Come and go with a varied cheer;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Each has something, and none has all,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Of the good things of the year.<br /></span> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Winter laughs, though the trees are bare,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">With a kindly laugh that is good to see;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For of all the forest is none so rare<br /></span> +<span class="i2">As his merry Christmas-tree.<br /></span> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">It blooms with many a taper's flame;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And hidden under the leaves of green<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Are fruits of every shape and name,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The funniest ever seen,—<br /></span> +</div></div></div> + +</td></tr></table> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p> +<table style="background: url(images/illus-17.png); height: 750px" width="539" +title="The Christmas Tree" summary=""> + +<tr><td style="width: 0px;"></td><td valign="bottom"> + +<div class="center"> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Book and bundle, and scarf, and shawl,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Picture and peanuts, skate and saw,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Candy and album, and bat and ball,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Hatchet, and doll, and taw,<br /></span> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Games and frames, and comical dames<br /></span> +<span class="i2">With walnut faces wrinkled and old,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Fillets rare for the sunny hair,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And jewels of pearl and gold.<br /></span> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">For the good St. Nicholas blest this tree,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And it blooms and bears for every one,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">With a gift of love to you and me,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">For beauty, or use, or fun.<br /></span> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Poorer than any the Child whose name<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Has given a name to our Christmas-tree;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Yet kingly gifts to his cradle came,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And kingly gifts gave He.<br /></span> +</div></div></div> + +<p class="author">GEORGE S. BURLEIGH.</p> +</td></tr></table> + + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="DOWN_THE_RIVER_AFTER_THE_BOY" id="DOWN_THE_RIVER_AFTER_THE_BOY"></a>DOWN THE RIVER AFTER THE BOY.</h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 79px;"> +<img src="images/illus-18.png" width="79" height="150" alt="" title="" /> +<br /></div> + +<p>alter Dale was a little boy six years old, who lived with his parents +on the bank of the River Thames in England. One day, after dinner, he +went to the water's edge to play.</p> + +<p>Seeing a small boat tied to a big stone by a rope, he pulled the boat up +to the shore. "What a nice little boat!" said he. "I will get into it, +and rock it, as I once saw a big boy do."</p> + +<p>So he got into the boat, and began to rock it. The boat got loose, and +drifted down the river. Walter did not notice this until he was quite a +distance from the shore; then, turning round, he saw what had happened. +Every moment the current was carrying him further from home.</p> + +<p>Walter was not a timid boy, and, instead of crying, he began to reason +in this way: "The boat does not leak. It is safe and sound. There are no +waves to make me afraid. The wind does not blow. Here on a seat is a +thick blanket. In this box is a loaf of bread and a knife. The water of +the river is good to drink, and here is a tin mug. I think I will not +cry, but hope for the best."</p> + +<p>So he sat down. He called to some people on the shore; but they did not +hear him. He stood up, and waved his hat to a man in a passing boat, and +cried, "Help, help!" But the man thought it was some little fellow +making fun of him.</p> + +<p>Meanwhile Walter's mother had become anxious. She ran down to the river, +and followed his foot-tracks to the edge of the water. Then she ran back +to her husband; but he was not in the house. In about an hour he came +back, and she said, "Quick, quick! Get a boat, and call John to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> help +you. Walter is drifting down the river in that little green boat, I am +sure."</p> + +<p>Mr. Dale ran out of the house, called his man John, and they went down +to the bank. Here they took a good fast boat, pulled it out into the +stream, and began to row with the current.</p> + +<p>It was getting late. A mist was creeping over the great city of London. +They could hardly see the tall stores, the masts and steeples on one +side. But on they went, rowing swiftly with their good oars, as if for +dear life.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-19.png" width="400" height="217" alt="Looking for Walter" title="Looking for Walter" /> +</div> + +<p>They looked out sharply on both sides to catch a sight of the little +green boat. At last, when they had rowed about two miles, with the tide +in their favor, Mr. Dale cried out, "I see it! I see it! But, ah! it is +empty. I see no sign of a boy in it. What can have become of poor +Walter?"</p> + +<p>On they rowed, and at last, came up with the boat. Still no Walter was +to be seen. The poor father was in despair, when all at once Walter +started up from under the great blanket, where he had been hiding. He +cried out, "Here I am, papa, safe and sound!"</p> + +<p>"Oh, you little rogue! Come here and let me pull your ears!" They all +got back to their home in time for a late tea, which mother had kept +warm for them. Walter was kissed and then cuffed; but the cuffs were so +tender, that they made him laugh even more than the kisses.</p> + +<p>ALFRED STETSON.</p> + + + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="FLUTTER_FLUTTER" id="FLUTTER_FLUTTER"></a>"FLUTTER, FLUTTER!"</h2> + + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Flutter, flutter, with never a stop,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">All the leaves have begun to drop;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">While the wind, with a skip and a hop,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Goes about gathering in his crop.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Flutter, flutter, on bustling-wings,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">All the plump little feathered things:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Thrush and bobolink, finch and jay,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Follow the sun on his holiday.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Flutter, flutter, the snowflakes all<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Jostle each other in their fall.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Crowd and push into last year's nest,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And hide the seeds from robin-redbreast.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Flutter, flutter, the hours go by;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Nobody sees them as they fly;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Nobody hears their fairy tread,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Nor the rustle of their wings instead.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr> +</table> + +<p style="text-align: right">MARY N. PRESCOTT.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-21.png" width="400" height="568" alt="DRAWING-LESSON." title="DRAWING-LESSON." /> +<span class="caption">DRAWING-LESSON.</span> +</div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus-22.png" width="350" height="287" alt="CHRISTMAS BELLS." title="CHRISTMAS BELLS." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td style="width: 50px;"></td><td valign="top"> + +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"Are you waking?" shout the breezes<br /></span> +<span class="i2">To the tree-tops waving high,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">"Don't you hear the happy tidings<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Whispered to the earth and sky?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Have you caught them in your dreaming,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Brook and rill in snowy dells?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Do you know the joy we bring you<br /></span> +<span class="i2">In the merry Christmas bells?<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Ding, dong! ding, dong, Christmas bells!<br /></span> +</div> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"Are you waking, flowers that slumber<br /></span> +<span class="i2">In the deep and frosty ground?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Do you hear what we are breathing<br /></span> +<span class="i2">To the listening world around?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For we bear the sweetest story<br /></span> +<span class="i2">That the glad year ever tells:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">How He loved the little children,—<br /></span> +<span class="i2">He who brought the Christmas bells!<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Ding, dong! ding, dong, Christmas bells!<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr> +</table> + +<p style="text-align: right">GEORGE COOPER.</p> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> + +<h2><a name="JACK_THE_MAGPIE" id="JACK_THE_MAGPIE"></a>JACK THE MAGPIE.</h2> +<div class="figleft" style="width: 93px;"> +<img src="images/illus-23.png" width="93" height="200" alt="Decorative O" title="Decorative O" /> +</div> + +<p>ne day last summer, a man in Colorado found a magpie by the roadside. +Its wings had been clipped, so that it could not fly. The man gave it to +a little boy named Ernest Hart.</p> + +<p>He lived with his parents in a neat cottage near by a mountain stream. +He ran home, and showed the bird to his sister Edith. They named it +Jack.</p> + +<p>Jack was quite a large bird. His body was black as coal; his breast was +white; and his wings and tail shaded off into a dark green. His bill was +long and very strong. He had a shrewd, knowing look. As he was quite +tame, he must have been some one's pet.</p> + +<p>He would hop and strut around in such a funny, pompous way, that one +could not help laughing. He would take food from any one's hand, but +would not let any one touch him, except Mr. Hart, the children's father.</p> + +<p>To Mr. Hart he seemed to take a great liking. He would hop on to his +hand or shoulder: he would follow him all over the place. As soon as Mr. +Hart came into the house, Jack would stand outside the door, and scream +to him to come out. Indeed, Jack was almost too fond of him.</p> + +<p>One day when Mr. Hart was chopping wood, Jack kept laying his bill +within two or three inches of the place where the axe fell. It seemed +just as if he wanted his bill chopped off.</p> + +<p>Jack could talk a little. He could say "pretty," "what," and "yes, sir." +When hungry, he would come round to the kitchen-door. There he would +keep up a loud chattering, till food was given him to eat.</p> + +<p>Jack was shy of Marcus, the dog. But, while Marcus was eating his +dinner, Jack would steal up, and seize a bone from the plate. Then he +would run off and hide it.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> + +<p>I believe that all magpies are thieves. I know that Jack was a sad +thief. He would carry off almost any thing he saw lying about. One day +he was caught in the act of carrying off the gardener's pipe.</p> + +<p>It was fun for Ernest and Edith to watch him at his mischief. All summer +they made much of him. Now, in October, though the trees are still green +and the wild flowers are not gone, we have had in our Colorado home a +taste of winter.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-24.png" width="400" height="377" alt="Jack and Marcus." title="Jack and Marcus." /> +</div> + +<p>The ground has been white with snow. Jack is still with us, and seems +quite happy. Edith and Ernest may stay here all winter. Perhaps I may +tell you something of their winter sports. Would you like to hear it?</p> + +<p style="text-align: right">AUNT SADIE.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="PORTRAITS_FOR_LITTLE_FOLKS" id="PORTRAITS_FOR_LITTLE_FOLKS"></a>PORTRAITS FOR LITTLE FOLKS.</h2> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 115px;"> +<img src="images/illus-25a.png" width="115" height="200" alt="Master baby." title="Master baby." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">This is Master Baby,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Paying a morning call,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Sitting so good upon his chair,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">But speaking not at all.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Listening to every word,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The funny little man!<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Wondering at the news he hears,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Thinking all he can.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 160px;"> +<img src="images/Illus-25b.png" width="160" height="200" alt="Miss Mary Vernon." title="Miss Mary Vernon." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">This little lady,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">I'd have you know,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Is Miss Mary Vernon,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">With cheeks in a glow.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">She has a doll Bella,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Quite dear to her heart,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And takes her to ride<br /></span> +<span class="i2">In a nice little cart.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 135px;"> +<img src="images/illus-25c.png" width="135" height="200" alt="Tommy Trip." title="Tommy Trip." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">This is Tommy Trip:<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Bubbles he can blow;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When a bubble breaks too soon,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Tommy cries, "Don't go!"<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Older folks I know,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Who their fine schemes make,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And, when any fine scheme fails,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Cry, "Oh, do not break!"<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 148px;"> +<img src="images/illus-26a.png" width="148" height="200" alt="Susan." title="Susan." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">'Tis the winter cold,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">All the ponds are ice;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Susan loves the winter cold,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Calls the weather nice.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Warm with muff and coat,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">She can go and skate;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">She can glide along the ice<br /></span> +<span class="i2">At a merry rate.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 315px;"> +<img src="images/illus-26b.png" width="315" height="200" alt="Mary Jane." title="Mary Jane." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">This is Mary Jane,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">See! she has a saucer:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To her cat she says,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">"Give me up your paw, sir.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I've some fresh, nice milk<br /></span> +<span class="i2">You will relish greatly."<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Pussy then put up her paw;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">All this happened lately.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 94px;"> +<img src="images/illus-26c.png" width="94" height="200" alt="Baby May." title="Baby May." /> +</div> + +<table summary=""> +<tr><td> +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">This is Baby May:<br /></span> +<span class="i2">She looks out to spy<br /></span> +<span class="i0">If her own dear papa comes<br /></span> +<span class="i2">On the road near by.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Yes, she sees him now,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">He is coming fast;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For he loves his Baby May,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Loves her first and last.<br /></span> +</div></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<p style="text-align: right">K.G.</p> + + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus-27.png" width="400" height="362" alt="Albert and the basket." title="Albert and the basket." /> +</div> + +<h2> THE BASKET OF APPLES.</h2> + +<p>I.</p> + +<p>Albert is a bright little fellow. He is not three years old; but he can +read ten words in "The Nursery." These words are, cat, dog, cow, horse, +bird, mother, father, brother, sister, apple.</p> + +<p>One day, John the gardener left a basket of apples at the top of the +garden-steps. Albert saw it, and knew it was meant for the house. "I +will take it in," said he. "I am strong." +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 456px;"> +<img src="images/illus-28.png" width="456" height="400" alt="Albert upsets the basket." title="Albert upsets the basket." /> +</div> + + +<p>II.</p> + +<p>But the basket was not so light as he had thought. Indeed it was quite +heavy. Perhaps this was because it was full of apples. The gardener had +just picked them from a fine old tree in the orchard.</p> + +<p>Albert was a stout little fellow; but the basket was too much for him. +In trying to lift it, he upset it; and some of the apples rolled out +down the steps as fast as they could go. Perhaps they saw it was a good +chance to run away.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 537px;"> +<img src="images/illus-29.png" width="537" height="400" alt="Albert rights the basket." title="Albert rights the basket." /> + +</div> + + +<p>III.</p> + +<p>Albert did not cry. He knew that crying would do no good. What was now +the first thing to be done? Albert thought for a while, and said to +himself, "The first thing to do is to set the basket upright."</p> + +<p>He did not find it hard work to do this. All the apples had not run out. +Some were still in the basket.</p> + +<p>Albert picked up one, smelt of it, and then put it back. He next placed +the basket upright.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 546px;"> +<img src="images/illus-30.png" width="546" height="400" alt="Albert replaces the apples." title="Albert replaces the apples." /> +</div> + + +<p>IV.</p> + +<p>Having done this so that the basket stood firm, he said, "What is the +next thing to do? The next thing to do is to put back the apples; and I +am the boy that can do it."</p> + +<p>And he did it well. He did not once think of keeping any of the apples +for himself; nor did he even take a bite of one of them. He was a good +boy, and too honest for that.</p> + +<p>If any one had said to him, "Give me an apple," Albert would have said, +"The apples are not mine to give."<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 292px;"> +<img src="images/illus-31.png" width="292" height="400" alt="Albert rides the basket-horse." title="Albert rides the basket-horse." /> +</div> + + +<p>V.</p> + +<p>"Now it is all right again," said Albert. "What next? If the basket will +not let me carry it, the basket shall carry me. That would be fair +play."</p> + +<p>So he mounted the basket, as you see, took hold of the handle with his +left hand, and cried out, "Get up, sir!" He made believe it was a horse. +"Get up, sir!" he cried. But the horse would not move.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 420px;"> +<img src="images/illus-32.png" width="420" height="400" alt="Albert falls off the basket." title="Albert falls off the basket." /> +</div> + + +<p>VI.</p> + +<p>Albert then began to shake the basket, as if to urge it on. Ah, me! who +would have thought to see it play the gay horse in earnest? It seemed so +gentle!</p> + +<p>Who would have thought to see it shy, and kick up, and throw Albert off? +But so it did. Albert put out both hands to save himself, but he could +not keep his seat. Over he went.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 301px;"> +<img src="images/illus-33.png" width="301" height="400" alt="Albert upsets the basket again." title="Albert upsets the basket again." /> +</div> + + +<p>VII.</p> + +<p>Over went the basket. Albert, apples, and all rolled down the steps. +"Help!" he cried. The gardener ran up to see what was the matter.</p> + +<p>"Where are my apples?" said he. "Here!" said Albert, jumping up, for the +lucky rogue was not hurt a bit.</p> + +<p style="text-align: right">UNCLE SAM.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="CHRISTMAS" id="CHRISTMAS"></a>CHRISTMAS.</h2> + +<p>Words by ALFRED SELWYN.<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a></p> + +<p>Music by T. CRAMPTON.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/illus-34music.png" width="600" height="802" alt="Music" title="Music" /> +</div><p></p> + +<p> +1.<br /> +<br /> +Christmas is coming, ho, ho, and ho, ho!<br /> +Now bring on your holy and do not move slow;<br /> +We'll deck the whole house with the branches so green,<br /> +On wall and on picture the leaves shall be seen.<br /> +Oh! merry the time when we all meet together<br /> +In spite of the cold, the wind, and the weather,<br /> +When grandparents, uncles, and cousins we see,<br /> +All gather'd around the mahogany tree.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +2.<br /> +<br /> +It stands in the hall, the mahogany tree;<br /> +And very nice fruit it will bear, you'll agree;<br /> +The turkeys and capons, the puddings and pies,<br /> +On Christmas day feed something more than the eyes.<br /> +The poor and the needy then come to our door,<br /> +And carry off with them a bountiful store<br /> +Of all the good things that we have for ourselves,<br /> +In cupboard and cellar, on table and shelves.<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +3.<br /> +<br /> +When dinner is ended, what sound do we hear<br /> +From holly-deck'd parlor ring merry and clear?<br /> +'Tis Uncle Tom's fiddle! the tune is a call<br /> +To all the good people to come to our ball.<br /> +They come, young and old, and partake of our cheer,<br /> +For old Christmas comes only once in a year!<br /> +Then hand up the holly, and let us prepare<br /> +The house for the pleasure in which all can share.<br /> +</p> + +<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> + +<div class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a> +<a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> Nursery, Vol. XXIV.<br /><br /></div></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<h3><i>ADVERTISEMENTS</i>.</h3> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/illus-35.png" width="600" height="873" alt="Advertisments" title="Advertisments" /> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/N0036.png" width="600" height="920" alt="Advertisement" title="Advertisement" /> +</div><p></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/N0037.png" width="600" height="901" alt="Advertisement" title="Advertisement" /> +</div><p></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/N0038.png" width="600" height="839" alt="Advertisement" title="Advertisement" /> +</div><p></p> + + +<p>GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. <b>BAKER'S Breakfast Cocoa.</b></p> + +<p>Warranted <i>absolutely pure Cocoa</i>, from which the excess of oil has been +removed. 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The Floral Guide will tell how +to get and grow them.</p> + +<p><b>Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine</b>—32 pages, fine illustrations, and +colored plate in every number. Price $1.25 a year. Five copies for +$5.00. Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents; 3 trial copies for 25 cts.</p> + +<p>Address <b>JAMES VICK, Rochester, N.Y.</b></p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>[Illustration: HANFORD'S NONE SUCH BAKING POWDER.]</p> + +<p><b>Absolutely Pure.</b></p> + +<p>Composed of Grape Cream Tarter and Bicarbonate Soda. Contains <b>nothing +else</b>. Full weight. Forfeited if not as represented. <i>All other kinds</i> +have filling. Sample and test to detect filling free by mail. In cans +only.</p> + +<p>GEO. C. HANFORD, Syracuse, N.Y.</p> + +<p>[Symbol: Pointing hand] A pound Can, prepaid, 60 cts, to any address.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p> + +<p>ADVERTISEMENTS.</p> + +<p>$66 a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., +Portland, Maine.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>[Illustration] AND NOT WEAR OUT.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>SOLD by Watchmakers. By mail. 30 cts. Circulars FREE. J.S. BIRCH & CO., +38 Dey St., N.Y.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>$5 to $20 per day at home. Samples worth $5 free. Address STINSON & CO., +PORTLAND, MAINE.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>INVALID ROLLING CHAIR. (RECLINING)</p> + +<p>[Illustration]</p> + +<p>A Priceless boon to those who are unable to walk. Hon. A.H. Stephens, +M.C., and hundreds of others use them. Send for Circular to FOLDING +CHAIR CO., New Haven, Conn.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>$72 A WEEK. $12 a day at home easily made. Costly outfit free. Address +TRUE & CO., Augusta, Me.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to sell the best <b>Family Knitting Machine</b> ever +invented. We knit a pair of stockings, with HEEL and TOE complete, in 20 +minutes. It will also knit a great variety of fancywork for which there +is always a ready market. Send for circular and terms to the <b>'Twombly +Knitting Machine Co.,</b> 409 Washington St., Boston, Mass.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p><b>Please Show your copy of</b></p> + +<p>THE NURSERY</p> + +<p><b>to all your friends, and ask them to subscribe for it at once. Get up a +Club.</b></p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p><b>If you want a large, live, 16-page, illustrated, religious, family, +temperance paper, free</b> from sectarianism, politics, controversy, pious +novels, continued stories, advertisements, puffs, pills, and whisky +bitters; opposing rum, tobacco, infidelity, and the devil; containing +pictures, <i>true</i> stories, incidents, providences, answers to prayer, +poetry, music, temperance, religion, and common sense; fine paper, large +type, and good reading for young and old; send $1 for THE CHRISTIAN and +25 cts. for the LITTLE CHRISTIAN a year. Both papers sent 3 months for +10 cts. Size 33 by 46 inches, containing 4 papers in one, The Christian, +Armory, Safeguard, and Common People. Specimens free. <b>Splendid premium +list.</b> Organs and hundreds of other premiums to canvassers. <b>Agents +wanted everywhere. Mr. Spurgeon said,</b> <i>"The Christian is the best paper +that is to me."</i> <b>D.L. Moody said:</b> <i>"About the best paper in the +country."</i> <b>George Muller said:</b> <i>"I like The Christian for its uniform +soundness."</i> Address H.L. HASTINGS, Publisher, 47 Cornhill, Boston, +Mass.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>Cheapest and Best Supplementary Reading for Primary Schools!</p> + +<p>We call the attention of School Committees, Teachers, and others to</p> + +<p><b>The Child's Reader.</b></p> + +<p>We have 30 different numbers. Each number contains 16 pages. Large type. +Richly illustrated. Send stamp for specimen. Address</p> + +<p>THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>PRETTY PAPER FOR PAPER DOLLS. Send 15 cents, and get 20 varieties by +mail. THE NURSERY, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>ORGANS $30 to $1000; 2 to 32 Stops PIANOS $125 up. Paper free. Daniel F. +Beatty. Washington, N.J.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>The Bound Volumes of "The Nursery" for 1880 are now ready. $1.75 +postpaid.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p><b>Choicest Books for Children</b></p> + +<p><b>SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED.</b></p> + +<p><b>Bound Volumes of "The Nursery."</b>—Half-Yearly Volumes, $1.00; yearly, +$1.75 <b>The Beautiful Book.</b>—A collection of the choicest Poems ... $.75 +<b>The Easy Book.</b>—In large Old English Type. Full cloth, .75; +half-cloth, .50 <b>The Nursery Primer.</b>—A superb book of 64 pages, +elegantly bound, .30 <b>The Nursery Reader.</b>—Nos. 1, 2, and 3, each .30 +<b>"The Nursery" for Primary Schools.</b>—Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, each, .30 +<b>Nursery Stories in Prose and Rhyme</b> 1.00</p> + +<p><i>Sent postpaid, on receipt of price, by</i></p> + +<p>THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2>THE NURSERY.</h2> + +<p><b>PREMIUM-LIST FOR 1881.</b></p> + + +<p><b>For Two Subscribers and $3.00,</b> we will give any one of the following +articles:—any Half-Yearly Volume of The Nursery, Oxford's Junior +Speaker, The Easy Book, The Beautiful Book, an English Pocket Bible +(gilt clasp), any book worth $1.00, a Rubber Pencil Case with gold tips, +a Silver Fruit Knife, a Pocket Tool-Holder, a beautiful Wallet, a Toy +Cannon, a Box of Alphabet Blocks, a nice Pocket-Knife, a Dissected Map +of the United States, a Checker-Board, Gold Sleeve Buttons, Ladies' +Cuff-Pins.</p> + + +<p><b>For Three Subscribers and $4.50,</b> we will give any one of the +following: any Yearly Volume of The Nursery, Oxford's Senior Speaker, +Sargent's Original Dialogues, a nice gilt Shakspeare, any one of the +Standard Poets, any book worth $1.50, a Backgammon-Board, a Travelling +Bag, a Microscope.</p> + + +<p><b>For Four Subscribers and $6.00,</b> we will give any one of the following: +a superb English Bible (extra gilt), Webster's Dictionary, any one of +the Household Edition of the Poets, (Longfellow, Tennyson, Whittier, +etc.), any book worth $2.00, a beautiful Photograph Album, Six Plated +Tea Spoons, a Gold Ring.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>Any other article transmissible by mail may be selected as a premium, +its value being in proportion to the number of subscribers sent. Thus, +we will give for Two Subscribers, at $1.50 each, an article worth $1.00; +for Three, an article worth $1.50; for Four, an article worth, $2.00; +and so on. But take notice that this is not an offer to give money.</p> + +<p>Books for Premiums may be selected from any publisher's catalogue, and +we can always supply them at catalogue prices. Under this offer, +subscriptions to any periodical or newspaper are included.</p> + +<hr style="width: 95%;" /> + +<p>Take notice that our offers of premiums apply only to subscriptions paid +at the full price: viz., $1.50 a year. We do not offer premiums for +subscriptions supplied at club-rates. We offer no premiums for <i>one</i> +subscription only. We offer no premiums in money.</p> + +<p>Do not wait to make up the whole list before sending. Send the +subscriptions as you get them, stating that they are to go to your +credit for a premium; and, when your list is completed, select your +premium, and it will be forthcoming.</p> + +<p>Remittances may be made with absolute safety by Postal Money Order, or +by a Bank Check on Boston, New York, or Philadelphia. Money may be sent +by mail without much risk. Postage Stamps may be used for odd change. +Letters can be Registered at any Post Office. <i>All remittances are at +the risk of the sender</i>. Direct all communications to</p> + +<p><b>THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO.,</b> 36 <i>Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass</i>.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2>THE NURSERY</h2> + +<p>TERMS—1881.</p> + + +<p><b>SUBSCRIPTIONS.</b>—$1.50 a year, in advance. Two copies for $2.75 a year; +three for $3.50; four for $4.50; five for $5.50; six for $6.00; each +additional copy $1.00, always in advance. Subscriptions received for any +period not less than six months.</p> + +<p><b>A Single Number</b> will be mailed for 15 cents.</p> + +<p><b>Volumes</b> begin with January and July. Subscriptions may commence with +any month, but unless the time is specified, will date from the +beginning of the current volume.</p> + +<p><b>Back Numbers</b> can always be supplied. THE MAGAZINE COMMENCED JAN., +1867.</p> + +<p><b>Bound Volumes,</b> each containing the numbers for six months, will be +sent by mail, postpaid, for $1.00 per volume; yearly volumes for $1.75.</p> + +<p><b>Covers</b> for half-yearly volumes, postpaid, 35 cents; covers for yearly +volume, 40 cents.</p> + +<p><b>Prices Of Binding.</b>—In the regular half-yearly volume, 40 cents; in +one yearly volume (12 Nos. in one), 50 cents. If the volumes are to be +returned by mail, add 10 cents for the half-yearly, and 15 cents for the +yearly volume, to pay postage.</p> + +<p><b>Remittances</b> should be made, if possible, by Bank-check or Postal +money-order. Currency by mail is at the risk of sender. Postage Stamps +may be used as currency.</p> + +<p><b>Notice to Subscribers.</b>—The number of the magazine with which the +subscription <i>expires</i> is indicated by the number annexed to the address +on the printed label. When no such number appears, the subscription ends +wih the current year. No notice of discontinuance need be given. The +sending of "The Nursery" will be regarded as a sufficient receipt. In +changing the direction, the OLD as well as NEW address should be given. +Any one not receiving it will notify us at once, giving date of +remittance.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<h3><i>IN CLUB WITH OTHER PERIODICALS</i>.</h3> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="prices"> +<tr><td align='right'>Price</td><td align='left'> With Nursery</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Harper's Monthly........$4.00</td><td align='left'> $4.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Harpers Weekly...........4.00</td><td align='left'> 4.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Harper's Bazar...........4.00</td><td align='left'> 4.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Harper's Young People....1.50</td><td align='left'> 2.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Atlantic Monthly.........4.00</td><td align='left'> 4.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Scribner's Monthly.......4.00</td><td align='left'> 4.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Youth's Companion........1.75</td><td align='left'> 3.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Appleton's Journal.......3.00</td><td align='left'> 3.75</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Demorest's Monthly.......3.00</td><td align='left'> 3.75</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>The Living Age...........8.00</td><td align='left'> 8.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Arthur's Home Magazine...2.50</td><td align='left'> 3.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>St. Nicholas.............3.00</td><td align='left'> 3.75</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Wide-Awake...............2.00</td><td align='left'> 3.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Godey's Lady's Book......2.00</td><td align='left'> 3.00</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Domestic Monthly.........1.50</td><td align='left'> 2.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Journal of Chemistry.....1.00</td><td align='left'> 2.25</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>American Agriculturist...1.50</td><td align='left'> 2.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Ladies' Floral Cabinet...1.30</td><td align='left'> 2.50</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>The Household............1.00</td><td align='left'> 2.25</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Boston Weekly Transcript 2.00</td><td align='left'> 3.00</td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + +<p>N.B.—To obtain the benefit of the above rates, it must be distinctly +understood that a copy of "The Nursery" should be ordered with <i>each</i> +magazine clubbed with it. Both magazines must be subscribed for at the +<i>same time</i>; but they need not be to the same address. We furnish our +own magazine, and agree to pay the subscription of the other. Beyond +this we take no responsibility. <i>The publisher of each magazine is +responsible for its prompt delivery; and complaints must be addressed +accordingly</i>. Address</p> + +<p>THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 <i>Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass</i>.</p> +</div> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, +Vol. XXIX, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, NO. 169 *** + +***** This file should be named 17536-h.htm or 17536-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/7/5/3/17536/ + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Paul Ereaut and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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+1,1791 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. +XXIX, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX + A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers + +Author: Various + +Release Date: January 17, 2006 [EBook #17536] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, NO. 169 *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Paul Ereaut and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + +[Transcriber's note: As pages 23 and 24 were missing from the original +scanned booklet they were not included in this transcription.] + + +No. 169. JANUARY, 1881. Vol. XXIX. + +THE NURSERY + +A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS + +NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY. 36 BROMFIELD STREET, BOSTON + +$1.50 a year, in advance. 15 cents a single copy. + +Entered at the Post Office at Boston as Second-Class Matter. + +Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by THE NURSERY +PUBLISHING CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at +Washington. + + * * * * * + +CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE. + + * * * * * + + PAGE + +THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS By _Uncle Charles_ 2 + +BABY'S QUIET FAMILY By _W.G._ 3 + +BABY AND THE BIRD By _A.B.C._ 4 + +A NEW YEAR'S DIALOGUE By _Marian Douglas_ 5 + +THE SHEEP FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD By _Dora Burnside_ 7 + +"A FRIEND IN NEED" By _Jane Oliver_ 8 + +"IN A MINUTE" By _Mary Addison_ 10 + +THE CHRISTMAS-TREE By _George S. Burleigh_ 12 + +DOWN THE RIVER AFTER THE BOY By _Alfred Stetson_ 14 + +"FLUTTER, FLUTTER!" By _Mary N. Prescott_ 16 + +DRAWING-LESSON By _Harrison Weir_ 17 + +CHRISTMAS BELLS By _George Cooper_ 18 + +JACK THE MAGPIE By _Aunt Sadie_ 19 + +PORTRAITS FOR LITTLE FOLKS By _K.G._ 21 + +AMONG THE HOLLY-BUSHES By _Emily Carter_ 23 (Missing) + +THE BASKET OF APPLES By _Uncle Sam_ 25 + +CHRISTMAS (_Music by T. Crampton_) 32 + + * * * * * + +A BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. + +Vitalized Phos-phites + +(This differs from all other tonics because it is composed of the +nerve-giving principles of the ox brain and wheat germ.) It gives +vitality to the insufficient growth of children; feeds the brain and +nerves; prevents fretfulness; gives quiet rest and sleep. An ill-fed +brain learns no lessons, and is excusable if peevish. Restless infants +are cured in a few days. For sale by Druggists, or mail, $1.00. + +=F. CROSBY 666 8TH AVE. N.Y.= + + * * * * * + +EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO. + +*** "The Nursery" is fortunate, not only in being in charge of its +original editors, but in retaining the good will and hearty co-operation +of its most valued contributors. + +*** Among these the name of Marian Douglas deserves special mention. We +present a capital poem from her pen, and are promised a series of a +similar character, one of which will appear in each number during the +year. The name of George Cooper is also endeared to our readers by his +charming verses. A poem by him is given in this number, and we have +others in store. George S. Burleigh, Emily Carter, Jane Oliver, Mary N. +Prescott, and other favorites contribute to our table of contents. + +*** Some choice things that came too late for this issue will appear in +future numbers. Poems by Mrs. M.D. Brine, illustrated by her sister, +Miss Northam, poems and sketches by Josephine Pollard, Clara Doty Bates, +and others, are among the treasures held in reserve. + +=The Yearly Volume of "The Nursery" for 1880 is now ready. Sent by mail, +postpaid, for $1.75.= + +Direct all communications to + +=THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO.,= + +36 _Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass._ + + + + +=_The Nursery_ + +1867-1881 + +A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS.= + + * * * * * + +This unique and much-admired work, begun in 1867, and now a _welcome and +trusted visitor_ in every intelligent family where there is a child, +gives in _every number_ a profusion of + +THE CHOICEST PICTURES, + +Executed in the _best and most costly style_, and, in most cases, from +_original designs_ made expressly for the young. + +ITS ARTICLES, + +Whether in prose or verse, are adapted with the greatest care to the +capacities of children, and are, with very rare exceptions, wholly +original. + +A SONG SET TO MUSIC, + +By a skilful composer, and specially adapted to children's voices, is +given in every number. + + * * * * * + +TERMS: =Subscription Price (postage included), $1.50. Payable always in +advance. 15 cents a single number. A Sample Number will be sent for 10 +cents.= Address all communications to + +THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., + +36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. + + + + +THE NURSERY. + + * * * * * + +WHAT THE PAPERS SAY OF IT. + + +If you would teach your child to read in the easiest, quickest, and most +practicable way, easiest both to the child and the teacher, put "The +Nursery" in its hands every month. Our word for it, you will be +surprised at the result. "The Nursery" will be found a primer, a +reading-book, drawing-book, story-book, and lesson-book, all in +one.--_Boston Transcript._ + +"The Nursery" is as great a favorite as ever; and all attempts to +imitate it have failed. No other magazine can supply its place. No +family where there are small children can afford to be without +it.--_Providence Press._ + +Among American periodicals for the young, there is not one that we can +more confidently commend than "The Nursery." Indeed, there is not one of +the kind in Europe that quite comes up to this.--_N.Y. Tribune._ + +Every house that has children in it needs "The Nursery" for their profit +and delight; and every childless house needs it for the sweet +portraiture it gives of childhood.--_Northampton Journal_. + +"The Nursery" continues to be without a rival in its own field, and +fills its place so well that none need wish for anything better. The +idea that anything is good enough for the little ones finds no place in +the mind of its editor, and both stories and pictures are of the +choicest.--_Chicago Advance._ + +No better outlay of money can be made for children than in subscription +to such a magazine as "The Nursery," as it affords not only pleasure, +but real benefit.--_Richmond (Va.) Religious Herald._ + +We again repeat our hope that no family in this country, in which there +is a child or children, will be without this beautiful, simple, and +natural little magazine.--_Marshall (Mich.) Expounder._ + +Of the many attempts to imitate it, all have failed. We are proud of +such an American journal for children.--_Illinois Schoolmaster._ + +Teachers who have tried it say that it charms the children into learning +to read. Blessings on the sunny "Nursery"! Far and near may households +be brightened by its presence!--_Massachusetts Teacher._ + +A bright, pleasant little pictorial, with which the smallest children +able to read at all may be amused and instructed. Parents looking for +such reading will be interested in it.--_N.Y. Tribune._ + +"The Nursery" is the very best magazine that we know for children. It is +beautifully illustrated, and the stories are _always clean and pure_, +inculcating kindness to one another and to animals. Its lessons are all +in favor of truth, honor, and honesty. It should be in every family +where there are young children to be entertained and +instructed.--_Woman's Journal._ + +"The Nursery" is 'a magazine for youngest readers,' and, as we know by +its use in our own family, most admirably adapted for the purpose for +which it is intended.--_Charleston (S.C.) Carolinian._ + +Those who wish to furnish their little ones, just learning to read, with +something fresh,--something written with great care, and illustrated +with skill, to which the ordinary 'primers' cannot and do not +attain,--should provide themselves with "The Nursery."--_Detroit Post._ + +To those of our readers who have young children of their own, or who are +called on to suggest quiet amusement for little patients, we can +conscientiously commend "The Nursery," a monthly juvenile magazine +published in Boston, as the only periodical we have been able to find +suited to the comprehension of children under ten or twelve years of +age.--_N.Y. Medical Gazette._ + +We wish we could express in fitting words our gratitude to the editor, +publisher, and contributors of this exquisite little magazine. It is +intended for the small boys and girls who do not read very long words; +but, if we mistake not, 'children of a larger growth' will be fascinated +by its charming pictures and its dainty execution.--_N.Y. Liberal +Christian._ + +Few better services can be done than to banish namby-pamby trash from +juvenile literature, and to substitute for it what is healthy and jolly +and interesting. This is the work that "The Nursery" performs for little +children, and we therefore take pleasure in its deserved success.--_N.Y. +Independent._ + +[Illustration: THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS.] + + + + +THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS. + + +[Illustration: W] + +What a glad noise there was that Christmas morning! The children had got +up early to look in their stockings. John's were not quite large enough +to hold all of his gifts. It is rather hard to crowd a sword, a gun, and +a rocking-horse all into one stocking. + +Mary had a fine new doll. Harry had a box, and, on taking off the cover, +up sprang a wise-looking little man, with a cap on his head. Jessy had a +doll, and a very pretty one it was too. Tommy had a what-do-you-call-it. +Why did he look up the chimney? I think it was to see if there was any +sign of Santa Claus. + +John mounted his horse, waved his sword, and held up his gun. But very +soon he began to get tired of them all. The thought came into his head +that he was more than eight years old. "What do I want of these toys?" +said he. "Why was I so silly as to choose them, when aunt Susan would +have given me a microscope?" And John laid down his sword and gun, +feeling quite above such childish things. + +When aunt Susan came, she saw that John did not seem as glad over his +presents as the rest of the children did over theirs. "What is the +matter, John?" she asked. "Why are you not playing with your toys?" + +"Aunt Susan," said John, "I wish I had taken the microscope. Is it too +late?" + +"No, John. I thought you might repent your choice, so I said to Mr. +Grover, who keeps the toy-shop, 'I think I shall want to change the +microscope: can I do so?' He said, 'Yes.' His shop will be open till +eleven o'clock. So run round and get the microscope, and tell him to +send to-morrow and take back the toys." + +In five seconds John had on his hat, and was running down the street to +Mr. Grover's. He came back with the microscope in about half an hour, +and was full of joy at the change. A merry Christmas it was then for all +the children! + +UNCLE CHARLES. + + * * * * * + +[Illustration: Baby's quiet family] + + + + +BABY'S QUIET FAMILY. + + Whenever I walk + With my children three, + I laugh and I talk + For the whole family. + + There's Ruth (her arm's broken!) + And Jane and Annette, + They never have spoken + Or laughed even, yet; + + But I know when they're glad,-- + Mothers always can tell,-- + And I'm sad when they're sad, + For I love them so well! + + Whenever we walk, + Though they're still as can be, + I can easily talk + Quite enough for the three. + +W.G. + + + + +BABY AND THE BIRD. + +[Illustration: BABY AND THE BIRD.] + + +Baby is looking out of the window. Jane is holding him up so that he +will not fall out. What does he see that makes him jump up and down with +joy? + +He sees a dear little bird. It has come for its daily meal of seed and +crumbs. It is not afraid of baby? Why should it be? How could any bird +be afraid of such a dear child? + +When the bird has had its dinner, I think it will sing. + +A.B.C. + + + + +[Illustration: Chapter header] + +A NEW YEAR'S DIALOGUE. + + +HARRY. + + + Loud from the north the wild wind blows; + It sweeps the blue sky clear, + And parts, amid the drifting snows, + The path of the New Year; + The glad New Year that always brings + So many bright delightful things, + Gay holidays and merry plays, + And loving wishes from our friends. + A "Happy New Year" let us make, + And keep it "happy" till it ends. + By trying every day to see + What good, good children we can be. + +KATE. + + Last year, when any thing went wrong, + I used to fret the whole day long, + And sometimes sob and cry aloud, + Dark-looking as a thunder-cloud; + But, even in a gloomy place, + I now must keep a sunny face; + For, all this year, I mean to see + How bright and cheerful I can be. + +MARY. + + Last year, the flitting butterfly + Was not so idle as was I; + I liked my sports and frolic well, + But would not learn to read and spell: + Now I must change my ways at once, + Or I shall surely be a dunce. + This glad New Year that has begun, + Must leave me wiser when 'tis done. + +JAMES. + + Last year, my temper was so quick, + My angry words came fast and thick, + And brother Tom I'd scold and strike + When he did what I did not like. + I am so sorry! Loving words + Are sweeter than the song of birds; + And, all this year, I mean to see + If I a gentle child can be. + +ALL. (_Four or more._) + + The past is past; the year is new: + We will be patient, brave, and true; + When we are bidden, quick to mind; + Unselfish, courteous, and kind; + And try in every place to see + What good, good children we can be. + +MARIAN DOUGLAS. + +[Illustration: Tail piece] + + + + +[Illustration: Chapter header] + +THE SHEEP FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD. + + +The tenth chapter of St. John says, "He calleth his own sheep by name, +and leadeth them out. He goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; +for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will +flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers." + +But may it not be the form or dress of the shepherd that the sheep +know, and follow him? To test this, a traveller, who had put the +question, once exchanged dresses with a shepherd, and went amongst the +sheep. + +The traveller in the shepherd's dress called the sheep, and tried to +lead them; but "they knew not his voice," and did not move. But when the +shepherd called them, though he was in the traveller's dress, they ran +at once to him, thus proving that it was the voice that led them. + +I have a dog that will sometimes bark at me when I put on an overcoat +which he has not seen me wear before. But, the moment he hears my voice, +he seems ashamed of not having known me, and will whine, as if he would +say, "Pardon me, good master. It was very stupid in me not to know you. +It was your coat I did not know. I will try to be wiser the next time." + +DORA BURNSIDE + + * * * * * + + + + +"A FRIEND IN NEED." + + +Henry lived in the great city of London. He was known as "the boy at the +crossing." He used to sweep one of the crossings in Oxford Street. In +wet weather these crossings are very muddy. Now and then some one would +give him a penny for his work. He did not make much in a day; but what +he got was a great help to his mother. That thought kept him daily at +his work. One day he saw a little girl trying to lead her little brother +across the street. The carts and the horses made her afraid, and she ran +back timidly. + +"What's the matter, little girl?" asked Henry. + +"I am afraid we shall be run over," said the girl. + +"I'll help you across," said Henry. Then, lifting the little boy in his +arms, he took the girl by the hand, and led her safely to the other side +of the street. + +[Illustration: A friend in need.] + +"Thank you!" said the little girl; and "Thank you!" said her little +brother, as plainly as he could speak it. + +I went up and asked the boy with the broom if he knew the children. "I +never saw them before in my life," said he; "but such little ones can't +get across without help." + +"You are a good boy," said I. "I think you must have a good father." + +"I had one once," said he; "but now I have only a good mother." + +"Well, Henry," said I, "give her this shilling, and tell her I send it +to her for teaching her boy to do good when he can get a chance." + +Tears came to the boy's eyes. A shilling seemed a good deal of money to +him, and it pleased him all the more because it was given him for his +mother. + +"Thank you, sir; thank you!" said he, and he ran back to his work one of +the happiest boys in London, I think, at that moment. + +JANE OLIVER. + + * * * * * + + + + +"IN A MINUTE." + + +If you asked Dora to do any thing, she would reply, "In a minute." It +was a bad habit she had. "Dora, please bring me a drink of water."--"In +a minute."--"Dora, go up stairs, and bring me down my comb."--"Yes, +mother, in a minute."--"Dora, come to your dinner."--"In a minute." + +One day the bird was hopping about on the floor. Somebody went out, +leaving the door open, just as "somebody" is always doing. Dora's mother +said, "Dora, shut the door, or the cat will be after your bird." + +"Yes, mother, in a minute," said Dora. "I just want to finish this line +in my drawing." But the cat did not wait till this was done. In he +popped, and with one dart he had the bird in his mouth. + +Down went the slate on the floor, and away went cat, bird, and Dora. +There was a wild chase on the lawn. "In a minute" Dora came back +weeping, with the poor bird in her hand, but, oh! the life had all been +shaken out of him. + +[Illustration: Dora and the bird.] + +How Dora cried! Mamma was sorry for her, but said, "A great many things +may happen 'in a minute,' Dora. I hope the next time you are told to do +a thing, you will do it at once." + +MARY ADDISON. + + + + +THE CHRISTMAS TREE + +[Illustration: THE CHRISTMAS TREE] + + + Spring and Summer and russet Fall + Come and go with a varied cheer; + Each has something, and none has all, + Of the good things of the year. + + Winter laughs, though the trees are bare, + With a kindly laugh that is good to see; + For of all the forest is none so rare + As his merry Christmas-tree. + + It blooms with many a taper's flame; + And hidden under the leaves of green + Are fruits of every shape and name, + The funniest ever seen,-- + +[Illustration: Another Christmas Tree] + + Book and bundle, and scarf, and shawl, + Picture and peanuts, skate and saw, + Candy and album, and bat and ball, + Hatchet, and doll, and taw, + + Games and frames, and comical dames + With walnut faces wrinkled and old, + Fillets rare for the sunny hair, + And jewels of pearl and gold. + + For the good St. Nicholas blest this tree, + And it blooms and bears for every one, + With a gift of love to you and me, + For beauty, or use, or fun. + + Poorer than any the Child whose name + Has given a name to our Christmas-tree; + Yet kingly gifts to his cradle came, + And kingly gifts gave He. + +GEORGE S. BURLEIGH. + + + + +DOWN THE RIVER AFTER THE BOY. + + +Walter Dale was a little boy six years old, who lived with his parents +on the bank of the River Thames in England. One day, after dinner, he +went to the water's edge to play. + +Seeing a small boat tied to a big stone by a rope, he pulled the boat up +to the shore. "What a nice little boat!" said he. "I will get into it, +and rock it, as I once saw a big boy do." + +So he got into the boat, and began to rock it. The boat got loose, and +drifted down the river. Walter did not notice this until he was quite a +distance from the shore; then, turning round, he saw what had happened. +Every moment the current was carrying him further from home. + +Walter was not a timid boy, and, instead of crying, he began to reason +in this way: "The boat does not leak. It is safe and sound. There are no +waves to make me afraid. The wind does not blow. Here on a seat is a +thick blanket. In this box is a loaf of bread and a knife. The water of +the river is good to drink, and here is a tin mug. I think I will not +cry, but hope for the best." + +So he sat down. He called to some people on the shore; but they did not +hear him. He stood up, and waved his hat to a man in a passing boat, and +cried, "Help, help!" But the man thought it was some little fellow +making fun of him. + +Meanwhile Walter's mother had become anxious. She ran down to the river, +and followed his foot-tracks to the edge of the water. Then she ran back +to her husband; but he was not in the house. In about an hour he came +back, and she said, "Quick, quick! Get a boat, and call John to help +you. Walter is drifting down the river in that little green boat, I am +sure." + +Mr. Dale ran out of the house, called his man John, and they went down +to the bank. Here they took a good fast boat, pulled it out into the +stream, and began to row with the current. + +It was getting late. A mist was creeping over the great city of London. +They could hardly see the tall stores, the masts and steeples on one +side. But on they went, rowing swiftly with their good oars, as if for +dear life. + +[Illustration: Searching for Walter.] + +They looked out sharply on both sides to catch a sight of the little +green boat. At last, when they had rowed about two miles, with the tide +in their favor, Mr. Dale cried out, "I see it! I see it! But, ah! it is +empty. I see no sign of a boy in it. What can have become of poor +Walter?" + +On they rowed, and at last, came up with the boat. Still no Walter was +to be seen. The poor father was in despair, when all at once Walter +started up from under the great blanket, where he had been hiding. He +cried out, "Here I am, papa, safe and sound!" + +"Oh, you little rogue! Come here and let me pull your ears!" They all +got back to their home in time for a late tea, which mother had kept +warm for them. Walter was kissed and then cuffed; but the cuffs were so +tender, that they made him laugh even more than the kisses. + +ALFRED STETSON. + + * * * * * + + + + +"FLUTTER, FLUTTER!" + + + Flutter, flutter, with never a stop, + All the leaves have begun to drop; + While the wind, with a skip and a hop, + Goes about gathering in his crop. + + Flutter, flutter, on bustling-wings, + All the plump little feathered things: + Thrush and bobolink, finch and jay, + Follow the sun on his holiday. + + Flutter, flutter, the snowflakes all + Jostle each other in their fall. + Crowd and push into last year's nest, + And hide the seeds from robin-redbreast. + + Flutter, flutter, the hours go by; + Nobody sees them as they fly; + Nobody hears their fairy tread, + Nor the rustle of their wings instead. + +MARY N. PRESCOTT. + + + + +[Illustration: DRAWING-LESSON.] + + + + +CHRISTMAS BELLS + +[Illustration: CHRISTMAS BELLS.] + + + "Are you waking?" shout the breezes + To the tree-tops waving high, + "Don't you hear the happy tidings + Whispered to the earth and sky? + Have you caught them in your dreaming, + Brook and rill in snowy dells? + Do you know the joy we bring you + In the merry Christmas bells? + Ding, dong! ding, dong, Christmas bells! + + "Are you waking, flowers that slumber + In the deep and frosty ground? + Do you hear what we are breathing + To the listening world around? + For we bear the sweetest story + That the glad year ever tells: + How He loved the little children,-- + He who brought the Christmas bells! + Ding, dong! ding, dong, Christmas bells! + +GEORGE COOPER. + + + + +JACK THE MAGPIE. + + +One day last summer, a man in Colorado found a magpie by the roadside. +Its wings had been clipped, so that it could not fly. The man gave it to +a little boy named Ernest Hart. + +He lived with his parents in a neat cottage near by a mountain stream. +He ran home, and showed the bird to his sister Edith. They named it +Jack. + +Jack was quite a large bird. His body was black as coal; his breast was +white; and his wings and tail shaded off into a dark green. His bill was +long and very strong. He had a shrewd, knowing look. As he was quite +tame, he must have been some one's pet. + +He would hop and strut around in such a funny, pompous way, that one +could not help laughing. He would take food from any one's hand, but +would not let any one touch him, except Mr. Hart, the children's father. + +To Mr. Hart he seemed to take a great liking. He would hop on to his +hand or shoulder: he would follow him all over the place. As soon as Mr. +Hart came into the house, Jack would stand outside the door, and scream +to him to come out. Indeed, Jack was almost too fond of him. + +One day when Mr. Hart was chopping wood, Jack kept laying his bill +within two or three inches of the place where the axe fell. It seemed +just as if he wanted his bill chopped off. + +Jack could talk a little. He could say "pretty," "what," and "yes, sir." +When hungry, he would come round to the kitchen-door. There he would +keep up a loud chattering, till food was given him to eat. + +Jack was shy of Marcus, the dog. But, while Marcus was eating his +dinner, Jack would steal up, and seize a bone from the plate. Then he +would run off and hide it. + +I believe that all magpies are thieves. I know that Jack was a sad +thief. He would carry off almost any thing he saw lying about. One day +he was caught in the act of carrying off the gardener's pipe. + +It was fun for Ernest and Edith to watch him at his mischief. All summer +they made much of him. Now, in October, though the trees are still green +and the wild flowers are not gone, we have had in our Colorado home a +taste of winter. + +[Illustration: Jack the magpie and the dog.] + +The ground has been white with snow. Jack is still with us, and seems +quite happy. Edith and Ernest may stay here all winter. Perhaps I may +tell you something of their winter sports. Would you like to hear it? + +AUNT SADIE. + + + + +PORTRAITS FOR LITTLE FOLKS. + + +[Illustration: Master Baby] + + This is Master Baby, + Paying a morning call, + Sitting so good upon his chair, + But speaking not at all. + Listening to every word, + The funny little man! + Wondering at the news he hears, + Thinking all he can. + +[Illustration: Miss Mary Vernon] + + This little lady, + I'd have you know, + Is Miss Mary Vernon, + With cheeks in a glow. + She has a doll Bella, + Quite dear to her heart, + And takes her to ride + In a nice little cart. + +[Illustration: Tommy Trip] + + This is Tommy Trip: + Bubbles he can blow; + When a bubble breaks too soon, + Tommy cries, "Don't go!" + Older folks I know, + Who their fine schemes make, + And, when any fine scheme fails, + Cry, "Oh, do not break!" + +[Illustration: Susan] + + 'Tis the winter cold, + All the ponds are ice; + Susan loves the winter cold, + Calls the weather nice. + Warm with muff and coat, + She can go and skate; + She can glide along the ice + At a merry rate. + +[Illustration: Mary Jane] + + This is Mary Jane, + See! she has a saucer: + To her cat she says, + "Give me up your paw, sir. + I've some fresh, nice milk + You will relish greatly." + Pussy then put up her paw; + All this happened lately. + +[Illustration: Baby May] + + This is Baby May: + She looks out to spy + If her own dear papa comes + On the road near by. + Yes, she sees him now, + He is coming fast; + For he loves his Baby May, + Loves her first and last. + +K.G. + + + + +THE BASKET OF APPLES. + +[Illustration: THE BASKET OF APPLES.] + + +I. + +Albert is a bright little fellow. He is not three years old; but he can +read ten words in "The Nursery." These words are, cat, dog, cow, horse, +bird, mother, father, brother, sister, apple. + +One day, John the gardener left a basket of apples at the top of the +garden-steps. Albert saw it, and knew it was meant for the house. "I +will take it in," said he. "I am strong." + +[Illustration: Albert II] + + +II. + +But the basket was not so light as he had thought. Indeed it was quite +heavy. Perhaps this was because it was full of apples. The gardener had +just picked them from a fine old tree in the orchard. + +Albert was a stout little fellow; but the basket was too much for him. +In trying to lift it, he upset it; and some of the apples rolled out +down the steps as fast as they could go. Perhaps they saw it was a good +chance to run away. + +[Illustration: Albert III] + + +III. + +Albert did not cry. He knew that crying would do no good. What was now +the first thing to be done? Albert thought for a while, and said to +himself, "The first thing to do is to set the basket upright." + +He did not find it hard work to do this. All the apples had not run out. +Some were still in the basket. + +Albert picked up one, smelt of it, and then put it back. He next placed +the basket upright. + +[Illustration: Albert IV] + + +IV. + +Having done this so that the basket stood firm, he said, "What is the +next thing to do? The next thing to do is to put back the apples; and I +am the boy that can do it." + +And he did it well. He did not once think of keeping any of the apples +for himself; nor did he even take a bite of one of them. He was a good +boy, and too honest for that. + +If any one had said to him, "Give me an apple," Albert would have said, +"The apples are not mine to give." + +[Illustration: Albert V] + + +V. + +"Now it is all right again," said Albert. "What next? If the basket will +not let me carry it, the basket shall carry me. That would be fair +play." + +So he mounted the basket, as you see, took hold of the handle with his +left hand, and cried out, "Get up, sir!" He made believe it was a horse. +"Get up, sir!" he cried. But the horse would not move. + +[Illustration: Albert VI] + + +VI. + +Albert then began to shake the basket, as if to urge it on. Ah, me! who +would have thought to see it play the gay horse in earnest? It seemed so +gentle! + +Who would have thought to see it shy, and kick up, and throw Albert off? +But so it did. Albert put out both hands to save himself, but he could +not keep his seat. Over he went. + +[Illustration: Albert VII] + + +VII. + +Over went the basket. Albert, apples, and all rolled down the steps. +"Help!" he cried. The gardener ran up to see what was the matter. + +"Where are my apples?" said he. "Here!" said Albert, jumping up, for the +lucky rogue was not hurt a bit. + +UNCLE SAM. + + + + +CHRISTMAS. + +Words by ALFRED SELWYN.[A] + +Music by T. 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Moody said:= _"About the best paper in the +country."_ =George Muller said:= _"I like The Christian for its uniform +soundness."_ Address H.L. HASTINGS, Publisher, 47 Cornhill, Boston, +Mass. + + * * * * * + +Cheapest and Best Supplementary Reading for Primary Schools! + +We call the attention of School Committees, Teachers, and others to + +=The Child's Reader.= + +We have 30 different numbers. Each number contains 16 pages. Large type. +Richly illustrated. Send stamp for specimen. Address + +THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. + + * * * * * + +PRETTY PAPER FOR PAPER DOLLS. Send 15 cents, and get 20 varieties by +mail. THE NURSERY, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. + + * * * * * + +ORGANS $30 to $1000; 2 to 32 Stops PIANOS $125 up. Paper free. Daniel F. +Beatty. Washington, N.J. + + * * * * * + +The Bound Volumes of "The Nursery" for 1880 are now ready. $1.75 +postpaid. + + * * * * * + +=Choicest Books for Children= + +=SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED.= + +=Bound Volumes of "The Nursery."=--Half-Yearly Volumes, $1.00; yearly, +$1.75 =The Beautiful Book.=--A collection of the choicest Poems ... $.75 +=The Easy Book.=--In large Old English Type. Full cloth, .75; +half-cloth, .50 =The Nursery Primer.=--A superb book of 64 pages, +elegantly bound, .30 =The Nursery Reader.=--Nos. 1, 2, and 3, each .30 +="The Nursery" for Primary Schools.=--Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, each, .30 +=Nursery Stories in Prose and Rhyme= 1.00 + +_Sent postpaid, on receipt of price, by_ + +THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. + + + + +=THE NURSERY. + +PREMIUM-LIST FOR 1881.= + + +=For Two Subscribers and $3.00,= we will give any one of the following +articles:--any Half-Yearly Volume of The Nursery, Oxford's Junior +Speaker, The Easy Book, The Beautiful Book, an English Pocket Bible +(gilt clasp), any book worth $1.00, a Rubber Pencil Case with gold tips, +a Silver Fruit Knife, a Pocket Tool-Holder, a beautiful Wallet, a Toy +Cannon, a Box of Alphabet Blocks, a nice Pocket-Knife, a Dissected Map +of the United States, a Checker-Board, Gold Sleeve Buttons, Ladies' +Cuff-Pins. + + +=For Three Subscribers and $4.50,= we will give any one of the +following: any Yearly Volume of The Nursery, Oxford's Senior Speaker, +Sargent's Original Dialogues, a nice gilt Shakspeare, any one of the +Standard Poets, any book worth $1.50, a Backgammon-Board, a Travelling +Bag, a Microscope. + + +=For Four Subscribers and $6.00,= we will give any one of the following: +a superb English Bible (extra gilt), Webster's Dictionary, any one of +the Household Edition of the Poets, (Longfellow, Tennyson, Whittier, +etc.), any book worth $2.00, a beautiful Photograph Album, Six Plated +Tea Spoons, a Gold Ring. + + * * * * * + +=Any other article transmissible by mail may be selected as a premium, +its value being in proportion to the number of subscribers sent. Thus, +we will give for Two Subscribers, at $1.50 each, an article worth $1.00; +for Three, an article worth $1.50; for Four, an article worth, $2.00; +and so on. But take notice that this is not an offer to give money. + +Books for Premiums may be selected from any publisher's catalogue, and +we can always supply them at catalogue prices. Under this offer, +subscriptions to any periodical or newspaper are included.= + + * * * * * + +Take notice that our offers of premiums apply only to subscriptions paid +at the full price: viz., $1.50 a year. We do not offer premiums for +subscriptions supplied at club-rates. We offer no premiums for _one_ +subscription only. We offer no premiums in money. + +Do not wait to make up the whole list before sending. Send the +subscriptions as you get them, stating that they are to go to your +credit for a premium; and, when your list is completed, select your +premium, and it will be forthcoming. + +Remittances may be made with absolute safety by Postal Money Order, or +by a Bank Check on Boston, New York, or Philadelphia. Money may be sent +by mail without much risk. Postage Stamps may be used for odd change. +Letters can be Registered at any Post Office. _All remittances are at +the risk of the sender_. Direct all communications to + +=THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO.,= 36 _Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass_. + + + + +THE NURSERY + +TERMS----1881. + + +=SUBSCRIPTIONS.=--$1.50 a year, in advance. Two copies for $2.75 a year; +three for $3.50; four for $4.50; five for $5.50; six for $6.00; each +additional copy $1.00, always in advance. Subscriptions received for any +period not less than six months. + +=A Single Number= will be mailed for 15 cents. + +=Volumes= begin with January and July. Subscriptions may commence with +any month, but unless the time is specified, will date from the +beginning of the current volume. + +=Back Numbers= can always be supplied. THE MAGAZINE COMMENCED JAN., +1867. + +=Bound Volumes,= each containing the numbers for six months, will be +sent by mail, postpaid, for $1.00 per volume; yearly volumes for $1.75. + +=Covers= for half-yearly volumes, postpaid, 35 cents; covers for yearly +volume, 40 cents. + +=Prices Of Binding.=--In the regular half-yearly volume, 40 cents; in +one yearly volume (12 Nos. in one), 50 cents. If the volumes are to be +returned by mail, add 10 cents for the half-yearly, and 15 cents for the +yearly volume, to pay postage. + +=Remittances= should be made, if possible, by Bank-check or Postal +money-order. Currency by mail is at the risk of sender. 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