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Title: The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1
       A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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THE

NURSERY


_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XXI.--No. 1.


          BOSTON:
          JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET,
          1877.




          Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by

          JOHN L. SHOREY,

          In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

          FRANKLIN PRESS:
          RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY,
          117 FRANKLIN STREET,
          BOSTON.




[Illustration: Contents.]


IN PROSE.

                                         PAGE
  Work and Play                             1
  Billy and Tom                             5
  The Wise Hare and her Pursuers            6
  Gentle Jessie and the Wasp                8
  Friends in Need                          10
  The Bear that put on Airs                14
  Drawing-Lesson                           17
  What you do, do well                     20
  In the Winter                            23
  A Letter to Minnie                       26
  The Hedgehog                             27
  The Little Scissors-Grinder              30


[Illustration]

IN VERSE.

                                        PAGE
  Bumble-Bee                               4
  Gretchen                                 9
  A Noonday Lullaby                       12
  A Squeak                                18
  My Little Sister                        25
  Little Black Monkey                     29
  The Old Year and New (_with music_)     32

[Illustration]




[Illustration: WORK AND PLAY.

VOL. XXI.--NO. 1.]




WORK AND PLAY.


"[Illustration: D]O you want your sidewalk shovelled?" This was the
question asked of Mr. Prim, as he sat reading his newspaper, one New
Year's morning. The question came through a servant who had just
answered the door-bell. Mr. Prim looked out of the window. The snow was
still falling. So he sent out word, "No shovelling wanted till the
storm's over," and went on with his reading.

By and by there was another ring at the door; and in a moment the
servant-girl came in, saying, "The snow-shovellers are here again, sir,
and they want to see you."

Mr. Prim stepped out into the entry, where he found two rough-looking
boys, both of whom greeted him at once with, "Wish you a happy new year!
Please, sir, it's done snowing now."

"That means," said Mr. Prim, "that you both want the job of clearing off
the sidewalk; but which am I to give it to?"

"Oh, sir!" said the bigger boy, "we are partners. I shovel, and Mike
sweeps."

"And what are your names?"

"Mine is Tom Murphy, and his is Mike Flynn."

"Then," said Mr. Prim, "the firm is 'Murphy & Flynn.'"

"That's it," said both boys with a grin.

"Well, Murphy & Flynn, I will employ you to do my shovelling to-day, and
I will give you fifty cents for the job; but I am very particular. You
must not leave a bit of snow anywhere about the steps or sidewalk."

"All right, sir," said the boys; and they went to work, while Mr. Prim
went back to his newspaper. He had not been reading many minutes, when a
loud shout in front of the house led him to look out of the window. The
picture shows what he saw.

There were the two boys, each mounted on one of the stone lions at the
head of the steps, and shouting at the top of his lungs in the
excitement of an imaginary race.

Mr. Prim was first astonished, then angry, then amused, at this
performance. He opened the window, and called out sharply, "Look here,
boys! do you call that work, or play?"

The boys jumped down, and began to ply their broom and shovel with great
vigor. But Murphy looked up roguishly, and said, "We were just polishing
off the lions, sir."

"Yes," said Mr. Prim, "and a paroxysm of fun got the better of you.
Well, it's excusable on New Year's Day. But, if the firm of Murphy &
Flynn expect to succeed in business, they must not mix so much play with
their work." And Mr. Prim shut the window.

"I say, Mike," said Tom, "what was it the old man said had got the
better of us?"

"That's more than I can tell," said Mike. "I can't remember such hard
words. But I know what he meant, and I guess he was about right."

                                                    UNCLE SAM.

[Illustration]




BUMBLE-BEE.


[Illustration]

          BUMBLE-BEE superbly dressed,
            In velvet, jet, and gold,
          Sailed along in eager quest,
            And hummed a ballad bold.

          Morning-Glory clinging tight
            To friendly spires of grass,
          Blushing in the early light,
            Looked out to see him pass.

          Nectar pure as crystal lay
            In her ruby cup;
          Bee was very glad to stay,
            Just to drink it up.

          "Fairest of the flowers," said he,
            "'Twas a precious boon;
          May you still a Glory be,
            Morning, night, and noon!"

          M. A. C.





[Illustration]




BILLY AND TOM.


WHEN I was a little boy, six or seven years old, my father had two white
horses, named Billy and Tom. Billy had one black foot, and a little dark
spot on his face; but Tom did not have a black hair on his whole body.

Billy was the old family horse, kind, gentle, and loving. Anybody could
catch him, or lead him, or drive him. He liked to be petted, and in
return seemed to take pride in being kind to all in the family.

Tom was a good horse too; but we had not owned him so long, and he did
not care much to have any one pet him.

Billy was a little lame; and though he worked everywhere on the farm,
and in drawing loads on the road, yet he was generally excused from
going with the carriage, except when it was necessary for some of us
children to drive.

One day my father went to the village with Tom, leaving Billy at home
alone, in a field near the house. He missed his old friend Tom. They had
worked together so much, that they had become great friends; and either
one was very lonesome without the other.

Billy ran about here and there, neighing loudly whenever another horse
appeared in sight upon the road, hoping that it might be his friend Tom
coming back.

At last I went out to comfort him. I patted his head and his neck, and
leading him by the mane to the fence, climbed first upon the fence, and
then upon his back.

He seemed pleased, and started in a gentle walk along the farm-road
leading down into the field, away from the house. When he had gone as
far as I wished to ride, I called out, "Whoa!"

But he was a wise old horse. Instead of stopping in the middle of the
road, where he then was, he turned out at one side, and stopped close by
the fence, for me to get off upon that; as much as to say, "A boy that
is not large enough to get upon my back without climbing a fence, is not
large enough to climb from my back to the ground."

          EDITH'S PAPA.

[Illustration]




THE WISE HARE AND HER PURSUERS.


A POOR little hare was one day closely pursued by a brace of greyhounds.
They were quite near her, when, seeing a gate, she ran for it. She got
through it easily; but the bars were too close together for the hounds
to get through, so they had to leap over the gate.

As they did so, the hare, seeing that they would be upon her the next
instant, turned around and ran again under the gate where she had just
before passed. The hounds, in their speed, could not turn at once.
Their headway took them on some distance; and then they had to wheel
about, and leap once more over the upper bar of the gate.

[Illustration]

Again the hare doubled, and returned by the way she had come; and thus
she went backward and forward, the dogs following till they were fairly
tired out, while the little hare, watching her chance, happily made her
escape.

Thus you see that wit and self-possession are sometimes more than a
match for superior strength and speed. If the little hare could not run
so fast as the greyhounds, she could outwit them, and they saw no way to
prevent it.

          UNCLE CHARLES.




[Illustration]




GENTLE JESSIE AND THE WASP.


THERE is a little girl in our village whom we call "Gentle Jessie;" for
she is so kind and gentle, that even the dumb animals and the insects
seem to find it out, and to trust her.

On a dry pleasant day, last autumn, I saw her seated on the grass. I
went up to tell her not to sit there; for it is not safe to sit on the
ground, even in dry weather.

As I drew near to Jessie from behind, I heard her talking. To whom could
she be talking? There was no one by her side; that is to say, no human
being. But soon I found she was talking to a wasp that was coming as if
to sting her.

"Wasp, wasp, go away, and come again another day," said she. But the
wasp did not heed her. It flew quite near to her face. Instead of
striking at the bold insect, she merely drew back a little out of its
way; for she thought, "Surely the wasp will not harm me, if I do not
harm it."

And she was right. It alighted near her for a moment, but did not sting
her; and gentle Jessie did not try to harm it. Then the wasp flew to the
flowers on her hat; but, not finding the food it wanted, at last it flew
away.

"Well done, Jessie," said I, lifting her from the ground, and giving her
a kiss.

          EMILY CARTER.




[Illustration]




GRETCHEN.


          GRETCHEN'S old; she's neat and good:
          See her coming from the wood!
          She bears fagots on her back,
          Lest her darlings fire may lack.

[Illustration]

          Here you see her far from town,
          With her darlings sitting down:
          Gretchen, Emma, Fritz, and Paul,--
          They are happy, happy all.

          M. A. C.




FRIENDS IN NEED.


ONCE a poor crippled sparrow fell to the ground, and fluttered about in
a vain attempt to regain a place of safety. Some of its mates gathered
around it, and seemed eager to help it; but they did not know what to
do. Their chirping drew together a good many of the sparrow tribe.

One thought this thing ought to be done, and another thought that. Some
tried to lift the helpless bird by catching its wings in their beaks;
but this failed, and such a chattering and scolding as took place!

"I told you that wasn't the way to do it."--"How stupid!"--"You should
have taken my advice." Perhaps such were the speeches which were uttered
in bird-language; for all the little creature seemed much excited.

[Illustration]

Presently two of the birds flew away, but soon came back with a twig six
or seven inches long and an eighth of an inch thick. This was dropped
before the poor little cripple, and at each end was picked up by a
sparrow, and held so that the lame bird was able to catch the middle of
the twig in its beak.

Then the crippled bird, with the aid of the other two, flew off, till
they came to the wall covered with ivy, where it had its home. There it
chirped to show how glad it was. All the other sparrows followed, as if
to share in the pleasure of the rescue. This is a true story.

          IDA FAY.




A NOONDAY LULLABY.


[Illustration]

            "TIC, tac! Tic, tac!"
          Says the clock on the wall:
          "Sleep now, my darling, for 'tis time, 'tis time;
          Soon I will wake you with my merry chime,--
            Tic, tac! Tic, tac!"

            "Purr-r-r! Purr-r-r!"
          Tabby sings on the sill:
          "Shut your eyes, deary, and sleep in a trice,
          Then I will stay here, and scare off the mice,--
            Purr-r-r! Purr-r-r!"

            "Coo-oo! Coo-oo!"
          Says the dove on the roof:
          "Go to sleep, pet, while I strut here and coo,
          As for my own pretty nestlings I do,--
            Coo-oo! Coo-oo!"

[Illustration]

            "Cut, cut, ca-dah-cut!"
          Cackles kind biddy-hen:
          "Listen, my little one: if you'll not weep,
          I'll lay an egg for you while you are asleep,--
            Cut, cut, ca-dah-cut!"

            "Moo-oo! Moo-oo!"
          Says the good moolly-cow:
          "Sleep, my wee man, and I'll make it fair,
          For I'll give you milk from bossy's own share,--
            Moo-oo! Moo-oo!"

            "Hum, hum! Buz, buz!"
          Drones the bee on the wing:
          "Fret not, my baby, but croon in your bed,
          I'll bring you honey to eat on your bread,--
            Hum, hum! Buz, buz!"

            "Hush-sh-sh! Hush-sh-sh!"
          Whisper leaves on the tree:
          "As through our shadow soft sunlight streams,
          See how the angels send smiles in his dreams!
            Hush-sh-sh! Hush-sh-sh!"

          M. A. C.

[Illustration]




THE BEAR THAT PUT ON AIRS.


THERE was once a bear that had been tamed and made to dance by a man who
beat him when he did not mind. This bear was called Dandy, and he had
been taught many queer tricks. He could shoulder a pole as if it were a
gun, and could balance it on his nose, or stand on his hind-legs and
hold it by his fore-paws behind his back.

He did all these things at his master's bidding because he stood in
great fear of his master's whip. His master made a show of him; and,
though Dandy did not like it, he was forced to submit.

[Illustration]

But one day, when he had been left alone, the chain, that held him by a
ring in his nose, got loose from the ring; and Dandy was soon a free
bear. Taking his pole, he made his way, as fast as he could, to a
mountain where the woods were high and thick.

Here he found a number of fellow-bears. Instead of treating them as
equals, he put on fine airs, told them what a rare life he had led among
men, how many nice tricks he had learned, and how much wiser he was than
all the bears that had ever lived.

For a time the other bears were simple enough to take him at his word.
They thought, because he said so, that he must be a very great bear
indeed. He never was at a loss when they asked him a question, never
would confess his ignorance, and so had to say much that was not true.

Dandy boasted so of the respect which men had paid him, that he made the
other bears think he was doing them a great honor by living with them.
He made them all wait on him. But at last a young bear, that had escaped
from a trap which some men had set for him, said to Dandy, "Is that ring
in your nose for ornament or for use?"

"For ornament, of course," said Dandy. "This ring was a gift from a man
who was once my partner. He was so fond of me, and so pleased with my
dancing, that he never tired of serving me. He brought me all my food.
In fact I had him at my beck and call."

"My friends," said the young bear, "he tells a fib. That ring was put in
his nose to be fastened to a chain. He was held a slave by the man who,
he says, treated him so finely. He was made to dance through fear of
being touched up with a red-hot iron. In short, he is what men call a
'humbug.'"

"Yes, he is a humbug," cried the others, though they did not know what
the word meant. "We will have no more of his fine airs."--"I never liked
him."--"Drive him off."--"Send him back to his dancing-master!"--"Kick
him!"--"Stone him!"--"Beat him!"--"We'll have no humbug here."

And so poor Dandy was driven out from the woods, and forced to get his
living by himself; while the knowing young bear that had exposed him,
looked on and laughed at his misfortune. If Dandy had not been so
boastful; if he had spoken the truth, and been modest,--he might have
been respected by his fellow-bears to the end of his days.

          ALFRED SELWYN.




[Illustration: DRAWING-LESSON BY HARRISON WEIR.

VOL. XXI.--NO. 1.]




A SQUEAK!


            I'M only a little brown mouse
            That lives in somebody's house,
          And in that same house there's a cat;
          But oh, ho! what care I for that?
              She sits in the sunshine,
                And licks her white paws,
              With one eye on me,
                And one on her claws.
              How she watches the crack
              Where she sees my brown back!
              But she'll never catch me!
              For oh, ho! don't you see
          That I'm just the smartest young mouse
          That lives anywhere in the house?

            I'm only a little brown mouse
            That lives in somebody's house,
          And in that same house there is Rover:
          He has chased me the whole house over.
          And there, too, is fat Baby Tim;
          But oh, ho! what care I for him?
              When he sprawls on the carpet,
                And bumps his pink nose,
              I scamper around him,
                And tickle his toes.
              How he kicks and he crows!
              For he knows, oh, he knows,
          That I'm only a little brown mouse
          That lives in his grandmother's house.




[Illustration]

              I'm only a little brown mouse
              That lives in somebody's house;
            And in that same house there's a clock,
            That says, "Tick-a-tock, tick-a-tock!"
              And I've not forgotten yet quite,
              How once, on a very still night,
              I was sitting just over the clock,
              When it gave such a terrible knock,
              With a whirring and whizzing,
              And buzzing and fizzing,
          That I tumbled headlong from my perch on the shelf,
          And, scampering wildly, I crowded myself
          Right under the door, through such a small crack,
          That I scraped all the hairs off the top of my back.

              Oh, I am the merriest mouse
              That lives anywhere in a house!
          I love toasted cheese, and I love crusts of bread,
          And bits of old paper to make a soft bed.
                Oh! I tell you it's nice
                To be one of the mice,
                And when the night comes,
                And the folks are abed,
                To rattle and race
                On the floor overhead.
          And, say, don't you wish _you_ could run up a wall
          As I do, every day, without getting a fall?
          And don't you wish _you_ were a mouse,
          Living in somebody's house?

          FLETA F.




WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL.


"WHY do you take such pains in cutting out these little figures?" asked
Winifred of her brother Ernest.

"I will tell you why, sister," replied Ernest. "I take pains because my
teacher tells me, that, if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth
doing well."

"Did he mean that we should try to do well even in trifles?" asked
Winifred.

"Yes," answered Ernest, "because, as a great man once said, 'Perfection
is no trifle.'"

Winifred sat looking at her brother, as, handling a pair of scissors, he
carefully cut out figures of horses, dogs, pigs, and various other
animals.

Three years afterward she remembered this conversation; for it happened
at that time, that, her father having died, her widowed mother was left
almost destitute with a family of seven children to support.

[Illustration]

What should the poor woman do? At first she thought she would take in
washing, then that she would try to keep a little shop. While she was
hesitating, Mr. Mason, a brisk old gentleman, came to the door, and
asked, "Where is the boy who cuts these figures and faces in profile?"

One of his grandchildren had brought him home from school some specimens
of Ernest's skill; and Mr. Mason saw at once that they were the work of
a gifted and painstaking artist.

"You must mean my little Ernest," said the mother. "Poor little fellow!
He little dreams what is coming. I shall soon have to take him away from
school."

"Why so?" cried Mr. Mason. "Take him away from school? You shall do no
such a thing. I'll not allow it."

"We are destitute, sir, and I have no means of support," said the mother
with a sigh.

"No means of support! Nonsense! With a boy in the house who can cut
figures like that, do you say you have no means of support?" exclaimed
Mr. Mason. "Good woman, I will insure your boy good wages every week for
the next year, if you will let him come between school-hours, and cut
pictures under my direction."

The rest of my little story may soon be told. Ernest became the staff
and stay of his family. The little talent he had cultivated so carefully
and diligently was the means of giving him not only an honest
employment, but a liberal support. He rose to distinction; and his
productions were much sought after by all good judges of art.

          EMILY CARTER.

[Illustration: ST. CATHERINE'S ROCK, SOUTH WALES.]




IN THE WINTER.


[Illustration]

THERE are some nice apples in the cellar, and William is going down with
a light to get a dish full. He will pick out some that are as yellow as
gold, and some that are as red as a rose.

[Illustration]

This man is cutting a hole through the ice, so that the cows may drink.
The stream is all frozen over. When the thick ice is broken, they can
drink all they want. Walk up, old Brindle, and help yourself.

[Illustration]

Here are the fowls, and each stands on one leg. The ground is covered
with snow, and their toes are very cold. So they all hold their feet
under their feathers, to keep them warm.

[Illustration]

The old gray cat comes in the morning, and jumps up on the children's
bed. Then she creeps towards them, and rubs her soft fur on the little
boy's face, and wakes him up. She would like to say, "Good morning!" but
she only says, "Mew, mew!"

          W. O. C.




[Illustration]




MY LITTLE SISTER.

          GOOD folks who read "The Nursery," this is my little sister;
          The picture shows you truly how I caught her up, and kissed her:
          She is so sweet, so very sweet, that I am quite decided
          If you could see her as she is you would do just as I did.

          BROTHER CARLOS.




A LETTER TO MINNIE.


The following is an exact copy of a letter found in little Minnie's
stocking last Christmas:--


                                     SITTING ROOM, AT MAMMA'S DESK.

          MY DEAR LITTLE MINNIE.

          You must excuse my calling you by your pet name;
          but you see I'm so fond of all good children that
          I can't _Master_ and _Miss_ them, and they're all
          Tommie, and Johnnie, and Fannie, and Minnie, to
          me.

          Your stocking is so small that I can't put much of
          any thing into it: but if that piano, with the
          nice white cloth on it, isn't for presents, then
          I'm mistaken.

          I shall put yours there, and I hope I sha'n't
          crock that tablecloth; for your mamma wouldn't
          like to find my sooty marks all over it. Though I
          don't see how she could expect me to be clean when
          she has had a soft-coal fire burning in her grate
          all the evening, and that does make the chimney so
          black!

          If you will look at the picture of me in your new
          book (they call me St. Nicholas there), you'll see
          how fat I am; and how do you suppose I get down
          such a small place? I never could if I didn't love
          children so much, and if I hadn't done it for so
          many hundred years. But I began, you see, before I
          grew so fat; and so now I know the easiest way to
          do it.

          I hope you'll have all you wanted this year; but
          you all grow so fast, and have so many wants from
          year to year, that I sometimes fear that I sha'n't
          always be able to satisfy you. Still, as it's only
          the good little children that I visit, I fancy
          they will be pleased, whatever I bring.

          I must confess, though, that it isn't _all_
          guesswork. I know pretty well what my little folks
          want. But if you knew the amount of listening at
          doors and windows and registers, that I do to find
          out all these wants, you'd be astonished.

          And now, if I don't hurry off, you'll be waking
          up, and catch me here; besides, I've staid a deal
          longer than I ought, for I've lots to do before
          daylight. But, seeing your mamma's desk and
          writing-materials so handy, I really couldn't help
          sitting down to write you a letter.

          Tell your brother Walter, that as I brought him
          presents ten years before you came, he mustn't
          expect quite so many now; for he can have no idea
          how many little folks I have to provide for. And
          if my reindeers weren't the kindest, and
          strongest, and fleetest of creatures, we never
          could get through the amount of work we have to do
          "the night before Christmas."

          Wishing you, and your brother, and papa, and
          mamma, a "Merry Christmas," I remain, with a heart
          full of love, yours,

          SANTA CLAUS.






[Illustration]




THE HEDGEHOG.


THE hedgehog is a queer little animal with short limbs. It feeds mostly
on insects. It has its body covered with sharp spines instead of hairs,
and can roll itself up in a ball, and thus show an array of prickles
pointing in every direction.

Slow of foot, this little creature cannot flee from danger; but in the
sharp, hard, and tough prickles of its coat, it has a safeguard better
than the teeth and claws of the wildcat, or the fleetness of the hare.

The hedgehog has powerful muscles beneath the skin of the back; and by
the aid of these, on the slightest alarm, it rolls itself up so as to
have its head and legs hidden in the middle of the ball it thus makes of
itself.

Our dog Snip saw a hedgehog, the other day, for the first time. As soon
as it saw him, the little creature seemed to change from a live thing
into a ball. Snip did not know what to make of it. His curiosity was
much excited. He went up, and looked at it.

If the two could have spoken, I think this would have been their talk:--

_Snip._--"Of all the queer things I ever saw, you are the queerest. What
_are_ you anyhow?"

_Hedgehog._--"Suppose you put out your paw, and try."

_Snip._--"I don't like the look of those prickles."

_Hedgehog._--"Don't be a coward, Snip! Put your nose down, and feel of
my nice soft back."

Whether the cunning hedgehog really cheated him by any such remarks as
these, I cannot say. But Snip at last mustered courage enough to put his
nose down to the ball. Rash Snip! Up rose the bristles, and pricked him
so that he ran back to the house, howling and yelping as if he had been
shot.

Having put Snip to flight, the hedgehog quietly unrolled itself, thrust
out its queer little head with the long snout, and crept along on its
way rejoicing. As for Snip, I am quite sure he will never put his nose
to the back of a hedgehog again, as long as he lives.

          CHARLES SELWYN.

[Illustration]




[Illustration: Little Black Monkey]


          LITTLE black monkey sat up in a tree;
          Little black monkey, he grinned at me;
          He put out his paw for a cocoanut,
          And he dropped it down on my occiput.

          The occiput is a part, you know,
          Of the head which does on my shoulders grow;
          And it's very unpleasant to have it hit,
          Especially when there's no hair on it.

          I took up my gun, and I said, "Now why,
          Little black monkey, should you not die?
          I'll hit you soon in a vital part,
          It may be your head, or it may be your heart."

          I steadied the gun, and I aimed it true:
          The trigger it snapped, and the bullet it flew;
          But just where it went to, I cannot tell,
          For I never _could_ see where that bullet fell.

          Little black monkey still sat in the tree,
          And placidly, wickedly, grinned at me:
          I took up my gun, and walked away,
          And postponed his death till another day.

          LAURA E. RICHARDS.




THE LITTLE SCISSORS-GRINDER.


WILLIE is a three-year-old darling. This summer he visited his aunt in
the city, and was very much interested in the curious sights and sounds
which abound there.

A few days after his return home, when his mamma sat on the piazza with
some friends, Willie marched up the gravel path with his little
wheelbarrow on his back.

He stopped at the foot of the steps, set his burden down, resting it
upon the handles, so that it stood upright. Then holding it with one
hand, and rolling the wheel with the other, he kept his foot rising and
falling, just as if he were at work with a genuine treadle. He looked
very sober, and said, "Please, madam, have you any scissors to sharpen?"

The ladies handed him several pairs, which he ground in the best style,
trying the edge with his finger, and at last passing them to the owner
with the request for ten cents.

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Mamma gave him a bit of paper, which he put into his pocket, returning
the change in the form of two leaves.

When he had finished his task, he shouldered the wheelbarrow, and was
saying "Good-afternoon," when one of the party ran after him, calling to
him to kiss her.

"Scissors-grinders don't kiss," he said; but the fun sparkled in his
bright black eye, and he burst into a hearty laugh, which must have been
a relief to the merry boy after being sober so long.

          MRS. G.




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THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.


          Words by MARIAN DOUGLAS.              Music by T. CRAMPTON.

          1. The north winds blow o'er drifts of snow.
          Out in the cold who goes from here?
          "Good-by! good-by!" loud voices cry;
          "Good-by!" returns the brave Old Year.
          But looking back what word leaves he?
          "Oh, you must all good children be!"

          2. A knock, a knock! 'tis twelve o'clock!
          This time of night, pray who comes here?
          Oh, now I see, 'tis he! 'tis he!
          All people know the glad New Year!
          What has he brought? and what says he?
          "Oh, you must all good children be!"




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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.


[Illustration: T]HE publication of "The Nursery" was begun in 1867.
The work met a want which was then wholly unsupplied, and it was
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it has gone on increasing, from year to year, in circulation and in
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American periodicals, and is admitted to be the _best magazine in the
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Its articles, whether in prose or verse, are adapted with the greatest
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LITTLE CLASSIC SERIES.


A series of exquisitely printed little volumes, in flexible binding and
red edges.

   =Any volume of "The Little Classics."= Price, per volume      =1.00=

This is a series of handy volumes, containing many of the choicest short
Stories, Sketches and Poems in English Literature. The following list
presents the contents of each volume, viz.:--


1.--EXILE.

  Ethan Brand                     _Hawthorne_
  The Swans of Lir                _Gerald Griffin_
  A Night in a Workhouse,         _Jas. Greenwood_
  The Outcasts of Poker Fiat,     _Bret Harte_
  The Man without a Country       _Hale_
  Flight of a Tartar Tribe        _DeQuincey_


2.--INTELLECT.

  The House and the Brain                     _Bulwer_
  L'Outre Mort                                _Harriet Prescott Spofford_
  The Fall of the House of Usher              _Poe_
  Chops, the Dwarf                            _Dickens_
  Wakefield                                   _Hawthorne_
  Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts   _DeQuincey_
  The Captain's Story,                        _Rebecca Harding Davis_


3.--TRAGEDY.

  The Murders in Rue Morgue                   _Poe_
  The Lauson Tragedy                          _DeForest_
  The Iron Shroud                             _Wm. Mudford_
  The Bell Tower                              _Herman Melville_
  The Kathayan Slave                          _Mrs. Judson_
  The Story of La Roche,                      _Henry Mackenzie_
  The Vision of Sudden Death                  _DeQuincey_


4.--LIFE.

  Rab and his Friends                         _Dr. John Brown_
  A Romance of Real Life                      _W. D. Howells_
  The Luck of Roaring Camp                    _Bret Harte_
  Jerry Jarvis's Wig                          _R. H. Barham_
  Beauty and the Beast                        _Willis_
  David Swan                                  _Hawthorne_
  Dreamthorp                                  _Alexander Smith_
  A Bachelor's Reverie                        _D. G. Mitchell_
  The Grammar of Life                         _B. F. Taylor_
  My Chateaux                                 _G. W. Curtis_
  Dream Children                              _Charles Lamb_
  The Man in the Reservoir                    _C. F. Hoffman_
  Westminster Abbey                           _Addison_
  The Puritans                                _Macaulay_
  Gettysburg                                  _Abraham Lincoln_


5.--LAUGHTER.

  A Christmas Carol                           _Dickens_
  The Haunted Crust                           _Katherine Saunders_
  A Dissertation upon Roast Pig               _Lamb_
  The Total Depravity of Inanimate Things     _Mrs. E. A. Walker_
  The Skeleton in the Closet                  _Hale_
  Sandy Wood's Sepulchre                      _Hugh Miller_
  A Visit to the Asylum for Decayed Punsters  _Holmes_
  Mr. Tibbot O'Leary the Curious,             _Gerald Griffin_
  Neal Malone                                 _William Carleton_


6.--LOVE.

  Love and Skates                     _Theodore Winthrop_
  The Maid of Malines                 _Bulwer_
  The Story of Ruth                   _From the Bible_
  The Rise of Iskander                _Disraeli_


7.--ROMANCE.

  Iris                              _Holmes_
  The Rosicrucian                   _Miss Mulock_
  The South Breaker,                _Harriet Prescott Spofford_
  The Snow Storm                    _Christopher North_
  The King of the Peak,             _Allan Cunningham_


8.--MYSTERY.

  The Ghost                         _W. D. O'Connor_
  The Four-Fifteen Express,         _Amelia B. Edwards_
  The Signal Man                    _Dickens_
  The Haunted Ship                  _Cunningham_
  A Raft that no Man Made,          _Robt. T. S. Lowell_
  The Invisible Princess,           _Francis O'Connor_
  The Advocate's Wedding Day,       _Catherine Crowe_
  The Birthmark                     _Hawthorne_


9.--COMEDY.

  Barney O'Reirdon, the Navigator        _Lover_
  Hadad-Ben-Ahab, the Traveller          _John Galt_
  Bluebeard's Ghost                      _Thackeray_
  The Picnic Party                       _Horace Smith_
  Father Tom and the Pope                _Samuel Ferguson_
  John Darbyshire                        _William Howitt_
  The Gridiron                           _Lover_
  The Box Tunnel                         _Reade_


10.--CHILDHOOD.

  A Dog of Flanders                      _Ouida_
  The King of the Golden River           _Ruskin_
  The Lady of Shalott                    _Miss Phelps_
  Marjorie Fleming                       _John Brown_
  Little Jakey                           _Mrs. S. H. DeKroyft_
  The Lost Child                         _Henry Kingsley_
  Goody Gracious! and the Forget-me-Not  _John Neal_
  A Faded Leaf of History,               _Rebecca Harding Davis_
  A Child's Dream of a Star              _Dickens_


11.--HEROISM.

  Little Briggs and I                    _Fitz-Hugh Ludlow_
  Ray                                    _Harriet Prescott Spofford_
  Three November Days                    _B. F. Taylor_
  The Forty-Seven Ronins                 _A. B. Mitford_
  A Chance Child                         _Isabella Mayo_
  A Leaf in the Storm                    _Ouida_


12.--FORTUNE.

  The Gold Bug                           _Poe_
  The Fairy Finder                       _Lover_
  Murad the Unlucky                      _Maria Edgeworth_
  The Children of the Public             _Hale_
  The Rival Dreamers                     _John Banim_
  The Three-fold Destiny                 _Hawthorne_


13.--NARRATIVE POEMS.

  The Deserted Village                   _Goldsmith_
  The Ancient Mariner                    _Coleridge_
  The Prisoner of Chillon                _Byron_
  Bingen on the Rhine                    _Mrs. Norton_
  O'Connor's Child                       _Campbell_
  Kilmeny                                _Hogg_
  The Dream of Eugene Aram               _Hood_
  Lady Barbara                           _Alexander Smith_
  The Sensitive Plant                    _Shelley_
  The Eve of St. Agnes                   _Keats_
  Paradise and the Peri                  _Moore_
  The Raven                              _Poe_
  The Skeleton in Armor                  _Longfellow_
  The Haunted House                      _Hood_
  The Writing on the Image               _Morris_
  Tam O'Shanter                          _Burns_
  The Forging of the Anchor              _Samuel Ferguson_
  Morte D'Arthur                         _Tennyson_
  Horatius                               _Macaulay_


14.--LYRICAL POEMS.

  Locksley Hall                          _Tennyson_
  My Lost Youth                          _Longfellow_
  Intimations of Immortality             _Wordsworth_
  Ode to Happiness                       _Lowell_
  L'Allegro and Il Penseroso             _Milton_
  Elegy in a Country Churchyard          _Gray_
  The Bridge of Sighs                    _Hood_
  The Problem                            _Emerson_
  The Passions                           _Collins_
  The Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee           _Scott_
  At Port Royal                          _Whittier_
  How they brought the Good News
      from Ghent to Aix                  _Browning_
  Ode on the Duke of Wellington         _Tennyson_
  Commemoration Ode                     _Lowell_
    And many other Poems.


15.--MINOR POEMS.

  The Chambered Nautilus                 _Holmes_
  The Children's Hour                    _Longfellow_
  The Courtin'                           _Lowell_
  Evelyn Hope                            _Browning_
  Highland Mary                          _Burns_
  Kubla Khan                             _Coleridge_
  My Child                               _Pierpont_
  My Psalm                               _Whittier_
  Oh? Why should the Spirit of Mortal
      be Proud? (President Lincoln's
      favourite Poem.)
  She was a Phantom of Delight           _Wordsworth_
  Thanatopsis                            _Bryant_
  The Three Fishers                      _Kingsley_
  Toujours Amour                         _Stedman_
  A Woman's Question                     _Adelaide Anne Proctor_
  Bugle Song                             _Tennyson_
  The Age of Wisdom                      _Thackeray_
  I Remember, I Remember                 _Hood_
  The Ivy Green                          _Dickens_
  A Lament                               _Shelley_
  Maid of Athens                         _Byron_
  Night and Death                        _Blanco White_
  The Old Man's Idyl                     _Richard Realf_
  A Petition to Time                     _Barry Cornwall_
  The Skylark                            _James Hogg_
  Philip, My King                        _Miss Mulock_
  Tom Bowling                            _Dibdin_
  Virtue                                 _George Herbert_
    And numerous other poems.


16.--AUTHORS.

Containing Brief Biographies of all the Authors from whose writings the
fifteen preceding volumes of "Little Classics" have been taken. With
complete Index.

  Sixteen volumes. 32mo. Tastefully bound. Price, per volume, $1.00

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          The Busy Bee                      76
          Little Red Riding Hood            85
          For a Good Girl                   88
          Mistress Mary                     94
          To my Darling                     96
          The Lily                          68
          Compliments of the Season         70
          God is Good                       73
          A Blessing                        78
          To my dear Brother                79
          Unchanging Love                   82
          To my dear Sister                 83
          To my dear Father                 84
          To my dear Mother                 86
          To One I love                    101
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          Remember the Sabbath Day         162
          The Lord's Prayer                163
          Blessed are the Merciful         164
          The Doxology                     167
          The Lord is my Shepherd          170
          A Happy New Year                 174
          Remember Me                      175
          Faith, Hope and Charity          180
          Hope, the Anchor of my Soul      252
          Remember now Thy Creator         257
          A Happy New Year                 260
          A Birthday Blessing              266
          Many Happy Returns of the Day    269
          I Love Thee                      278
          The Priceless Gem                288
          Unchanging Love                  289
          True Love                        293
          May our Hearts be United

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BOOKS.

        =Any Yearly Volume of "The Nursery."=--Beautifully
          bound in cloth. (The magazine began in 1867.)
          Price =$1.75=

        =Oxford's Senior Speaker.=--A collection of
          exercises in declamation and recitation, for
          advanced classes, comprising many dialogues and
          select pieces never before published. With ninety
          illustrations. Price =1.50=

        =Sargent's Original Dialogues.=--A collection for
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        =Any one of the Standard British Poets.=--In one
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        =Aunt Louisa's Little Treasure.=--Contains four
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  =The Vest-Pocket Series.=--Any _four_ of the following volumes; viz.:--
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         5. The Courtship of Miles Standish. By Longfellow.
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         9. The Vision of Sir Launfal. By Lowell.
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        13. Rab and his Friends and Marjorie Fleming. By Dr. John Brown.
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        =Will Carleton's Farm Ballads.=--With
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        =Little People of the Poets.=--A volume of
          favorite Child Poems.                     Price =2.00=

        =AEsop's Fables.=--With 114 Illustrations. 12mo.
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        =Popular Nursery Tales and Rhymes.=--With 180
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        =Robinson Crusoe.=--With 300 beautiful
          Illustrations by Granville. 12mo. cloth.
                                                    Price =2.00=

        =Dictionary of Quotations= from the Greek, Latin,
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                                                     Price =2.00=

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                                                     Price =2.00=

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        =The Student's History of Greece.=--A history of
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          history of literature and art. By Wm. Smith, LL.D.
          Illustrations. 12mo, cloth.                Price =2.00=

        =The Student's History of Rome.=--A history of
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[Illustration: Barometer and Thermometer]

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Transcriber's Notes:

The January edition of the Nursery had a table of contents for the first
six issues of the year. This table was divided to cover each specific
issue and the words "No. 1." were added to the title page.

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Premium Section, page 7, "Probl m" changed to "Problem" (The Problem)

Page 7, "D light" changed to "Delight" (She was a Phantom of Delight)

Page 10, word "of" inserted into text (of them on a very small)

Page 10, the last number is missing on both Series No. 1 and Series No.
2.

Page 15, "animals" changed to "animal" (which intelligent animal)







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