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diff --git a/28141.txt b/28141.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43e6abe --- /dev/null +++ b/28141.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1324 @@ +Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, 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, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 + A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers + +Author: Various + +Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28141] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, FEBRUARY 1878 *** + + + + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. Music +by Linda Cantoni. + + + + + + + +THE + +NURSERY + + +_A Monthly Magazine_ + + +FOR YOUNGEST READERS. + + +VOLUME XXIII.--No. 2. + + + + +Contents. + + +IN PROSE. + + PAGE + Ebony and Lucy 34 + Daisy 37 + My First Attempt at Fishing 40 + New Method of Catching Mice 43 + Jamie Canfield's Sand-Heap 45 + Dick's Dream 47 + Drawing Lesson 49 + Romeo the Shirk 51 + Tied Not Mated 54 + My Kitten 55 + A Lesson in Flying 58 + How Little Edith Went to Sleep 62 + + +IN VERSE + + PAGE + The Terrible Trio 35 + Shy Little Pansy 41 + A Song for Baby 44 + Three Little Chicks 50 + Mother's Last Look 53 + "Lullaby!" 60 + Blow, Blow, East Wind (_with music_) 64 + + + + +[Illustration: VOL. XXIII.--No. 2.] + + + + +EBONY AND LUCY. + + +[Illustration: E]BONY is the name of Lucy's black dog. I will leave you +to guess why he is so called. + +On a bright, cold winter day, when no wind was stirring, and the ice of +the pond was smooth as glass, Lucy went out, followed by Ebony. Such +joyful barking as there was! + +Her father knew that the good dog would pull her out of the water, if +the ice should break through. But the day was so cold, there was little +danger from thin ice. + +A bright idea occurred to Lucy when she had put on her skates. She had +scarfs and handkerchiefs with her, and, tying three or four of these +together, she made a noose, which she threw over Ebony's head. Thus she +held him, so that he could pull her on her skates over the ice. + +"Now, Ebony, let us see how fast you can go," said Lucy. Ebony started +at a full gallop; and she began to sing,-- + + "We issue no tickets, we close no gate, + We blow no whistle, and nobody's late; + Our train is off as soon as we're in it; + We go at the rate of ten miles a minute, + (And that is six hundred miles an hour!)-- + For ours is an engine of one-dog power; + But that dog's Ebony, bold and fleet, + A dog, you'll find, that is hard to beat: + So look out, stragglers and tramps! I guess + You'd better not trifle with our express!" + +Hardly had Lucy finished her song, when Ebony, who had been going at +great speed for some distance, slipped on his haunches, where the ice +was very smooth, and, sliding along, fell over on his side. + +Lucy fell too, but she was not hurt. "You good Ebony," said she. "You +have done well. But it is too bad to make you play the part of a +locomotive engine. And so, old fellow, I will take off your harness, and +let you go free." + +Then Lucy took the scarf from the dog's neck, and darted off alone on +her skates to a part of the pond where her brother Felix had just had a +tumble on the ice. + +But Ebony would not forsake her. He kept close at her heels; for he knew +there was water underneath the ice, and he meant to be near at hand, +should any accident happen. I am glad to say, that, after a good frolic +on the ice, they reached home safely in time for dinner. + + UNCLE CHARLES. + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE TERRIBLE TRIO. + + + THESE are the robbers,--the terrible three! + In showing no mercy they all agree; + They fill the woods with their war-whoops dire: + Policemen and soldiers, beware, retire! + + Rinaldo's the name of the captain: you learn + His rank from his cap, and his frown so stern. + The next is Grimaldi, a desperate fellow! + His eyes they are blue, and his hair it is yellow. + + The youngest but dreadfulest of them all + Has a terrible name that I cannot recall: + 'Tis hard to pronounce; and it's well, perhaps, + That memory here has suffered a lapse. + + Oh! doesn't it make you all shudder to look + At their likenesses even, all here in a book?-- + Rinaldo the fierce, and Grimaldi the grim, + And that young, nameless bandit, so bold and so trim. + + But if you should meet with this terrible band, + Now don't run away, but come quick to a stand: + Be humble and quiet, and don't act amiss, + And all that they'll rob you of, will be--a kiss! + + IDA FAY. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +DAISY. + + +A FRIEND of mine, Mr. S., had a beautiful colt named Daisy, who was the +pet of all the family. She was so tame she would put her head in at the +open windows to see what was going on in the house; and very often, when +she saw the front-door open, she would go up the steps of the piazza, +and deliberately march into the hall. No one ever struck Daisy with a +whip, or even a switch. A little slap of the hand, and a "Go out, +Daisy," were all that were necessary. + +Mrs. S. had a new cook; and one day she set a pan of custard on the +back-porch to cool. When she went out to get it, an hour or two after, +she found nothing but the empty pan. Molly ran to Mrs. S. in great +distress, and told her of the loss of the custard. "Ah!" said Mrs. S., +"then Daisy has eaten it." And, sure enough, Daisy was the thief. + +Another time the naughty colt put her head in the kitchen-window, and +ate up some apple-pies that were on the table. All this was very bad +indeed, but Daisy was always forgiven because she was so lovely and +gentle. She would follow any of the family about the grounds, and rub +her head against them to show how much she loved them. + +One day a man came to Mr. S.'s house to make a visit. He was not in the +habit of visiting the family, and so had not made Daisy's acquaintance. +After tea, Mr. S. and his visitor were standing on the piazza, when +Daisy came trotting up, as she always did when she saw one of the family +there, and opened her mouth, expecting Mr. S. to put a piece of bread or +apple in. The stranger did not understand this little trick, and (coarse +man that he was!) spat a quantity of tobacco-juice into Daisy's face. +Poor little Daisy! She hung her head down, and walked off under the +trees, where she stood looking very miserable. + +The next morning Mr. S. asked his visitor to walk with him through his +grounds; and, as they were walking along, they passed a place where +Daisy, who still looked as if she felt insulted and injured, was quietly +grazing. + +As soon as she saw her enemy (as she must have considered him), she +pricked up her ears as if some happy idea had come into her head. She +gave herself a little shake, and, walking behind him until she was quite +near, suddenly wheeled around, and gave a kick that would have broken +some of his bones, if he had not jumped out of the way just in time to +escape her heels. + +As it was, he was very much frightened, and looked very mean; for he +knew that a kick was just what he deserved for his vulgarity and +insolence. + +Daisy had never been known to kick at anybody before, and she never +kicked anybody afterwards. + + A. + + + + +THE FAMOUS MOZART BAND. + + +THE famous Mozart Band, as everybody ought to know, was formed in our +village. It has serenaded almost every family on the street; and there +is no end to the money (in the form of beans and smooth stones) that has +been poured into the hat carried round by Miss Amy, the youngest member. + +[Illustration] + +The band is composed of five members, whose names are Charles, Edwin, +Susan, Bella, and Amy. Charles was the founder of the band. While on a +visit to his uncle in the city, he had seen a strolling band of men in +the street, who played finely on trumpets and flutes. He resolved to +form a band at home, and to call it the Mozart Band. + +But why call it the Mozart? Well, Mozart was a wonderful musical genius, +who could compose music when he was five years old, and who astonished +all Germany by his skill and aptness as a performer. So Charles decided +on calling his band the Mozart Band. + +At great expense I have obtained a drawing of the members of the Mozart +Band. Charles (first drum) is the leader; Edwin (second drum) is next in +rank; Amy (trumpet) is the next, for she owns the trumpet, and so comes +before the other two ladies, who are merely vocal performers, by which I +mean singers. + +Now, if you want to hear the famous Mozart Band, you must come to our +village. Performances take place every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, +and sometimes oftener. If you come, you must bring some money to put +into Amy's hat; for the band cannot afford to play for nothing. They are +getting to be so famous that I should not wonder if they were to have an +invitation soon to come on to New York or Boston, and give a concert in +one of the large halls. + + AUNT CECILIA. + + + + +MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT FISHING. + + +WHEN I was seven years old, my father took me down to the river to fish. +I had a nice new line, and a little hook that I bought of a peddler the +week before. My father cut me a pole from the woods near by; and I +caught a grasshopper for bait. + +I tried to put the grasshopper on the hook, but I pricked my finger: so +my father put it on for me. Then I threw in my line, and kept moving it +up and down. + +Pretty soon I thought I felt a bite, and called out to my father, "O +father, I've got a fish!" I pulled it up, and what do you think I had +caught? You could not guess in a week. It was my sister's old rag baby. + + FRANK LYNN. + +[Illustration] + + + + +SHY LITTLE PANSY. + + + "WHY so shy, my Pansy, + Tell me why so shy? + Mother's arms are round thee; + This is grandma by. + She can tell you stories + Of the time, my dear, + When she was a little girl + Just like Pansy here. + + "Once there was a dolly, + And its name was Bess; + Grandma then, like Pansy, + Was--how old? Now guess! + Just the age of Pansy! + Well, one night, you see"-- + "Grandma," said the little girl, + "Take me on your knee." + + Pansy's shyness melted; + Grandma won the day: + Now hugged tight in grandma's arms + Little Pansy lay; + And she heard a story + Of a doll so fine, + Left out on the cold, cold ground, + Where no sun could shine. + + And the snow fell slowly, + Softly fell, like down, + Till a heap of drifted flakes + Covered dolly's gown. + Yes, it hid and covered + All the bright blue dress, + Then her hair and rosy cheeks-- + Poor forsaken Bess! + + Dolly's little mother + Hunted for her child; + But no trace of her was seen + Till the air grew mild. + When the snow was melted, + There was dolly found, + With her silken dress all soiled + On the muddy ground. + + EMILY CARTER. + + + + +NEW METHOD OF CATCHING MICE. + + +PERHAPS some of your youthful readers will be glad to know how I catch +mice. If you think so, you are at liberty to publish the following; for +I do not intend to apply for a patent. + +One evening last week we made some molasses candy; and, as too much of +it, eaten before going to bed, is not good for the teeth, I spread some +on a baking-tin, and set it away to cool for the next day. + +It was not cooked enough to harden thoroughly; and a little mouse had +the curiosity to taste it; but, the moment his feet touched it, they +stuck fast, and he could not get away. + +His cries for help brought two other mice to his assistance; but they +shared the same fate, the molasses candy holding all three prisoners. + +When I found them the next morning, all three were stuck fast. This +shows what a useful thing molasses candy is to have in a house, and is a +warning to all mice not to meddle with it. + + ARTHUR F. CORBIN. + GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. + + + + +A SONG FOR BABY. + + + NUTS for all the baby-birds + In the merry budding spring; + Roses, where the dusty bees + May sip and cling. + + Shade for all the pretty lambs + That in the summer stray; + Hedges, where the crickets chirp + Their time away. + + Holes, where nimble squirrels hide + When autumn hours are chill; + Heaping barns, where horse and cow + Have shelter still. + + Homes for rabbit, mouse, and mole, + When winter strews the ground; + But mother's arms for baby dear + The whole year round! + + GEORGE COOPER. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +JAMIE CANFIELD'S SAND-HEAP. + + +JAMIE CANFIELD is a three-year-old boy who lives in Lawrence, Kansas, +the prettiest town in the State. He and Freddy Bassett, a four-year-old +neighbor, love to play in the dirt; and their mammas allow them to do +it, because it is so healthy. + +It certainly has proved to be so in Jamie's case; for he was quite pale +and delicate in the spring, and now he is brown and rugged, and ready to +eat all the food he can get. But dear me! he used to get so dirty! + +What was the use of washing him, and putting on clean dresses and +aprons, when he was constantly throwing aside his other playthings, and +making mud pies, or carting earth in his little red wagon? + +His papa laughed and said, "Oh, never mind! Dirt is good for him." But +mamma thought it was not very good for his clothes; and, besides, she +wanted him to be clean enough to kiss without being washed every time he +came into the house. + +So she said one day to his papa, "James, I think it would be a good idea +to get a load of sand for Jamie to play in. It will at least be cleaner +than that dust-heap." + +That very day up came a load of yellow, shining sand. It was heaped into +a shady corner by mamma's bedroom-door, and Jamie and Freddy dived into +it at once. + +They made pies; they dug holes, and filled them with water for wells; +they made mountains with caves in their sides, and every thing else they +could think of. When dinner-time came, Jamie had to be coaxed away from +his sand-heap; and mamma said she believed he would sleep in it, if he +were allowed to. + +After dinner, as soon as he waked from his nap, he went straight to his +sand again. Freddy was there before him; and soon Minnie Rich, a little +girl eleven years old, came out, and played with them. + +She knew how to work sand better than any of them. First she wet it. +Then she made a house with holes in the sides for doors and windows, and +a chip for a chimney. Then she made a smooth lawn in front of the house, +and some hills and valleys in the rear, fenced in a yard, and set out +some flowers. + +The boys were delighted; and mamma went to the door more than once to +look at the plantation, as Jamie called it, before it was finished. It +was really quite a pretty thing, and Jamie declared his intention of +keeping it just as it was. But the hot sun dried the sand, so that the +house crumbled away; and the two boys were soon digging and shovelling +in their own way as before. + + JAMIE'S MAMMA. + +[Illustration] + + + + +DICK'S DREAM. + + +"YES, step right down upon me, and kill me, if you like," said Mrs. +Tarantula to Dick, as they met at the schoolhouse door. "This is a hard +world, Dick Adams, and I am about tired of living in it. + +"You don't know what a fine home I once had! It was in that clay mound; +and, when I had dug me a hole fully a foot deep and an inch across, my +jaws and my eight legs were quite tired out. I left some small stones on +the side for stairs: I lined the hole with brown silk next to the dirt, +and with white satin inside, both of which I spun and wove on the spot. + +"My nice round lid fitted so snug and even, that I thought no one but +myself ever could find my house. But, last week, your brother Will's +sharp eyes spied the round ring that marks my nest; and he went and +tore the lid from its hinges, and left my hundred and ten children +without a roof to cover their heads. _How I would like to bite that +boy!_ + +"I found the lid, and tried to fasten it down again; but a heavy shower +came up, and I could not fix it in the rain. Then my husband came over +from his house. You know our husbands never live with the rest of the +family. They are too cross and get too hungry at times. + +"We were not on very good terms; for, some time before, when he thought +I was away from home, he tried to get into my house. I heard him, and, +running up stairs, I put my claws in the two little holes in the lining +of the lid, and braced myself so that he could not pry open the lid. He +said he only wanted to pay me a visit; but I knew he was hungry, and +wanted to eat up our children. + +"But now he spoke very kindly to me, and told me that my lid could not +be fixed on; but, as my children were now old enough to care for +themselves, I had better go home with him. I went to his house to talk +it over and forgot to give the children their supper, and tell them to +work for themselves after this. + +"My husband told me a few days after that my boys and girls got into a +fight, and, before they quit, ate each other up; but he was away from +home for two days, and looked very full when he came back. + +"He may have told the truth; but I can't see how one of my little ones +could eat the other one hundred and nine, and then swallow himself too." + +This is what Dick Adams dreamed that a tarantula said to him. He had +seen one on his way to school, and what the teacher told him about the +insect had interested him so much that he found himself dreaming about +it all night. + + C. M. DRAKE. + SAN DIEGO, CAL. + +[Illustration: DRAWING-LESSON BY HARRISON WEIR. + +VOL. XXIII.--NO. 2.] + + + + +THREE LITTLE CHICKS. + + + THREE little chicks, so downy and neat, + Went out in search of something to eat: + Ter-wit, ter-weet! + Something to eat! + And soon they picked up a straw of wheat. + +[Illustration] + + Said one little chick, "That belongs to me!" + Said the other little chick, "We'll see, we'll see!" + "Ter-wit, ter-weet! + It is nice and sweet," + Said number three: "let us share the treat!" + + One little chick seized the straw in his bill, + And was just preparing to eat his fill, + When the other chick + Stepped up so quick, + He hadn't a chance for a picnic pick. + + They pulled, and they tugged, the downy things; + And, oh, how they flapped their baby wings! + "Ter-wit, ter-weet! + Something to eat! + Just please let go of this bit of wheat!" + + Fiercer and fiercer the battle grew, + Until the straw broke right in two, + And the little chicks + Were in a fix, + And sorry enough for their naughty tricks. + + For a saucy crow has watched the fight, + And laughs, "Haw, haw! It serves you right!" + So he snatches the prize + From before their eyes, + And over the hills, and away, he flies! + + JOSEPHINE POLLARD. + + + + +ROMEO THE SHIRK. + + +SIXTY years ago, when grandpa was a boy, he had a dog called Romeo, who +was made to do the work of churning butter. I never saw a churn that +went by dog-power; but it must have been a clumsy affair. + +The task could not have been an agreeable one, and I do not wonder that +Romeo did not like it. One morning, when the churn was taken out, and +the cream was all ready to be made into butter, there was no Romeo to be +found. Long and loud were the calls made for him; but he did not answer +to his name. + +The churning was done that day without his help. Nothing was seen of him +until just before dark, when he came into the house with the air of a +prodigal son. He did not walk up like an honest dog to get his supper, +but slunk under a table. + +[Illustration] + +The family had agreed to neither chide him nor caress him; but +grandfather, who was then a little boy, slyly carried him some supper. +Romeo ate it greedily, but looked unhappy all the time as though he knew +he had done wrong. It was plain that his conscience was smiting him. + +The next week, when churning-time came, Romeo did not try to get away. +He stood by watching while the cream was made ready; and, when his +master whistled for him to take his place at the churn, he came forward, +wagging his tail, as much as to say, "I am not going to be a shirk. I +was not half so happy the day I ran away as I should have been if I had +done my work cheerfully. I will never be caught shirking again." And he +never was. + + DAISY'S MAMMA. + + +[Illustration] + + + + +MOTHER'S LAST LOOK. + + + THEY'RE asleep, + So I'll keep + Very still, and peep: + Not too bright, + Candle-light + Is for them to night. + + Saturday + Makes them gay, + And they've had their play: + Sled and shout + Have, no doubt, + Tired them fairly out. + + Once in bed, + Prayers were said + By each curly-head: + But, before + Half was o'er, + They saw slumber-shore. + + Darlings! may + Angels stay, + Bless and for you pray! + May their love, + Like a dove, + Watch you from above! + + EMILY CARTER. + + + + +TIED, NOT MATED. + + +ONE fine summer day, Master Fritz took his mother's greyhound, Leda, and +his father's spaniel, Neptune, out for a run. They were quite ready for +a frolic, for they had been tied up in the barn all the forenoon, and +had been longing for Fritz to come. + +So off they went; and, after they had gone some distance, Fritz thought +it would be fine fun, as he had in his pocket a piece of string, to tie +the two dogs together, and play they were a span of horses. + +No sooner had he got them well tied than some one called him, and off he +ran, leaving the two dogs tied, but not mated. They roamed about a while +over the fields and meadows, till they came to the pond. + +Now, the dogs could not talk in our language; but they made certain +noises, which meant, I think, just this: "Here's a chance for a fine +swim!" cried Neptune. "Come, Leda, the water is nice and cool." + +"I'd rather not go in," said Leda. "I'm not a very good swimmer, and I +easily take cold. Pray don't drag me in. Come back and have a race in +the meadow." + +[Illustration] + +"Oh, it's too fine, too fine!" barked Neptune; and he began to lap up +water with his tongue. + +Leda pulled back, and cried, "Oh, don't!" + +But the temptation was too great for Neptune. In he pulled poor Leda, +and swam about with her till she was chilled through. + +Fritz's father, Mr. Pitman, passing that way, saw the dogs, and called +them out. Glad enough was Leda to get on dry land. She shivered; but +Neptune shook himself till he drenched her all over. + +Then Mr. Pitman untied the dogs, and, taking some dry grass, gave Leda a +good rubbing till she felt warm and brisk. + +Then she began to bark at Neptune, and to caper round him, as much as to +say, "Did you not serve me a pretty trick, sir? But I shall not let +Master Fritz tie me to you again. Never, never!" + + ALFRED SELWYN. + + + + +MY KITTEN. + + +I WANT to tell you about my kitten, and some of her funny ways. She is +black and white, and her name is Beauty. + +I have great sport making her run up and down the room after my ball. +But a little piece of string is the best plaything for her. She will +jump right up on my shoulder to catch it. + +If I throw a newspaper on the floor, she will jump upon it, and tear +holes in it, making believe that she hears a mouse under it. This she +seems to do to amuse me; for, as soon as I stop looking at her, she will +go away and lie down. But she is growing fast, and soon will be a grave +old cat. + +[Illustration] + + VIOLA DAY. + +[Illustration] + + + + +A LESSON IN FLYING. + + +BIRDS have their trials as well as little boys and girls. To be sure +they don't have to stand in a line, and shout "Twice one are two" at the +top of their voices; but they have to learn to fly, and I think it very +likely that they take singing-lessons, although I am not sure as to +that. + +One day last summer I was picking flowers in the woods, when, happening +to look up, what should I see perched on a twig just in front of me but +a cunning little bird! + +At first I kept very quiet, lest I should frighten him away; but, as he +showed no sign of moving, I ventured nearer and nearer, until I even +covered him with my hand. + +"Why, dear me! he's nothing but a baby-bird, and can't fly," I said to +myself; and then I sat down on a mossy mound near by, and waited; for I +knew the mother-bird was not far off, and I wanted to see what was going +on. + +It was not long before I heard a gentle whirr in the leaves overhead, +and, looking up, saw two birds circling around the twig, but at some +distance above it. Then one of them, the mother, of course, drew nearer +and nearer in smaller and smaller circles, at the same time calling to +her baby in encouraging little chirps. + +Birdie on his perch seemed very much excited, turning his head from one +side to the other in the cunningest way. But when his mother came close +to him, only to dart off and call on him to follow, he looked so +disappointed that I really felt as if I must comfort him. + +The mother came back very soon and resumed her lesson in flying, and +very hard work she found it too, for the little fellow was timid and +refused to follow her, in spite of all her coaxing and scolding. After +working a long while, she flew off, leaving her baby trembling on his +perch. I pitied the poor little fellow, he seemed so forlorn and +helpless. + +The little bird, left to himself, got tired at last of staying where he +was, and made one or two efforts to fly. He flapped his wings, rounded +up his back until he looked like a ball of down, and leaned forward, as +much as to say, "I'll do it now." But when he saw the awful distance +between himself and the ground, his courage failed him, and he clung to +his perch more tightly than ever. + +After a while the mother-bird came back, bringing a large bug which she +used as a bribe for her timid birdling, holding it under his very bill, +and then darting off in the hope that he would follow. The youngster +chirped for the bug, but he would not fly for it; and, after many +efforts, the old bird, unable to resist his pleading, perched on a twig +just beneath him, and held up the bug, which you may be sure he was not +slow to seize and eat. + +The little fellow now seemed to make up his mind to fly, even if he died +in the attempt. He flapped his wings, rounded his back, and leaned +forward as before, while the mother-bird flew about, fluttering and +chirping to such an extent that the father came down from the top of a +high tree to see how they were getting along. + +The little bird was just about to fly, and I was just ready to clap my +hands in applause, when, lo! there he was clinging to his perch again, +trembling with fear, and chirping, "I can't do it. I dare not. Oh, +dear!" + +The two old birds flew away much disappointed; but the mother soon +returned with another bug, and the lesson was repeated. Indeed it was +repeated so many times, that I began to lose patience with the little +coward, and to be full of pity for the poor tired mother. + +His birdship had just eaten a bug, and the parent-birds were chirping +and flying around, when, with the hope of helping them in their labors, +I stepped forward, and tapped him on the bill with a flower-stem. The +blow was so sudden and unexpected, that, before he had time to think, he +lifted his wings and flew to a neighboring twig, where he clung, +frightened and delighted at what he had done. + +I left him then, with his father and mother making just such a time over +him as your fathers and mothers made over you when you took your first +steps. + + MABEL ELWELL. + + + + +"LULLABY!" + + + NOW the shadows gather fast, "by-low" time has come at last; + Little birds have gone to rest, safe within their downy nest; + Little lambkins seek the fold, warmly housed from wind and cold: + Baby darling, you and I now must sing our lullaby! + + I will sing a sweet good-night to my baby's blue eyes bright, + To the little cheeks so fair, to the sunny, golden hair, + To the rosy lips so sweet, to the dimpled hands and feet; + Gently rocking to and fro, singing softly, singing low. + + Into "Dreamland," baby wee, you will slip away from me; + Out from shadow into light, to the world of visions bright; + While the mother-love so true, keeping tender watch o'er you, + With the lullaby shall seem still to soothe and bless your dream. + +[Illustration] + + Lullaby, oh, lullaby! stars are lighting in the sky; + All the sunshine of the day like yourself is tired of play: + Tell me, are the sunbeams _there_ in that dreamland bright and fair? + Bring them back, my baby, then, when you wake to earth again. + + Sweetly on her mother's breast sinks the little one to rest. + By-low time is sweeter far than all the hours of play-time are: + So thinks baby, so think I, as we sing our lullaby, + Rocking gently to and fro, chanting softly, chanting low. + + MARY D. BRINE. + + + + +HOW LITTLE EDITH WENT TO SLEEP. + + +"I'M sleepy; and I want my mamma to rock me to sleep; and I don't want +grandma, or auntie, or papa, or any one else, to rock me, but just my +own mamma." And the little queen planted her feet firmly, and looked at +us with so much defiance, that we felt it was of no use for us to coax, +rock, or sing. + +Little Edith was tired, and sadly in need of her nap; but her mamma was +sick in bed, and could not be disturbed. What was to be done? + +Papa held up a bright silver-piece as a reward of merit to the little +girl, if she would be good, and go to sleep. Grandma ventured a little +coaxing. But it was all of no avail: the sleepy eyes opened wide, as if +they meant to keep open in spite of us all. + +But when auntie remarked that she was going to her room to sharpen her +pencil, and draw some pictures of a cat, or a dog, or a rabbit, Edith's +eyes brightened; and she said, "Let me go too?" + +So Edith sat on her auntie's lap, and asked her to draw a rabbit,--a +"yabbit," Edith called it,--and to begin at his ears. + +"Yes, little pet. Here are his ears, and here is his body, and here is +his tail, and here are his feet, and here are some spectacles for him to +see through," said auntie, drawing each article as she named it. "And +here are some pretty red beads around his neck, and some rings in his +ears; and now we will tie a nice blue ribbon on his tail." Here Edith +suggested shoes for his feet. + +"Yes," said auntie. "And now he wants an apple to eat: so here is an +_apple_ for him (1). Now he wants some _grass_ (2); now some _nuts_ (3). +Now he is crying for a piece of _pie_ (4); no, he doesn't want that +kind, he wants _gooseberry-pie_: well, rabbit, here it is (5). Here is +some _bread_ for him (6), and we will spread it with nice butter; and he +wants a _potato_ too (7), and a nice sweet _orange_ (8), and a _brush_ +to smooth his fur (9)." + +Little Edith's eyes were gradually closing; but, becoming aware of the +fact, she started up as if she thought of going away. + +[Illustration] + +"Stop, darling," said auntie. "We must give the rabbit a _wash-bowl_ to +wash in (10), and some nice cool water in it; and now he must have a +_comb_ (11), and a _cup and saucer_ to drink his tea from (12), and a +_doll_ to play with (13). Now he says he wants a _house_ to live in +(14), with a tree growing by it, and a nice walk to the front-door, and +a fence all around it; and there he is crying for a bed to sleep on. Oh, +what a rabbit you are! you want so many things! Well, here is a nice +_bed_ for you (15). Now I hope you will go to sleep, and not ask for +another thing; for little Edith's eyes are shut." + +And, sure enough, Edith was fast asleep. + + C. L. K. + + + + +BLOW, BLOW, EAST WIND! + +[Illustration: Music] + + + 1. Blow, blow, east wind! + What does the east wind do? + Shine, shine, sunlight! + And what does the sunshine do? + The sunshine clear + Goes here and there, + And searches ev'ry nook; + And while it is going, + The wind it is blowing + Much farther than you can look. + + 2. Blow, blow, east wind! + Woodlands and valleys through! + Shine, shine, sunlight! + With beams of a golden hue + The fields grow green + By winds swept clean, + But end your blowing, do! + And south breezes dear + Very soon will be here + With the skies of a deep warm blue. + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Note: + +The title page and table of contents were created for this issue +following the pattern from the 1877 issues. + +Page 48, comma removed from text. 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