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Title: The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4
A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Author: Various

Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28143]

Language: English

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THE

NURSERY

_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XXIII.--No. 4.

Contents

IN PROSE.

PAGE
Tired Out 98
Emma and the Book 101
The Bear and Her Cubs 103
How Two Boys Were Made Happy 107
The Summer Shower 109
A Monkey Story 110
Drawing Lesson 113
What Bravo Told Rory 116
Playing the Chinaman 119
Pansy's Secret 120
Sagacity of the Deer 125

IN VERSE.

PAGE
The Herons 100
Billy Brown Sold 105
Time to Go to Bed 114
A Trotting Song 123
Grandma Asleep 127
The Lay of the Grasshopper (_with music_) 128

[Illustration: TIRED OUT.]

TIRED OUT.

[Illustration: O]NE day Miss Lily Macnish heard the door-bell ring. She
put down her spelling-book, and asked, "Who can that be, mamma?" Before
mamma could give an answer, Jane the housemaid entered, and handed her a
note.

"Why, this is not for me: it is for you, my dear," said Mrs. Macnish,
giving the note to Lily.

"For me!" said Lily, while her cheeks flushed; for it was the first note
she had ever received.

"Please read it for me, mamma," she said; for Lily could not read
handwriting quite as well as some litt