hink I never heard
Of anything so mean."

"'Tis very cruel too,"
Said little Alice Neil:
"I wonder if he knew
How sad the bird would feel?"

A little boy hung down his head,
And hid his face, so crimson red;
For he stole that pretty nest
From little robin redbreast;
And he felt so full of shame,
I do not like to tell his name.

But during next week
Dressed in his Sunday best
This boy set out to seek
All for another nest.

He robbed a nest up high,
Suspended in a tree;
Two birds came through the sky,
What happened you can see.

Cruel Boy

What! go to see the kittens drowned
On purpose in the yard!
I did not think there could be found
A little heart so hard.

Poor kittens! No more pretty play
With pussy's wagging tail:
Why! I'd go far enough away
Before I'd see the pail.

Poor things! the little child that can
Be pleased to go and see,
Most likely, when he grows a man,
A cruel man will be.

And many a wicked thing he'll do
Because his heart is hard:
A great deal worse than killing you,
Poor kittens in the yard.

Tyrannical Pat

What became of tyrannical Pat,
Who pelted the dog, and beat the cat,
Why, puss scratched his face and tore his hat;
And Dash knocked him over as flat as a mat.
Mind that!

The little boy who bit his Nails

See here a naughty boy, John Thales,
Who had a shocking way
Of picking at his finger nails,
And biting them all day.
And though he had, like other boys,
Both soldiers, kites and drums,
He liked, much better than these toys,
His fingers and his thumbs.

Boy who tore his Hat

Above on a chair, a little boy sat,
For he had torn his nice new hat;
And so was punished for doing that.

Thief Charley

Charley, Charley, stole the barley
Out of the baker's shop;
The baker came out, and gave him a clout,
And made that Charley hop.

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[Illustration: Snooks' Patent Whipping Machine.]

Snook's Patent Whipping Machine for Flogging Naughty Boys in School
"The Snooks' Whipping Machine has proved a total failure."
--"Times."

Declaration of a Distracted Schoolmaster.

A year ago I took charge of a school of 1000 boys. They were a very
bad lot indeed, and I could do nothing with them. Being of a mild
disposition, I attempted to reason with them; but I might a