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Title: The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2
A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Author: Various

Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28136]

Language: English

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THE

NURSERY

_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XXII.--No. 2.

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
A Day at the Beach 33
Buttercup and Daisy 37
Aunt Mary's Bullfinch 38
The poor Man's Well 43
Spitfire 45
Drawing-Lesson 49
"Great I and little you" 50
Our Dog Tasso 53
My Pets 56
Drilling the Troops 59
The Picture-Book 60

IN VERSE.

PAGE
Bumble-Bee 36
King Drake 40
The Cosset-Calf 48
Primer and Slate 48
Making Cheeses 54
A Blacksmith's Song 62
Madam Quack (_with music_) 64

[Illustration: Birds]

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A DAY AT TH